Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
1/02/13 at 2:58 AM
TULSA
Blake, Julia Carlene, 71, died Saturday. Services pending. Heath-Griffith.
Carnes, Dennis G., 59, pipefitter, died Dec. 20 in Jennings. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Freeman Harris Funeral Home Chapel.
Dugan, David, 57, died Thursday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Giddens, Francis E. "Winnie," 78, Apache Machine Co. bookkeeper, died Sunday. Service 3 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Knoll, Herlan, 87, machinist, died Friday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow, and memorial service 11 a.m. Thursday, Oklahoma Methodist Manor.
Long, Walter, 85, accountant, died Dec. 11. Memorial service 1 p.m. Thursday, All Souls Unitarian Church. Cremation Society.
Reed, Diana L., 58, homemaker, died Dec. 27. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and graveside service 11:30 a.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery.
Robbins, Ronald, 71, died Tuesday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Thompson, Jim, 79, Kitchens by Jim Thompson owner, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church.
Toomey, Margaret M., 90, high school secretary, died Monday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Turner, Robin, 40, homemaker, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Church on the Move. Hayhurst, 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 - Shirley Jean (Marlow) Caskey, 82, retired from Baker's Restaurant, died Monday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Mallett Funeral Home, Wagoner, and memorial service 2 p.m. Thursday, Harvest Time Ministries.
Bartlesville - Jerry Sims, 68, pharmacist, died Dec. 29. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, First Methodist Church, and memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, First Church of God, Pauls Valley. Stumpff.
Bristow - Cleota Miller, 72, retired licensed practical nurse, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Michael's Funeral Home Chapel.
Broken Arrow - James Vincent Ruskoski, 76, commercial artist, died Sunday. Private family services. Moore's Southlawn, Tulsa.
- Robert Anthony "Bob" Wiedower, 58, Postal Service employee, died Tuesday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
- Ray Alvin Wills Jr., 54, Alvin Home Improvement Co. owner, died Dec. 11. Memorial service noon Monday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kennedy-Kennard.
Catoosa - Lucy E. Staton, 90, homemaker, died Friday. Service 3 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Checotah - Mary Francis Williamson, 84, accountant, died Monday. Services pending. Shipman's, Muskogee.
Claremore - Wanda Louise Jinks, 87, died Tuesday. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Wednesday, Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Thursday, Memorial Heights Baptist Church.
Cleveland - Bonnie Maudie Brown, 100, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel.
Enid - Darrell Wesley Anderson, 79, heavy equipment operator, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Stittsworth Funeral Home Chapel.
- Larry Clarke Byrum, 80, corrosion control specialist, died Saturday. Services were held Sunday. Stittsworth.
- Judeth Louise (Stevens) Kimble, 63, Advance Foods quality-assurance worker, died Dec. 25. Graveside service 10 a.m. Thursday, Enid Cemetery Mausoleum. Stittsworth.
Glenpool - Linda Mae Fugitt, 65, retired licensed practical nurse, died Tuesday. Services pending. Schaudt's.
Henryetta - Elsie Mae Lowery, 77, died Monday in Weleetka. Services pending. Integrity.
Hulbert - Ruth (Bryant) Wilson, 92, licensed practical nurse, died Monday. Services pending. Mallett, Wagoner.
Jay - Gary Owens, 68, retired, died Tuesday. Services pending. Grand Lake.
- Margaret Simpson, 94, retired waitress, died Sunday. Services pending. Grand Lake.
Ketchum - Bill Lloyd Hendricks, 84, former convenience store owner, died Tuesday. Services pending. Luginbuel, Vinita.
Lucien - Wayne Casteel, 79, died Monday in Edmond. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Brown-Dugger Funeral Home, Perry, and service 2 p.m. Saturday, Chisholm Trail Expo Coliseum, Enid.
Miami, Okla. - Betty Bridgewater, 81, homemaker, died Tuesday in Grove. Services pending. Brown-Winters.
- Malissa E. Crow, 71, homemaker, died Tuesday in Grove. Services pending. Brown-Winters.
Nowata - Mary Ella Gingerich, 93, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Church of God. Benjamin.
Perkins - Richard "Dick" Anderson, 85, died Monday. Services pending. Palmer, Stillwater.
- Beverly D. Purser, 79, homemaker, died Sunday in Edmond. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel.
Ponca City - Raymond Lloyd Hazen, 85, machinist, died Saturday. Private family services. Stittsworth, Enid.
Porter - Loyd Alton Stewart Sr., 65, carpenter, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Shipman Funeral Home Chapel, Wagoner.
Skiatook - Eugene Vander Tedder, 82, self-employed mechanic, died Saturday in Owasso. Private family services. Sien-Shelton.
Stillwater - Patricia Estelle Van Fleet, 83, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel.
Wagoner - Roger Lynn Brown, 72, retired from the Army, died Tuesday. Services pending. Shipman's, Muskogee.
- Jesse Joe Smith, 63, retired from the Navy, died Dec. 26. Service 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Shipman Funeral Home Chapel.
Wilburton - Gerald Foster, 73, barber, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Private family services. 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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