Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
5/15/12 at 2:46 AM
TULSA
Adkins, Richard R., 72, minister, died Saturday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Balmer, Dorothy J., 91, homemaker, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Woodland Memorial Park, Sand Springs. Moore's Memory.
Bayer, David P. Sr., 71, cartographer, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Boyce, Freddie Earl, 64, industrial supply company vice president of operations, died Sunday in Sapulpa. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa.
Davis-Hougland, Lori Kay, 52, phlebotomist, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Harvest Church, Sand Springs. Dillon & Smith, Sand Springs.
Fagin, Johnny E. Jr., 50, master painter, died Friday. Services pending. Reynolds.
Graves, Glenda L., 68, high school custodian, died Saturday. Visitations 5-7 p.m. Wednesday and 9-11 a.m. Thursday, Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home, and graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson.
Green, Arden Lynn, 65, Leadco Insurance data-entry clerk, died Monday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Haney, Arlington III, 36, truck driver, formerly of Tulsa, died May 8 in Arlington, Texas. Graveside service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Blackjack Cemetery, Taft. Jack's.
Hopkins, Espernoler (Edwards), 100, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. Andrew Baptist Church. Jack's.
Kimberly, Doris, 85, teacher, died Monday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Luth, Stephen, 22, Teen Mania marketing staff member, died Friday in Kansas. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home, Muscatine, Iowa.
McMichael, Vanessa Jane, 58, Colorado Springs Midland Elementary School physical education teacher, formerly of Tulsa, died May 8 in Colorado. Private family services. Swan-Law, Colorado Springs.
Perkins, Claude Jr., 52, heavy-equipment operator, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home Chapel, Beggs.
Richardson, Nolan III, 47, former Tennessee State University men's head basketball coach, died Sunday. Services pending. Jack's.
Saffa, Anne P., 87, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Selby, John Kenneth "Ken," 76, Mazzio's Pizza founder and chairman, formerly of Tulsa, died Saturday in Rochester, Minn. Memorial service 2 p.m. May 22, Boston Avenue United Methodist Church. Macken, Rochester.
Seymour, John E. Sr., 64, hot tar roofer, died Saturday. Services pending. Reynolds.
Sheets, Luke, 23, died Friday in Kansas. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Huehns Funeral Home Chapel, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Spears, Azzilee T., 75, cook, died Sunday. Services pending. Jack's.
Swords, Larry G., 92, retried Army officer, died Sunday. Services pending. Serenity.
Taber, Barbara Jean Arterburn, 60, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Tedder, Mary Louise, 88, Oklahoma Publishing Co. advertising department employee, died Saturday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Walton, Viever, 90, homemaker, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, St. Augustine Catholic Church. Jack's.
Wilkerson, Charlotte, 81, died Monday. Private graveside service. Thompson's Harveson & Cole, Fort Worth, Texas.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Afton - Eric Fry, 38, tuck driver, died Monday in Booneville, Ark. Services pending. Brown-Winters, Fairland.
- Wilhelmina Miller, 59, homemaker, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Brown-Winters, Miami, Okla.
Blackwell - Billy Joe "Bill" Prince, 60, oil-field worker, died Saturday. Services pending. Trout.
Broken Arrow - Carolyn Sue Benso, 65, Mary Kay beauty consultant, died Friday. Rosary 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 11 a.m. Thursday, St. Benedict Catholic Church.
- Ed W. Bisdee, 88, American Airlines aircraft maintenance training instructor, died Sunday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
- Ladelle G. DeBusk, 77, Avon district manager, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, both at Hayhurst Funeral Home.
- Terri Hoskison, 50, St. John Medical Center surgical nurse, died May 10. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 11 a.m. Thursday, both at Hayhurst Funeral Home; and graveside service 1 p.m. Friday, Fairview Cemetery, Randlett.
- Marie Theresa LaBrake, 75, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
Checotah - Leroy B. Harton, 81, Kansas City park and recreation supervisor, died May 8 in Muskogee. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Tuesday, Dyer Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church East Side.
- John Wynn, 82, rancher, died Sunday in Claremore. Services pending. Garrett.
Chelsea - Freda Fern "Pug" (Martin) Leathers, 95, homemaker, died Friday. Visitation 9 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Chelsea Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Epworth United Methodist Church.
- Leta May (Pilkington) Mitchell, 74, retired Jiffy Mart clerk, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Chelsea Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church.
Claremore - Donald R. Clinton Sr., 82, painter, died Saturday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Rice Funeral Service.
- Michael Douglas "Mr. Mike" Lewis, 59, Mr. Mike's Auto Repair owner, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. May 25, Women's Christian Alliance Center. Chelsea Funeral Home, Chelsea.
- Helen Whitesell, 89, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Rice Funeral Service.
Cleveland - Helen Brisbin, 83, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, First Assembly of God. Chapman-Black.
- Gordon Calderwood, 78, retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper, died Monday. Services pending. Chapman-Black.
Coffeyville, Kan. - Beverly Rowe, 86, retired real estate agent, died Saturday. Visitation 9 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Barnes Funeral Home, and service 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, First Presbyterian Church.
- Twyla Ramona "Mona" Tesh, 83, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Robbins Cemetery.
Coweta - Marie L. Hubert, 91, homemaker, died Sunday in Broken Arrow. Services pending. Wright-Brown.
Drumright - Jimmy D. Alexander, 40, siding installer, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Fairfax - Viola "Vi" Holloway, 77, homemaker, died Friday in Oklahoma City. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Osage Baptist Church. Hunsaker-Wooten.
Fort Gibson - Brant Albert "Tobe" Fisher, 84, Instant Auto Glass Co. founder, formerly of Fort Gibson, died Friday. Private graveside service. Downing & Lahey, Wichita, Kan.
Gentry, Ark. - Joshua Derrick David Atkins, 21, student, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs.
Glenpool - Billy Ray Parker, 70, retired American Airlines crew chief, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Schaudt's Funeral Service, and service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jenks Church of Christ, Jenks.
- Kevin Grant Scott, 49, American Airlines avionics mechanic, died Sunday in Tulsa. Wake 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Scott residence, and service 1 p.m. Thursday, The Landing Community Church. Schaudt's.
Grove - Addis I. Dilbeck, 93, retired teacher, died May 13. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home; service 1 p.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church; and graveside service 1 p.m. Sunday, Fort Cobb Cemetery, Fort Cobb.
- Philip Fark, 65, rancher, died Sunday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Nichols Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Bar-None Cowboy Church.
Henryetta - Garrett Vincent Coble, 29, Northeastern State University assistant professor, formerly of Henryetta, died Friday in Kansas. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Oral Roberts University Chapel, Tulsa. Integrity.
- Shirley Ann Reed, 66, homemaker, died Sunday in Okmulgee. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Juanita DePriest Schmadel, 89, formerly of Henryetta, died Sunday in Forney, Texas. Rosary 6 p.m. Tuesday and visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, both at Anderson-Clayton Bros. Funeral Home, Terrell, Texas; funeral Mass 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. Martin Catholic Church, Forney; and graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa.
Hominy - Gene Brown, age unavailable, carpenter, died Thursday in Pawhuska. Private family services. McCartney's Johnson, Pawhuska.
- Charles Ray "Chuck" Robertson, 23, welder, died Sunday in Tulsa. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Fairfax Cemetery, Fairfax. Hunsaker-Wooten, Fairfax.
- David Sullivan, 51, truck driver, died Monday. Services pending. Powell.
Jay - Glynn Edward Alexander, 90, retired Boeing Aircraft mechanic, died Friday in Joplin, Mo. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Thursday, Southside Church of Christ.
Jenks - Evelyn Marie (Pendleton) Hohuski Poe, 90, retired accounting clerk, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Schaudt's Funeral Service, Glenpool, and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church.
Kansas - Larry E. Crittenden, 64, carpenter, died Saturday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Long Prairie Baptist Church. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Mannford - Earl Fincher, 89, retired Federal Aviation Administration supervisor, died Saturday. Graveside service 11 a.m. Saturday, Oak Hill Cemetery, Drumright. Smith, Drumright.
- Robert W. Foster, 61, Tulsa Community College building engineer, died Sunday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Wednesday, New Hope Baptist Church. Mannford Funeral Home.
- Ty Collin Wheeler, infant son of Michelle and Adrian Wheeler, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Friendship Community Church. Mannford Funeral Home.
Miami - Ronald R. Henson, 71, Service Packing Co. meat cutter, died Saturday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home. No services planned.
Muskogee - Ralph T. Lane, 91, died Thursday in Claremore. Graveside service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Lescher-Millsap.
- Doris Regina Owens, 48, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
- Rebecka Sue Tinker, 48, certified nursing assistant, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel.
- Lee Edward Williams, 78, Country Boy Auto Sales salesman, died Monday. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Bible Baptist Church. Shipman's.
Owasso - Kathy D. Collins, 57, died Saturday, Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Mowery Funeral Home Chapel.
Ponca City - Martha Ellen Rutherford, 80, died Friday. Services pending. Trout.
Poteau - Elton Edward Thompson, 86, retired lawyer, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Oakland Cemetery Pavilion. Evans & Miller.
Pryor - Roger Lundquist, 82, retired from National Gypsum Co., died Sunday. Rosary 7 p.m. Wednesday and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Thursday, both at St. Mark Catholic Church. Key.
Ringwood - Austin Anderson, 27, Teen Mania marketing staff member, formerly of Ringwood, died Friday in Kansas. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Enid. Anderson-Burris, Enid.
Sand Springs - Judy Ann Haggard, 62, Premier Advisors office manager, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Olivet Baptist Church, Tulsa. Mobley-Dodson.
Sapulpa - Era Belle Bullard, 94, retired cook, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. Smith.
Siloam Springs, Ark. - Irene Frances McReynolds, 88, beautician, died Monday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Cincinnati United Methodist Church, Cincinnati, Ark. Wasson.
Spavinaw - Kenneth Alvin Fose, 63, oil-field supplier, died Monday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Stigler - Marcia Gail Moore, 59, nurse, died Friday. No services planned. Mallory-Martin.
Stillwater - William Lawrence Lynsky, 85, died Sunday. Services pending. Palmer Marler.
- Maxine Kerby Wright, 84, homemaker, died Sunday in Oklahoma City. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Fairlawn Cemetery. Smith, Sapulpa.
Stilwell - Winford Jodie Gritts Jr., 58, manufacturing inspector, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
Tahlequah - Miriam Helen (Worts) Richey, 92, beautician, died Monday in Muskogee. Services pending. Green Country.
Vian - Cassie Mae McKee, 96, factory worker, died Sunday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Agent Funeral Home, Sallisaw, and graveside service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Garden of Memories.
Vinita - Darlene Korf, 81, retired teacher, died Wednesday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, First Christian Church, Langley. Grand Lake Funeral Home, Grove.
- Gloria A. (McGlaughlin) Patty, 90, homemaker, formerly of Vinita, died Monday in Edmond. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Fairview Cemetery. Luginbuel.
- Beverly Ann (Thoele) Stroud, 61, ministry worker, died Friday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Wann - William "Bill" Harris, 65, stock clerk, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Noxie. Walker-Brown, Bartlesville.
Wellston - Buck N. Avers, 71, painter, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Welty - Robert "Shorty" Williamson, 77, former machine operator, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Cowboy Crossroads, Okemah. Hutchins-Maples, Bristow.
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