Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Thursday, December 27, 2012
12/27/12 at 2:58 AM
TULSA
Antwine, John Wesley III, infant son of Eboné Washington and John Antwine Jr., died Sunday. Services pending. Crown Hill.
Barngrover, Shani D., 44, Perma-Jack Systems administrative assistant, died Monday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Friday, Cremation Society of Oklahoma Chapel.
Bartlett, Hollis Marshall, 81, retired from Flint Steel Corp., died Wednesday in Sapulpa. Services pending. Dillon & Smith, Sand Springs.
Bohannon, Buddy Ray, 64, machinist, died Sunday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Boyd, Alice M. "Ree," 81, retired Sun Oil Co. purchasing clerk, died Monday in Carrollton, Texas. Graveside service 11 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Boysel, Jerry Dean, 74, oil and gas industry manager, died Monday. Visitation 2-6 p.m. Thursday, Serenity Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson.
Carter, Jack H. Sr., 90, government facility maintenance supervisor, died Tuesday. Services pending, Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Casey, Sandra, 60, veterinarian's assistant, died Tuesday. No services planned. Cremation Society.
Conley, Steven E., 61, St. Francis Hospital security guard, died Thursday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Connor, Steven Dale, 50, Summit Financial account executive, died Monday. Services pending. Cremation Society.
Curry, William "Bill" Jr., 80, retail management and sales worker, died Dec. 19. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, Asbury United Methodist Church. Moore's Southlawn.
Eldridge, Roger, 76, steel company sales worker, died Tuesday. Visitation 3-7 p.m. Thursday, Add'Vantage Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Friday, Sandusky Avenue Christian Church.
Engle, Keith L., 94, Sun Oil Co. executive secretary, died Tuesday. Visitation 2-9 p.m. Thursday and service 12:30 p.m. Friday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
Hendrickson, Elizabeth May, 79, homemaker, died Monday. No local services planned. Cremation Society.
Johnson, Robert Earl "Mickey," age unavailable, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home Chapel.
Jones, Geneva, 82, housekeeper, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, New Life Outreach Family Ministries. Jack's.
Kouns, Frank, 81, Amoco division order supervisor, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Lockner, Maxine A., 94, homemaker, died Tuesday. Graveside service 11 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Lorenz, Richard Lee, 38, salesman, died Sunday. Services pending. Serenity.
Lowe, Petra, 79, self-employed, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, First Lutheran Church. Crown Hill.
Mathis, Jaden Alexis, infant daughter of Jennifer Symanski and Rodney Mathis, died Saturday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Meek, Sherl Jean, 54, retired Hilti purchasing agent, died Sunday. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Jan. 7, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Jan. 8, Asbury United Methodist Church.
Monson, Bonnie D., 79, retired real estate broker, died Sunday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Stanleys.
Montoya, Frances C., 88, homemaker, died Saturday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Moses, Donald Ray, 60, Whirlpool technician, died Sunday. Visitation noon-7 p.m. Thursday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Friday, Morning Star Baptist Church.
Myers, Megan Mae, 26, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Parker, Harold Allen "Harry," 64, budgeting accountant, died Sunday in Cape Coral, Fla. No services planned. Coral Ridge, Cape Coral, Fla.
Peck, Arthur A., 91, Rockwell and Boeing electrical engineer, died Thursday. Service 3 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Perrin, Beulah Mae, 89, retired elementary teacher, died Sunday. Graveside service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Highland Cemetery, Pawnee. Poteet, Pawnee.
Rice, Patricia, 92, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Presbyterian Church. Reynolds.
Riddle, Norma, 83, retired machinist, died Monday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Thursday, Reynolds Rose Hill Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Friday, Greater Heights Assembly of God.
Sibley-Loftin, Kathleen Kaye, 87, homemaker, died Saturday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Citizens Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Freeman Harris.
Silver, Sammye Castle, 81, former Tulsa County Clerk's Office employee, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Surko, Leo David, 87, retired from American Airlines, died Wednesday. Funeral Mass 3 p.m. Friday, Calvary Cemetery. Moore's Rosewood.
Taylor, Janthony Jobe Jericho, infant son of Liza and Justin Taylor, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Red Fork Baptist Church. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Turay, Lesley Caren (Hyche), 46, Department of Human Services social worker, died Sunday in Muskogee. Visitation 2-6 p.m. Friday, Granger-House of Winn Funeral Home, Muskogee, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, A.G. Yerger Community Center, Boynton.
Warner, Edward Duane "Ed," 66, retired Kmart sales associate, died Tuesday in Coweta. Memorial service 4 p.m. Friday, Gospel Assembly Church, Sperry. Christian-Gavlik, Broken Arrow.
Wokoun, Lillian Lavern (Brownfield), 93, retired retail saleswoman, died Wednesday. Services pending. Serenity.
Woolman, John Theodore "Ted," 18, student, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Presbyterian Church. Ninde Brookside.
Wright, Michelle Evonne Jackson, 47, Gardner's Tax Service bookkeeper, died Friday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Saturday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home Chapel.
Yoder, Nardith L., 80, died Monday. Services pending. Floral Haven, 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 - Frank E. Davis, 96, retired from Whitaker State Children's Home, died Tuesday in Salina. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Stephens Funeral Home, Pryor.
Barnsdall - Beverly Jean Cole, 81, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Ethel Reece Cemetery. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Bartlesville - William Robert Cox, 87, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Symelda Dee Magana, 81, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Willia Jean Payne, 79, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Millie Petrie, 72, First Baptist Church hostess, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Stumpff.
Big Cabin - Chester Loyd Dryer, 78, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home Chapel, Miami, Okla.
Bixby - Carolyn Hornback, 68, self-employed, died Wednesday in Broken Arrow. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Pryor Cemetery Chapel, Stuart. Chaney Harkins, McAlester.
- Wayne Richard McKinney, 59, laborer, died Dec. 20. Graveside service 1 p.m. Thursday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Bixby Funeral Service.
- Bob G. Morgan, 66, Morgan Dump Truck Service owner, died Thursday. Service 4 p.m. Friday, Leonard & Marker Funeral Home Chapel.
Bristow - Merina Hendrix, 75, homemaker, died Sunday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Thursday, Trinity Baptist Church. Hutchins-Maples.
- Opal Perry, 93, homemaker, died Wednesday in Sapulpa. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Burnett Mission Holiness Church, Paden. Hutchins-Maples.
- Henry Washburn, 88, retired Kaiser Aluminum employee, died Sunday in Tulsa. Wake 7 p.m. Thursday and service noon Friday, both at Hutchins-Maples Funeral Home.
Broken Arrow - Logan Jeffry Bower, 2, died Monday. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
- Ned Edwin Elzo Jr., 82, printer, died Saturday in Collinsville. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Collinsville Dolton Funeral Home Chapel, Collinsville.
- Henrietta Long, 91, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
Chouteau - Anna Carlene Holley, 68, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Shipman's Funeral Home, Pryor, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Chouteau West Cemetery.
Cleveland - Barbara Waters, 82, retired St. Francis Hospital housekeeping supervisor, died Monday. No services planned. Chapman-Black.
Collinsville - Leo K. Babcock, 100, former farmer, died Monday in Claremore. Visitation noon-2 p.m. Saturday and service 2 p.m. Saturday, both at Thomas Funeral Home, Welch.
Chouteau - Paul Junior Jones, 92, retired machinist, died Wednesday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Thursday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Serenity, Tulsa.
Coweta - Cecelia Kay Freeland, 58, retired Banta Publications customer sales worker, died Saturday. Wake 7 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Tallahassee Indian Methodist Church, Okmulgee. Wright-Brown.
- Deanna P. Huddleston, 70, retired Wee Kids Day Care owner, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Wright-Brown funeral home, and private family services.
- Mary A. Welch, 60, Mary Jayne's Flowers owner, died Tuesday. Services pending. Hayhurst, Broken Arrow.
Cushing - Paul L. Rose, 83, banker, died Tuesday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Davis.
Disney - Misty Dawn Leach, 34, painter, died Monday. Services pending. Luginbuel, Langley.
- Frank W. Page, 80, construction worker, died Monday. Services pending. Luginbuel, Langley.
Drumright - Eugene Glenn, 83, oil-field tool pusher, died Tuesday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation, Tulsa.
Enid - Judeth Louise (Stevens) Kimble, 63, Advance Foods quality-assurance worker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stittsworth.
- Faye Ann (Graffam) Shepherd, 75, homemaker, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, World Harvest Church. Stittsworth.
Garber - Vickie Hogan, 61, Garber-Billings News publisher, died Tuesday in Enid. Memorial service 7 p.m. Friday, Garber School Gymnasium. Dugger.
Gore - Patricia Pauline Martin, 68, nurse's aide, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Shipman Funeral Home Chapel, Wagoner.
Grove - Brook Francis, 87, machinist, died Sunday. Visitation 9-11 a.m. Saturday and service 11 a.m. Saturday, both at Grand Lake Funeral Home.
- David Denny Whitcomb, 71, veteran, died Wednesday. Services pending. Worley-Luginbuel.
Guthrie - Lisa Cunningham, 54, died Saturday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
Haskell - Betty Brewer, 85, homemaker, died Monday in Tulsa. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Kennedy-Kennard, Broken Arrow.
Henryetta - Charles Edward Summers, 72, retired from the Army National Guard, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Shurden Chapel. Integrity.
Jennings - Lou Johnson, 72, homemaker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, Oilton. Chapman-Black, Cleveland, Okla.
Kellyville - Lena M. Walner, 70, retired from Hathaway Motors and Instruments, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn, Tulsa.
Mannford - Mary Lee Williams, 86, homemaker, died Monday in Tulsa. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Harrell Cemetery, Cushing. Palmer Marler, Cushing.
McAlester - Vicki Juanita (Kuykendall) Channel-Brown, 63, store clerk, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Bishop Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Ash Creek Union Church.
Miami - Ferrell Lee Alsbury Sr., 76, died Sunday in Quapaw. Visitation 7-8 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Paul Thomas Funeral Home.
Muskogee - James Leon Mull, 59, custodian, died Dec. 21. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home Chapel.
- Julie Ann (Bennett) Swearengin, 65, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Cornerstone.
Nowata - Robert Earl Hill, 53, machinist, died Tuesday. Services pending. Benjamin.
Okemah - Thomas Fixico, 35, laborer, died Tuesday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Creek Chapel, Okfuskee. Parks Brothers.
- Leah Ann Jack, 64, office clerk, died Monday. Wake 7:30 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Creek Chapel, Okfuskee. Parks Brothers.
- Bob R. Mooneyham, 74, retired Oklahoma State School Boards Association executive director, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Christian Church. Parks Brothers.
Okmulgee - John Henry "Moses" Davis, 93, carpenter, died Dec. 16. Memorial service 1 p.m. Friday, Okmulgee Seventh-day Adventist Church. Keith D. Biglow.
- Kenneth Hodge, 80, died Wednesday. Services pending. McClendon-Winters.
Pawhuska - Luella Maynard-Butler, 89, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, McCartney's Johnson Funeral Home Chapel.
- James "Bud" Sewell, 73, died Friday in Richton Park, Ill. Graveside service 11 a.m. Thursday, Pawhuska City Cemetery. McCartney's Johnson.
Perry - Lorene Catherine (Beier) Loveless, 89, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Brown-Dugger Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Zion Lutheran Church.
Ponca City - James Key, 91, died Tuesday. Services pending. Trout.
- Norma McDaniel, 91, died Wednesday. Services pending. Trout.
- Randall "Curtis" Perry, 98, died Tuesday. Services pending. Trout.
- Eugene Alfred Setzkorn, 95, died Wednesday. Services pending. Trout.
- James Waller, 56, died Monday. Services pending. Trout.
- Maxine Weaver, 87, artist, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Grace.
Porum - Dortha A. Brashier, 72, homemaker, died Tuesday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Pryor - Gary Franklin Talley, 65, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 9:30 a.m. Friday, both at Shipman's Funeral Home, and graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson.
- Jerry Wayne Vincent, 62, newspaper carrier, died Monday in Tulsa. Private family services. Stephens.
Salina - Virginia Lee Budder, 64, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Euwasha Baptist Church, Kenwood. Shipman's, Pryor.
- Annie (King) Proctor, 88, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Steeley Baptist Church, Kenwood. Stephens, Pryor.
Sallisaw - Henry Mac Ellis, 70, carpenter, died Saturday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Faith Assembly of God. Agent.
Sand Springs - Mary Helen Cooke, 63, retired registered nurse, died Monday. No services planned. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
- Ronald Dean Huelsenbeck, 40, Osage Nation surveillance officer, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Leonard & Marker, Bixby.
- Donald Ray Thompson, 71, retired Wheatley Gaso machinist, died Monday. Visitation 3-8 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Dillon & Smith Funeral Home.
- Mary Ann (Nieman) Veteto, 75, homemaker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa.
Sapulpa - Ephram L. Young, 71, machinist, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday and memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Smith Funeral Home.
Sedan, Kan. - Treva Doreen Gentry, 93, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Thursday, Barnes Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church.
Skiatook - Lillie M. (Beeler) Davis, 89, retired teacher, died Monday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Sperry.
Sperry - Debra "Debbie" Carter, 62, homemaker, died Tuesday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Johnson.
Stigler - Donna B. Gilmer, 71, retired Kibois job coach, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Mallory-Martin.
Stilwell - Jess Christie, 64, heavy-equipment operator, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
Stroud - Della Burdick, 92, died Wednesday in Shawnee. Services pending. Michael's, Bristow.
Tahlequah - Jeff Floyd Clinton, 73, laborer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
- Artie Jewell Judd, 89, Goldie's waitress, died Wednesday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
- Frances Smith, 87, Cherokee Nation community health nurse, died Monday. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
- Donald Ray Tudor, 77, Don's Restaurant and the Dairy Barn former owner, died Sunday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
Tonkawa - Arlene Naron, 60, bail bond agent, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Kremlin Community United Methodist Church. Stittsworth, Enid.
- Clifford D. Roush, 66, died Monday in Perry. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Anderson Funeral Home Chapel.
Verdigris - Lila L. Brock, 83, secretary, died Sunday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Rice Funeral Home, Claremore.
Vinita - Ruby Mae (Austin) Hayes, 95, retired from Eastern State Hospital, died Sunday in Miami, Okla. Services pending. Burckhalter.
Weleetka - Jean Wade, 98, died Tuesday in Tyler, Texas. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home Chapel, Wetumka.
Wetumka - Gary Basquez, 42, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Alabama-Quassarte Center. Williamson-Spradlin.
- Delores Ann Kellogg, 52, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Williamson-Spradlin.
Wilburton - Joe Benton Conley, 80, died Monday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Wilburton High School Auditorium. Waldrop.
- Frank James Tullier, 83, electrician, died Saturday. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Wilburton Seventh-day Adventist Church. Jones-Harkins.
Yale - Wayne Milton Adams, 85, petroleum industry maintenance manager, died Tuesday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry. Palmer Marler.
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