Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Sunday, December 09, 2012
12/09/12 at 2:51 AM
TULSA
Asbill, James R., 67, truck driver, died Thursday. Private family service. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Bruce, Lucille Imogene, 91, Grindstaff Cleaners seamstress, formerly of Tulsa, died Saturday in Springfield, Mo. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home, Miller, Mo. Private family services.
Buck, Henry, 67, welder, died Saturday. Services pending. Shipman's.
Carter, Leonard "Leon," 44, welder, died Thursday. Private family services. Kennedy-Midtown.
Carter, Rochelle Lillian, 80, retired insurance claims examiner, died Friday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Temple Israel. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Crooms, Evelyn S., 83, retired insurance agent, died Friday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Hagers, Bettie Joan "BJ," 81, retired saleswoman, died Monday. Memorial service 9 a.m. Friday, Cremation Society Funeral Home Chapel.
Henry, Gertie Elizabeth, 62, homemaker, died Dec. 2. Services held on Thursday. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Hines, Dominic Owen, infant son of Britaney Granahan and Daniel Hines, died Friday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Johnson, Randi Ladean (Graves), 23, homemaker, died Dec. 1. Memorial service 11 a.m. Monday, Highland Park Christian Church. Add'Vantage.
Marisco, Reba, 65, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
McFarland, James Edward, 82, city of Tulsa Public Works supervisor, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. Moore's Southlawn.
Merrill, Ethel, 89, died Friday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Peters, Annie L. Veatch, 79, retired Unity Church of Christianity reverend, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Tolmbs, Tollie C., 65, retired Postal Service employee, died Friday. Services pending. Dyer.
Tryon, Robert D., 84, aeronautics design engineer, died Nov. 29. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.
Weiss, Suzanne Taylor, 63, homemaker, formerly of Tulsa, died Thursday in Dickson, Tenn. Graveside service 11 a.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Butler-Stumpff.
Williams, Michelle Lynn, 57, Tulsa County Conservation District secretary, died Nov. 30. Memorial service 10 a.m. Friday, Floral Haven Mausoleum. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Wilson, Elvina (Goodfox), 86, surgical dressing nurse, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Pawnee Nation Roam Chief Event Center, Pawnee. Poteet, Pawnee.
Wright, Lewis Calvin, 94, retired chemical engineer, died Dec. 2. Private family services. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Yarbrough, Antonio, 60, fire department fire captain, died Saturday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Young, W. Doyle, 75, Teamster Local 657 truck driver, died Thursday. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Hayhurst Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Dena I. Barnes, 82, died Friday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Phillip Eugene George Sr., 78, died Saturday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Cora LaVola LaRue, 81, died Saturday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- June Eudora Moon, 94, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Walker-Brown.
Broken Arrow - Joe Wayne Buttress, 56, electrical engineer, died Dec. 3. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Hayhurst Funeral Home.
- Sarah Rebecca Crowther, 91, retired food service, died Friday in Tulsa. No services planned. Christian-Gavlik.
- Agnes Roach, 81, homemaker, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
- Joseph E. Schaffer, 78, American Airlines quality assurance inspector, died Thursday. Service 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel.
Catoosa - Claude L. Dixon, 90, retired auto body specialist, died Friday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Monday and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, both at Rice Funeral Home, Claremore.
- Carol Ann Rutherford, 68, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Chelsea - Sue Ann (Humphery) Kelton, 82, homemaker, died Friday. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Seaman-Blanke Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Monday, Memorial United Methodist Church.
Coweta - Robert William Sowers, 53, frame carpenter, died Wednesday. Memorial service 1:30 p.m. Monday, Freewill Baptist Church, Porter. Wright-Brown.
Deer Creek - Edith Louise (Parris) Harper, 67, homemaker, died Thursday. Private family service. Amy Stittsworth, Medford.
Grove - Lorene Brown, 87, homemaker, died Friday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Monday, Nichols Funeral Home Chapel, and graveside service 3 p.m. Tuesday, Zoar Cemetery, Cainsville, Mo.
- Doris Jean Petersen, 76, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home.
Henryetta - Mary Ann Gray, 76, retired cook, died Saturday in Okmulgee. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Shurden Funeral Home Chapel.
Holdenville - Alton J. "Jr." Taylor Jr., 83, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Church Of God. Fisher.
Howe - Bobbie Lee (Anderson) Morrison, 33, homemaker, died Thursday in Tulsa. Rosary 7 p.m. Sunday, Chaney-Harkins Funeral Home Chapel, McAlester, funeral Mass 10 a.m. Monday, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Krebs, and graveside service 3 p.m. Monday, Howe Cemetery.
Hulbert - Susan Gayle Cheater, 42, nurses aide, died Friday. Services pending. Green Country Funeral Home, Tahlequah.
Jenks - Edna "Adeline" Ray, 90, died Friday. Private family services. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
Locust Grove - David Lee Hutchinson, 71, ironworker, died Thursday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Full Gospel Tabernacle, Locust Grove Funeral Home.
- Valena M. (Dawson) Lew, 49, died Friday. Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
McAlester - Sonny Paul Deweese, 59, disabled, died Thursday in Midwest City. Graveside service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Memory Gardens Memorial Park. Chaney-Harkins.
Muskogee - Sandra Lou Clemens, 78, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, New Hope Assembly of God. Lescher-Millsap.
Miami, Okla. - Mildred Sarah Smith, 93, homemaker, died Dec. 2 in Commerce. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery. Brown-Winters.
Nowata - Martha Ann Brown, 71, nurses aide, died Dec. 5. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Martin Cemetery. Benjamin.
Osage - Rosie Graver, 82, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Hersman-Nichols Funeral Home, Wagoner, service 10 a.m. Monday, Twin Oaks Baptist Church, Wagoner, and graveside service 3 p.m. Monday, McCune Cemetery, McCune, Kan. Hersman-Nichols, Wagoner.
Park Hill - Jerad "Wayne" Rhodes, 35, medic, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
Ponca City - Kim L. Acton, 66, registered nurse, died Thursday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, IOOF Cemetery Chapel. Amy Stittsworth, Enid.
- Alta "Jewell" Barrett, 70, died Thursday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Monday, Resthaven Memorial Park, Trout.
- Mary "Charlene " Tapp, 82, died Saturday. Services pending. Trout.
Sand Springs - Frances Reece (Martin) Davis, 87, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
- Alfred Henry Mehlhorn, 66, died Friday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Riverside.
- William Marvin Stokes, 70, Public Service Company of Oklahoma lineman, died Thursday. Service 3 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Sedan, Kan. - Sallie M. Bullock, 100, died Friday. Visitation 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, Jones and Son Funeral Home, Moselle, Miss., and service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, Sharon, Miss. David W. Barnes.
Skiatook - James Gaylen Auten, 73, truck driver, died Friday. Services pending. Sien-Shelton.
- Oscar E. Chambers, 86, pumper, died Friday. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church. Peters-Stumpff.
- Margie Faye Ward, 62, St. John Medical Center certified nurse assistant, died Friday. Services pending. Sien-Shelton.
Stuart - Generro "G." Sanchez, 18, student, died Thursday in Asher. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Harold Lasiter Gymnasium. Chaney-Harkins, McAlester.
Tahlequah - Cedar Carrier, 66, died Friday. Services pending. Green Country Funeral Home.
- Patrick Dale Enright, 61, Northeastern State University professor, died Tuesday. No services planned. Green Country Funeral Home.
- Arthur Dwayne Jordan, 86, dairy rancher, died Thursday. Services pending. Green Country Funeral Home.
- Willard Clarence "Junior" Moss Jr., 88, cattle rancher, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel.
- John Ottaviano, 79, missionary, died Saturday. Services pending. Green Country Funeral Home.
- Lelah Jean (Goodnight) Wilder, 81, licensed practical nurse, died Friday. Services pending. Green Country Funeral Home.
Vinita - Alice Geneva Herbert, 72, retired pharmacy technician, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Wann - Margaret Lavonne Stevens, 47, customer service representative, died Friday in Joplin, Mo. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, David W. Barnes Funeral Home, Coffeyville, Kan., and service 2 p.m. Monday, Amazing Grace Ministries, Coffeyville, Kan.
Death notice policy
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news obituaries, call 581-8325.
Circle of Life
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World is participating in the "Circle of Life" campaign sponsored by the Global
Organization for Organ Donation (GOOD).
If your loved one was a donor, please inform the funeral director if you would
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