Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Friday, November 30, 2012
11/30/12 at 2:41 AM
TULSA
Beasley, Linda Nancy, 72, retired school cafeteria worker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Freeman Harris.
Camp, James Earl, 60, died Wednesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Chalmers, Carolyn Joyce, 86, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Davis, Allean Hatten, housekeeper, died Nov. 21. Visitation 2-7 p.m. Friday and service 11 a.m. Saturday, both at Gethsemane Baptist Church. Crown Hill.
Davis, Willie, 75, fence maker, died Wednesday. Visitation 9-10:30 a.m. Monday and service 11 a.m. Monday, both at Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home Chapel.
Gilbert, Mary Inez, 79, homemaker, formerly of Tulsa, died Monday in Marksville, La. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Marksville. Hixson Brothers, Marksville.
Hopkins, Wayne, 65, Medical Compliance Speciality Inc. president and owner, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Hyatt, Bennie Stanton, 84, painting contractor, died Tuesday. Private family services. Moore's Rosewood.
Joyce, Pat Henderson, age unavailable, homemaker, died Wednesday. Visitation 4-7 p.m. Sunday and rosary 7 p.m. Sunday, both at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Monday, St. Mary Catholic Church.
McArdle, Edwin, 59, truck driver, died Thursday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Muldrow, Joseph Windell, 28, musician, died Tuesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, New Birth Tabernacle. Serenity.
Peacock, Patricia Ann "Pat," 67, dental office manager, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stanleys.
Ragsdale, Charles E., 74, restaurateur, died Thursday. Services pending. Cremation Society.
Renberg, Emily Elizabeth, 65, homemaker, died Tuesday. Private family services. Ninde Brookside.
Stacy, Susan Kay, 51, homemaker, died Nov. 17. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Shurden Chapel, Henryetta. Integrity, Henryetta.
Tucker, Thomas James, 65, customer service representative, died Nov. 19. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Crown Hill Chapel. Crown Hill.
Wray, Teresa Louise, 56, cleaning service owner, died Wednesday in Broken Arrow. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, New Heart Fellowship, Broken Arrow. Moore's Rosewood.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Adair - James Robert Hanks, 29, electrical worker, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Claremore.
- Roy Hobbs, 87, retired farmer, died Thursday. Services pending. Key, Pryor.
Bartlesville - Deborah Jean "Debbie" Connelly, 58, 66 Federal Credit Union employee, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Bixby - Dora Lee Milacek, 91, homemaker, died Wednesday. Graveside service noon Saturday, Waukomis Cemetery, Waukomis. Bixby Funeral Service
Broken Arrow - Harold Hackenberger, 87, died Thursday. Services pending.
Chelsea - Claudean Reynolds, 66, homemaker, died Nov. 20 in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Rice Funeral Home, Claremore, and service 10 a.m. Monday, Condrey Chapel.
Claremore - Dahlia Muckelrath, 94, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Cushing - Ruby Stokes, 76, homemaker, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Davis.
Drumright - Kaden Michael Sloan, infant son of Michelle Ruggles-Briody and Michael Sloan, died Sunday in Stillwater. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Michael's Funeral Home Chapel.
Enid - Larry Dean Ausmus, 66, roofer, died Nov. 23. Services pending. Stittsworth.
- Patricia Ann (Wills) King, 67, cook, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stittsworth.
- Mary C. (Busch) Shafford, 82, telephone operator, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Sunday, Trinity Baptist Church. Stittsworth.
Eufaula - Mildred Mayme Cox, 75, meat merchandiser, died Thursday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, North Fork Baptist Church. Hunn Black & Merritt.
Fairland - Glenn E. Giles, 67, retired mechanic, formerly of Fairland, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Adcock Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Assembly of God.
Hartshorne - Carnelius Carr, 83, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant special weapons specialist, died Nov. 26. Service 11 a.m. Monday, East Star Baptist Church, McAlester. Chaney Harkins, McAlester.
Keota - Robert "Bobby" Rhodes, 47, oil-rig laborer, died Tuesday in Seminole. Graveside service 2:30 p.m. Friday, Old Cache Cemetery. Mallory-Martin, Stigler.
Muskogee - Muriel Desmuke, 73, Department of Veterans Affairs adjudication supervisor, died Nov. 22 in Dallas. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Friday, Ragsdale Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Timothy Baptist Church.
- Glenn "Al" Murray Jr., 80, Southwestern Bell employee, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Calvary Baptist Church. Cornerstone.
- Minnie Youngblood Shine, 63, Taco Mayo cook, died Nov. 21. Visitation 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Divine Love Christian Fellowship.
Newkirk - Myra Lea Randol, 70, retired Kmart and Big Lots salesclerk, died Wednesday in Ponca City. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Newkirk Cemetery. Miller-Stahl.
Ochelata - Willie A. Norris, 71, computer graphics designer, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church, Ramona. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Okmulgee - James Richard Gartrell, 55, died Tuesday. No services planned. Shurden-Jackson.
Olive - Harold Brown Sr., 71, Climax Mining Co. miner, died Thursday. Private family services. Michael's, Drumright.
Ponca City - Patricia A. (McClaskey) Reedy, 75, died Tuesday in Oklahoma City. Service 2:30 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church. Trout.
Pryor - Vicki Weakley, 61, died Thursday. Services pending. Stephens.
Quapaw - Ned Countryman, 53, Briscoe Scrap Metal employee, died Wednesday. Celebration of life 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Tammie Jo Cooper residence. Paul Thomas, Miami, Okla.
Rentiesville - Naomi "Big Momma" Cunningham, 79, Rentiesville Community Center cook, died Tuesday in Muskogee. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow, Muskogee.
Sand Springs - Ladonna S. Poulter, 76, day-care worker, died Thursday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Charlene Mae Croffut, 72, retired telephone operator, died Nov. 22. Memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, First Christian Church, Dewey. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
- Ruth Elisabeth-Joy Keep, 14, died Nov. 4. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Anglican Church of the Resurrection, Glenpool. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Sedan, Kan. - Earnest Gene Brown, died Wednesday. No services planned. Barnes.
Siloam Springs, Ark. - L.B. Duncan, 82, retired auto mechanic, died Wednesday in Oklahoma City. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Wasson Funeral Home.
Silver City - Lorie Burke, 56, waitress, died Thursday in Drumright. Services pending. Michael's, Drumright.
Skiatook - Lorena Sue Blankenship, 52, certified nursing assistant, died Wednesday. Services pending. Sien-Shelton.
Tahlequah - Hubert Adamson, 77, landlord, died Thursday. Services pending. Green Country.
- Raymond Washington, 81, agricultural laborer, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
Tryon - Billy Carl Lundy, 78, retired, died Wednesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, Christian Union Church. Strode, Stillwater.
Vinita - Louise (Hardrick) Phillips, 81, died Thursday. Services pending. Luginbuel.
Wagoner - Dorothy May Beck, 78, Western Hills Lodge office and reservations manager, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mallett.
Welch - Archie A. Neill, 81, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Thomas Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Welch Christian Church.
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