Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Saturday, December 29, 2012
12/29/12 at 2:55 AM
TULSA
Amstutz, Glen Doyle, 92, aircraft mechanic, died Monday in Billings, Mont. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Barnett, Betty, 87, retired Aetna Life secretary, died Wednesday in Broken Arrow. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Bartlett, Hollis, 81, retired from Flint Steel Corp., died Wednesday in Sapulpa. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Dillon & Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Sand Springs.
Baty, Laura M., 55, airline service representative, died Thursday. Services pending. Reynolds.
Blazek, Treva Lynn, 46, homemaker, died Thursday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Cremation Society of Oklahoma Chapel.
Brown, Laura L., 88, retired Miss Jackson's sales associate, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.
Burge, James, 62, died Dec. 21. No services planned.
Farrar, Cynthia A. "Cindy," 59, registered nurse, died Friday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Heiman, Dill J., 83, retired pharmacist, died Monday. Private family services. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Hicks, Gale D., 55, equipment specialist, died Thursday. No services planned. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Kinnard, Milford Eli Jr., 66, died Thursday in Oklahoma City. Services pending. Jack's, Tulsa.
Kraushaar, Fredrick Winston, 78, chemist, died Friday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Kurtz, Thomas W. "Tom," 92, retired certified public accountant, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Asbury United Methodist Church. Ninde Brookside.
McMillen, Jo, 88, architectural designer, died Friday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Noyes, Evelyn L., 80, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 12:30 p.m. Thursday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
Palmer, Helen (McGuire), 103, retired teacher, died Thursday. Services pending. Stanleys.
Pauling, Lyle Walter, 75, contractor, died Thursday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Monday, Branson United Methodist Church, Branson, Mo. Serenity.
Turner, Robin, 40, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Hayhurst, Broken Arrow.
Warren, James "Jimmy," 70, retired Tulsa Public Schools warehouse deliveryman, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Webber, Dean Robert, 83, retired painting contractor, died Friday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
Williams, Roger Lee, 75, retired hotel custodian, died Tuesday. Private family services. Cremation Society.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Agra - April Dawn Shepherd, 27, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, First Assembly of God, Tryon. Palmer Marler, Cushing.
Big Cabin - Deborah Jean Johnson, 58, banker, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- David Lee Pullen, 61, welder, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Bixby - Elva Louise Houston, 79, homemaker, died Thursday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, RiverCrest Chapel. Bixby Funeral Service.
Blackwell - Treva M. "Sue" Staples, 83, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Roberts & Son Funeral Home Chapel.
Broken Arrow - Richard J. Hall, 68, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
- Phillip F. Jernigan, 73, Jernigan's Home and Farm Supply owner, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Hayhurst Funeral Home Chapel.
- Sam Kozak, 89, retired glass factory worker, died Thursday. No services planned. Moore's Eastlawn, Tulsa.
Catoosa - Robert Lee Taylor, 83, retired plumbing contractor, died Thursday. Visitation 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Kennedy-Kennard Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church.
Claremore - Frank Rosendo Mendoza, 85, retired Oklahoma Steel Casting Co. manager, died Thursday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Margaret Christine Oliverez, 63, accountant, died Tuesday. Service noon Monday, Apostolic Church, Pryor. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
Collinsville - Darla Jean Holly, 61, purchasing manager, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Cookson - Norma Jeane Harvey-Brooks, 87, Cookson Village Resort owner, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Cookson United Methodist Church. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Copan - Max Leroy Cook, 86, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. inspection engineer, died Wednesday. Private family services. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Coweta - Mary A. Welch, 60, Mary Jayne's Flowers owner, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Hayhurst Funeral Home, Broken Arrow, and service 1 p.m. Monday, Oak Grove Church, Broken Arrow.
Dewey - Johnie Eugene Watt, 47, died Friday. Services pending. Arnold Moore & Neekamp, Bartlesville.
Fairfax - Evelyn McInturf, 75, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Full Gospel Assembly Church. Hunsaker-Wooten.
Glenpool - Steven Wayne Chrisco, 59, Kimberly-Clark production associate, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Schaudt's.
Grove - Ray Clanton, 78, Baptist minister, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church. Nichols.
Heavener - Reba Doris Anderson, 92, retired Heavener High School secretary, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church. Dowden.
Henryetta - Maxine Black, 94, homemaker, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Rogers Funeral Home Chapel.
- Edwin Seth Martindale, 64, died Thursday. Private family services. Integrity.
Hulbert - Louis "Lou" Hayes, 71, contractor, died Thursday in Wagoner. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Reed-Culver Funeral Home, Tahlequah.
Independence, Kan. - David William Beeson, 40, Taylor Crane & Rigging crane superintendant, died Dec. 22. Celebration of life 2 p.m. Thursday, Tyro Christian Church, Tyro, Kan. Ford-Wulf-Bruns, Coffeyville, Kan.
Inola - Grady Caton, 84, retired from McDonnell Douglas, died Thursday. Visitation noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Rice Funeral Home, Claremore; service 10 a.m. Monday, Blue Starr Church of Christ, Claremore; and graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow.
Jennings - Diane L. Polm, 59, homemaker, died Wednesday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Saturday, Bristow City Cemetery, Bristow. Hutchins-Maples, Bristow.
McAlester - Royal B. Sadler, 83, oil-field welder, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Bishop Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Monday, Apostolic Church of McAlester.
- Jack Owen Yockey, 75, truck driver, died Thursday. Private family services. Bishop.
Miami - Arvin L. Murphree, 72, roofer, died Monday. Private family services. Brown-Winters.
Muskogee - Phyllis E. Worley, 44, cake decorator, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel.
Okmulgee - Kenneth Ray Hodge, 80, retired from Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church.
Ponca City - Norma Lee McDaniel, 91, died Dec. 26 in Independence, Mo. Graveside service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Resthaven Memorial Park. Trout.
- Randall Curtis Perry, 98, died Tuesday. Service was held Friday. Trout.
- Eugene Alfred Setzkorn, 95, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Lutheran Church. Trout.
- James Allan Waller, 56, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Trout Funeral Home Chapel.
Pryor - Linda Kay Fletcher, 69, homemaker, died Wednesday. Private family services. Stephens.
Sand Springs - Deborah Star Bradley, 58, house cleaner, died Wednesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Keystone State Park Community Building. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Danny Elvert Mathews, 45, laborer, died Dec. 21. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Mount Olive Baptist Church. Jack's, Tulsa.
- Jerry Wayne Shipman, 69, Liberty Glass electrical maintenance worker, died Thursday in Tulsa. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel.
Skiatook - Mary Lue (Hickman) Tibbitts-Reed, 75, retired teacher, died Dec. 24. Rosary 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Sperry, and funeral Mass 1 p.m. Monday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Stilwell - Durward Keeter, 87, refrigeration engineer, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
Tahlequah - Jeff Floyd Clinton, 73, painter, died Wednesday. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Sunday and service 1 p.m. Monday, both at Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
- James Clevel Smith, 98, rancher, died Friday. Services pending. Green Country.
- Mazil Odell White, 86, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Church of Christ, Summerfield. Dowden, Heavener.
Terlton - Clayburn Ray Harris, 81, retired Ford Glass Plant glass cutter, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Dillon & Smith, Sand Springs.
Vian - Erma Jean Burgess, 67, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Vian Baptist Church. Agent & Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw.
Wilburton - William Robert "Bill" Johnston, 70, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Calvary Baptist Church. Waldrop.
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
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