Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
11/27/12 at 2:49 AM
TULSA
Allen, Arthur, 62, retired Tulsa Public Schools teacher, died Nov. 18. Memorial service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Go Ye Village, Tahlequah. Reynolds Rose Hill.
Bedingfield, Burl W., 95, died Thursday. Services pending. Rogers, Alamosa, Colo.
Beavers, Bettye Keith Suggs, 92, piano teacher and department store clerk, formerly of Tulsa, died Saturday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Ozark Funeral Home Chapel, Anderson, Mo.
Blevins, James Macon Jr., 89, accountant, died Sunday. Service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Southminster Presbyterian Church. Stanleys.
Bowman, Allen Jerry Jr, 85, insurance investigator, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.
Burklin, Thomas Ezra, 85, life insurance salesman, died Sunday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Farnam, Judy, 69, died Thursday. Private family services. Gaffney-Busha, Eagle River, Wis.
Ham, Samuel Andrew Wesley, 26, auto freight specialist, died Sunday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Harwell, Carol, 70, registered nurse, died Nov. 21. Memorial service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Victory Christian Center. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Hubert, Lance, 69, retired grocery salesman, died Thursday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Hull, Marilyn D., 64, homemaker, died Friday. Service 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Johnson, Teresa Ann, 57, horticulturist, died Friday in Bristow. Private family services. Ninde Brookside.
Limb, Ruby Lucile, 99, formerly of Tulsa, died Friday in Oklahoma City. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. Demuth, Oklahoma City.
McGilbray, Vera D., 90, registered nurse, died Thursday. Service 3 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Minyard, Albert O. "Buddy" Jr., 86, Continental Oil Co. business administrator, died Sunday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Nelson, William, 79, retired, died Saturday. Private family services. Kennedy-Midtown.
Pearl, Marjorie Ann, 93, homemaker, died Monday. Private family services. Moore's Southlawn.
Potts, Julia, 81, administrative assistant, died Monday. Services pending. Reynolds.
Powell, Norma Jean, 75, retired medical assistant, died Sunday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Raue, Gerald E., 68, carpenter, died Monday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Springer, Milven Richard, 53, estimating engineer, died Sunday. Services pending. Serenity.
Woods, Neomia R. (McClendon), 82, retired administrative assistant, died Thursday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Add'Vantage Funeral Service Chapel.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Alderson - Earl Joe Simmons Jr., 35, oil-field rod buster, died Nov. 20 in McAlester. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Corinne Cemetery, Rattan. Brumley-Mills, McAlester.
Bartlesville - May Kathryn Barber, 83, homemaker, died Nov. 21 in Conroe, Texas. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Walker-Brown Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, First Church of God, Dewey.
- Hanah Nycole Puga, 20, retail clerk, died Friday. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.
Big Cabin - Vernie Ronald Scott, 71, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Shipman's Funeral Home, Pryor, and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Utopia Baptist Church.
Bixby - Roena L. Carpenter, 78, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Bixby Funeral Service, and service 1 p.m. Wednesday, South Tulsa Baptist Church, Tulsa.
- Robert "R.L." Gibson, 86, retired American Airlines supervisor, died Monday. Services pending. Leonard & Marker.
- Don Edward Williams, 69, attorney, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, RiverCrest Chapel. Bixby Funeral Service.
Bristow - Jack Vickers, 86, retired from Haliburton, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church. Hutchins-Maples.
Broken Arrow - Morton Clyde "Mort" Domer, 72, promotional salesman, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Silver Arrow Estates Community Building. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Harold Dee Griffin, 83, retired Badger Meter electrical technician, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Wright-Brown Funeral Home, Coweta; service 11 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, Coweta; and graveside service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Warner Memorial Cemetery, Warner.
- Norma Ruth Halford, 86, retired Warehouse Market checker, died Sunday in Tulsa. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
- James J. "Skip" Hawkins, 73, American Airlines stock clerk, died Monday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
- Gregg Tomlinson, 57, mechanic, died Monday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
- Paul M. Veatch, 46, St. Mary Energy senior vice president, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Asbury United Methodist Church, Tulsa.
Catoosa - Linda Parrish, 63, Catoosa Public Schools food service manager, died Saturday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Rice Fuenral Service, and service 3 p.m. Thursday, Hilldale Baptist Church, Claremore.
Chetopa, Kan. - Wendell E. Hughes, 74, Albertson's supermarket produce manager, died Wednesday. Graveside service 3 p.m. Tuesday, St. Rose Cemetery. Bath-Forbes-Hoffman.
Chouteau - Ed Orange, 85, died Monday. Services pending. Key, Pryor.
Cleveland - James Andrew Branch, 63, heavy-equipment operator, died Saturday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Grove - Alan W. Countryman, 80, excavation company owner, died Nov. 17. Private family services. Worley-Luginbuel.
- Carmelita Ross, 77, retired bartender, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Adcock Funeral Home, Afton, and graveside service 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa.
- Joe Dale Schwartz, 78, retired Goodyear foreman, died Saturday in Muskogee. Private family services. Worley-Luginbuel.
Jay - Kyle Bacon, 30, died Saturday. Services pending. Worley-Luginbuel.
Kansas - Naomi Morris, 51, died Monday. Services pending. Shipman's, Pryor.
Langley - Jim Johnson, 73, retired electrician, formerly of Langley, died Sunday in Bartlesville. Services pending. Heath-Griffith, Tulsa.
Mannford - Ruth Ann Archer, 71, retired newspaper office manager, died Friday in Tulsa. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Lakeview Christian Church. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
- Sharon Kay Eberle, 60, homemaker, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Oak Hill Full Gospel Church. Michael's, Drumright.
McAlester - Rocklyn Irene "Rocky" Lenardo, 91, Southern Supply bookkeeper, died Monday. Rosary 7 p.m. Tuesday, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Wednesday, St. John's Catholic Church.
- Thurman Shuller, 98, retired Warren Clinic pediatrician, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Bishop Funeral Service, and memorial service 2 p.m. Thursday, First United Methodist Church.
- Dorothy Gladys Snowder, 95, died Friday. Services pending. Brumley-Mills.
Miami - Juanita Cleveland, 83, homemaker, died Nov. 15. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. Brown-Winters.
- Doris M. Fleming, 72, former Oklahoma Leather sewing machine operator, died Saturday in Quapaw. Visitation 7-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Paul Thomas Funeral Home.
- Jack E. Morris, 77, retired drywall carpenter, died Saturday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Thursday, Park Cemetery, Columbus, Kan. Adcock, Afton.
- Lovie "Udell" Wooldridge, 92, died Monday in Lowell, Kan. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church.
Muskogee - Dale Edmond Roberts, 57, truck driver, died Thursday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
Norman - Tony Lee Stevens, 50, city of Norman water plant operator, died Sunday in Tulsa. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Nowata - James Riley Bushyhead, 71, laborer, died Monday. Services pending. Walker-Brown, Bartlesville.
Okmulgee - Neoma Arnold, 78, homemaker, died Nov. 20 in Tulsa. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Oologah - Steven Gene Sargent, 58, former roofer, died Saturday in Tulsa. No services planned. Heath-Griffith, Tulsa.
Pawhuska - Virginia Leoda Hale, 94, retired grocery clerk, died Friday. Private family services. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Pittsburg - Ruby Jean Bell, 78, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church. Brumley-Mills, McAlester.
Pocola - Eual Dillon, 95, Riverside Furniture mill room worker, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, both at Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, Spiro.
Ponca City - Richard C. Whiting, 79, machinist supervisor, formerly of Ponca City, died Sunday in Oklahoma City. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Grace Funeral Home Chapel.
Pryor - Elva Guinn, 92, homemaker, died Wednesday. Private family services. Stephens.
- Walter W. Mueller, 99, died Sunday. Services pending. Shipman's.
Sallisaw - Bertha Lee Bilyeu, 89, homemaker, died Sunday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Elim Full Gospel Church. Agent & Mallory-Martin.
- Lorraine E. Bledsoe, 91, Sears catalog saleswoman, died Wednesday in Vian. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Trinity Lutheran Church. Agent & Mallory-Martin.
- Gary "Pete" Sutton, 59, retired cement finisher and carpenter, died Sunday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel.
Shady Point - Tommie Louise Griffin, 74, beautician, died Sunday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home, Poteau, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, Calvary Assembly of God, Poteau.
Stillwater - Weldon Drew, 77, retired college basketball coach, died Thursday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Huber-Benson Funeral Home, El Reno.
- Nancy (Longmore) Horn, 62, died Monday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Palmer Marler Funeral Home.
Tahlequah - Barbara Jean (Baker) Carlile, 69, retired Cherokee County deputy court clerk, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Green Country Funeral Home.
- Loretta Dunham, 91, homemaker, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
Talala - Fred Walter Plumer, 87, retired McDonnell Douglas sheet metal worker, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Oologah Dolton, Oologah.
Wagoner - Carol Faye Wilson, 57, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 1 p.m. Wednesday, both at Shipman's Funeral Home, Pryor.
Yale - Geary Ronald Ritter, 71, oil and gas quality-assurance inspector, died Nov. 18. Services pending. Palmer Marler.
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