Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
11/20/12 at 2:42 AM
TULSA
Aaron, Terry Glen, 62, security guard, died Sunday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Allen, Arthur, 62, teacher, died Sunday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill.
Bays, Mary Ellen, 90, homemaker, died Sunday in Joplin, Mo. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, both at Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home.
Berry, Shirley A., 77, retired Walmart salesclerk, died Saturday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Biggerstaff, Robert Glenn, 76, truck driver, died Thursday. Services pending. Serenity.
Blaylock, Roy Odell, 57, electrician, died Thursday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Bowers, Abbie Dale, 71, auto mechanic and electrician, died Saturday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Butler, Rose Marie, 93, day-care worker, formerly of Tulsa, died Sunday in Edmond. Graveside service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City. Matthews, Edmond.
Byas, Larita, 52, homemaker, died Nov. 11. Services pending. Serenity.
Champion, Albert, 66, retired, died Sunday. Private family services. Kennedy-Midtown.
Coats, Judith Ann Combs, 73, retired receptionist, formerly of Tulsa, died Saturday in Tifton, Ga. Services pending. Albritton-Beaumont, Tifton.
Davis, Juanita, 81, nurse, died Monday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Downey, Melvin D. "Stormy," 75, musician, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Edmonson, Loraine Reische, 84, homemaker, died Saturday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Asbury United Methodist Church. Add'Vantage.
Ferguson, Shigeko U., 80, American Airlines employee, died Saturday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Goodman, Gerald, 64, retired, died Saturday. Private family services. Kennedy-Midtown.
Hackl, Hilda E., 91, homemaker, died Saturday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Hallford, William "Ben," 88, retired minister, died Saturday. Services pending. Heath-Griffith.
Hocker, Mary Jo, 78, oil and gas company administrator, formerly of Tulsa, died Friday in Oklahoma City. Private family services. Buchanan, Oklahoma City.
Imbusch, Gertrude Eleanor, 86, Bull & Bear Tavern original owner, died Friday in Grove. Services pending. Stanleys.
King, David Lester II, 61, truck parts machinist, died Monday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Knight, Shante Yvette, 42, social worker, died Friday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Victory Christian Center. Serenity.
McNett, Kenneth, 69, died Monday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
Murano, Ralph P. Jr., 62, retired Mike Quinn Dodge Chrysler parts manager, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, both at Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home.
Peterson, Vernon H., 92, retired Amfac Electric Supply Co. salesman, died Monday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Ray, Howard Forest Jr., 85, stone mason, died Friday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Sinclair, Jim, 87, retired Southwestern Bell staff manager, died Nov. 14. Memorial service 11 a.m. Wednesday, All Souls Unitarian Church. Stanleys.
Smith, Helen Alene (Harris), 63, homemaker, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Serenity Funeral Home Chapel.
Snow, Kenneth Lee, 82, roofer, died Saturday. Private family services. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Tiger, Paul, 52, steel manufacturer, died Sunday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Wantland, Robert L., 76, construction worker, died Monday. Services pending. Freeman Harris.
White, Helen Lucile (Bowe) Wilson, age unavailable, retired beautician, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Butler-Stumpff.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Helen Toon, 90, artist and teacher, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Presbyterian Church. Stumpff.
Bixby - Alfred L. Hoskin, 96, retired chiropractor, died Friday. Private family services. Leonard & Marker.
Bristow - Marylane Neale, 75, retired, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church. Hutchins-Maples.
Broken Arrow - Lisa Ann Gavin, 46, Hillcrest HealthCare System visiting registered nurse, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Hayhurst Funeral Home Chapel.
- Willie Mae Guinn, 85, housekeeper, died Sunday in Tulsa. Services pending. Christian-Gavlik.
- Chris L. Tankersley, 35, furniture salesman, died Thursday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Catoosa - Dennie Louise (Ingram) Chadwell, 80, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Inola Funeral Home, Inola, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Calvary Baptist Church, Inola.
Coffeyville, Kan. - Richard "Dick" Crager, 64, finance and accounting worker, formerly of Coffeyville, died Friday in Crossville, Tenn. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Barnes Funeral Home, and service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Holy Name Catholic Church.
- Mildred Marie Hallum, 88, H&H Oil Field Service co-owner and office manager, died Sunday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Church of Christ.
- Norma J. Howard, 80, former security guard and Windsor Home Health Care worker, died Sunday. Celebration of life 10 a.m. Wednesday, Assembly of God. Ford-Wulf-Bruns.
Commerce - Rosie E. McMain, 91, died Monday in Joplin, Mo. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Thomas Funeral Home, Welch.
- Fern E. Osburn, 78, died Saturday in Little Rock, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home, Miami, Okla., and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Assembly of God.
Cushing - Melvin R. Morris Sr., 80, lawn-care business owner, died Thursday in Drumright. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church. Davis.
Dow - George Ernest "Buddy" Cook, 78, educator, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home, Hartshorne, and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, Hartshorne.
Eufaula - Joe Wayne Murray, 61, police officer, died Sunday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Wetumka Cemetery Pavilion, Wetumka. Hunn Black & Merritt.
Grove - Vera P. Ritter, 96, died Monday. Services pending. Ellis Family.
Henryetta - Don Bevan, 65, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Rogers.
- Edna Faye Harbuck, 84, retired nurse, died Saturday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dustin Cemetery, Dustin. Shurden.
- Rebecca Suzanne "Becky" (Withrow) Ingram, 54, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Integrity.
- A.G. Ross Jr., 93, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Integrity.
Howe - Margaret Marie Parks, 87, died Sunday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dowden Funeral Home Chapel, Heavener.
Independence, Kan. - Daniel Ralph Thiessen, 90, farmer and former Kansas state representative and senator, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Webb & Rodrick Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church.
Jay - Ronnie Dean Haskins, 64, mechanic and painter, died Monday in Grove. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Tuesday, Worley Luginbuel Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Zena Cemetery, Zena.
Jenks - Robert D. Gilmore, 85, family practitioner, died Saturday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill, Tulsa.
Kellyville - Belinda Eileen (Dotson) Odell, 50, St. Francis Hospital computer technician, died Sunday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Green Hill Funeral Home, Sapulpa.
Locust Grove - Jonnie Marie (Fox) Dawson, 67, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
McAlester - Jerry W. Callicoatt, 42, died Nov. 13. Services pending. Heath-Griffith, Tulsa.
- Paul Fields, 58, painter, died Monday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mount Calvary Cemetery. Brumley-Mills.
Miami - Lorene Helen Allen, 100, homemaker, died Sunday in Seminole, Texas. Graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, GAR Cemetery. Brown-Winters.
- Juanita Cleveland, 83, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Brown-Winters.
Muldrow - Charles Dayton Vann, 78, retired from Rheem Air Conditioning, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Agent Funeral Home Chapel.
Muskogee - Patricia Edwards, 59, nurse, died Nov. 16 in Tulsa. Visitations noon-6 p.m. Wednesday and noon-6 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Elohim Love Greater Ministries.
- Jack Emerson, 80, civil engineer, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Free Will Baptist Church, Checotah. Garrett Family, Checotah.
- George J. Niedermayer, 88, retired from Parkview School for the Blind, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Cornerstone.
- Bill "Larry" Reitnauer, 66, retired from the Postal Service, died Monday. Services pending. Foster-Petering.
- Randy Smith, 62, retired roofer, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Our Father's House of Worship. Cornerstone.
- Eunice Voeltz, 80, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Shipman's.
Nowata - Cynthia Kay Wells, 57, died Monday. Private family services. Stumpff.
Okmulgee - Dennis Dee Shields, 70, Abrams Electric owner, died Saturday in Glenpool. Service 11 a.m. Nov. 26, St. Anthony Catholic Church. Shurden-Jackson.
Owasso - Jonah M. Dunson, infant son of Sheree Mickelson and Jeremy Dunson, died Nov. 14. Graveside service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
- Mary (Moses) Mason, 74, retired St. John Medical Center unit secretary, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Covenant Family Church, Tulsa. Butler-Stumpff, Tulsa.
Ponca City - Billy Berry, 83, died Sunday. Services pending. Trout.
Pryor - Mildred Louise Ingram, 86, homemaker, formerly of Pryor, died Monday. Services pending. Key, Chouteau.
Sallisaw - Dolores Palmer Ballinger, 83, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Assembly of God.
Sand Springs - Jacob Owen "Jake" Blackwell, 62, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service, and graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Woodland Memorial Park.
- Joy Telford, 87, retired TG&Y clerk, died Monday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
Sapulpa - June Blodgett, 55, eye clinic office manager, died Thursday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel.
- Ruby Ryals, 89, formerly of Sapulpa, died Sunday. Services pending. Green Hill.
- Helen Schaum, 101, Oral Roberts University call center prayer partner, died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Calvary Temple Assembly of God, Tulsa. Mark Griffith-Westwood, Tulsa.
- Lloyd George Stanley, 84, tuna boat chief engineer, died Sunday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Stigler - Joan Hall, 81, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Mallory-Martin.
Stillwater - Sammie Barker Barnard, 93, Oklahoma State University School of Accounting senior secretary, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Nov. 26, Highland Park United Methodist Church. Strode.
Tahlequah - Ruth Dacken, 96, missionary, died Wednesday. Service 3 p.m. Tuesday, Go Ye Village Chapel, and graveside service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Garvin Cemetery, Boyd, Texas. Hart.
- Blanche Evens, 94, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Hart.
- Dixie Patton, 85, AT&T operator, died Thursday. Private family services. Hart.
Talihina - Annie Marie Ganote, 89, died Wednesday. Services were held Saturday. Talihina Funeral Home.
- Joyce Darlene Parks, 72, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church. Talihina Funeral Home.
Terlton - Ruby Ward, 89, retired clothing salesclerk, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel, Cleveland, Okla.
Vinita - Vivian Kaye (Duke) Black, 68, former Home of Hope certified medical assistant, died Friday in Big Cabin. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, First Christian Church. Luginbuel.
- Twila June (Mefford) Woolman, 67, Walmart clerk, died Monday. Services pending. Luginbuel.
Wagoner - Patricia McDevitt, 83, Department of Veterans Affairs adjudicator, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, and graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Chelsea Cemetery, Chelsea.
Weleetka - Bobby A. Lancaster, 65, cab driver, died Thursday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Westville - Audean Davis, 88, rancher, died Sunday in Springdale, Ark. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church. Roberts & Hart.
Zena - Jimmy Allen Amos, 62, welder, died Monday in Grove. No services planned. Ellis Family, Grove.
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