Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
12/05/12 at 2:53 AM
TULSA
Alvarado, Carlos, 75, construction worker, died Monday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Armstrong, Robert L., 44, medical collections specialist, died Tuesday. Services pending. Freeman Harris.
Barrett, Alice, 92, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Heath-Griffith Funeral Home, and graveside service 1 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow.
Bartlett, Alan T., 78, city of Tulsa health inspector, died Monday. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Friday, Mark Griffith-Westwood Funeral Home, and services pending.
Batten, Leora Velma, 93, accountant, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stanleys.
Burke, Patrick Gibson, 62, Voice Systems manager, died Monday. Services pending. Serenity.
Byrd, Ronald Wayne, 67, salesman, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 1 p.m. Friday, both at Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home.
Conley, Edna Mae, 74, church secretary, died Monday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Luke Baptist Church.
Cox, Yvonne Dorine, 82, registered nurse, died Monday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Dotson, Bonnie, 75, retired Wal-Mart cashier, died Saturday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Earl, Jane, 58, died Sunday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Hagers, Bettie Joan "B.J.," 81, retired saleswoman, died Monday. Services pending. Cremation Society.
Holmes, Brent, 36, Tulsa Community College computer programmer, died Friday. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Moore's Memory Funeral Home Chapel.
Jacobson, Jack Raymond, 84, retired salesman, died Tuesday. Services pending. Moore's Memory.
Lawson, Gabe Wiley, 36, formerly of Tulsa, died Sunday in Midland, Texas. Visitation 8-10 a.m. Thursday, Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home, Midland, and no services planned.
Means, William W., 79, judge, died Monday. Private family services. Moore's Eastlawn.
Mueller, Cheryl Ann, 63, home cleaning business owner, died Sunday. Memorial service 12:30 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Parker, Mary L., 94, bookkeeper, died Sunday in Owasso. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Moore's Memory Funeral Home Chapel.
Regnier, Alfred Louis, 92, Cities Service chemical engineer, died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, First Presbyterian Church. Moore's Southlawn.
Riddell, Betty L., 76, retired R.E.L. president, died Tuesday. Private family services. Moore's Southlawn.
Snap, Andrea Nicole, 24, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 1:30 p.m. Friday, Holy Family Cathedral. Stanleys.
Stieferman, Mary Ann, 71, Warren Foundation bookkeeper, died Monday. Rosary service 5 p.m. Thursday and memorial service 10:30 a.m. Friday, both at St.'s Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Add'Vantage.
Tottress, MayAndrew Milton "M.M." III, 77, auto mechanic and detailer, died Sunday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Thursday, Bishop's Northside Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Friday, New Jerusalem Baptist Church.
Trickey, Kenneth, 79, retired basketball coach, died Tuesday. Services pending. Adamscrest.
Waterdown, Johnny L., 68, machine laborer, died Nov. 30. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Elm Tree Baptist Church, Tahlequah. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Yowell, Patsy, 63, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Margaret "Annie Mar" Antle, 86, homemaker, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Walker-Brown Funeral Home Chapel, and graveside service 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa.
- William Joseph Dickerson, 85, retired bank officer, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Elaine Joyce Johnson, 63, retired beautician, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Oglesby Assembly of God, Oglesby. Stumpff.
- Norma Jean Stockman, 83, estate sales worker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church. Walker-Brown.
Bristow - Margaret Edith Hawkins, 92, American Motors assembly line worker, died Nov. 27. Graveside service 1 p.m. Thursday, Magnolia Memorial Gardens. Michael's.
- Reta Huntsinger, 82, died Monday in Sapulpa. Services pending. Hutchins-Maples.
- Norma Dean Thompson, 83, Community Bank teller, died Nov. 29 in Houston. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday and service 1 p.m. Friday, both at Michael's Funeral Home.
Broken Arrow - Marianna Balentine, 74, retired private licensed practical nurse, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Woodland Cemetery Chapel, Cleveland. Chapman-Black, Cleveland.
- Debbie (Keele) Crabb, 60, loan officer, died Friday. Service 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel.
- Grant Harris, 59, retired from the Navy, died Nov. 24. Private family services. Floral Haven.
- Jerry "Mike" Hight, 55, insurance salesman, died Tuesday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill, Tulsa.
- Lenora J. Jestice, 71, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
- Helen Ruby Repschlaeger, 88, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Hayhurst Funeral Home, and graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Dick Duck Cemetery, Catoosa.
- Leroy Zirk, 89, retired from the Air Force, died Monday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel.
Catoosa - Jeannie Lee (Carnell) Dingle, 56, retail administrator, died Sunday in Pryor. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Hart Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
Claremore - Iris Darlene Cox, 87, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Coffeyville, Kan. - Naomi C. Heslop, 91, homemaker, died Saturday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, First Southern Baptist Church. David W. Barnes.
- Frank V. Miorandi, 93, retired from Page Milk Co. and Funk Manufacturing Co., died Friday. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. David W. Barnes.
Commerce - Mildred G. Madison, 90, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, Oak Hill Cemetery, Galena, Kan.
Grove - James Kinkead, 73, died Nov. 26 in McAllen, Texas. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Nichols Funeral Home Chapel.
- Earl Smith, 88, Postal Service employee, died Monday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nichols Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church.
Haskell - Wayne Allen, 83, retired office manager, died Monday. Visitation 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Leonard & Marker Funeral Home, Bixby, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Free Will Baptist Church.
- John Ray Lowry, 62, Fox Motors shop manager, died Monday. Services pending. Green Country, Tahlequah.
Hulbert - James Timothy "Tim" Chance, 45, truck driver, died Monday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Independence, Kan. - Charles Raymond "C.R." Kinnard, 77, died Nov. 30. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Webb Family Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church Wesley Center.
Inola - Dereck Aziz DiazdeLeon, 15, Inola High School student, died Nov. 30. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Thursday and rosary service 7 p.m. Thursday, both at Inola Funeral Home; and funeral Mass 11 a.m. Friday, St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Claremore.
Jenks - Robert Lee "Bobby" Knox, 65, retired from ONEOK, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
- Carol Jay Marshall, 65, oil and gas company bookkeeper, died Monday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Krebs - Marcia Mary Layden, 57, home health aide, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Mount Calvary Cemetery, McAlester. Brumley-Mills, McAlester.
McAlester - Richard Anthony Falis Sr., 53, welder, died Dec. 1 in Tulsa. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home Chapel.
- John William Swenson, 82, McDonnell Douglas assembly worker, died Sunday. Private family services. Brumley-Mills.
Miami, Okla. - Bertha Curnutte, 90, died Nov. 26 in Joplin, Mo. Memorial graveside service 1 p.m. Friday, G.A.R. Cemetery. Paul Thomas.
Oktaha - Robert "Bob" Hill, 91, rancher, died Tuesday. Services pending. Foster-Petering, Muskogee.
- Florine M. Wallace, 92, retired teacher, died Sunday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Foster-Petering Funeral Home, Muskogee.
Oologah - Jeremy Daniel Brewer, 35, truck driver, died Nov. 8. Service noon Saturday, Liberty Free Will Baptist Church. Collinsville Dolton, Collinsville.
Osage - Rosie Graver, 82, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Hersman-Nichols, Wagoner.
Owasso - Harold "Max" Manning, 80, machinist, died Tuesday. Services pending. Mowery.
Park Hill - Dwight Walker, 57, truck driver, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Keys Southern Baptist Church. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Porter - Wayne Murphy Riley, 77, truck driver, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Shipman, Wagoner.
Rose - Susan Wilkerson, 57, retired licensed practical nurse, died Nov. 28. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Key Funeral Home Chapel, Locust Grove.
Sand Springs - Gary Lee Redmond, 65, Postal Service letter sorter, died Friday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Saturday, St. Andrew Lutheran Church. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Savanna - Kimberly Kay Robbins, 44, Ward Oil Co. cashier, died Friday in Midwest City. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Brumley Mills Funeral Home Chapel, McAlester.
Skiatook - Lillian "Sonny" (Presley) Butler, 100, secretary, died Tuesday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Peters-Stumpff.
- Charles N. July, 84, sales representative, died Saturday in Owasso. Private family services. Sien-Shelton.
Spiro - Malinda Scott, 88, Kibois senior citizen coordinator, died Sunday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, and service noon Saturday, First Baptist Church.
Stigler - Claudine Macom, 73, retired from the Corps of Engineers, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Stigler First Assembly of God. King & Shearwood.
Tahlequah - Betty Burnett, 68, nurse's aide, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
- Patrick Enright, 60, died Tuesday. Services pending. Green Country.
- Mildred M. (Tinker) Krueger-DeGroff, 83, print shop supervisor, died Monday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Hulbert City Cemetery, Hulbert. Green Country.
- Emily Katheryn (Jones) Stanwick, 74, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Green Country.
Talala - C.J. Davis, 66, Amoco facility operations manager, died Saturday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel, Oklahoma City. Mowery, Owasso.
Tonkawa - Clara (Hobbs) Buffalow, 100, died Monday in Ponca City. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Anderson Funeral Home Chapel.
- Christina Medina, 74, died Sunday in Ponca City. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Anderson Funeral Home Chapel.
Wagoner - Mildred Colberg, 91, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Heath-Griffith, Tulsa.
- Donald Lee Taylor, 82, American Airlines mechanic, died Sunday in Poley, Ala. Services pending. Hersman-Nichols.
West Siloam Springs - Dorothy Irene (Pammenter) Geary, 95, retired nurse, died Tuesday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Wister - Jimmy Dale Hill, 67, street department worker, died Sunday in Fort Smith, Ark. Memorial service 2 p.m. Thursday, private residence. Evans & Miller, Poteau.
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