Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Friday, December 07, 2012
12/07/12 at 2:07 AM
TULSA
Armstrong, Robert L. Jr., 44, medical collections specialist, died Tuesday. Memorial service 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Mary K. Oxley Nature Center. Freeman Harris.
Boyd, Dewayne A., 49, construction worker, died Tuesday in McAlester. Services pending. Dyer.
Bradshaw, Pansy Sue, 77, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Freeman Harris Funeral Home Chapel.
Brown, Otis Jr., 54, apartment complex maintenance worker, died Nov. 27. Services pending. Freeman Harris.
Cochran, Jon Michael, 41, heating and air technician, died Wednesday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Colberg, Mildred L., 91, homemaker, died Monday in Wagoner. Graveside service 1 p.m. Saturday, Oakhill Cemetery, Mannford. Heath-Griffith.
Earl, Jane A., 58, nurse, died Sunday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Saturday, Center for Spiritual Living Church. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Fallgatter, Vera, 88, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Harris, Mary Carol, 74, educator, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Jones, Vera "Jean" (Burd), 75, Allen Electric Company co-owner, died Tuesday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Redeemer Covenant Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Mayfield, Kerry Lee, 34, construction worker, died Nov. 30. Visitation 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and wake service 6-8 p.m. Friday, both at Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Morning Star Baptist Church.
Morton, Edward, 55, retired from American Airlines, died Sunday. Visitation 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and memorial service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Reynolds Rose Hill Funeral Home.
Ryan, Kathleen Annabell, 47, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Streeter, Charles M. Sr., 88, retired Braden Winch machinist, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Ninde Brookside.
Taylor, Donald Lee, 82, American Airlines mechanic, died Sunday in Foley, Ala. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Hersman-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel, Wagoner.
Thompson, Lora, 45, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Wilson, Teresa Ellen, 54, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Serenity.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Barnsdall - Basil Fredrick Linn, 73, died Tuesday. Private family services. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Bartlesville - Ruby Belle Harris, 91, homemaker, died Wednesday. Graveside service 11 a.m. Monday, Dewey Cemetery, Dewey. Walker-Brown.
- Sharon Joy Fout, 66, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Ray A. (Buster) Ross Jr., 50, construction worker, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Boynton - Pearl De-Ann Stark, 61, retired from State of Oklahoma, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Countryside Baptist Church. Leonard & Marker, Bixby.
Bristow - Dona Starns, 84, retired nurse's aide, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Trinity Baptist Church. Hutchins-Maples.
Broken Arrow - D. Carolyn Bumpus, 81, Stanley Home Products sales, died Wednesday. Visitation 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, Hayhurst Funeral Home. Services pending.
- Jerry "Mike" Hight, 55, insurance salesman, died Tuesday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Friday, Reynolds Rose Hill Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Walnut Grove Church.
- Lenora J. Jestice, 71, retired registered nurse, died Tuesday. Visitation 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Kennedy-Kennard Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church.
- Judy Kay Misek, 69, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Hayhurst Funeral Home, and memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Catoosa - Carol Ann Rutherford, 68, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Claremore - Diane J. Weinwurm, 75, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Cleveland - Virginia June (Snelson) Cook, 91, school cafeteria cook, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Assembly Of God. Chapman-Black.
- Frank N. Goodman Jr., 54, heavy equipment operator, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Community Church. Chapman-Black.
Deer Creek - Edith Louise (Parris) Harper, 67, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Amy Stittsworth, Enid.
Eufaula - Jimmy Stephenson, 54, USA Dock boat deck builder, died Wednesday. Services pending. Garrett Family, Checotah.
Gore - Ronald R. Czarnecki, 74, welder, died Wednesday. No services planned. Agent, Sallisaw.
Jenks - William B. Wilson III., 65, salesman, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Locust Grove - David Hutchinson, 71, iron worker, died Thursday. Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
McAlester - Danny Lynn Johnson, 58, electrician, died Tuesday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, White Chimney Cemetery, Stuart. Chaney-Harkins.
Muskogee - Tiffany Borovetz, 30, died Thursday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
- Elizabeth P. "Becky" Carter, 62, retail sales associate, died Thursday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
- Hazel Pondexter, 79, homemaker, died Nov. 30. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Greenhill Cemetery. Cornerstone.
Nowata - Frank Marion Hufford, 89, hospital administrator, died Dec. 4. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Benjamin Funeral Home Chapel.
- Shirley Flo Swafford, 57, certified nursing assistant, died Nov. 26. Memorial service 10 a.m. Monday, Relocated Cemetery. Benjamin.
Okmulgee - Billy Ray Hinshaw, 59, laborer, died Thursday in Tulsa. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Okmulgee Cemetery. McClendon-Winters.
Osage - Rosie Graver, 82, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Twin Oaks Baptist Church, and graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, McCune Cemetery, McCune, Kan. Hersman-Nichols, Wagoner.
Owasso - Michael Dean "Mike" Coday, 66, retired educator, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Mowery Funeral Home Chapel.
Pocola - Winifred Fern "Winnie" Karl, 92, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Pocola Heights Free Will Baptist Church. Evans & Miller.
Ponca City - Alta Barrett, 70, died Thursday. Services pending. Trout.
- Frances Johnston, 94, died Thursday. Services pending. Trout.
Rentiesville - Naomi "Big Momma" Cunningham, 79, Rentiesville Community Center cook, died Nov. 27 in Muskogee. Visitation 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow, Muskogee, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church.
Sand Springs - Ben Hansen, 94, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, died Monday. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Joanna Vancil, 86, registered nurse, died Dec. 1. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel.
Summers, Ark. - Judith D. Allen, 65, homemaker, died Wednesday in Fayetteville. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Fayetteville National Cemetery. Roberts & Hart, Westville, Okla.
Tahlequah - Jimmie Mae (Harris) Dodd, 73, homemaker and Tahlequah School crossing guard, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel.
- Willard Clarence Moss Jr., 88, cattle rancher, died Wednesday. Services pending. Green Country Funeral Home.
Terlton - Richard D. Cloyd, 70, retired roofing contractor, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Visitation 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home, Sand Springs.
Vinita - Velma Lee McCormick, 67, nurse's aid, died Tuesday in Baxter Springs, Kan. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Fairview Cemetery. Burckhalter.
Wagoner - Dorothy May (Wright) Beck, 78, retired Western Hills Lodge office and reservations manager, died Nov. 28. Memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, Baught Cemetery, Webbers Falls. Mallett.
- Freddie Lee Trosclair, 86, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Mallett.
Wynona - Eddyth Rogers, 87, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Powell, Hominy.
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