Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
1/09/13 at 2:41 AM
TULSA
Bates, Betti, 95, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Boyd, Charles R. "Chuck" Jr., 52, Elder Paint and Wallpaper vice president, died Monday. Services pending. Hayhurst, Broken Arrow.
Dunson, Bob, 78, painting contractor, died Tuesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Elliott, Doris, 85, executive secretary, died Thursday. Visitation 3-9 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow; service 11 a.m. Friday, Ascension Lutheran Church; and graveside service 1:30 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow.
Fronterhouse, Doris Dean, 82, homemaker, died Saturday in Oklahoma City. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Moore's Rosewood.
Gatrell, Norma Jean (Hemmert), 75, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Inola Funeral Home, Inola.
Goodchild, Edwin Clair, 86, retired American Airlines mechanic and crew chief, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Hayden, Donald Eugene, 97, retired University of Tulsa dean of liberal arts and professor, died Sunday. Service 11:30 a.m. Friday, First Christian Church. Ninde Brookside.
Hedges, Lucineal, 94, Tulsa Montessori School founder, died Tuesday. No services planned. Moore's Southlawn.
Jackson, David Clark, 48, aerospace industry machinist, died Tuesday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Riveted Church, Skiatook. Add'Vantage.
Klein, Allen, 81, retired Tulsa County special district judge, died Monday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Temple Israel. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Knapp, Margaret "Margo," 54, Tulsa Teachers Credit Union employee, died Sunday. Services pending. Dunn-Quigley, Akron, Ohio.
Kneese, Carolyn Sue, 81, Oral Roberts University accounts payable clerk, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Friday, Southwood Baptist Church.
Lemberg, Faye H., 93, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.
Lett, Sally Marie, 75, school bus driver, died Sunday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Margetson, Sally Jo, 85, teacher, died Monday. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Turpin Funeral Home Chapel, Stuttgart, Ark.
McKinney, Jane Tatlock, 93, homemaker, died Thursday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Boston Avenue United Methodist Church. Moore's Southlawn.
Miller, Joan M., 89, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Eastland Baptist Church, and graveside service 1 p.m. Friday, Oakwood Cemetery, Edmond. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Mitchell, Arlene Virginia, 85, lithographer, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.
Morrison, Doug, 70, structural steel executive, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.
Myers, Bob, 79, retired veterinarian, died Monday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Rogers, Diane L., 55, retired, died Monday. Services pending. Crown Hill.
Russell, Dorothy M., 94, Looboyle's accountant, died Tuesday. Private family services. Moore's Southlawn.
Smith, L.B., 85, Postal Service worker, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Stevenson, Nellie Ruth, 92, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation noon-5 p.m. Thursday, Stanleys Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, First Presbyterian Church, Rogers, Ark.
Sutton, Patricia J. "Patsy," 74, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church. Ninde Brookside.
Swearingen, Roy J., 83, retired Page Glencliff Dairy milk deliveryman, died Monday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Ninde Brookside Funeral Home.
Tyler, Drew, 66, engineer, died Saturday. Service 12:30 p.m. Thursday, South Tulsa Baptist Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Vaughan, John Broxton II, 63, stone mason, died Friday. Private family services. Cremation Society.
Waterhouse, Charles L., 96, retired pharmacist, died Tuesday. Services pending. Cremation Society.
West, Emma Jane, 74, office manager, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Wisdom, Mildred J., 95, homemaker, died Monday. Private family services. Moore's Eastlawn.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Barnsdall - Mary L. Garrett, 90, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Bartlesville - Kenneth Leroy Cross, 70, retired teacher and coach, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church. Stumpff.
- Cynthia "Cindy" Foote, 65, retired teacher, died Monday. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Arnold Moore & Neekamp.
Beggs - Emmitt Fulton, 80, farmer, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, and graveside service 3 p.m. Friday, Beggs Cemetery.
- Melvin E. Jones, 92, laborer, died Tuesday in Okmulgee. Services pending. House of Winn, Okmulgee.
Blackwell - Paul Franklin Burch, 80, farmer, died Sunday in Wellington, Kan. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Roberts & Son Funeral Home Chapel.
Broken Arrow - Wilma Leona Bingley, 71, Tulsa Public Schools building engineer, died Monday. Visitation 3-9 p.m. Wednesday and service 3 p.m. Thursday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home.
- Peggy Minyard, 82, retired real estate agent, died Dec. 16. Private family service. Floral Haven.
Bunch - Geraldine Murphy, 56, Cherokee Nation Casino sanitation technician, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dry Creek Baptist Church, Dry Creek. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Checotah - Mary Ruth (Pool) Isaacs, 79, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Chelsea - Hershell "Lyle" Bowman, 90, retired factory worker, died Monday in Muskogee. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Wednesday, Chelsea Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Thursday, Winganon Baptist Church.
- Charles Lewis Boyd, 76, retired, died Jan. 4 in Oologah. Service 10 a.m. Friday, A Glorious Church Fellowship, Collinsville. Kennedy-Kennard, Catoosa.
Collinsville - Nathan Lester Hockett Jr., 82, wrecker yard owner, died Saturday. Private family services. Peters-Stumpff, Skiatook.
Cushing - Velma Vera (Wolff) Brown, 87, homemaker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. Davis.
Dewey - Billie E. Sanders, 83, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. security officer, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel, Bartlesville.
Enid - Ernalea Hunter, 66, retired Vance Air Force Base telephone operator, died Sunday. Private family services. Ninde Brookside, Tulsa.
Grove - Anna Belle Kirby, 74, retired from the Department of Human Services, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 1 p.m. Friday, both at Bible Baptist Church. Nichols.
- Billy Gene Martin, 77, retired minister, died Monday. Services pending. Grand Lake Funeral Home.
- Edna C. Williams, 68, retired nurse, died Monday. Services pending. Grand Lake Funeral Home.
Haileyville - Wayne Blankenship, 61, cowboy, died Saturday in McAlester. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home, Hartshorne, and service 1 p.m. Thursday, Edgewood United Methodist Church, Hartshorne.
Hartshorne - Sarah (Templeton) Royal, 72, bank and oil company clerk, died Sunday in McAlester. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Faith Assembly Of God, Gowen. Brumley-Mills.
Henryetta - Viola Moore, 90, nurse's aide, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, United Pentecostal Church, Dewar. Rogers.
Inola - Karl Myers, 64, former truck driver, died Dec. 28 in McAlester. Private family services. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Jay - Joseph A. Pritchard, 87, retired State Farm insurance adjuster, died Dec. 30. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Bentonville Cemetery, Bentonville, Ark. Grand Lake Funeral Home.
Jenks - Elizabeth M. Potts, 87, died Sunday. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Kellyville - Violet Allshouse, 72, died Tuesday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood, Tulsa.
Kendrick - Richard Carl Stringer, 70, mechanic, died Friday in Tulsa. Private family services. Parks Brothers, Stroud.
Ketchum - Margie Maxine (Risman) Daniel, 82, Ketchum Public Schools bus driver and custodian, died Saturday in Joplin, Mo. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, Ketchum Seventh-day Adventist Church. Luginbuel, Vinita.
Liberty Mounds - George Alfred Driscoll, 78, died Tuesday. Services pending. Leonard & Marker, Bixby.
Locust Grove - Jay Griffin, 71, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
Mannford - Robert Koyn, 70, retired, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Smith, Sapulpa.
Morrison - Paul Tarence Denney, 84, oil-field pumper, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Masham Baptist Church, Pawnee. Poteet, Pawnee.
Muskogee - Linda Kay Carter, 64, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Shipman's.
- Meg "Mable Sue" Clark, 82, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home Chapel.
- Kathleen M. Hodge, 72, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Hayhurst, Broken Arrow.
Oilton - Danny Ray Poole, 72, heavy-equipment operator, died Monday in Drumright. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Oilton Christ Fellowship. Smith, Drumright.
- Gary Wayne Ellington, 73, printer, died Thursday. Services pending. Shipman's.
Okay - Sharon Fay Rubert, 53, welder, died Tuesday. Services pending. Shipman's, Muskogee.
Okmulgee - Kenneth M. Bunner, 63, retired from the military, died Monday. Wake 7 p.m. Thursday, Belvin Baptist Church, and service 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Shurden-Jackson.
- Jackie E. Coppedge, 69, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Services pending. McClendon-Winters.
- William Lee McAfee, 68, Marine Corps veteran, died Sunday in Tulsa. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Okfuskee Cemetery, Okfuskee.
- Julie L. Richel, 72, home health caregiver, died Jan. 2. Rosary 7 p.m. Thursday, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Friday, Uganda Martyrs Catholic Church.
- Charles Benny Thomas, 76, automobile dealer, died Monday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Oologah - Robbie Jo Carpenter, 83, retail saleswoman, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Kennedy-Kennard Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
- Helen Marie Green, 94, manager, died Thursday in Claremore. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Oologah United Methodist Church. Oologah Dolton.
Owasso - Ada L. Austin, 91, retired office manager, died Thursday. Private family services. Mowery.
- William E. "Bill" Harlan Jr., 85, operation engineer, died Monday. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Wednesday, Mowery Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church.
- George A. Pilkerton, 98, retired construction superintendent, died Monday in Houston. Services pending. Mowery.
Pawhuska - Rayma J. Free, 75, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. McCartney's Johnson.
Pocola - James Newton Smith, 77, carpenter, died Saturday in Fort Smith, Ark. Private family services. Evans & Miller, Poteau.
Ponca City - Donna P. Havens, 82, bookkeeper, died Jan. 1 in Tulsa. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Kaw City United Methodist Church, Kay County. Grace.
Pryor - Michael B. Blaeske, 46, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stephens.
- Shirley Irwin, 78, bookkeeper and tax preparer, died Monday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, Stephens Funeral Home Chapel.
Poteau - Launa Belle Turner, 78, homemaker, died Monday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Grace Manor Funeral Home Chapel.
Ramona - Irene Ellen Casey, 92, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Sand Springs - Bonnie Dennis-Hathaway, 75, income tax consultant, died Tuesday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
- John Edwin Finney, 77, convenience store clerk, died Friday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Ellis McClellan Eaton, 84, electrician, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel.
- Gary Manker, 69, licensed vocational nurse, died Sunday in Porterville, Calif. Services pending. Smith.
- Connie Martin, 75, St. John Medical Center clerical worker, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Smith.
Sedan, Kan. - Angeline M. Rowe, 92, secretary, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Barnes Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Epiphany Episcopal Church.
Shady Point - Richard Allen Hawthorne, 76, retired from the Navy, died Dec. 22. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Step Faith Church, Poteau. Evans & Miller, Poteau.
Skiatook - Mary Lou Cooper, 86, Exchange Bank teller, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sien-Shelton Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church.
Spiro - Marshall James "Mark" Lively, 67, welder, died Friday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Thursday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Shipman's, Muskogee.
Stigler - Jane (Wait) Miller, 92, homemaker, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Stanleys, Tulsa.
- Pamela Gail Palmer, 43, Davis Buildings Co. carpenter, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 1 p.m. Friday, both at King & Shearwood Funeral Home.
Vinita - Nancy J. (Hemphill) Dishinger, 82, administrative assistant, died Saturday in Elk City. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, White Oak Cemetery, Craig. Luginbuel.
- Lena G. Stark, 94, homemaker, died Tuesday. Graveside service 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Fairview Cemetery. Seaman-Blanke, Chelsea.
Wann - Robert F. "Bob" King, 63, retired from Standard Motors Products Inc., died Sunday. Visitation 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Stumpff Funeral Home, Nowata, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Noxie.
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