Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Monday, December 17, 2012
12/17/12 at 2:50 AM
TULSA
Bennett, Sherri Lynn (Maloney), 57, retail sales worker, died Sunday. Service pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Contreras, Armando, 58, laborer, died Friday. Services pending. Cremation Society of Oklahoma.
Cummins, Sue, 71, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Dennis, Alyzibyth Irene, infant daughter of Marcee Wilkerson and James Dennis, died Saturday. Visitation 3-9 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Green Hill Funeral Home.
Freitas, Ernestine, 87, elementary teacher, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Christian Chapel. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Heape-Ihrig, Peggy, 79, retired Bank of Oklahoma customer service worker, died Sunday. Service pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Holland, Gerald, 93, Mobil Oil truck driver, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel.
Hollomon, Tommy W., 65, truck driver, died Saturday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Low, Betsey McKeel, 52, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
McBay, Ruda Elizabeth "Beth," 81, homemaker and garden club volunteer, died Saturday. Visitation 1 p.m. Tuesday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home.
Murphy, Arlo Raymond, 41, student, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Faith United Methodist Church. Moore's Southlawn.
Tolon, Christina, 42, billing manager, died Sunday. Services pending, Jack's.
Van Frachen, Ernest L., 74, cryptologic technician, died Dec. 14. Memorial service 12:30 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Adair - Jesse Clifford Lloyd, 77, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Stephens, Pryor.
Bartlesville - Marjorie J. (Marge) Currie, 90, homemaker and teacher, died Saturday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church. Stumpff.
- Winferd DeWayne Grigsby, 60, died Saturday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Pat Killingsworth, 100, retired oil field equipment sales worker, died Friday. Private family service. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Jeffery Lee "Jeff" Phelan, 61, stock room manager, died Friday. Rosary 7 p.m. Thursday, Walker-Brown Funeral Home Chapel, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Friday, St. John Catholic Church.
- Scott Allen Simpson, 44, Phillips 66 information technology manager, died Saturday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Bixby - Jean Marie Kinsey, 71, homemaker, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Bixby Funeral Service, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Free Will Baptist Church, Panama, Okla.
Cleveland - Effie Jane Bellamy, 85, died Saturday. Services pending. Chapman-Black.
Coweta - Ollie Marie Casey, 95, homemaker, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wright-Brown Funeral Home Chapel.
Delaware - Glenna Darlene Teel, 71, payroll clerk and assistant manager, died Saturday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Ball Cemetery, Nowata. Benjamin, Nowata.
Fort Smith, Ark. - Hazel Lucille Richards, 85, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Spiro.
Grove - Albert Faynola, 71, died Saturday. Services pending. Grand Lake.
- Thelma Hill, 74, died Sunday. Services pending. Grand Lake.
Howe - Edward "Eddie" Estein, 46, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Poteau. Mallory-Martin, Spiro.
Kellyville - Ethel L. Franklin, 74, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Locust Grove - Eloyce Ann Howeol, 67, beautician, died Thursday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Hogan Cemetery. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
- Frances C. (Coger) Sanford, 96, homemaker, died Sunday in Chouteau. Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
McAlester - John Dennis "Corky" Grubbs, 66, warden, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Bishop Funeral Service Chapel.
Owasso - Jennifer Jeanann Krantz, 19, sales worker, died Friday. Services pending. Green Hill.
- Virginia Frances Pesta, 88, homemaker, died Friday. Private family service. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Ponca City - Charles Wendell Casey, 80, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Trout, Blackwell.
Pryor - Mason Morrow, 20, died Sunday. Services pending. Shipman's.
Salina - George Chuckluck, 77, retired, died Saturday. Services pending. Shipman's, Pryor.
Sand Springs - John Merritt, 76, died Sunday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Riverside.
- Jack Steelman, 74, retired metal worker, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dillon Smith's Funeral Service Chapel.
Sapulpa - Franklin Thompson, 73, died Friday. Services pending. Green Hill Funeral Home.
Skiatook - Anna Lee (Poore) Bennett, 77, retired from Skiatook Public Schools, died Saturday. Services pending. Johnson, Sperry.
- Marvin Zahner, 91, machinist/instrumentation specialist, died Friday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Osage Gardens Cemetery. Sien-Shelton.
Stroud - Rick T. Molder, 55, directional driller, died Friday in Lawton. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Parks Brothers Funeral Chapel.
Tahlequah - Robert W. Berry, 89, planning supervisor, died Tuesday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Monday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Green Country.
- David Gillon, 62, certified public accountant, died Dec. 10. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel.
- Linda J. Tannehill, 65, homemaker, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Green Country.
- Annie Wilson, 90, died Saturday. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
Vian - Robert Collins, age unavailable, died Sunday. Service pending. Reed-Culver.
Wilburton - Cassandra Dian Stephens, 42, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Waldrop Funeral Home Chapel.
Death notice policy
The Tulsa World publishes free death notices. Funeral homes may
submit death notices from 4 to 10:30 p.m. daily. For information about
news obituaries, call 581-8325.
Circle of Life
In an effort to honor those who have donated either organs, eyes or tissue, the Tulsa
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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