Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Saturday, September 15, 2012
9/15/12 at 2:58 AM
TULSA
Alexander, Lisa, 49, paramedic, died Sept. 6. Memorial service 3 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
Butler, David Gene, 23, died Tuesday. No services planned.A
Canady, Donald David Sr., 61, truck driver, died Friday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Carter, Antionette M. "Tina," 48, homemaker, died Wednesday. Visitation 3-6 p.m. Sunday and service noon Monday, both at Dyer Funeral Home Chapel.
Cooper, Buddy Gene, 84, retired Boeing aircraft welder, died Thursday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Crawley, Carolyn Crew, 81, homemaker, died Sept. 8 in Edmond. Memorial service 11 a.m. Tuesday, First Presbyterian Church. Stanleys.
Cunningham, Helen Louise, 73, retail sales manager, died Friday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Floral Haven, Broken Arrow. Services pending.
Ebright, Jacob Douglas, 15, student, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Edwards, Patricia Maudine, 76, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Evans, Gretchen, 86, died Thursday in Broken Arrow. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
First, Matthew, 24, construction worker, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Freeman, James E., 79, postal carrier, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Gibbons, Su, 74, registered nurse, died Thursday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Stanleys Funeral Service Chapel.
Green, Charles R., 66, retired W.G. Green insurance agent, died Wednesday. Private family services. Ninde Brookside.
Kirksey, Jim E., 72, electrician, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Lester, Kathie Jo, 61, assembly line worker, died Friday, Services pending. Serenity.
McCartney, Robert J., 94, educator, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
McDaniel, Jake Paul, 86, computer sales representative, died Wednesday. Service 3 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Myrick, Lenora L. (Brown), 93, retired Tulsa County Courthouse custodian, died Thursday. Graveside service 11 a.m. Monday, Woodland Memorial Park, Sand Springs. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
Shufelt, Duane Virgil, 58, mechanical engineer, died Friday. Services pending. Serenity.
Studebaker, Jerry Ann, 61, city of Tulsa secretary, died Friday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Riverside, Sand Springs.
Wadlow, Janice, 60, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Woodlee, Christopher Cory, 24, died Sept. 8. Services pending. Serenity.
Young, Carl H. III, 70, retired attorney, died Aug. 25 in Grand Junction, Colo. Service 3 p.m. Saturday, First Presbyterian Church. Ninde Brookside.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Adair - Amy Ellene Walmer, 86, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, both at Shipman's Funeral Home, Pryor.
Bartlesville - Markham Lefler, 54, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Bristow - Tracy Kelly, 85, SpiritBank executive, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Bristow Presbyterian Church, and service 2 p.m. Saturday, Freeland Center for the Performing Arts. Hutchins-Maples.
Broken Arrow - Robert Vernon "Bob" Chronister, 95, retired from Texaco, died Tuesday. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Sunday, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home, Hartshorne, and service 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church, Hartshorne.
- Crecy V. Duffey, 85, medical assistant, died Thursday. Service 12:30 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel.
- Verta Gault, 91, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
- Kenneth Wayne McClain, 78, truck driver, died Sept. 8 in Denton, Texas. Service 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Smith Funeral Home, Sapulpa.
- Robert E. Miller, 88, Blue Cross Blue Shield general accounting manager, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven.
Chouteau - Thelma B. McCurry, 82, homemaker, died Thursday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Monday, Lawson Cemetery, Yale. Palmer Marler, Yale.
Claremore - Donald L. "Don" Newcomb, 82, retired from McDonnell Douglas, died Thursday. Visitation noon-5 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Rice Funeral Service.
Colcord - Susan Jane Haskins, 57, died Sept. 7. Service 2 p.m. Sept. 22, Calvary Baptist Church, West Siloam Springs. Grand Lake Funeral Home, Jay.
Commerce - William Hill "Willie" Guzman, 86, died Thursday. Services pending. Grand Lake Funeral Home, Grove.
Coweta - Earl Leroy Bond, 80, retired welder, died Friday in Tulsa. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Wright-Brown Funeral Home. Services pending.
- Joyce Ann Bowers, 68, electrical assembler, died Friday. Service 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Enterprise - Mabel Swartout, 93, caretaker, died Thursday. Services pending. King & Shearwood, Stigler.
Fort Gibson - Chris Jean McCowan, 64, truck driver, died Thursday. Services pending. Shipman's, Muskogee.
Gideon - Dustin Shirrel, 30, construction worker, died Thursday in Pryor. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Glenpool - James "Jim" Middlebrooks, 74, retired truck driver, died Friday in Vinita. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Ellis Family Funeral Home, Grove. Private family services.
- Leo Melvin Rodebush, 79, painter, died Friday in Sapulpa. Services pending. Schaudt's.
Gowen - Donald Ben McFarland, 70, carpenter, died Wednesday in Muskogee. No services planned. Brumley-Mills, Hartshorne.
Grove - Victoria Kleven, 93, died Sept 8. Graveside service 3 p.m. Nov. 3, Cushing Cemetery, Cushing, Wis. Grand Lake Funeral Home.
Howe - Judy Lynn Wood, 58, died Thursday in Greenwood, Ark. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dowden Funeral Home Chapel, Heavener.
Keota - Bobbie Louise West, 59, waitress, died Thursday in Stigler. Services pending. Mallory-Martin, Stigler.
Muskogee - Alexander "Jim" Jordan, 86, manager, died Thursday. Services pending. Shipman's.
Nowata - James D. Woods, 77, ironworker, died Tuesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Benjamin.
Okemah - Vivian Maloy, 92, retired secretary, died Thursday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Highland Cemetery. Parks Brothers.
Okmulgee - Maxine Reagor Adams, 87, homemaker, died Friday in Tahlequah. Services pending. House of Winn.
- Betty Lee (Jones) Williams, 78, homemaker, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. House of Winn.
Panama - Dalton Ray Harp Sr., 77, self-employed auto parts salesman, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Perkins - Patrick Ray Taylor, 81, medical technologist, died Wednesday in Oklahoma City. Memorial service 11 a.m. Monday, Eden Chapel United Methodist Church. Strode, Stillwater.
Salina - James "Jim" Vandall, 84, retired U.S. Army master sergeant, died Sept. 3 in Tucson, Ariz. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Ross-Mayes Cemetery. Stephens, Pryor.
Sallisaw - Kenneth Gordon "Ken" Johnston, 63, flight instructor, died Friday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Pansy Waqaman, 81, retired Country Flowers owner, died Thursday. Visitation 1-9 p.m. Sunday and service 10:30 a.m. Monday, both at Green Hill Funeral Home.
Spiro - Bessie Cooper, 100, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 6 p.m. Sunday and service 3 p.m. Monday, both at Lighthouse Church at the Crossroads. Mallory-Martin.
Stillwater - Stanley D. "Stan" Bailey, 60, died Tuesday. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Saturday and service 11 a.m. Monday, both at Palmer Marler Funeral Home.
Tahlequah - Dollie L. (Hefner) Hutchinson, 85, medical and dental assistant, died Sept. 10. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
Wilburton - Leslie Scott, 22, died Thursday. Services pending. Waldrop.
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