Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
9/18/12 at 2:53 AM
TULSA
Boyd, Sue, 74, Elder Paint and Wallpaper owner, died Monday. Services pending. Hayhurst, Broken Arrow.
Colberg, Edward, 71, died Monday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill.
Conway, Paul S., 81, international businessman, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Deatherage, Audrey Lee, 86, homemaker, died Sunday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Donahue, Sylvia Priesmeyer, 76, Amoco senior staff assistant, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Francis, Donald, 64, died Monday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
Gardner, Charles, 84, retired Amoco geophysics field superintendent, died Sunday. Services pending. Adams- Crest Cremation.
Heatley, Thomas "Tom," 54, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sharon Baptist Church, Tecumseh. Wadleys, Purcell.
Henderson, Helen Arletta, 82, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. Moore's Southlawn.
Jones, Thomas Edison, 83, minister and landscaper, died Monday in Muskogee. Services pending. Jack's.
Olin, Delbert J., 89, woodworker, died Monday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill.
Rafferty, Margaret C., 89, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Ray, Ocie, 43, salesman, died Saturday. No local services planned. Kennedy-Midtown.
Raymond, James B., 70, died Aug. 9. No services planned.
Taylor, Carolyn, 63, died Saturday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Thiessen, Mary Frances, 76, food service worker, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, both at Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home.
Turner, Tommie Lee Patrick, 66, phlebotomist, died Sept. 14. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Friday and rosary 6 p.m. Friday, both at Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home; and service 1 p.m. Saturday, North Peoria Church of Christ.
Willis, Bonnie, 61, died Aug. 6. No services planned.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Afton - Charles Weller, 90, newspaper pressman, died Sunday. Private family services. Nichols, Grove.
Barnsdall - Juanita Lee Hilderbrand, 88, died Sunday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Bartlesville - Patsy Lee Haws, 75, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. administrative assistant, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, East Cross United Methodist Church. Stumpff.
- William Elvis Stuard, 53, died Friday. No services planned. Arnold Moore & Neekamp.
Bixby - Harriet Ruth Babcock, 91, homemaker, died Saturday. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, Bixby Funeral Service, and service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Joy Lutheran Church, Tulsa.
Blackwell - Crystal Jean (Peterson) Cassady, 32, homemaker, died Saturday in Wichita, Kan. Services pending. Trout.
- Joseph Newton Jenkins Kent, 22, hotel housekeeping worker, died Friday in Pawnee. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Ponca Indian Methodist Church, Ponca City. Poteet, Pawnee.
- Eulalia J. Morgan, 100, formerly of Blackwell, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church, and graveside service 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Blackwell Cemetery. Roberts & Son.
Broken Arrow - Ruth Garoutte, 94, bookkeeper, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Faith Baptist Church. Christian-Gavlik.
- Verda Gault, 91, homemaker, died Friday. Private family service. Kennedy-Kennard.
- Donald L. Murphy, 84, retired national tax manager, died Saturday. Services pending. Floral Haven.
Chelsea - Freda Lavenia (Richardson) Carter, 75, homemaker, died Sunday in Tulsa. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Service, Claremore.
- James Robert "J.R." Johnston, 90, farmer and rancher, died Monday in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Chelsea Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Friday, The Sanctuary Christian Worship Center.
Claremore - Eugene W. "Gene" Green, 75, cattleman, died Saturday in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita, and service 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, Vinita.
- Tanara Marie Moses, infant daughter of Billie Dick and Germaine Moses, died Sunday. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Wednesday, Rice Funeral Service, and graveside service 10 a.m. Thursday, Lone Elm Cemetery.
- Betty Lou Smith, 74, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, both at Rice Funeral Service.
Coffeyville, Kan. - Evelyn L. Evitts, 91, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Fairview Cemetery.
Collinsville - Kathryn Nadean (Pavey) Bell, 83, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Faith Fellowship Church. Collinsville Dolton.
Cushing - Ruby G. Gaither, 87, homemaker, died Sept. 14. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Carney Cemetery. Davis.
Eufaula - Ione "Bees" Eldridge, 86, homemaker, died Sunday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Red Oak Cemetery, Canadian. Chaney Harkins, McAlester.
Glenpool - Leo Melvin Rodebush, 79, retired painter, died Friday in Sapulpa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Schaudt's Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church.
Grove - Carol Dean (Parks) Foster, 75, retired Sears & Roebuck credit manager, died Sunday. Services pending. Worley Luginbuel.
Heavener - Dennis Dana Gregory, 64, retired Ocean Imports customhouse manager, died Sept. 10. Memorial service 2 p.m. Oct. 7, Cedar Lake Pavilion. Grace Manor, Poteau.
Henryetta - Joseph Kenneth Boyles, 75, machine operator, died Sept. 11 in Tulsa. Services were held Sunday. Integrity.
- Kyle A. Hentges, 25, died Sept. 8 in Austin, Texas. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Westlawn Cemetery. Rogers.
- Norman E. Lowe, 91, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, St. Michael's Catholic Church. Integrity.
Lenapah - Cecil W. Dingman, 55, ranch foreman, died Sunday. Services pending. Luginbuel, Vinita.
Lequire - Sunny Butner, 61, home health nurse, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Stigler.
Locust Grove - Gene Pippin, 73, retired from Lonestar Cement Plant, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Haner Cemetery. Key.
McAlester - Randall Dennis Powell, 74, hardwood floor specialist, died Sunday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Thursday, Bishop Funeral Service Chapel.
Miami - James A. Seward, 72, Eagle Picher purchaser, died Monday. Services pending. Brown-Winters.
- Callie Simpson, 90, homemaker, died Monday in Oklahoma City. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Brown-Winters Funeral Home, and graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, GAR Cemetery.
Muskogee - Carolyn (Scott) Ferguson, 66, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, New Hope Assembly of God. Lescher-Millsap.
Oglesby - Joyce Allen, 84, died Monday. Services pending. Davis, Dewey.
Oilton - William "Ronnie" Nuttle, 51, oil-field pumper, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. Mannford Funeral Home, Mannford.
- Johnnie Dean Stokes, 55, mechanic, died Saturday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church. Michael's, Drumright.
Owasso - Bobby Charles Hale, 68, retired city of Tulsa mechanic, died Sunday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mowery Funeral Service Chapel.
Pawhuska - LoEtta Marion Lively, 71, died Sunday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Pryor - Wynema Hoffman, 78, homemaker, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Osage Freewill Baptist Church. Key.
Salina - Gerald F. Basye Jr., 55, self-employed, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Stephens Funeral Home Chapel, Pryor.
Sallisaw - Floyd Gene Ledford, 77, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dowden Funeral Home Chapel, Heavener.
Sand Springs - Thomas Alan Hix, 58, retired handyman, died Monday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
- Rosie Lue (Russell) Johnson-Dear, 94, retired Cooper Manufacturing Co. warehouse delivery driver, died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, First Assembly of God. Mobley-Dodson.
- Alice G. Watson, 93, died Sunday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Fannie L. Bevenue, 72, homemaker, died Sunday in Tulsa. Wake 7 p.m. Tuesday and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, both at Pickett Chapel. Smith.
Stilwell - Johnny Gray Jr., 77, construction worker, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Calvary Southern Baptist Church. Roberts/Reed-Culver.
Tahlequah - Gloria Valiente Bass, 61, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
Vinita - Velma F. London, 83, retired licensed practical nurse, died Saturday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Fairfax City Cemetery, Fairfax. McCartney's Johnson, Pawhuska.
Wagoner - Frank Edward Winford, 89, employment service manager, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Shipman Funeral Home Chapel.
Wainwright - Charles Cole, 73, Cole's gas station owner and farmer, died Monday. Services pending. Garrett, Checotah.
Weleetka - Taryn Cole Lewis, 13, student, died Saturday. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Integrity Funeral Home, Henryetta; wake 7 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Christ Community Church.
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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