Deaths

BY Staff Reports
Monday, April 30, 2012



TULSA

Broughton, William Dennis, infant son of Lindsay Haddock and Chad Broughton, died April 20. Graveside service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Heckenkemper, Nancy, 56, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Kennedy- Midtown.

Llewellyn, Dennis Quinn Sr., 56, sales executive, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, both at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home.

Ochoa, Jose Trinidad Centeno, 80, ice cream vendor, died Sunday. Funeral Mass noon Monday, St. Thomas More Catholic Church. Add’Vantage.

Saeger, Armin Louis Jr., 87, clinical social work diplomat and accredited bioenergetic therapist, died Saturday. Services pending. Cremation Society.

Stewart, Paul L., 66, Tulsa Housing Authority employee, died Friday. Services pending. Jack’s.

Weaver, Jessie J., 69, Boeing computer analyst, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Tuesday and service 1 p.m. Wednesday, both at Add’Vantage Funeral Service.

Wells, Fred E. Jr., 84, retired grocery store manager, died Saturday in Broken Arrow. Memorial service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Franciscan Villa Chapel, Broken Arrow. Freeman Harris.

Whitehead, Allan Dwayne, 49, River Spirit Casino housekeeper, died Thursday. Private family services. Add’Vantage.

Zitrick, Mark Robert, infant son of Carla and Daniel Zitrick, died Friday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Monday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

STATE/AREA

Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.

Barnsdall — Fredrick Garson Sr., 55, died Saturday. Services pending. Stumpff-Barnsdall.

Bartlesville — Frances L. A. Wooten, 76, died Sunday. Services pending. Stumpff.

Blackwell — Ann Ganer, 100, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nardin Methodist Church, Nardin, and graveside service 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Mount Olive Cemetery, Nardin. Roberts & Son.

Broken Arrow — Bobby Lee Anthony, 58, Bob’s Paint & Body Shop owner, died Saturday. Services pending. Hayhurst.

Catoosa — Marie Schneider, 92, food service worker, died Saturday. No local services planned. Kennedy-Kennard.

Coweta — Shirley Silvis, 62, died Sunday in Tulsa. Services pending. Wright-Brown.

Gore — Lois (Standhope) Bigby, 78, waitress, died Sunday. Services pending. Bradley, Muskogee.

Jay — Junior Sapp, 67, died Sunday in Grove. Services pending. Worley-Luginbuel.

Ketchum — Irene (Biederstadt) Yaskin, 85, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Luginbuel, Vinita.

Muldrow — Claude Otis Free, 92, retired from Harding Glass and retired minister, formerly of Muldrow, died Saturday in Gore. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Agent Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Assembly of God.

Okmulgee — Delores E. Hopkins, 91, retired elementary teacher, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.

Joe Stratton Leftwich, 85, retired minister, died Wednesday in Broken Arrow. Visitation 9 a.m.-noon Monday, McClendon- Winters Funeral Home, and graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Okmulgee Cemetery.

Michael Livingston, 54, died Sunday. Services pending. McClendon-Winters.

Pryor — L.C. Butterfield, 96, retired, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Pentecostal Church of God. Key.

Salina — Viola Fletcher, 81, restaurant manager, died Saturday. Services pending. Hart, Tahlequah.

Sallisaw — Lyla Lee Anthony, 85, retired Naval Ammunition Depot technical writer, died Friday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Agent Funeral Home, and graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sallisaw City Cemetery.

Sand Springs — Thelma Gladys (Martin) Wheeler, 98, retired Hissom Memorial Center laundry worker, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service Chapel.

Sperry — Dorothy Elizabeth (Hightower) Dean, 83, St. John Medical Center telecommunications operator, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Cornerstone Free Will Baptist Church. Johnson.

Billie D. Moss, 68, retired Consolidated Freight truck driver, died Sunday. Services pending. Johnson.

Spiro — Earl C. Seaton, 88, farmer and Turman-Pierce mechanic, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home Chapel, Poteau.

Tahlequah — David C. Davis, 72, construction framer, died April 6 in Muskogee. Graveside military honors 10 a.m. Monday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery Fort Gibson. Green Country.

Evan M. Goforth, 28, Simple Simons Pizza employee, died Sunday. Services pending. Green Country.

Doyle Jackson, 77, retired Tulsa Public Service employee, died Sunday in Tulsa. Services pending. Green Country.

Kathy R. Johnson, 57, nurse, formerly of Tahlequah, died Tuesday in Kansas City, Kan. Graveside service 11 a.m. Monday, Tahlequah City Cemetery. Hart.

Wagoner — Donald Lee Bontrager, 78, accountant, died Thursday. Service noon Monday, First Baptist Church, Okay. Shipman.

Welch — D. Gene “Red” O’Connor, 82, farmer, formerly of Welch, died Saturday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Thomas Funeral Home Chapel.

Whitefield — Thomas Mayes, 78, retired carpentry supervisor, died Sunday. Services pending. Bradley, Muskogee.






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