Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Friday, November 09, 2012
11/09/12 at 2:42 AM
TULSA
Ash, Lois Joy, 65, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Becton, Rose Alline, 97, homemaker, died Thursday in Broken Arrow. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Monday, University United Methodist Church.
Bowen, Marion S. "Butch," 88, retired dentist, died Sunday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Dec. 7, All Souls Unitarian Church.A
Dorsey, Phoenicia D., 19, student, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Paradise Missionary Baptist Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Evans, Johnny Jasper, 79, retired carpenter, died Tuesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday and service 11 a.m. Saturday, both at Foster-Petering Funeral Home, Muskogee.
Farquharson, Scott, 51, retired, died Tuesday. No services planned. Kennedy-Midtown.
Gibson, Ted, 81, attorney, died Wednesday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church. Add'Vantage.
Graham, James Vernon "Jim," 85, salesman, died Nov. 2. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Bixby Cemetery, Bixby. Serenity.
Horton, Dorothy Nell, 83, beautician, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Full Gospel Outreach Ministry. Jack's.
Jones, Gertrude Jescender (Moore), 93, health-care professional, died Nov. 2. Memorial service 1 p.m. Friday, Concord Community Baptist Church. Jack's.
Jones, Tommie Jean Clark, 76, retired Tulsa Public Schools educator, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Metropolitan Baptist Church. Keith D. Biglow.
Kalka, Shelly Dawn, 56, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard, Broken Arrow.
Laws, Bettye, 70, Tulsa Technology Center human resources worker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Dyer.
Lloyd, Dean W., 88, airline mechanic, died Sunday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Love, Helen Reavis, 93, Public Service Company of Oklahoma cashier, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Southwood Baptist Church. Moore's Southlawn.
Mayes, Norlene Byrd, 77, postal clerk, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Metropolitan Baptist Church. Jack's.
McColpin, Chester A., 70, city of Tulsa engineer, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.
McLean, Phyllis Jane, 89, retired Tulsa Public Schools secretary, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Miller, Rickey Gale, 63, teacher, died Wednesday. Services pending. Serenity.
Nelson, Thurman Elwood, 74, BFI trash removal service employee, died Oct. 30. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Latter House Family Outreach Ministries. Add'Vantage.
Pauliny, Norma Ruth, 82, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 9 a.m. Friday, Grace Lutheran Church, Moore's Rosewood.
Presley, James, 39, roofer, died Sunday in Fort Smith, Ark. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Reed, DeShawn, 23, died Nov. 1. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Monday, Crown Hill Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Crown Hill Chapel.
Rivers, Elijah Deriyan, 7, student, died Oct. 31. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Friday, Moore's Rosewood Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Greater Union Baptist Church.
Short, Patrick "Selleck," 24, Broadcasting Promotions technician, died Tuesday. Celebration of life and visitation 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Serenity Funeral Home.
Skirball, Franc, 85, TV and radio analyst, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Sparks, Thelma, 78, retired Tulsa Public Schools cafeteria worker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Still, Terry, 61, Centerpoint Marketing and Communications owner, died Wednesday. Rosary 6 p.m. Friday and funeral Mass 10:30 a.m. Saturday, both at St. Mary Catholic Church. Freeman Harris.
Taylor, Ermerlene, 78, assembly line supervisor, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Antioch Baptist Church. Jack's.
White, Elvernon Leroy Jr., 42, died Tuesday. Visitation 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and wake 6-8 p.m. Friday, both at Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, World Won for Christ Outreach Ministries.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Adair - Dorothy Lee (Jones) Durbin, 82, Hotsy's Cafe owner, died Thursday. Services pending. Luginbuel, Vinita.
Bartlesville - Maxine Louise Green, 61, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Lyle Anfred Abrahamson, 80, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Blackwell - Rachel Kathryn Courtney, 89, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church. Roberts & Son.
- Katherine Julia Rohrs, 78, died Wednesday in Wichita, Kan. Service 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church. Roberts & Son.
Broken Arrow - Thomas Christian, 62, elevator installer, died Thursday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
- Karen L. Draper, 62, Graebel moving coordinator, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven.
- Lottie Marie Wilder, 92, emergency medical technician, died Wednesday. Private family services. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Canadian - Johnnie Bruce Easley, 63, died Wednesday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Chaney Harkins, McAlester.
Catoosa - Clifford Bell, 82, truck driver, died Thursday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, Oak Hill Cemetery, Mannford. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Checotah - Charles Coulter, 76, rancher and farmer, died Nov. 3 in Tulsa. Memorial service 11 a.m. Monday, Garrett Family Funeral Home Chapel.
Chelsea - Wilmer Hubert "Vum" Short, 87, retired roofer, died Wednesday in Muskogee. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith, Claremore.
Coffeyville, Kan. - Ross K. "Kirk" Robison, 52, Amazon employee, died Oct. 23 in Kemi, Finland. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home.
- Audrey D. Thompson, 90, retired nurse's aide, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Barnes Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Pleasant View Church of God.
Fort Gibson - Anthony Joseph "Tony" Rila, 66, died Oct. 26 in Las Vegas. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Citizens Cemetery. Millsap.
Grove - Priscilla Fleming, 97, licensed practical nurse, died Thursday. No services planned. Adcock, Afton.
Hulbert - James Leo Stinnett, 85, farmer and rancher, died Thursday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Kansas - Sharin Kay (Jones) Hopkins, 65, home health aide, died Wednesday. Visitation 4-7 p.m. Friday and service 10 a.m. Saturday, both at First Baptist Church. Johnson, Sperry.
Kellyville - Denese Nation, 59, died Thursday. Services pending. Smith, Sapulpa.
Muskogee - Gordon Scott Blankenship, 89, supervisor, died Wednesday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home Chapel.
- Edith Dill, 76, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Foster-Petering.
- Rodney Lee Kindred, 43, salesman, died Nov. 2. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
- William "Bill" Turney, 89, died Monday in Wagoner. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Eastern Heights Baptist Church. Lescher-Millsap.
- Tress "Marie" (Beckley) (Dykes) Story, 88, retired educator, died Wednesday. Services pending. Foster-Petering.
Nowata - Terry W. Covey, 60, died Nov. 5. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Hillside Christian Church. Stumpff.
Owasso - Petrona Payares, 105, homemaker, died Oct. 30 in Tulsa. Memorial Mass 1 p.m. Saturday, St. Henry Catholic Church. Reynolds, Tulsa.
Ponca City - Edward "Corky" Gammon, 77, Ponca City street supervisor, died Wednesday in Fairfax. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Grace Funeral Home Chapel.
Poteau - Levie Jackson, 92, self-employed, died Sunday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Monday, North Town Cemetery, McAlester. Chaney-Harkins, McAlester.
Rocky Ford - Janie Fields, 84, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Long Prairie Baptist Church, Kansas, Okla.
Rose - William "Allen" Martin, 48, truck driver, died Nov. 3. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday and service 2 p.m. Saturday, both at Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Ark.
Salina - Frank D. Raper, 62, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Shipman's Funeral Home, Pryor, and service 2 p.m. Saturday, Euwasha Baptist Church, Kenwood.
Sallisaw - Sharon Burnett, 57, homemaker, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
Sapulpa - Donna Jean Lloyd, 74, retired AT&T engineering assistant, died Thursday. Services pending. McClendon-Winters, Beggs.
Shady Point - George Vernon "Sam" McAmis, 80, Stanford Glass Co. owner, died Nov. 1. Graveside service 4 p.m. Friday, Shady Point Cemetery. Evans & Miller, Poteau.
Skiatook - Ida Bell Coltharp, 76, Southwestern Bell Telephone operator and payroll clerk, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday and service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, both at Sien-Shelton Funeral Home.
Sperry - Harold D. Vogt, 71, cattleman, died Thursday. Services pending. Johnson.
Spiro - Carol Gean Evans, 66, homemaker, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Victory Worship Center.
- James Hendrix, 56, died Tuesday. No services planned. Mallory-Martin.
- Rick Stankewitz 58, self-employed, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Saturday, Spiro High School Multi-Purpose Facility.
Stigler - Irene Russell, 97, retired secretary, formerly of Stigler, died Wednesday in Norman. Service 1 p.m. Sunday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel.
Tahlequah - Myrtle Juanita Harlow, 77, , social services site manager, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Green Country.
- Barbara Jo Jenkins, 76, homemaker, died Tuesday in Siloam Springs, Ark. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Friday and service 10 a.m. Saturday, both at Hart Funeral Home.
- Johnny Ray Utley, 60, maintenance worker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Vian - Terry Charles "T.C." Biggerstaff, 40, died Tuesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Box Cemetery. Agent, Sallisaw.
Vinita - Leroy Heater, 83, Heater Construction owner, died Tuesday in Shawnee. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday and service 2 p.m. Saturday, both at Luginbuel Funeral Home.
Wagoner - Johnny Earl Anderson, 64, died Wednesday. Services pending. Hersman-Nichols.
- Marita Hayden, 55, homemaker, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard, Broken Arrow.
- Marvin "Gene" Juberg, 83, aeronautical engineer, died Nov. 2. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Millsap Funeral Home Chapel, Fort Gibson.
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