Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Saturday, August 04, 2012
8/04/12 at 3:16 AM
TULSA
Barnes, Donald Ray, 63, aircraft mechanic, died Friday in Muskogee. Services pending. Christian-Gavlik, Broken Arrow.
Bonfield, Helen Jordan, 85, retired teacher, died Aug. 1. Prayer service 7 p.m. Wednesday and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Church of the Resurrection. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Burke, Mary Lou, 88, retired Texas Department of Human Services social worker, died July 29. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Ninde Brookside Funeral Home.
Campbell, Billie Jean, 83, secretary, died Thursday in Owasso. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, both at Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa.
Cordell, Patricia A., 89, artist, died Friday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Correa, Juan Francisco, 90, retired University of Oklahoma Health Sciences physician, died Thursday. Private family services. Ninde Brookside.
DeWitt, Patty, 74, Avis executive assistant, died Friday. Services pending. Hayhurst, Broken Arrow.
Gabriel, Marjorie Karen, 61, oil and gas minerals assistant, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Victory Christian Center. Moore's Southlawn.
Hensen, Frances, 89, cafeteria manager, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Holloway, Mable Mildred, 93, hospital worker, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Jones, Mardana (Cerchie), 64, died Friday in Little Rock, Ark. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Kaiser, Ila Eugenia "Jean," 94, homemaker, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Stanleys.
Keenan, Donna J., 63, St. Francis Hospital records clerk, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home Chapel, and graveside service 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Walnut Valley Memorial Park, El Dorado, Kan. Ninde Brookside.
Meckfessel, Charles G., 71, American Bank & Trust Co. board vice chairman, died Friday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home, and service 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Christ the Redeemer Lutheran Church. Ninde Brookside.
Reider, Dovia M., 90, industrial production worker, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Ross, Darren Wade, 45, Porter Mattress manufacturer, died July 30. Visitation 1-4 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Add'Vantage Funeral Service Chapel.
Weeks, Max E., 60, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel, Bartlesville.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Adair - J.E. Stiles, 87, died Thursday. Services pending. Shipman's, Pryor.
Bartlesville - Joanna E. Bolen, 88, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Virginia Avenue Baptist Church. Arnold Moore & Neekamp.
- David William "Crazy Dave" "Dave the Redeemed" Keck Sr., 53, truck driver, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Donna Kirby, 51, died Thursday. Services pending. Arnold Moore & Neekamp.
Bixby - Billy James Glendening, 86, retired Janitorial Supply Co. owner, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Leonard & Marker Funeral Home Chapel.
Blackwell - Kirk D. Moyer, 55, died Friday in Ponca City. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Roberts & Son Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Monday, First Christian Church.
Broken Arrow - Paul Stanley Parker, 86, Parker Brothers Inc. owner, died July 31. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Hayhurst Funeral Home Chapel.
- Gene Holland Sharp, 58, newspaper pressman, died Thursday. No services planned. Floral Haven.
Claremore - Bobby William McCann, 82, retired steel worker, died Thursday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home.
Collinsville - Mildred Joann Pollard, 78, homemaker, died Thursday in Tulsa. Visitation 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Reynolds Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church.
Cushing - Helen Flewellen, 90, office manager, died Thursday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Church of God. Palmer Marler.
Dewey - George Earl Ketchum, 57, city of Bartlesville employee, died Friday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Eufaula - Rosella Mary Dorris, 84, beauty operator, died Tuesday. Private family services. Hunn Black & Merritt.
Fairland - Harold C. Neal, age unavailable, died Thursday. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Southern Hills Baptist Church, Miami, Okla. Thomas, Welch.
Grove - Helen Schulze, 79, retired cook, died Tuesday. No services planned. Grand Lake Funeral Home.
Haskell - Deborah G. Garr, 44, nurse's aide, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel, Muskogee.
Heavener - Darla Renee Trammell, 41, accountant, formerly of Heavener, died Wednesday in Lewisville, Texas. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Ellis Chapel Church, Wister. Evans & Miller, Poteau.
Jay - Charles Emmett Beaty, 86, carpenter, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Grand Lake Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Monday, Indianola Cemetery.
- Judy Northcutt, age unavailable, died Thursday. Services pending. Grand Lake Funeral Home.
Ketchum - Richard Phillips, 66, died July 27. No services planned. Grand Lake Funeral Home, Grove.
Mannford - Jared Wayne Stanley, 39, welder, died Wednesday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Sunday, Freedom Hill Baptist Church, and graveside service 10 a.m. Thursday, Prairie City Cemetery, Baldwin City, Kan. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
Miami - Marion Kingfisher Thompson, 71, nurse, died Thursday in Joplin, Mo. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Paul Thomas Funeral Home.
Monroe - Thomas Clifton "T.C." Fortner, 86, died July 28 in Poteau. Services pending. Evans & Miller, Poteau.
Morris - Robby W. McMurtry, 61, artist and teacher, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Morris School Gymnasium. McClendon-Winters.
Mounds - Harry G. Flippin, 75, retired propane route salesman, died Thursday. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby, and service 10 a.m. Monday, RiverCrest Chapel, Bixby.
- Clifford Patrick, 87, dairy farmer, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Mounds High School Auditorium. Smith, Sapulpa.
Neodesha, Kan. - Wilma Rowena Marler, 92, formerly of Neodesha, died Friday in Joplin, Mo. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Penwell-Gabel Loran Fawcett Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Monday, First Church of the Nazarene.
Nowata - Gracie Marion Lakey Lumm, 81, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Pawnee - Christopher Alan "Chris" Dilley, 26, heavy-equipment operator, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, First Assembly of God. Poteet.
Pryor - Marc Todd Faw Faw, 52, bodybuilder and personal trainer, died Thursday in Tulsa. Service noon Monday, Otoe-Missouria Tribal Complex. Poteet, Pawnee.
- Buford Wayne Pennington, 72, carpenter, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Shipman's Funeral Service.
Red Oak - Donna M. Booth, 88, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Panola High School Auditorium, Panola. Waldrop, Wilburton.
Sallisaw - Joseph Michael Rouse, 65, instrumentation technician, died Thursday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Agent Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Monday, Harvestime Church, Blackgum.
Sand Springs - Bonnie Roberta (Brown) Hudson, 82, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Billie J. Willey, age unavailable, nurse, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Reynolds, Tulsa.
Stilwell - Betty Willene Miller, 53, licensed practical nurse, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
- Michael Wayne Shell, 45, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
Strang - Cecil L. Lane Jr., 74, died Friday in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Shipman Funeral Service, Pryor, and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Spavinaw Hills House of Worship, Spavinaw.
Tahlequah - Mary Lou Simmons, 83, frame shop owner, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, South College Church of Christ. Hart.
- Charles Daniel "Chuck" Stephens, 60, tax preparer, died Wednesday in Warner. Services pending. Green Country.
Vinita - Jason Kyle Cook, 36, Nature's Path employee, died July 27 in Seattle, Wash. Services pending. Luginbuel.
Westville - Norma G. Willis, 76, registered nurse, died Thursday in Siloam Springs, Ark. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Roberts & Hart Funeral Home Chapel.
Wilburton - Carolyn Kay Clark, 65, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Waldrop Funeral Home Chapel.
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