Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
9/26/12 at 2:50 AM
TULSA
Bell, Leroy, 95, blueprint shop assistant, died Monday. Services pending. Jack's.
Cly, Jack Michael "Mike," 60, master carpenter, died Sunday. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.
Coulter, James "Stew," 63, retired, died Sept. 16. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Cox, Mary, 79, McDonnell Douglas retired machinist, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Reynolds Rose Hill Funeral Home Chapel.
Deckard, Tina Lee, 43, customer service representative, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.
Edwards, Beverley J., 77, executive secretary, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Farnsley, Earl Thomas, 71, died Aug. 9. Services pending. Moore's Memory.
Flaxbart, Edward William, 87, business executive, died Friday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Thursday, Grace Lutheran Church. Moore's Southlawn.
Foster, Wanda Lee (Barley), 73, Army Corps of Engineers secretary, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Southeast Baptist Church.
Harlin, John K. Jr., 81, attorney, died Tuesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Hill, Leon Jr., 50, laborer, died Sept. 18. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dyer Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Thursday, Full Gospel Family Outreach Ministries.
Howell, Bobby Gene "Bob," 80, salesman, died Monday in Houston. Service 1 p.m. Friday, St. John's Episcopal Church. Stanleys.
Hower, Robert N. "Bob," 87, retired KTUL news anchor, died Saturday. Services pending.
Kikugawa, Reginald T., 87, civil engineer, died Tuesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Lee, Virginia Juanita, 86, retired Pentagon clerical worker, died July 3. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, All Souls Unitarian Church. Add'Vantage.
Martin, Beverly Bruffy, 59, management worker, died Sunday. Private family services. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Mason, Eleanor Ellie, 69, homemaker, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Red Fork Baptist Church. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Pike, Audrinna Lynn, infant daughter of Kelsey Pike and Justin Harvill, died Sept. 19. Graveside service 11 a.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Riley, Robert "R.J." "Bob," 69, engineer, died Sunday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Robinson, Mary Young, 72, home health-care worker, died Sunday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Scrivner, Ruby "Billie," 94, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Self, Marie Jane (French), 69, retired bank teller, died Tuesday. Services pending. Serenity.
Tate, Donald, age unavailable, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Memory.
Traver, Jin Michael Blade, infant son of Tabatha Goodwin and Jim Traver, died Saturday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Travis, Robert Wayne, 48, machinist, died Sunday. Visitation 3-9 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Afton - Glen Edward Seamon, 44, drywall finisher, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Christian Church, Fairland. Adcock.
Arkoma - Dana Paul Williams, 57, construction worker, died Sunday. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, Spiro. No services planned.
Bartlesville - George "Allen" Cook, 67, retired fabricator, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, Ramona. Stumpff.
- Carol Jean Cramer, 58, died Monday. Graveside service 3 p.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Stumpff.
- Elizabeth A. Hays, 91, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Lois Allene Notley, 80, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Arch R. "Art" Saylor Jr., 84, retired from Phillips Petroleum Co., died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home Chapel.
Beggs - Roscoe Charles Matthews, 81, retired Army sergeant major, died Sunday in Tulsa. No services planned. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Bixby - Delorys Ethelyn Cutler, 95, bookkeeper, died Monday. Services pending. Bixby Funeral Service.
- Kelly Don Dancer, 47, software programmer, died Sunday. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, St. James Presbyterian Church, Jenks. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Margaret Josephine Stolba, 84, homemaker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Schaudt's Funeral Home Chapel, Glenpool.
Bristow - Margaret Coleen Henshaw, 81, homemaker, died Monday in Tulsa. Graveside service 10 a.m. Thursday, Bristow City Cemetery. Michael's.
Catoosa - Madolyn Gearhart, 67, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
Checotah - Celia Luretta Sweeten, 69, nurse, died Saturday. Private family services. Kennedy-Kennard, Broken Arrow.
Chouteau - Ellis Herman Dearing, 84, automotive business chief executive officer, died Tuesday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard, Broken Arrow.
- Lynn Dwain Due, 66, AT&T senior technician project manager, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Stephens Funeral Home, Pryor, and service 10 a.m. Friday, First Presbyterian Church.
- Virginia Fay "Jenny" Jones, 53, Walmart department manager, died Monday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Claremore - Kenneth Elton Hobbs, 58, truck driver, died Monday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Ridgelawn Cemetery, Collinsville. Collinsville Dolton, Collinsville.
- Jon Ross Townsend, 19, soldier, died Sept. 16. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Rice Funeral Service, and service 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church.
Cleveland - Billie Whitfield, 80, retired Hissom Memorial Center caregiver, died Sunday. Services pending. Chapman-Black.
Dustin - Erma Louise Addison, 78, died Sunday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Thursday, Dustin Cemetery. Williamson-Spradlin, Wetumka.
Eucha - Carol Clement, 65, died Tuesday. Graveside service was held Tuesday. Worley-Luginbuel, Jay.
Eufaula - Clarence "C.J." Shatswell, 67, Army Corps of Engineers worker, died Monday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, First Free Will Baptist Church. Hunn Black & Merritt.
Fort Gibson - Barbara Cox, 66, special education teacher, died Monday in Tahlequah. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. Millsap.
- Delann Lyons, 72, licensed practical nurse, died Tuesday in Wagoner. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Trinity Family Worship. Millsap.
Glenpool - Patrick Nicholas Snodgrass, 59, maintenance worker, died Friday. No services planned. Schaudt's.
Hartshorne - Linda Ruth (Southern) Fry, 68, Texas Instruments supervisor, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Gloryland Baptist Church.
Henryetta - Lorene Suiter, 91, died Tuesday. Services pending. Rogers.
Hulbert - Virginia Opal Stinnett, 82, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Thursday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home, Tahlequah, and graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Tahlequah City Cemetery, Tahlequah.
- Emma "Eustie" Walker-Courtney, 75, custodian, died Thursday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, both at Reed-Culver Funeral Home, Tahlequah.
Locust Grove - Laverna Nunley, 94, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Key Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Friday, Locust Grove Free Will Baptist Church.
Miami - Jay E. DeHart, 77, retired Wilson Foods salesman, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, First United Methodist Church.
- Raymon E. Smith, 76, mechanic, died Monday in Joplin, Mo. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Brown-Winters Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Church of God Holiness.
Muskogee - John G. "Johnnie" Archer, 78, retired Archer Cleaners owner, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Assembly of God. Cornerstone.
- Dorothy J. Beck, 87, died Monday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
- Evertt J. Coplan, 91, federal government worker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
- Nettie Marie Guillory, 97, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Foster-Petering.
- Betsey A. Standridge, 84, retired from Bebb's Flowers, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church. Foster-Petering.
- Jewell L. Wortham, 91, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Foster-Petering.
Okemah - Don Ingraham, 91, retired from Tinker Air Force, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Assembly of God. Parks Brothers.
Okmulgee - Janice Lee Eslick, 74, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. McClendon-Winters.
- Leonard Wayne Frazier, 64, retired Kialegee Tribal Town employee, died Sunday in Tulsa. Wake 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church.
- Lawrence R. "Bud" Moore, 85, rancher, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Concharty Indian Methodist Church. McClendon-Winters.
Owasso - Glenna Rae (Goad) Burns, 58, Kohl's employee, died Sunday. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Mowery Funeral Home.
- Finis T. Richardson III, 62, manufacturing supervisor, died Sunday. Services pending. Moore.
- Joyce Rutstein, 82, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Pawnee - Connie Jo (Richards) Davis, 64, homemaker, died Sept. 22. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Highland Cemetery Chapel. Poteet.
Ponca City - Carmen Bowman, 84, died Saturday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Thursday, Trout Funeral Home Chapel.
- Charles Rickman, 86, died Tuesday. Services pending. Trout.
- Mary Sias, 85, died Friday in Oklahoma City. Service 11 a.m. Monday, First Presbyterian Church. Trout.
- Yvonne Warrior, 68, died Monday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Ponca City Baptist Church. Trout.
Poteau - David Louis Mann, 72, retired drilling consultant, died Sunday. Services pending. Evans & Miller.
- Darlene Kay Petrofsky, 65, receptionist, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, Spiro, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Free Will Baptist Church, Spiro.
Red Oak - Edwin Wilson, 50, died Monday in Wilburton. Services pending. Waldrop, Wilburton.
Sand Springs - Gertrude Rainwater, 68, teacher, died Friday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Sept. 10, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Mark Griffith-Riverside.
Sapulpa - Delois May Hoch, 83, retired Hutchinson Bag Factory textile assembly worker, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, Full Gospel Church, Hutchinson, Kan. Cremation Society , Tulsa.
- Sarah Evelyn (Keylon) Romick, 67, retired state worker, died Monday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
- Kay Hillman Ward, 90, retired Meadow Gold dairy delivery worker, died Sunday. Private family services. Smith.
Spiro - Charlene Smith, 68, homemaker, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel.
Stillwater - Edwin Melton March, 75, electronics technician, died Sept. 22 in Glencoe. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Southside Baptist Church. Strode.
Tahlequah - Delores "Sally" Cook, 59, Cherokee Nation administrative secretary, died Sunday in Tulsa. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
Wilburton - Cynthia Joan Cook, 60, formerly of Wilburton, died Monday in Tulsa. Wake 6-8 p.m. Friday and service 10 a.m. Saturday, both at Waldrop Funeral Home.
- Salbrania Gale Pendley, 54, died Saturday in Norman. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Waldrop Funeral Home Chapel.
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