Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Thursday, November 22, 2012
11/22/12 at 3:33 AM
TULSA
Aaron, Terry Glen, 62, security guard, died Sunday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Edmundson, Thomas, 90, farmer, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Crown Hill Chapel. Crown Hill.
Edwards Varano, L. Darlene, 78, RCA assistant office manager, died Tuesday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Ghita, Aurel, 59, retired, died Wednesday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Humes, Linda J. (Hooks), 68, homemaker, died Nov. 14 in Memphis, Tenn. Service 2 p.m. Friday, St. Luke Baptist Church. Jack's.
Jackson, Robert L., 88, educator, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Christ Temple CME Church. Jack's.
Johnson, Surward F., 95, retired oil and gas lab technician, died Wednesday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Jones, Timothy R., 68, steel worker, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Moore's Rosewood Funeral Home Chapel.
Langford, Elsie, 90, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Lebow, Eldon R., 95, retired Public Service Company of Oklahoma meter repairman, died Wednesday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Luckey, Robert Richard Vernon, 73, hotel chef, died Friday. Memorial service 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Progressive Baptist Church. Add'Vantage.
McClendon, William J. "Billy," 75, National Tank Co. supervisor, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
McIntosh, Gary Lee, 59, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
Schorman, Mary Ann, 75, homemaker, died Monday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Smith, Roger, 49, oil-field equipment salesman, died Tuesday. Services pending. Chapman-Black, Cleveland, Okla.
Thompson, Lois E., 85, retired Western Union telegraph operator, died Tuesday. Service 4 p.m. Friday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home Chapel.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - May K. Barber, 83, died Wednesday in Conroe, Texas. Services pending. Walker-Brown.
- Mary Edith Hadley, 86, died Wednesday. Services pending. Walker-Brown.
- Leslie Eugene Stewart, 89, kitchen designer, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Virginia Sweet, 89, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.
- Lesley Rene Taylor, 47, ARC care provider, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Walker-Brown Funeral Home Chapel.
- Geraldine Wise, 78, died Monday. Private family services. Stumpff.
Bixby - Mary Christine (Reece) Davis, 80, homemaker, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Graveside service 3 p.m. Saturday, Hogan Cemetery, Locust Grove. Shipman's, Pryor.
Blackwell - Leslie Leroy Baldwin Jr., 57, retired, died Tuesday in Wichita, Kan. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Roberts & Son Funeral Home Chapel.
Broken Arrow - Wanda Harvey, 84, data-processing supervisor, died Tuesday. Services pending. Floral Haven.
- David Gary Sowers Jr., 44, subcontractor, died Monday in Broken Arrow. Private family services. AdamsCrest Cremation, Tulsa.
Cardin - Lynda D. (Peek) Ontiberos, 55, registered nurse, formerly of Cardin, died Monday in Fairland. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Adcock Funeral Home, Afton, and graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Miami, Okla.
Chouteau - Elizabeth Fern (Rempel) Kroeker, 97, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Shipman's Funeral Home, Pryor, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Eden Mennonite Church, Inola.
Cleveland - Patricia Sue Anderson, 72, died Tuesday. Services pending. Chapman-Black.
Coffeyville, Kan. - E.H. "Ernie" Krenz, 80, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday Redeemer Lutheran Church, Bartlesville. Barnes.
- Samie L. Lain, 79, died Tuesday in South Coffeyville, Okla. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Lain Cemetery, Valeda, Kan. Barnes.
- Charles Demetrius "Dee" McDaniel, 34, formerly of Coffeyville, died Friday in Lawton, Okla. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home, and celebration of life 1 p.m. Monday, St. John's Church of Faith.
Coweta - Edgar Eugene Dishman, 58, Weldon Parts salesman, died Monday in Tulsa. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Bower Cemetery, Eufaula. Wright-Brown.
Depew - Thomas Ray "Toby" Gore, 56, retired, died Tuesday in Bristow. Services pending. Hutchins-Maples, Bristow.
Drumright - Lahoma Brasel, 65, homemaker, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Cushing. Smith.
- Betty Lou Brower, 85, retired from Southwestern Bell, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church. Smith.
Fort Smith, Ark. - Sandra Jean Hunter, 61, Whirlpool line worker, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Agent Funeral Home Chapel, Muldrow, Okla.
Grove - Fred Conway, 80, barber, died Tuesday. Services pending. Nichols.
- Hale Searles Hicks, 90, commercial artist and technical illustrator, died Sunday. No services planned. Grand Lake.
- Roy E. Nugen, 69, retired millwright, died Tuesday in Joplin, Mo. Memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, Cayuga Mission Church. Ellis Family.
Henryetta - Don Bevan, 65, radiographer, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, Dewar. Rogers.
Jenks - Byrl Johnson, 82, retired accountant, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Fairland - William T. Schrader Jr., 39, carpenter, formerly of Fairland, died Monday in Lawton. No services planned. Adcock, Afton.
Locust Grove - Jonnie Marie Dawson, 67, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, His Way Christian Fellowship. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
Miami, Okla. - Garrett Schryl, 59, diesel mechanic, died Wednesday. Services pending. Nichols, Grove.
Muskogee - George Denton, 78, used car salesman, died Tuesday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
Oilton - Ellen Bernice Patten, 91, retired school cafeteria cook, died Tuesday in Mannford. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel.
Park Hill - Cheryl Barber-Taylor, 61, nurse's aide, died Saturday. Private family services. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
- Norma Jane Springer, age unavailable, died Wednesday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Pawnee - Hazel Francis (Holt) Kingsbury, 82, rural water district manager, died Tuesday in Cushing. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church, and graveside service 3 p.m. Friday, Cedar Vale Cemetery, Cedar Vale, Kan. Poteet.
Perry - Emma Ottilla Prucha, 88, died Tuesday. Funeral Mass 10 a.m. Friday, St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Brown-Dugger.
Pryor - Dorothy Louise (Hudson) Drake, 79, retired Orchids Paper Projects Co. supervisor, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Shipman's.
- Laverne Watkins, 78, retired, died Wednesday. Services pending. Shipman's.
- Alexander Jerome Wulff, infant son of Crystal Wulff and Gary Reeder, died Nov. 15. Graveside service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Sallisaw - Nelle Welch, 93, Senior Citizens Center director, died Monday in Tulsa. Memorial graveside service 1 p.m. Friday, Vian Garden of Memories, Vian. Mallory-Martin.
Sand Springs - Harold D. Bryant, 78, retired cook, died Wednesday in Tyler, Texas. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
Sapulpa - Etta A. Simmons, 91, homemaker, died Wednesday in Tulsa. No services planned. Green Hill.
- Lloyd G. Stanley, 84, tuna boat chief engineer, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Skiatook - Earlene Huddleston, 76, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Visitation 9-11 a.m. Friday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Sien-Shelton Funeral Home.
- Georgia F. Smith, 91, died Sunday in Kansas City, Mo. Visitation 9-11 a.m. Saturday and service 11 a.m. Saturday, both at Sien-Shelton Funeral Home.
Stigler - Jessie J. "Timer" Allen, 70, carpenter, died Wednesday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Antioch Pentecostal Church. King & Shearwood.
Stillwater - Shirley Jo Emde, 78, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Zion Lutheran Church. Strode.
Stilwell - Inola Winkler McElroy, 74, dietary worker, died Sunday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Honey Hill Cemetery. Hart.
Tahlequah - Ruthie Crakaal, 65, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
- Phillip A. Israel, 82, California Logging employee, died Tuesday. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Saturday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
- Taylee Mae Trammel, infant daughter of Errin and Brandon Trammel, died Monday in Dallas. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, 29 Eleven Church. Green Country.
Turley - Robert C. Anderson, 87, retired from the Marine Corps and mechanic, died Wednesday in Owasso. Services pending. Sien-Shelton, Skiatook.
Vinita - Mary (Hampton) Cordray, 73, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Luginbuel.
Wagoner - Melvina Current, 52, registered nurse, died Nov. 9. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Shipman.
Yale - Mary Edna Griffeth, 84, licensed practical nurse, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Church of Christ, Mannford. Palmer Marler, Cushing.
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