Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Thursday, October 04, 2012
10/04/12 at 2:31 AM
TULSA
Albro, Leo Earl, 89, retired Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent, died Tuesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Oct. 13, First Baptist Church, Jay. Cremation Society.
Ashworth, Beverly, 82, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel.
Barnett, Roy L., 40, Kansas State University professor, formerly of Tulsa, died Sept. 28 in Manhattan, Kan. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Friday, Dyer Funeral Home, and service 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sanctuary Evangelistic Church.
Campbell, Marguerite Aline, 92, homemaker, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Moore's Rosewood Funeral Home Chapel.
Cook, John David, 47, Oakwood Graphics salesman, died Sept. 29. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Crosstown Church of Christ. Add'Vantage.
Cotton, Climon, 74, retired, died Wednesday in Catoosa. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Eaton, Steven, 60, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Gray, Rhea Colleen, 80, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Hesser, Kathryn Rheam, 91, office manager, died Wednesday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Moore's Memory Funeral Home Chapel.
Krcik, Anna, 99, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Thursday, Reynolds Rose Hill Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 11 a.m. Friday, St. Thomas More Catholic Church.
Lawrence, Dorthea "Ruby," 79, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard, Broken Arrow.
McIntyre, Frances, 94, Seismograph Service Corp. secretary, died Monday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home Chapel.
Paxson, Jonathan Hadley, 56, police officer, died Sept. 17. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Hayhurst, Broken Arrow.
Roberts, Richard David "Robby," 71, Robby's Auto Repair owner, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel.
Russell, Aline S., 93, bookstore employee, died Wednesday. Private family services. Stanleys.
Sabillon, Milton Eduardo, infant son of Shelly Suazo and Oscar Sabillon, died Sept. 22. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Schell, Ellen Jean (Stites), 64, retired dry cleaner, died Monday. Celebration of life 11 a.m. Friday, Serenity Funeral Home.
Tillman, Anthony J., 54, F&M Bank courier and Tulsa Gold & Gems driver, died Sept. 29. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Praise Center Family Church. Keith D. Biglow.
Williams, Margaret Heath, 86, formerly of Tulsa, died Sept. 29 in Houston. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Moore's Southlawn.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Joseph C. Brown, 90, died Friday in Austin, Texas. Service 11 a.m. Monday, First Church of the Nazarene. Stumpff.
Bristow - Etta Mae Conaway, 90, homemaker, died Wednesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Magnolia Memorial Gardens. Hutchins-Maples.
Broken Arrow - Lisa Michelle Jack, 54, retail clerk, died Sunday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Bob Sunker, 90, North American Aviation engineer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
Checotah - Stanley Thompson, 62, mechanic, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Mount Sequoia Mountain, Fayetteville, Ark. Shipman's, Muskogee.
Chelsea - Frank Delano Cantrell, 79, Sverdrup Technology aerospace engineer, formerly of Chelsea, died Tuesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Chelsea Cemetery. Seaman-Blanke.
Claremore - Elizabeth Rose (Barber) Smith, 91, jewelry designer, died Sunday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Calvary Free Will Baptist Church Serenity, Tulsa.
Cleveland - Don Sharp, 82, retired security alarm installer, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Prattwood Assembly of God, Sand Springs. Chapman-Black.
Colcord - Lee Foreman, 83, retired Colcord school bus driver, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Old Clouds Creek Baptist Church.
- Elden "Eddie" McCombs, 68, machinist, died Tuesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday and service 10 a.m. Saturday, both at Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Ark.
Collinsville - Jarrett Paul Clingan, 42, American Airlines mechanic, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel, Tulsa.
Coweta - Wesley Bolton, 63, optical glass grinder, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel, Tulsa. Moore's Southlawn, Tulsa.
- George W. Robbins, 90, retired ink factory worker, died Friday in Broken Arrow. Services pending. Wright-Brown.
Cushing - Wanda Jean Arenas, 55, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel.
Fort Smith, Ark. - Joyce Ann (Morgan) Hall, 68, Oklahoman American Veterans News secretary, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Agent Funeral Home, Muldrow, Okla., and graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Upper Camp Creek Cemetery, Muldrow.
Jenks - Louella Faye Youngblood, 88, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Locust Grove - Violet L. (Coverdell) McFarland, 92, homemaker, died Wednesday in Pryor. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 1 p.m. Friday, both at Locust Grove Funeral Home.
McAlester - Joe Eugene Phifer, 73, driver, died Friday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, Ward Chapel AME Church. Chaney Harkins.
Muskogee - Paula Kay Phipps, 61, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, York Street Christian Church. Cornerstone.
- Roger J. Schoeppel, 83, engineer, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, St. Paul United Methodist Church. Foster-Petering.
- Brenda Lou Smith, 57, accounting clerk, died Saturday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Catherine Swift, 86, homemaker, died Wednesday in Allen, Texas. Services pending. Granger-House of Winn.
Okemah - Amos Jack DeShields, 84, entrepreneur and farmer, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Butner School Gymnasium, Cromwell. Parks Brothers.
Oologah - Eldon Dean Cooper, 68, Guardian Security dispatcher, died Wednesday. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Mowery Funeral Home, Owasso, and graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Rest Haven Cemetery, Sperry.
Owasso - Charles Roy Bigbie II, 88, employer benefits consultant, died Monday. Services pending. Mowery.
- Constance Jane (Lewis) Dolan, 74, secretary, died Saturday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Pawnee - F. Wayne Spears, 74, retired Pawnee County assessor, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Poteet.
Perry - June Maxine (Fischer) Feken, 90, died Sept. 27. Services were held Friday. Brown-Dugger.
Ponca City - John Wayne Jones, 63, retired mechanic, died Wednesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Fairfax Cemetery. Palmer Marler, Stillwater.
Pryor - Reanna Dawn Stafford, 14, Pryor Junior High School student, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Church of Christ. Stephens.
- Herbert E. Weaver, 80, crain operator, died Wednesday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, New Home Cemetery, Peggs. Shipman's.
Sand Spring - Eugene "J.R." Ewing, 53, truck driver, died Monday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Mark Griffith-Riverside Funeral Home Chapel.
Sapulpa - Robert Glen Bowen, 51, welder, died Sept. 29. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel.
Sperry - Evan Edward Dick, 66, lawn service owner, died Wednesday. Services pending. Johnson.
Stilwell - Doyle Lemons, 82, retired from the Navy, died Tuesday in Fayetteville, Ark. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Thursday, Hart Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Faith Tabernacle.
Stroud - Milton F. Wolff, 81, Wolff Feed Store owner, died Wednesday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Cushing. Parks Brothers.
Tahlequah - Lylah Braylee Taylor, infant daughter of Lyndsie Taylor and Jeff Evan, died Friday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Hendricks Cemetery. Reed-Culver.
Wagoner - Orvell Eugene Ball, 73, electrical and building contractor, died Sunday in Tulsa. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Hersman-Nichols Funeral Home.
- Raymond Donald McLain, 62, died Tuesday in Tahlequah. Services pending. Heath-Griffith, Tulsa.
- Mary Caroline Wheeler, 90, homemaker, died Sept. 26. Graveside service 3 p.m. Friday, Elmwood Cemetery. Mallett.
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
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