Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Sunday, November 25, 2012
11/25/12 at 2:45 AM
TULSA
Bailey, George R., 70, auto mechanic, died Tuesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Monday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Adams- Crest Cremation.
Blackwell, Robert W., 80, painter, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Brown, Viola "Vi," 91, bookkeeper, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Mausoleum Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Brown, John L., 74, heavy oil gauger, died Tuesday. Service 12:30 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Caple, Ira "Rocky," 79, musician, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Deckard, June Evelyn, 86, homemaker, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Mark Griffith-Westwood Chapel.
Dubuc, Lillian, 76, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Fox, Mary "Pat," 95, retired secretary, died Friday. Funeral Mass 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Church of Saint Mary. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Harvey, Bette C., 87, retired Realtor, died Thursday. Visitation 4-7 p.m. Monday and memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home.
Harwell, Carol, 70, registered nurse, died Wednesday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Hodges, Phyllis A., 86, recon- ciliation specialist, died Wednesday. Visitation 3-6 p.m. Sunday and service 3 p.m. Monday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
Hubert, Lance, 69, retired grocery sales, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Hull, Marilyn D., 64, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Hutson, Marjory L., 76, jewelry sales associate, died Thursday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow.
Jenkins, Doris N., 87, retired Tulsa County employee, died Wednesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, both at Ninde Brookside Funeral Home.
Leathers, Mary Ann (Barnes), 52, chauffeur, died Nov. 8 in Los Angeles. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jack's Memory Chapel.
Limb, Ruby Lucile, 99, died Friday in Oklahoma City. Graveside service 11 a.m. Thursday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Demuth, Oklahoma City.
Lindsey, Donald R., 91, land department supervisor, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
McGilbray, Vera D., 90, registered nurse, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Motley, Jimmy Fred, 54, oil field driller, died Tuesday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Newman, Joanna, 86, homemaker, died Saturday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Friday, St. Simeon's Episcopal Home. Mercer-Adams, Bethany.
Owens, Billie Faye "Sonny," 74, retired from U.S. Navy, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, St. Simeon's Episcopal Home, Floral Haven.
Page, R'sherrrick D., 23, died Friday in Muskogee. Services pending. Jack's.
Ray, Howard Forest Jr., 85, self-employed stone mason, died Friday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Salvador, Christina, 25, teacher, died Thursday in Orlando, Fla. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. Moore's Southlawn.
Sherman, Mary Ann, 89, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Boston Avenue Methodist Church. Ninde Brookside.
Smith, Eva June, 93, homemaker, died Nov 22. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Mark Griffith-Westwood Chapel, and graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Woodland Cemetery, Claremore.
Smith, Roger Lee, 49, oil field supply salesman, died Tuesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel, Cleveland.
Stenhouse, Carol Marie, 76, financial clerk, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Swepston, India Bracy, 91, reading teacher, died Tuesday. No local services planned. Cremation Society.
Turner, Ransom Edward, 102, retired police officer, died Wednesday. Memorial service 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Freedom Life Church Of God. Heath-Griffith Funeral Home.
Wantland, Robert L., 76, construction worker, died Monday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Rose Hill Cemetery. Freeman Harris.
Williams, Kenneth J., 79, retired electrical engineer, died Tuesday. Service 3 p.m. Thursday, First Presbyterian Church. Moore's Eastlawn.
Woods, Neomia R. (McClendon), 82, retired administrative assistant, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Ronald Joe "Ron" Jared, 71, school administrator, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Walker-Brown.
Bixby - Betty G. Douglas, 75, travel agent, died Wednesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday, Reynolds Funeral Home Chapel, Tulsa. Adams-Crest Cremation, Tulsa.
- James A. Lewis, 68, retired sheet metal fabrication foreman, died Tuesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Schaudt's Funeral Home, Glenpool.
- Jane Sylvia Morris, 64, executive assistant, died Friday. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Blackwell - Doris Fay Smith, 80, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Roberts and Son Funeral Home Chapel and graveside service 2:30 p.m. Monday, Blackwell Cemetery.
Broken Arrow - Mary L. Carter, 68, First Presbyterian Church secretary, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Hayhurst Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Presbyterian Church.
- Janet Wilson Cheffey, 57, southwest region Red Cross reference lab worker, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Hayhurst Funeral Home Chapel.
- Morton "Mort" Clyde Domer, 72, promotional sales, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Roger M. Huckleby, 64, died Tuesday in Coweta. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Coweta Manor Nursing Home, Coweta. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
- Jim V. Ingold, 82, purchasing agent, died Friday. Service 3 p.m. Monday, Forest Ridge Baptist Church. Floral Haven.
- Dennis D. McCumons, 65, automotive glass technician, died Thursday. Service 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel.
Checotah - Naomi Hughes, 86, homemaker, died Nov. 19 in San Antonio, Texas. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Greenlawn Cemetery. Garrett Family.
Claremore - Clara Jo (Sweet) Fox, 85, retired banking executive, died Monday. Visitation 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Add'Vantage Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 10 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church, Talala.
- Charley Kiper, 75, mechanic, died Tuesday. Private family services. Rice.
- Jesse Lynn Padgett, 79, high school history teacher, died Thursday. Private family services. Rice.
- Billy K. Quinton, 77, retired accountant, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Rice Funeral Home, and service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Heights Baptist Church.
- Emma L. Reeder, 88, retired registered nurse, died Nov. 18. Memorial service 11 a.m. Dec. 8, St. Cecilia Catholic Church.
- David L. Simmons, 65, retired, died Friday in Tulsa. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Rice Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Harbor Church, Oologah.
- Tami L. Stogsdill, 55, substitute teacher, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel.
- Elmer Gene Willis, 69, retired manufacturing engineer, died Wednesday. Celebration of Life service 2-5 p.m. Wednesday, Willis residence. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
Cleveland - Patricia Sue "Patsy" Anderson, 72, writer, died Tuesday. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel.
Colcord - Manford Ray Long, 82, brick mason, died Saturday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Ark.
Depew - Thomas "Toby" Gore, 56, environmental, died Tuesday in Bristow. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Ivan L. Reeder Auditorium. Hutchins-Maples, Bristow.
Glenpool - Ann Marie Olen, 42, died Thursday. Services pending. Schaudt's.
Jenks - Byrl R. Johnson, 82, retired accountant, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Carbondale Assembly Of God. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Keefton - James George Aston, 69, diesel mechanic, died Saturday. Services pending. Cornerstone, Muskogee.
Mannford - Ruth Ann Archer, 71, retired newspaper office manager, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
- Joy (Claypool) Bruton, 95, retired custodian, died Friday. Visitation 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, both at Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel, Cleveland.
Muskogee - Nancy Susman, 77, homemaker, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel.
Okmulgee - Cleota Hofmeister, 82, homemaker, died Friday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Okmulgee Cemetery. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Owasso - Aida Evanjiline Watson, 84, nurse, died Wednesday. Visitation 9-11 a.m. Monday and service 11 a.m. Monday, both at Mowery Funeral Home.
Pawhuska - Virginia Leoda Hale, 94, retired grocery clerk, died Friday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Ponca City - Marcus David Gonzalez-Neufeld, infant son of Crystal Neufeld and Leonardo Gonzalez-Castaneda, died Tuesday in Stillwater. Private family services. Trout.
- Donald Clark Hopkins, 79, died Friday. Private family service. Trout.
- Roy Dean Miller, 89, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Trout Funeral Home Chapel.
Poteau - Mary Belle Scott Cooper, 86, co-owner Sears Roebuck store, died Friday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Front Street Church of Christ. Evans & Miller.
Sand Springs - Kathleen Johnson, 57, Tulsa Public Schools librarian, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Charlene Mae Croffut, 72, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
- Melba Heitman, 88, retired teacher, died Saturday in Welty. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, First Christian Church. Smith.
- Ruth Elisabeth-Joy Keep, 14, died Nov. 4. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, The Anglican Church of the Resurrection, Glenpool. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Stillwater - William Fred "Bill" Enmeier, 75, insurance agent, died Thursday. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Life Church. Strode.
Turley - Robert C. Anderson, 87, retired from the Marine Corps and mechanic, died Wednesday in Owasso. Service 2 p.m. Monday, United Methodist Church. Sien- Shelton, Skiatook.
Vian - Merle Eugene Barenberg, 68, mobile home set-up and mover, died Friday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Mallory Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Sallisaw. Agent, Sallisaw.
Vinita - Paul F. Brogden, 85, home builder, died Tuesday in Springfield, Mo. Graveside service 1 p.m. Monday, Fairview Cemetery. Luginbuel.
- Dorothy May (Snodderly) Martin, 77, owner of Dorothy's Flowers, died Nov. 16. Graveside service 1 p.m. Monday, Fairview Cemetery Luginbuel.
Wagoner - Frankie G. Catlett, 77, former Muskogee Veterans Affairs employee, died Tuesday. Visitation 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Shipman Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Fort Gibson Nation Cemetery, Fort Gibson.
White Oak - Betty June (Clarkson) Dameron, 79, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Luginbuel, Vinita.
Wilburton - Ray A. (Salty) Johnston, 83, died Saturday. Visitation 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, Waldrop Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, High Bridge Baptist Church.
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