Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Friday, December 14, 2012
12/14/12 at 2:17 AM
TULSA
Benningfield, Robert Allen, 70, attorney, died Wednesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, RiverCrest Chapel, Bixby. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
Blagg, Evelyn J., 87, retired surgical nurse, died Wednesday. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Bogie, Thomas R., 63, IBM salesman, died Wednesday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Brand, Helen M. "Soup" (Campbell), 91, troubled-youth caregiver, died Tuesday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Cole, Francis R., 90, tire supply company manager, died Tuesday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Coleman, Linda Kay, 63, Hertz and Dollar Thrifty car rental customer service representative, died Dec. 11 in Broken Arrow. Rosary 7 p.m. Sunday and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Monday, both at Freeman Harris Funeral Home Chapel; and graveside service noon Tuesday, Mount Calvary Cemetery, Osage City, Kan.
Eichling, Janet Sue, 68, died Monday. Services pending. Shurden-Jackson, Okmulgee.
Forman, Shirley J., 78, retired social worker, died Wednesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Highland Park Christian Church. Reynolds Rose Hill.
Jackson, Van, 69, retired, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Jones, Betty F., 71, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.
Jones, Mae Francis, 84, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Crown Hill.
Long, Walter, 85, accountant, died Tuesday. Services pending. Cremation Society.
Mailath, Dan, 94, Dan's Motel owner, died Monday. Graveside service 11:30 a.m. Saturday, GAR Cemetery, Miami, Okla. Thomas, Welch.
Martin, Mary Catherine (Rawlings), 89, retired teacher, died Thursday. Services pending. Serenity.
McCoy, Jean Curtis, 84, real estate investor, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Presbyterian Church. Moore's Rosewood.
Morgan, Teddy Lynn, 52, died Wednesday. No services planned. Collinsville Dolton, Collinsville.
Newby, Rebecca L., 90, homemaker, died Wednesday. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Ninde Brookside Funeral Home; and graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Spavinaw Strang Cemetery, Spavinaw.
Parker, Helen M., 97, clerical worker, died Sunday in Kansas City, Kan. Services pending. Jack's.
Rhine, Geraldine A., 86, retired bookkeeper, died Wednesday in McAlester. Services pending. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Shepley-Smith, Othelia Lorene (Hall), 96, retired John A. Brown sales associate, died Wednesday in Cleveland, Okla. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
Simons, Catherine E. "Cathy," 63, medical records clerk, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Southminster Presbyterian Church. Ninde Brookside.
Slade, E. Clarine, 67, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Sweet, Paul L., 64, laborer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Dyer.
Tag, Jean E., 90, retired registered nurse, died Tuesday. Service 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Terrell, Tony, 49, RGIS district manager, died Wednesday. Service 3 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Toombs, Tollie C., 66, mail handler, died Dec. 7. Service was held Wednesday. Dyer.
Williams, Jacquelyn, 60, retired registered nurse, died Wednesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Monday, Cremation Society of Oklahoma Chapel.
Wright, Roy Dean "Pattiecake" Jr., 53, Mr. Clean auto detailer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Jack's.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Arkoma - Sandy Oliver, 64, retired medical records worker, died Thursday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Victory Worship Center, Spiro. Mallory-Martin, Stigler.
Bartlesville - Mildred Claire Dixson, 91, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Foster-Petering Funeral Home Chapel, Muskogee.
- Glenn Edward Rigdon, 73, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. airport line foreman, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Blackwell - William Lawrence "Bill" Patton, 88, died Wednesday in Midwest City. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Roberts & Son.
Broken Arrow - Richard D. Berry Sr., 77, American Airlines security officer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven.
- Robert Cramer, 62, retired Xeta Lodging installation manager, died Wednesday. Services pending. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
- Dianna Marie Ness, 64, hairstylist, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
- Ray Alvin Willis Jr., 54, construction worker, died Tuesday. Private family services. Kennedy-Kennard.
Chelsea - Pauline Billie Lewis, 95, died Wednesday. Services pending. Chelsea Funeral Home.
Coffeyville, Kan. - Janey Louise Powell, 84, Electra worker, died Dec. 10. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home, and graveside service 1 p.m. Monday, Mount Washington Cemetery, Lenapah, Okla.
Collinsville - Patricia Caroline Faller, 62, machinist, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Fort Gibson - Barbara E. (Reasoner) Castor, 78, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
- Dewey Lee (Wheeler) Elkins, 86, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Doris Jean Hill, 87, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Fort Gibson Christian Church. Cornerstone, Muskogee.
Glenpool - Russell Nole, 64, died Thursday. Services pending. Schaudt's.
Grove - Wayne Brown, 85, retired Santa Fe Railroad switchman, died Wednesday. Services pending. Worley-Luginbuel.
Haskell - Samuel Eugene Brown, 67, leadman, died Wednesday. Visitation 2-8 p.m. Friday and service 2 p.m. Saturday, both at First United Methodist Church. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Hominy - Dorothy Ann Horn, 80, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church. Powell.
Inola - Sandra Jane Gibson, 61, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Inola Funeral Home.
Kellyville - Curtis Clark, 85, Kaiser Steel heavy-equipment operator, died Wednesday in Sapulpa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Smith Funeral Home, Sapulpa, and graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, Duck Creek Cemetery.
Kiowa - Buela Mae Stroehmer, 88, licensed practical nurse, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Chaney Harkins Funeral Home Chapel, McAlester.
Locust Grove - Eloyce Ann Howell, 67, beautician, died Thursday. Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
Mannford - Johnnie Wesley Allen, 64, mechanic, died Wednesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Miami, Okla - Tollye Mathis, 94, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Friday and service 10 a.m. Saturday, both at Brown-Winters Funeral Home.
Mounds - Carl H. Linnet, 82, retired machinist, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Muskogee - Harvey C. Salmon, 88, died Thursday. Services pending. Foster-Petering.
- B.J. Sloan, 82, operating engineer, died Thursday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
Okmulgee - Betty Jean Buckley, 66, retired educator, died Dec. 10. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Monday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church.
- Albert Dean Starkey, 75, died Wednesday. Services pending. Shurden-Jackson.
Owasso - Alberta Hillard, 91, weather-stripping company owner, died Wednesday. Service pending. Moore's Southlawn, Tulsa.
Ponca City - Virgil A. "Sam" Cauthon, 85, Southwestern Bell telephone engineer, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Grace Funeral Home Chapel.
Quinton - Georgia M. Haggard, 88, homemaker, died Thursday in Stigler. Graveside service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Enterprise Cemetery, Enterprise. Mallory-Martin, Stigler.
Roland - Christopher Lacey, 27, video rental store salesclerk, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Muldrow.
Salina - John Lewis Marble, 85, carpenter, died Wednesday. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Stephens Funeral Home, Pryor, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Blue Springs Church.
Sapulpa - Rocky Bristow, 60, United Petroleum Transport employee, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Smith.
- Emil Monroe Roberts, 79, farmer, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Friday, Add'Vantage Funeral Home, Tulsa, and graveside service 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Greenlawn Cemetery, Jasper, Mo.
Stigler - Tamie Lynn Pierce, 52, homemaker, died Monday in Fort Smith, Ark. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Trinity Baptist Church. Mallory-Martin.
Tahlequah - William Don "Bill" Hix, 81, small engine repairman, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel.
Vinita - Mildred (Vogel) Minson, 94, teacher, died Thursday in Miami, Okla. Services pending. Luginbuel.
Wagoner - Dwight Cole, 64, retired from the Army, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, Mallett Funeral Home Chapel.
Westville - Johnny H. Phillips, 78, Hiland milk deliveryman, formerly of Fayetteville, Ark., died Thursday in Tomball, Texas. Services pending. Roberts & Hart.
Wyandotte - Florence Mae (Davis) Phipps, 82, homemaker, died Thursday in Miami, Okla. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Luginbuel Funeral Home Chapel, Vinita.
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