Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Saturday, May 12, 2012
5/12/12 at 2:57 AM
TULSA
Baney, Mattie Geraldine "Jerry," 78, homemaker, died Thursday. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Dillon & Smith Funeral Home, Sand Springs, and service 11 a.m. Monday, Cornerstone Baptist Church.
Battey, William H. "Bill," 67, Deloitte & Touche certified public accountant, died Thursday. Services pending. Leonard & Marker, Bixby.
Crocker, Clarence L., 90, retired truck driver, died Thursday. Services pending. Serenity.
Eames, Carol J. (Ely), 72, education curator, died Thursday. Services pending. Stanleys.
French, Elaye, 78, died April 14. No services planned.
Johnson-Peppers, Ma'kyah, infant daughter of Kiera Cole and Aaron Johnson-Peppers, died Tuesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Langley, David E. "Lawnmower Dave," 50, lawn care and auto sales business owner, died May 2. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, Cremation Society of Oklahoma Chapel.
Michael, Albert Len, 79, retired from the Air Force, died Friday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Smith, Daniel Cochran "Danny," 78, retired Allstate Insurance agent, died Thursday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Central Church of the Nazarene.
Smith, Marvin "Marv," 84, Marv's Club owner, died Friday. Services pending. Dyer.
Thomas, Clare Lyle Jr., 85, accountant, formerly of Tulsa, died Tuesday in Houston. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Moore's Southlawn.
Walton, Viever A., 88, died Friday. Services pending. Jack's.
Weigant, Kasper E., 86, Catholic deacon and retired Shell Oil Co. supervisor, died Friday. Visitation 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday, Fitzgerald Ivy Funeral Home; rosary 6:30 p.m. Monday and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Tuesday, both at St. Pius X Catholic Church.
Wells, Toni L., 45, clinical scheduler, died Friday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Charles W. Burch Jr., 57, died Friday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- John Gatty, 50, software engineer, formerly of Bartlesville, died April 27 in Tucson, Ariz. Services pending. Adair Funeral Home, Tucson.
- Jack Woodall, 84, died Friday. Services pending. Walker-Brown.
Bixby - Bradley James Merkt, 22, salesman, died Tuesday in British Columbia, Canada. Services pending. Bixby Funeral Service.
- Brian Ricky Lee Quammen, 27, machinist, died Tuesday in British Columbia, Canada. Services pending. Bixby Funeral Service.
- Christopher Scott Steffee, 50, commercial artist, died Friday. Services pending. Bixby Funeral Service.
Broken Arrow - Terri Hoskison, 50, St. John Medical Center surgical nurse, died Thursday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
- Michael E. Middleton, 54, Farmers Insurance agent, died Wednesday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
- Nhung Thi Nguyen, 90, homemaker, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Vietnamese Baptist Church. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Donald Joe Stacey, 83, Tulsa Public Schools principal, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn, Tulsa.
Cookson - Sandra Kay Rothhammer, 71, Tulsa County Election Board employee, died Friday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Cookson-Proctor Cemetery. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Henryetta - Helen L. Ellig, 95, died Thursday. Services pending. Shurden-Jackson, Okmulgee.
Kenwood - John Willis Buffington Jr., 59, steel fabricator, died Thursday. Visitation 3-7 p.m. Saturday, Stephens Funeral Home, Pryor, and wake Sunday evening, Buffington residence. Services pending.
McAlester - Rockey Neal Myskey, 61, retired McAlester Army Ammunition Plant forklift operator, died Thursday in Oklahoma City. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Bishop Funeral Service Chapel.
Miami - Robert L. Wilson, 84, retired from B.F. Goodrich, died Thursday. Services pending. Brown-Winters.
Muskogee - Sue S. Hardsaw, 74, artist, died Thursday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
- Archie Lee Kitchen, 85, construction operating engineer, died Thursday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
- Rebecka Sue Tinker, 48, certified nursing assistant, died Friday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
Okay - Tress L. Burk, 77, waitress and cook, died Friday. Services pending. Shipman, Wagoner.
Okemah - Irene Hummingbird, 57, manufacturing assembly worker, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Tekopychee Methodist Church, Holdenville. Parks Brothers.
Okmulgee - Joe Sunday Jackson, 68, retired Air Force master sergeant, died Friday. Wake 6-8 p.m. Monday, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, and service 2:05 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church.
Owasso - Cynthia L. "Cindy" DeWitt, 54, real estate agent, died Thursday. Services pending. Mowery.
- Gregory F. "Greg" Sanow, 53, loan officer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mowery.
Pawhuska - Michelle Margaret Sheridan, 66, licensed clinical social worker, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Quinton - Velma L. Green, 97, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Hunn Black & Merritt Funeral Home.
Red Oak - John D. "Chic" Bradshaw, 80, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church. Waldrop, Wilburton.
Sallisaw - Nelson Gwin Cartwright, 53, People Inc. personal care trainer, died Wednesday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Buffington Cemetery. Agent.
Sapulpa - Max Leon Holloway, 79, retired from Octagon Resources, died Tuesday. Service was held Friday. Smith.
- Brenda Lawson Holmes, 46, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Glenwood Assembly of God. Green Hill.
Tahlequah - Larry M. Hembree, 64, salesman, died Wednesday. Services pending. Hart.
Vinita - Effie Irene (Bridges) Olinger, 79, beautician, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday, Burckhalter Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Walker Cemetery, Welch.
Wagoner - Heather Danielle Wilson, 25, nurse's aide, died Wednesday. Memorial service 5 p.m. Friday, New Life Center, Broken Arrow. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
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