Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
10/09/12 at 2:47 AM
TULSA
Campbell, Ola Mae, 77, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Cooper, Gary Marshall, 69, heat and air technician, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Church of the Holy Spirit Anglican. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
Criner, Arlene (Rea), 84, retired park director, died Saturday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, West Liberty Cemetery, Enterprise. Mallory-Martin, Stigler.
Dressler, Jacqueline A. "Jackie," 80, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Flynn, John "Murray," 65, former auto salesman, died Friday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Fitzgerald Ivy Funeral Home Chapel.
Ford, Robert V. "Bob," 64, investment adviser and Capital Investments owner, died Sunday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Wednesday, Add'Vantage Funeral Service, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Victory Christian Center.
Francis, Michael G., 45, insurance analyst, died Monday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Freeman, Thomas, 70, warehouse foreman, died Sunday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Hawkins, Donald Lee, 74, truck driver, formerly of Tulsa, died Friday. Graveside service 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Green Hill Memorial Gardens, Sapulpa. Green Hill, Sapulpa.
McEwen, Grace A., 88, retired secretary, died Saturday in Jenks. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
McKennon, Joyce H., 90, writer, died Saturday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Moore, Madge, 87, retired surgical nurse's aide, died Oct. 1. Private family services. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Pitts, Addie Elba (Mays), 85, retired city of Tulsa office manager, died Sunday. Services pending. Serenity.
Sander, Kimberly, 50, grocery store cashier, died Monday. Services pending. Serenity.
Skinner, Julia Lois, 47, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith, Claremore.
Stick, Veronica Lynn, 43, All Souls Unitarian Church administrative assistant, died Friday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Thompson, Erika, 85, beauty operator, died Monday. Private family services. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Townsend, Diana M., 68, medical bookkeeper, died Saturday. Private family services. Mowery, Owasso.
Works, Gregory Dejuan, 21, assembler, died Monday. Services pending. Jack's.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - America F. Hernandez, 73, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Arthur Rainwater Jr., 82, oil-lease owner, died Monday. Private family services. Walker-Brown.
Beggs - Doris Bernice Grayson, 80, homemaker, died Saturday in Tulsa. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Crossroads Baptist Church. McClendon-Winters.
Bixby - Gerald B. McDonald, 81, master gunnery sergeant, died Saturday. No services planned. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Broken Arrow - Renee Leatha Alexander, 57, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Vivian M. Wages, 89, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Riverview Baptist Church, Bixby. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
Catoosa - Alice Oneita Webb, 87, bank teller, died Thursday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard, Broken Arrow.
Checotah - Maurice Payne, 78, physician, died Sept. 28 in Greece. Service 1 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Garrett Family.
- Kenneth "Waldo" Robertson, 87, retired McIntosh County District 1 commissioner, died Monday. Services pending. Garrett Family.
Chouteau - Timothy Underwood, 45, died Monday. Services pending. Key, Pryor.
Claremore - Francis Algen (Turner) Dudley, 96, retired business owner, died Saturday in Owasso. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- James Rollins "Sandy" Holland, 84, retired American Airlines crew chief, died Monday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Leon Louis Lincoln, 70, retired carpenter, died Saturday in Catoosa. Visitation 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, both at Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home.
- Riley Neal McElroy, 73, truck driver, died Monday in Kankakee, Ill. Services pending. Powell, Hominy.
Cleveland - Joe Edgerton, 40, Webco mill operator, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Chapman-Black.
Coffeyville - Billie Marie March, 81, died Saturday. Visitation noon-5 p.m. Wednesday, Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home, and celebration of life 2 p.m. Thursday, Fairview Cemetery Veterans Patio.
Commerce - Rodney Eugene Hulsey, 45, formerly of Commerce, died Friday in Chattanooga, Tenn. Visitation 1-2 p.m. Tuesday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at First Assembly of God. Paul Thomas.
- Almon "Sut" Ruggles, 80, truck driver, died Friday. Graveside service noon Tuesday, Bluejacket Cemetery, Bluejacket. Paul Thomas.
Coweta - Bonnie Jean Scott, 80, retired Texaco secretary, died Monday in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Wright-Brown Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Christian Church.
Cushing - Emma N. Temple, 96, homemaker, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Full Gospel Assembly of God. Palmer Marler.
- Douglas R. Zahniser, 52, died Monday. No services planned. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Dewey - Harold D. Swallow, 68, retired, died Monday. Services pending. Davis Family.
- Dorothy M. Wendt, 86, died Sunday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Eufaula - Floyd Kindrick, 84, Tinker Air Force Base aircraft mechanic, died Sept. 30. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, VFW Post 8798. Hunn Black & Merritt.
- Jillian Faith Mortensen, 4, student, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Lighthouse Christian Center. Hunn Black & Merritt.
- Melvina (Tounwin) Stevens, 80, licensed practical nurse, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Hunn Black & Merritt Funeral Home Chapel, Eufaula, and graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Resthaven Cemetery, Shawnee.
Gentry, Ark. - Juanita Adams, 85, homemaker, died Friday in Siloam Springs. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Wasson Funeral Home Chapel, Siloam Springs.
Hulbert - A. Carl Lee, 76, welder and rancher, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Green Country, Tahlequah.
Inola - Debbie Meeker, 62, nurse, died Monday. Services pending. Inola Funeral Home.
Jay - James L. Butler, 36, lumberyard foreman, died Saturday. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, First Assembly of God. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Jenks - Steven Kyle Rist, 29, died Oct. 3 in Boca Raton, Fla. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Schaudt's Funeral Service, Glenpool, and service 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church.
- Gerrit "Jerry" Roelofsen, 59, Closebend Inc. shop foreman, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Southminster Presbyterian Church, Tulsa. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Mannford - Homer Huston Foster, 85, Kerr Glass plant manager, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel. Mark Griffith-Riverside, Sand Springs.
Maysville, Ark. - Nola Katherine "Kay" Marsh, 75, former Decatur State Bank employee, died Sunday in Rogers. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Missionary Baptist Church.
Miami - Glenna Jean (Hale) Smith, 75, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 10-11 a.m. Thursday, Brown-Winters Funeral Home, and memorial service 1 p.m. Thursday, GAR Cemetery.
Mounds - Michael B. Smith, 54, cable television line technician, died Friday. Visitation 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, Add'Vantage Funeral Service, Tulsa, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Church of God, Tulsa.
Muskogee - Robert "Buzz" Hughes, 44, Acme Engineering employee, died Thursday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Citizens Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Foster-Petering.
- W.G. Parker, 98, retired educator, died Monday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Newkirk - Leanna L. Bryson, 93, retired home health-care worker, died Saturday in Ponca City. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church. Miller-Stahl.
Okmulgee - Lela Dee McCauley, age not available, teacher, died Sunday. Services pending. Shurden-Jackson.
- Tommie Willis McGowin, 99, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Town and Country Christian Church.
- Robert "Bob" Woodfield, 76, Vanco Enterprises property manager, died Saturday. Wake 7 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at McClendon-Winters Funeral Home.
Oologah - Brian M. Phillips, 28, Collinsville High School teacher and coach, died Friday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, Rice Funeral Service, Claremore, and service 11 a.m. Thursday, Life Church, Owasso.
Owasso - Shirley Jean Evans, 72, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Mowery.
- Alta Mae McCall, 91, nurse's aide, died Sunday. Services pending. Moore.
Pawhuska - Diane Sue (Ross) Sharp, 66, retired secretary, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Christian Church, Shidler. McCartney's Johnson.
Ponca City - Oleata Boles, 88, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Trout Funeral Home Chapel.
- Wilma Lucille (Bradley) Harrison, 98, chief telephone operator, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church, and graveside service 3 p.m. Tuesday, Fairlawn Cemetery, Chickasha. Grace.
- Roberta C. (Little) Rennie, 92, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church. Trout.
- Clarise Jewel (Deroin) Rickman, 86, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Trout Funeral Home Chapel.
- Donald L. Sawyer, 22, auto detailer, died Friday in Oklahoma City. Services pending. Grace.
Prague - Melisa Michelle "Missy" Messer, 35, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Faith Bible Church, and graveside service 3 p.m. Thursday, Prague Cemetery. Parks Brothers.
Pryor - Jim St. John, 74, died Sunday in Madill. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Shipman's Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, Salina.
- James Melvin Wallace, 90, retired from Boeing, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Free Will Baptist Church. Stephens.
Ramona - Pamela P. Hunter, 51, died Sunday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Salina - Bill Ingle, 69, retired, died Monday in Pryor. Services pending. Stephens, Pryor.
Sand Springs - Marie (Holsonbake) Lumsden, 85, homemaker, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home Chapel.
- Bradford Ray "Brad" Parker, 83, retired from American Airlines, died Saturday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Covenant Life Family Worship Center. Dillon & Smith.
Sapulpa - Doyle Hathcock, 72, retired square dance caller, died Saturday in Tulsa. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. Smith.
Siloam Springs, Ark. - Virginia Caudine Brown, 97, retired Peterson Industries executive secretary, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Wasson Funeral Home Chapel.
Skiatook - Georgia L. Park, 76, died Sunday in Tulsa. Services pending. Sien-Shelton.
- Marvin Mayfield Rhyne, 97, died Saturday in Branson, Mo. Services pending. Sien-Shelton.
Spavinaw - Rick Duniphan, 58, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Blue Springs Church, Salina. Shipman's, Pryor.
Sperry - Jennie Louise Hightower, 52, minister, died Monday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Spiro - Lois Olene (Chapmond) Bess,65, died Sunday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, both at Evans & Miller Funeral Home, Poteau.
- Mildred Smith, 93, laborer, died Saturday. Wake 5-9 p.m. Wednesday and service 11 a.m. Thursday, both at Mallory-Martin Funeral Home.
Stigler - Mary Helen (Brigance) Kates, 83, retired teacher, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel.
Stillwater - Shawn Bernard, 37, car salesman, died Saturday. Service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa.
Tahlequah - Chester Golden Caviness, 74, truck driver, died Oct. 1 in Muskogee. Graveside service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Green Country.
Talala - Johnnie Lee Hobbs, 74, ironworker, died Monday. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Vinita - Beatrice Fern Langley, 92, died Sunday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Thomas Funeral Home, Welch, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Church of God.
Yukon - Richard Colson Mankiller, 61, Xerox Corp. technician, died Sunday. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
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