Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Thursday, November 15, 2012
11/15/12 at 2:55 AM
TULSA
Anderson, Rosie Lee, 89, homemaker, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Galilee Baptist Church. Keith D. Biglow.
Bolton, Edward Gale, 61, custodian, died Nov. 4. Visitation 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday and service 1 p.m. Friday, both at Serenity Funeral Home.
Carter, Martha Ann, 85, homemaker, died Tuesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, John Knox Presbyterian Church. Kennedy-Kennard, Broken Arrow.
Diaz, Margaret, 65, retired St. John Medical Center nurse's aide, died Monday. Services pending. Heath-Griffith.
Dickerson, Barbara Jean, 58, motel/hotel housekeeper, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
Doty, Max Arthur, 93, oil & drilling company personnel manager, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-2 p.m. Friday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home.
Enright, Kelli D., 49, office manager, died Monday. Service 12:30 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Ford, Michael, 44, carpenter, died Oct. 29. Memorial service 3 p.m. Friday, In the Spirit Christian Church. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Hail, Veronica Ann, 90, homemaker, died Tuesday. Rosary 6 p.m. Thursday and funeral Mass 11 a.m. Friday, both at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Harmon, Phillip Keith "Phil," 42, information technology network engineer, died Nov. 8. Memorial service noon Saturday, Harmon residence. Add'Vantage.
Lake, Velma Rose, 81, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Leatherwood, Bill L., 85, mechanic, died Monday. Private family service. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Montgomery, Bud, 75, photography lab technician, died Tuesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Praise Assembly Deaf Church. Add'Vantage.
Morgan, Paityn Rylee Joe, infant daughter of Andrea Cunningham and Nathaniel Morgan, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Mull, Paul Gene, 80, Mobile Manor Mobile Home Park and Sales and Virginia Lee Development owner, formerly of Tulsa, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Conway, Ark., and graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Vilonia Cemetery, Vilonia, Ark.
Rose, Margaret Marchant, 64, retired teacher, died Nov. 9. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home Chapel.
Sinclair, Jim, 87, personnel manager, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stanleys.
Thompson, Franklin H. "Frank," 77, draftsman, died Saturday. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Mowery Funeral Service, Owasso, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Owasso Church of Christ, Owasso.
Turnbow, Robert "Bob," 72, retired from Perma-Fix, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Saturday, Skelly Drive Baptist Church.
Walkup, James Howard Sr., 94, landman, died Wednesday. Services pending. 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.
Adair - Mary Ethel Propp, 77, retired teacher, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Stephens Funeral Home Chapel, Pryor.
Afton - Norman G. Snider, 82, master photographer, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita, and service 2 p.m. Saturday, Cleora United Methodist Church, Cleora.
Bartlesville - Sandra Sue "Susie" Breese, 61, homemaker, died Tuesday in Dewey. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Dewey Cemetery, Dewey. Walker-Brown.
- Nancy P. Kelly, 77, died Tuesday. Funeral Mass 10 a.m. Friday, St. John Catholic Church. Stumpff.
- Elsie Traylor, 79, died Tuesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Stumpff.
- Lei Yang, 30, ConocoPhillips engineer, died Nov. 4. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home Chapel.
Bixby - Roger D. Ingrum, 65, Veterans Affairs chief of prosthetics, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Evergreen Baptist Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Bristow - Seamon H. Smith Jr., 77, sheet metal worker, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Advent Christian Church. Hutchins-Maples.
Broken Arrow - Paula J. (Smith) Farmer, 62, bank teller, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Christian-Gavlik Funeral Home Chapel.
Bunch - Joyce Ann (Wade) Studie, 67, homemaker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
Catoosa - Ralph B. Lawson, 90, S&H Kress warehouse manager, died Tuesday. Visitation 2-8 p.m. Thursday, Leonard & Marker Funeral Home, Dowdy, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church, Haskell.
Checotah - Willie Mae Snodgrass, 72, homemaker, died Sunday in Muskogee. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Garrett Funeral Home Chapel.
Eufaula - Russell Gene Griffith, 81, truck driver, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Free Will Baptist Church. Hunn Black & Merritt.
Grove - Bonnie Dean Fisher, 86, died Wednesday. Services pending. Worley-Luginbuel.
Hominy - Roy David Arian, 68, retired from the Army, died Tuesday in Enid. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Powell.
Hulbert - Lizzie Whitekiller, 96, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Independence, Kan. - Donald Ren Baldwin, 88, former auto body shop owner, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Potts Funeral Home Chapel.
Locust Grove - Brad D. David, 56, carpenter, died Monday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Free Will Baptist Church. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
Mannford - Juan Johnny Medellin, 51, paint and body shop car painter, died Nov. 1. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, Oak Hill Cemetery. Moore's Memory, Tulsa.
Muskogee - Clayborn Gene Allison, 51, journeyman pressman, died Monday. Services pending. Shipman's.
- Major Lee Jones, infant son of Stephenie and Montell Jones, died Friday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Honey Springs Cemetery, Rentiesville. Lescher-Millsap.
- Betty J. Raps, 75, retired, died Wednesday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel.
- Michael Shane Smith, 38, business owner, died Wednesday. Services pending. Foster-Petering.
Owasso - Lela Grace Cole, 72, retired Kerr Glass accountant, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
- Cecil L. Smock, 78, American Airlines avionics and electronics technician, died Tuesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Pryor - Allen Freeman, 73, truck driver, died Monday in Springhill, Kan. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Stephens Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Friday, Little Rock Free Will Baptist Church, Locust Grove.
Sand Springs - Dwight Lowaine "Ace" Revels, 60, formerly of Sand Springs, died Nov. 7. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday and service 1 p.m. Saturday, both at Calvary Baptist Church, Sapulpa. Gunn, Little Rock, Ark.
Sapulpa - Maurine Gebetsberger, 80, homemaker, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Visitation 7-9 p.m. Friday, Smith Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
- Mary "Maebelle" Rogers, 79, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Smith.
Stroud - Danny Ray Beltz, 71, lawyer and judge, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Stroud Cemetery, and memorial service 1 p.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church. Parks Brothers.
Vinita - Ann E. Garrett, 74, Rosewood Terrace cook, died Sunday in Grove. Private family services. Brown-Winters, Miami, Okla.
Westville - Bradley Langworthy, 48, construction worker, died Nov. 9. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Roberts & Hart Funeral Home Chapel.
Wister - Michael Joe Turner, 61, Baker Hughes oil-field tool assembler, died Tuesday in Fort Smith, Ark. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Bethel Baptist Church. Evans & Miller, Poteau.
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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If your loved one was a donor, please inform the funeral director if you would like to have the "Circle of Life" logo placed in his or her listing.
