Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Saturday, November 24, 2012
11/24/12 at 3:22 AM
TULSA
Bowers, Abbie Dale, 71, auto mechanic, died Nov. 17. Memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, Reynolds Funeral Home Chapel. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Brown, John, 74, heavy oil gauger, died Tuesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Brown, Viola "Vi," 91, bookkeeper, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Caskey, Donna S., 58, ACE Plumbing machinist, died Thursday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill.
Davis, Allean, 86, died Wednesday. Services pending. Crown Hill.
Davis, Juanita, 81, nurse, died Nov. 19. Visitation noon-7 p.m. Monday and service 11 a.m. Tuesday, both at Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home.
Deckard, June E., 87, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Dubuc, Lillian J., 76, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Fox, Mary "Pat," 95, retired secretary, died Friday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Gray, Ronald Edward, 61, physical therapist, died Friday. Services pending. Serenity.
Griffith, Charles T., 98, retired American Airlines employee, died Thursday in Pryor. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Harris, Willard C., 78, Tulsa Public Schools physical education teacher, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Southwood Baptist Church.
Harvey, Bette C., 87, retired Realtor, died Thursday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Hodges, Phyllis A., 86, reconciliation specialist, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Hutson, Marjory L., 76, jewelry sales associate, died Thursday. Services pending, Floral Haven.
Johnson, Elizabeth Rhyan, 95, Sears credit department employee, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home, and graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery.
Johnson, Teresa Ann, 58, horticulturist, died Friday in Bristow. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Lebow, Eldon R., 95, retired Public Service Co. of Oklahoma meter repairman, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home Chapel.
Lindsey, Donald R., 91, land department supervisor, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
McIntosh, Gary Lee, 59, former U.S. Pioneer employee, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home, Sand Springs, and graveside service 3 p.m. Monday, Oak Hill Cemetery, Mannford.
Peterson, Vernon H., 92, retired Amfac electrical equipment salesman, died Nov. 19. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel.
Riddle, Phillip Wayne "Phil Stone," 57, retired KMOD radio personality, died Wednesday. Services pending. Heath-Griffith Funeral Home.
Roden, Cora Evelyn, 99, died Tuesday in Broken Arrow. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Salvador, Christina, 25, teacher, died Thursday in Orlando, Fla. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Skillens, Leon Jr., 72, steel worker, died Tuesday. Visitation 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Paradise Baptist Church.
Smith, Lucie Vivian, 85, Oral Roberts University provost's executive assistant, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Monday, Highland Park Christian Church.
Turner, Ransom Edward, 102, retired police officer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Heath-Griffith.
VanHorn, William V., 87, auto financing branch manager, died Wednesday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Donald Oliver Hitzman, 85, research biologist, died Friday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Leslie Eugene Stewart, 89, kitchen designer, died Tuesday. Service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Disciples Christian Church. Stumpff.
- Virginia Sweet, 89, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Dec. 12, First Presbyterian Church. Stumpff.
Bixby - Betty Douglas, 75, travel agent, died Wednesday. Services pending. Adams-Crest Cremation, Tulsa.
Broken Arrow - Janet Wilson Cheffey, 57, southwest region Red Cross reference lab worker, died Thursday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
- Dennis D. McCumons, 65, automotive glass technician, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven.
- Bryan Keith Shull, 43, writer and artist, died Thursday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel, Tulsa.
- Wanda (Lepper) Smith-Harvey, 84, data processing supervisor, died Tuesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Floral Haven Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Monday, First Church of the Nazarene.
Checotah - Naomi Hughes, 86, homemaker, died Monday in San Antonio, Texas. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Greenlawn Cemetery. Garrett Family.
- Virgie Martin, 90, homemaker, died Thursday in Eufaula. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Garrett Family Funeral Home, and service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church.
Claremore - Wayne M. Carter, 85, retired salesman, died Thursday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Herbert Hutchens, 84, retired police dispatcher, died Friday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Tami L. Stogsdill, 55, substitute teacher, died Tuesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Fort Gibson - Fetna Mae Harris, 73, retail advertising saleswoman, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Citizens Cemetery. Shipman's, Muskogee.
Garber - Glenda Lee Martin, 68, formerly of Garber, died Thursday in Shawnee. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Christian Church. Dugger Family.
Holdenville - Quinton Dale Ladd, 50, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Fisher Funeral Home Chapel.
Jay - Mary Ann Tucker-Hyde, 71, Oaks School teacher's assistant, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home, Tahlequah.
Mannford - Sharon Kay Eberle, 60, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Michael's, Drumright.
McAlester - Jerry Wayne Callicoatt, 42, junker, died Nov. 13 in Tulsa. No services planned. Heath-Griffith, Tulsa.
- Betty (Hopkins) Silott, 83, retired Pepsi Cola bottling secretary, died Wednesday. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Sunday, Bishop Funeral Home, and graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Miami - Connie J. Bastion, 60, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Brown-Winters.
Muskogee - Bill "Larry" Reitnauer, 66, retired from the Postal Service, died Nov. 19. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Foster-Petering Funeral Home Chapel.
- Nancy Susman, 77, homemaker, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Cornerstone.
- Flois R. Webster, 47, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Nowata - Mary Hamilton, 90, former Nowata County assessor, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church. Benjamin.
Okemah - Lillian Donnell, 98, retired teacher, died Nov. 19. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Assembly of God. Parks Brothers.
Owasso - Aida Evanjiline Watson, 84, nurse, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mowery.
Park Hill - Cheryl Barber- Taylor, 61, nurse's aide, died Nov. 17. Private family services. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Pawhuska - Raymond Anthony Wamego Sr., 83, roustabout, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Rosary 7 p.m. Monday, Indian Camp Chapel, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Tuesday, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Powell Funeral Home, Hominy.
Ponca City - Jimmy Bussey, 77, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Ponca Indian United Methodist Church. Trout.
Pryor - Laverne R. (Whorton) Watkins, 78, retired real estate agent, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, at Shipman's Funeral Home, and graveside 2:30 p.m. Monday, Graham Memorial Cemetery.
Sand Springs - Bradley Ryan Fisher, 34, Bryan Industrial Construction machinist, died Nov. 17. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Monday, Angus Church.
Sapulpa - Valerie L. Parnell, 54, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Memorial service noon Monday, Green Hill Funeral Home.
Sperry - James Robert "Bob" Jordan, 78, American Airlines data processing, died Friday. Services pending. Johnson.
Stilwell - Tammy Ritchie, 54, homemaker, died Wednesday in Wagoner. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Sunday and service 1 p.m. Monday, both at Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
Tahlequah - Loretta Dunham, 90, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
- Taylee Mae Trammel, infant daughter of Errin and Brandon Trammel, died Monday in Dallas. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, 29 Eleven Church. Green Country Funeral Home.
Vian - Maggie Birdtail McElhaney, 96, homemaker, died Thursday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Landmark Missionary Baptist Church. Agent, Sallisaw.
Vinita - Alvin Guess, 58, died Friday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood, Tulsa.
- Betty Jo (Maddux) Vogel, 86, secretary, died Thursday in Grove. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Monday, Luginbuel Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Tuesday, First Church of God.
Wister - Martin David Morris, 57, Donaho Stone superintendent, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home, Poteau, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church.
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