Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Saturday, January 05, 2013
1/05/13 at 3:05 AM
TULSA
Barnett, Helen Irene, 93, artist, died Thursday. Services pending. Green Hill, Sapulpa.
Bonifazi, Carolyn Ann, 64, legal secretary, died Friday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Carter, Barbie Jean, 51, died Thursday. Service 12:30 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Carter, Walter "Stanley," 85, retired McDonnell Douglas aircraft mechanic, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Temple Israel. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Flinchum, Bobby, 82, died Tuesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, North Lewis Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Keith D. Biglow.
Fowler, Jimmy J., 60, died Thursday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, the Real Church. Green Hill, Sapulpa.
Fry, Roy, 80, retired, died Thursday. Services pending. Crown Hill.
Geiger, Richard, 70, machine shop general manager, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Lawrence, David A., 72, courier transportation specialist, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Layfield, Bruce William, 61, maintenance supervisor, died Thursday. Services pending. Serenity.
McPartland, Patricia Ann, 82, homemaker, died Wednesday. Memorial service 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Miller, Margareta Julie "Judy" (Zeilmann), 78, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Serenity.
Miskell, Jon A., 72, engineer, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stanleys.
Mundy, Emily, 69, retired, died Friday. Services pending. Crown Hill.
Parker, Esther M. "Molly," 99, retired hotel owner, died Friday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Pruitt, Tommy, 70, died Friday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Spicer, Carrie F., 89, retired banker, died Friday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Terry, James D., 70, taxi driver, died Wednesday. Services pending. Green Hill, Sapulpa.
Wilson, Iva Ruth, 78, died Friday. Services pending. Sien-Shelton, Skiatook.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Lenora (Gaines) Goodson, 84, died Friday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- June Lavonne Riley, 81, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Deborah Jane Sharp, 55, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Wesley R. White, 77, retired oil producer, died Wednesday. Graveside service noon Tuesday, Stokes Cemetery. Stumpff.
Bristow - Eleanor Louise Clem, 78, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Michael's.
Broken Arrow - Mary Elizabeth "Marybeth" (Rogers) Millard, 67, sales worker, died Friday. Services pending. Mallett, Wagoner.
- Vera Speer, 92, Postal Service employee, died Tuesday. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Hayhurst Funeral Home, and graveside service 1 p.m. Monday, Wetumka Cemetery, Wetumka.
Catoosa - Nell Hobbs, 83, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
Checotah - Raymond Carey, 87, retired teacher, died Wednesday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Garrett Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church.
- Charles E. Wood, 80, truck driver, died Thursday in McAlester. Service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Wood residence.
Chelsea - Melda June (Rathfon) Shirel, 83, homemaker, died Thursday. Visitation 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday and service 1 p.m. Monday, both at United Pentecostal Church. Chelsea Funeral Home.
Claremore - Susan Manriquez, 55, homemaker, died Thursday in Catoosa. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard, Catoosa.
- Lois Von (Rogers) Mason, 77, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home Chapel.
Cleveland - Ray Stearman, 89, retired heavy-equipment operator, died Thursday. Services pending. Chapman-Black.
Colcord - Terry Price, 56, construction worker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Fairland - Billy James Blaylock, 86, farmer and cattleman, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, both at First Assembly of God. Paul Thomas, Miami, Okla.
Fort Gibson - Dellamae Cook, 89, homemaker, died Friday in Muskogee. Service 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church. Millsap.
- Laura Ann Griffith, 69, real estate agent, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel, Muskogee.
Jay - Carl J. Hicks, 84, aviation structural mechanic, died Wednesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Spavinaw Strang Cemetery, Spavinaw. Worley-Luginbuel.
Jenks - Ola Hood, 75, died Wednesday in Sapulpa. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Lawnwood Freewill Baptist Church, Tulsa. Smith, Sapulpa.
Miami - Patricia Eads, 72, cake decorator, died Thursday. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home, Commerce, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Liberty Baptist Church.
Muskogee - Sharon Backo, 69, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
- Gary Wayne Ellington, 73, printer, died Thursday. Services pending. Shipman's.
- Charles Mitchell Sheets, 61, Fort Howard Corp. machine operator, died Thursday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
- Darnell Taylor, 60, laborer, died Friday. Services pending. Granger-House of Winn.
Okemah - Deborah Lynne Mealer, 53, caregiver, died Thursday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Highland Cemetery. Parks Brothers.
Oologah - Loretta Boyd, 63, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Owasso - Ada L. Austin, 91, retired office manager, died Thursday. Services pending. Mowery.
- Ella Louise Storm, 84, died Thursday. Services pending. Mowery.
Perkins - Phillis Simpkins, 83, Postal Service clerk, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church, Jennings. Palmer Marler, Oilton.
Ponca City - Charles W. Casey, 80, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, Poncan Theatre. Trout.
- Cecil McNamara, 62, died Friday. Services pending. Trout.
Sallisaw - Kimberly Rosenbaum, 45, licensed court reporter, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Spiro.
- Shirley Ann Walters, 74, retired from Baldor Electric Co., died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home.
Sand Springs - Monty Allen Shipley, 65, Shipley Container Service Inc. co-owner, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
- Jo Ann Swift, 69, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
Sapulpa - Logan W. Posey, 88, retired Posey Bear Wheel Alignment Shop owner, died Thursday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Monday, First Presbyterian Church. Smith.
- Argil C. Shackelford, 84, retired welder, died Thursday. Services pending. Smith.
- Marvin L. Wright, 86, retired from Liberty Glass Co., died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel.
Stillwater - Patricia Lee McDonald, 66, retired librarian, died Friday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Southern Heights United Methodist Church. Strode.
Stroud - Wanda Louanna (Hicks) Thompson, 88, homemaker, died Thursday. Private family services. Serenity, Tulsa.
Tahlequah - Betty Mae (Briner) Berry, 87, homemaker, died Wednesday. Graveside service noon Monday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Green Country.
- Jerry D Harreld, 81, Northeastern State University professor, died Monday. Private family services. Hart.
Tonkawa - Cathy Watson, 58, died Wednesday in Oklahoma City. Services pending. Anderson.
Vian - Billy Joe Roberts, 79, retired truck driver, died Friday. No services planned. Agent & Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw.
Vinita - Jess D. Butler, 44, Summerside Vineyards Winery operator, died Sunday in Oklahoma City. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, Summerside Vineyards Winery. Luginbuel.
Wagoner - Randal William Snyder, 56, welder, died Thursday. Services pending. Shipman's, Muskogee.
Yale - Merriam "Bunny" Bunyard, 80, retired inspector, died Thursday. Service 10:30 a.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church. Chapman-Black.
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