Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
6/26/12 at 3:05 AM
TULSA
Adams, Peggy May, 42, Tulsa Public Schools cafeteria manager, died Monday. Services pending. Jack's.
Bland, Louise, 87, retired television host and reporter and advertising agency owner, formerly of Tulsa, died June 21 in Dallas. Private family service.
Brant, Betty S., 82, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Carpenter, Marie Irene, 87, former University of Tulsa baker, formerly of Tulsa, died Sunday in Bedford, Texas. Services pending. Jack's.
Creekmore, Betty Martin, 82, died Saturday in Oklahoma City. Celebration of life 1 p.m. Wednesday, All Souls Episcopal Church, Oklahoma City. Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper, Oklahoma City.
Dodgen, Ted C., 63, 7-Eleven convenience store clerk, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Galle, Herbert C., 85, Telex purchasing agent, died Sunday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Hegdale, William "Bill" F., 72, retired from the Navy, died Friday. Private family services. Cremation Society.
Hendricks, Flora Bowling, 85, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Horne, Betty M., 77, died Monday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
Krauth, Kathleen "Kay," 82, formerly of Tulsa, died Sunday in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Services pending. Yates, Coeur D'Alene.
Merritt, Kristina, 64, teacher, died Sunday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Montgomery, Verna Lee, 80, Verna's House of Beauty owner, died Sunday in Glenpool. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, West Tulsa Free Will Baptist Church. Green Hill, Sapulpa.
Parks, Nancy, 82, died Sunday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Perlinski, Daniel A., 86, retired Roman Catholic priest, died Sunday. Wake 7 p.m. Wednesday, Church of the Madalene, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Thursday, Holy Family Cathedral. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Poplawski, Marie, 87, artist, died Saturday. Visitation 5-6 p.m. Tuesday and rosary 7 p.m. Tuesday, both at Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home; and funeral mass 10 a.m. Wednesday, St. Pius X Catholic Church.
Prater, Ralph H., 90, Frisco Railroad switchman, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Mark Griffith-Westwood Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, Red Fork Baptist Church.
Proffitt, Margie Evelyn (Oliver), 94, retired nurse, died Saturday. Services pending. Stanleys.
Stanley, Willie Lee, 77, chef, died Saturday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, New Life Family Center. Cremation Society.
Tresner, Francis Maxine, 60, law clerk, died Monday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Williamson, Donald, 72, commercial manufacturing technician, formerly of Tulsa, died Monday in Oklahoma City. Services pending. Jack's.
Xiong, Ma, 89, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - John Eudy, infant son of Whitney White and Eric Eudy, died June 12. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home Chapel.
- Jacob Eudy, infant son of Whitney White and Eric Eudy, died June 12. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home Chapel.
- Al Greiner, 85, died Monday. Services pending. Neekamp-Luginbuel.
- Gerald Eugene "Gene" Key, 67, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Helen Elizabeth Stead, 95, homemaker, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Christian Church. Arnold Moore.
- Becky Wallace, 73, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Oak Park United Methodist Church. Davis Family, Dewey.
Bristow - Ethel Mae Alexander, 89, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Michael's.
Broken Arrow - Peter "Pete" Dubos, 54, technical projects manager, died Monday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
Checotah - Roy Dean Roberts, 49, died Monday in Enterprise. Services pending. King & Shearwood, Stigler.
Cleveland - Linda Faye Bray, 61, homemaker, died Friday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Collinsville - Charles Edward "Ed" Byler, 64, former Libby Glass Co. employee, died Saturday in Owasso. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Chelsea Funeral Home Chapel, Chelsea. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith, Claremore.
Cushing - Phillip Jones, 68, upholsterer, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Church of Christ, and graveside service 1 p.m. Saturday, Canfield Cemetery, Idabel.
Enid - Suzy Lynn Fossett, 65, died Monday. Services pending. Brown-Cummings.
Fairfax - Robert Wayne Hall Sr., 82, truck driver, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Osage Baptist Church. Hunsaker-Wooten.
Fort Gibson - Theoplis Mayfield, 74, farmer, died Sunday. Services pending. Ragsdale, Muskogee.
Grove - Lena Mae (Allen) Beason, 79, bookkeeper, died Friday. Private family services. Mowery, Owasso.
Haskell - Sandra M. Stewart, 64, homemaker, died Saturday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Tuesday, United Pentecostal Church. Dowdy.
Henryetta - Janice Lynne Tiger, 64, nurse, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Silver Spring Baptist Church, Tiger Mountain. Integrity, Henryetta.
Independence, Kan. - Ivan Flurry, 83, Star Mill employee, died Friday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 11 a.m. Thursday, both at Penwell-Gabel Webb & Rodrick Funeral Home.
- Sharon Winebrenner, 63, auto parts assembly line worker, died Saturday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Penwell-Gabel Webb & Rodrick Funeral Home Chapel.
Kellyville - Dana Rebecca Cupps, 33, homemaker, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa.
Locust Grove - Sophie Irene (Coger) Stone, 90, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
McAlester - Norman Curtis Jarrett, 88, formerly of McAlester, died June 11. Memorial service 2 p.m. Thursday, Tannehill Cemetery Pavilion. Chaney Harkins.
Miami - Bobbie Jean Bowlin, 78, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Mount Hope Cemetery, Afton.
- John Ray Huffaker, 88, civil engineer, formerly of Miami, died Friday in Massachusetts. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Ottawa Indian Cemetery. Paul Thomas.
Mounds - Marty Ray Barrett, 52, cabinet maker, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa.
Muskogee - Norma Lee Harris, 63, home health-care worker, died Saturday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Connor Wayne Lee Taylor, infant son of Brandi and Billy Taylor, died Sunday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
Okemah - Shirley Johnson, 67, church day-care worker, died Monday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery, Nowata. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Owasso - Marie Barlow, 45, teacher, died Sunday. Services pending. Mowery.
- Rosalee Faye DeJarnette, 67, Duffens Optical Co. employee, died Sunday. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Moore's Rosewood Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 11 a.m. Thursday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home Chapel, Tulsa.
- Julia K. "June" Fields, 91, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Discovery Bible Church, Collinsville. Mowery.
Park Hill - Harold "Kenneth" Stilwell, 85, paint and body technician, died Monday. Services pending. Hart, Tahlequah.
Ponca City - Ernest "Emmett" Mehojah, 74, retired petroleum industry dispatcher, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Kaw Nation Pow-Wow Grounds, Kaw City. Grace.
- Mary Owens, 76, died Saturday in Oklahoma City. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Trout Funeral Home Chapel.
- Gilbert Schwarz, 83, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, St. Mary's Catholic Church. Trout.
Porum - Lois Reaves, 77, homemaker, died Saturday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Assembly of God. Garrett Family, Checotah.
Proctor - Cleva Belle (Covey) Smith, 90, secretary, died Sunday in Muskogee. Services pending. Green Country, Tahlequah.
Pryor - Marty Reed, 38, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Shipman's.
Sand Springs - Terry Lee Johnson, 42, state of Oklahoma vendor, died Sunday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
- Betty Jo McAulay, 83, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home Chapel.
Sapulpa - Jeremy Carr, 33, machinist, died Sunday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Thursday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel.
- Carol Knight, 65, died Sunday. Services pending. Smith.
Shady Point - William R. Griffith, 91, retired law enforcement officer, died Sunday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Skiatook - Lodema (Downing) Miller, 87, homemaker, died Sunday in Tulsa. Services pending. Sien-Shelton.
Stigler - Carolyn Durossette, 67, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Assembly of God, Porum. King & Shearwood, Stigler.
- William "Stanley" Wind Jr., 60, retired heavy-equipment operator, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel.
Stillwater - Eugene Hampton, 93, retired, died June 19 in Claremore. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Mount Zion Baptist Church. Strode.
- Keith Allen Minshall, 63, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Tryon Christian Union Church, Tryon. Palmer Marler.
- Marleta Ramsey, 84, retired, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Strode Funeral Home Chapel.
- Lorena Smallwood, 65, beautician, died Saturday in Oklahoma City. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Calvary Assembly of God. Strode.
Tahlequah - Lydia Baldridge, 88, homemaker, died Saturday in Stilwell. Services pending. Roberts/Reed-Culver, Stilwell.
West Siloam Springs - Dean A. Olson, 51, mechanic, died Sunday. Memorial service 5 p.m. Friday, Christ Temple. Roberts/Reed-Culver, Stilwell.
Wilburton - Beverly J. Newsom, 87, died Monday in Hartshorne. Services pending. Waldrop.
Yale - Boneta Francis Clawson, 95, homemaker, died Saturday in Oklahoma City. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Fellowship Baptist Church. Palmer Marler, Cushing.
Death notice policy
The Tulsa World publishes free death notices. Funeral homes may
submit death notices from 4 to 10:30 p.m. daily. For information about
news obituaries, call 581-8325.
Circle of Life
In an effort to honor those who have donated either organs, eyes or tissue, the Tulsa
World is participating in the "Circle of Life" campaign sponsored by the Global
Organization for Organ Donation (GOOD).
If your loved one was a donor, please inform the funeral director if you would
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