Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
11/13/12 at 2:41 AM
TULSA
Brandner, Herman Jude, 75, retired Los Angeles police officer, died Saturday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Comer, Alva "Gene," 88, OSU associate professor of engineering, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Connor, Michael Douglas, 63, commercial pilot, died Saturday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Monday, Stanleys Funeral Service.
Emmert, Tiffany West, 25, student, died Aug. 24 in Houston. Graveside service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Engel, Harold R., 83, pet product company owner, died Friday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Harmon, Phillip Keith, 42, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Hines, Gregory B. Jr., 26, welder, died Thursday. Services pending. Dyer.
Kite, Hilda Virginia Atkinson, 94, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Marquis Memorial United Methodist Church, Staunton, Va. Moore's Southlawn.
Legleiter, Gilbert Jerome, 83, retired General Motors service manager, died Sunday. Rosary 7 p.m. Wednesday and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Freeman Harris Funeral Home.
McElroy, Jerry Wayne II, 21, roofer, died Monday. Services pending. Serenity.
Pepper, Leonard A., 92, retired American Airlines aircraft engine inspector, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Yale Avenue Presbyterian Church. Moore's Eastlawn.
Saulters, Charles Etta, 78, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Simpson, Peggy J., 69, security guard, died Nov. 9. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Cremation Society of Oklahoma Chapel.
Skeith, Bezelia M., 91, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Strong, Sherry, 57, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Thoman, Mildred C. (Byrnes), 81, Sinclair Oil Corp. secretary, died Saturday. Rosary 7 p.m. Tuesday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home Chapel, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Wednesday, St. Pius X Catholic Church.
Thompson, Franklin H. "Frank," 77, retired draftsman, died Saturday. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Wilson, Ralph Jr., 89, beekeeper, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Thursday, Catoosa Hills Christian Church, Catoosa.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Adair - Dennis Cousino, 62, mechanical engineer, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation, Tulsa.
Agra - Earl Wayne "Bud" Roe, 63, livestock trader, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church. Palmer Marler, Cushing.
Arpelar - Ronald C. Miller, 72, electrician, died Sunday. Services pending. Bishop, McAlester.
Bartlesville - Charles Edward Venable, 72, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Bernice - Jerry D. Carpenter, 62, construction, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Thursday, Ulmer Funeral Home, Carthage, Mo. Ellis, Grove.
Bluejacket - Grover D. Hobbs, 71, died Saturday in Miami, Okla. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, McLaughlin Cemetery, Cleora. Luginbuel, Vinita.
Bristow - Melvin Holden, 58, welder and minister, died Sunday in Tulsa. Memorial service 10 a.m. Thursday, Assembly of God, Mannford. Hutchins-Maples.
Broken Arrow - James R. Barnes, 82, door manufacturing plant supervisor, died Saturday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Matthew Dean Tramel, 30, licensed practical nurse, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Hogan Cemetery, Locust Grove. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Claremore - James Lee Triplett, 66, retired truck driver, died Monday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Helen Virgene (Winston) Watkins, 87, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Cleveland - Bill Dickey, 59, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Sinnett Cemetery. Chapman-Black.
Collinsville - Parman C. Ahdunko, 43, pharmacist, died Thursday. Memorial service 6 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church. Mowery, Owasso.
Coweta - Sylvia Christine Willhite, 86, homemaker, died Sunday in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Wright-Brown Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Community Baptist Church.
Cushing - Linda C. Bell, 66, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Dewey - Dale H. Dishman, 68, retired teacher and coach, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Dewey United Methodist Church. Arnold Moore & Neekamp, Bartlesville.
Dustin - Charles Albert Brown, 87, mechanic, died Saturday in Henryetta. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Shurden Funeral Home Chapel, Henryetta.
Enid - Virgil Leroy Brakhage, 89, farmer, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Zion Lutheran Church, Lahoma. Stittsworth.
Eufaula - John Eric Adams, 45, boat dock service welder, died Sunday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Thursday, North Fork Baptist Church. Hunn Black & Merritt.
- Nancy Lou Goddard, 70, homemaker, died Saturday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Woodland Christian Church, Tulsa. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Lucille Jones, 90, Jones Grocery Store owner, died Saturday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Hunn Black & Merritt Funeral Home Chapel.
Glenpool - Clifford V. Farr, 89, retired dairyman, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, RiverCrest Chapel, Bixby. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
Goodman, Mo. - J.D. Jones, 25, plumber and rodeo bronc rider, died Saturday in Las Vegas. Services pending. Worley-Luginbuel, Grove, Okla.
Gravette, Ark. - Jackie Darlene Beller, 69, retired respiratory therapist, died Saturday. Services pending. Wasson, Siloam Springs.
Hallett - Martin "Buster" Zimmerman, 95, retired business owner, died Monday in Claremore. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Jennings Cemetery, Jennings. Green Hill, Sapulpa.
Henryetta - Rose Louise McAfee, 78, retired data processor, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Shurden Funeral Home Chapel. Integrity.
Holdenville - Robert Autry "Tommy" Pettit Jr., 86, died Sunday. Service 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church. Hudson Phillips.
Inola - William Wesley "Wes" Kinser, 60, retired Inola Health Care Center cook, died Friday. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Tuesday, Inola Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Calvary Baptist Church.
Mannford - C. Danyelle (Montgomery) Spicer, 36, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Serenity Funeral Home, Tulsa. Services pending.
- Bobby Lee Steward, 80, retired Ford Glass Plant furnace control operator, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
Muskogee - Joann Geneva Brooks, 58, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Shipman's.
- Dorthy Faye Brown, 85, nurse, died Sunday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
- Julie Bullock, 33, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
- Misty G. Lauderdale, 47, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
- Devin Ray Moore, 45, welder, died Friday. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Southeast Baptist Church. Cornerstone.
- R. Lee Walkup Jr., 62, real estate broker, died Sunday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
Nowata - Betty Jo McKee-Briggs, 82, retired nursing home administrator, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Hillside Christian Church. Benjamin.
Owasso - Lorena Mae (Bitner) Nicks, 81, retired bookkeeper, died Sunday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Porum - Ragon E. Broussard, 67, retired railroad worker, died Monday. Services pending. Cornerstone, Muskogee.
Prague - Monica Hope (White) Salisbury, 37, counselor, died Sunday in Oklahoma City. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Parks Brothers Funeral Home; service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church; and graveside service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Prague Cemetery.
Pryor - Allen Freeman, 73, died Monday. Services pending. Stephens.
- John L. Mitchell, 100, died Monday in Chouteau. Services pending. Stephens.
Sand Springs - Robert E. "Bob" Hardeman, 82, retired Sheffield Steel electrician, died Monday in Sapulpa. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
- Tommy David Minney, 66, welder, died Friday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Saturday, Victory Assembly of God. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Thomas "Allen" Walls, 61, delivery driver, died Monday in Tulsa. Private family services. Mannford Funeral Home, Mannford.
Sapulpa - Theodore "T-Bone" Barnes, 81, retired from American Airlines, died Nov. 9. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Mount Olive Baptist Church. Green Hill.
- Mary Ann Ellis, 75, homemaker, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 3 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, Tulsa. Dillon & Smith, Sand Springs.
Spiro - Edna Lucille Bull, 93, retired Hunts Department Store bookkeeper, died Sunday in Cookson. Memorial service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Lake Road Church of Christ, Gore. Agent & Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw.
- Shirley Ann Stewart, 79, homemaker, died Monday. Private family services. Mallory-Martin.
Stigler - Syilva N. Walton, 83, minister, died Sunday in Muskogee. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, King & Shearwood Funeral Home Chapel.
Stilwell - Barbara Ann Martin, 79, service station attendant, died Sunday. Services pending. Hart.
Stuart - David R. "Bob" Windle, 81, retired McAlester Army Ammunition Plant forklift operator, died Monday in Oklahoma City. Services pending. Bishop, McAlester.
Tahlequah - Betty Mae (Mercell) Ali, 60, nurse's aide, formerly of Tahlequah, died Saturday in Muskogee. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel.
- Sharon Kay Burnett, 57, homemaker, died Nov. 7 in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
- Billy E. "Bill" Moore, 78, Moore Brothers Floor Covering owner, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel.
Vinita - Ann E. Garrett, 74, homemaker, died Sunday in Grove. Services pending. Brown-Winters, Miami, Okla.
- Johnnie Michael Newlan, 67, truck driver, died Wednesday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Wagoner - Gloria Ann Gray, 73, homemaker, died Sunday. No services planned. Shipman.
- Patricia Ann "Sissy" Tucker, 73, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Mallett.
Wilburton - Cynthia Lea Crouch, 52, died Saturday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Waldrop Funeral Home Chapel.
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