Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Sunday, January 13, 2013
1/13/13 at 3:01 AM
TULSA
Bratt, Lois Imogene, 88, homemaker, died Wednesday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Gilbert, Charles Edward Jr., 41, computer sales, died Thursday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Halley, Daniel, 59, factory worker, died Dec. 10. Private family services. Reynolds.
Jones, Mary Helen, 77, Warehouse Market meat wrapper, died Friday. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday and service noon Monday, both at Moore's Memory Funeral Home.
Lowe, John Carlton, 86, retired Northeastern State University professor, died Friday. Services pending. Cremation Society.
Martinez, Ezequiel, 43, heavy equipment mechanic, died Thursday. Funeral Mass 6 p.m. Wednesday, St. Thomas More Catholic Church. Add'Vantage.
Mastin, Dorothy Areata (Martindale), 90, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel, Mark Griffith-Westwood.
McKee, Phil C., 83, chemical engineer, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. Moore's Southlawn.
Newman, Jonathon Douglas, 23, construction laborer, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Red Fork Church Of God. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Pruitt, Tommy Ray, 68, welder, died Jan. 4. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Schulte, Ronald Wayne, 73, workshop employee, died Friday in Broken Arrow. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.
Spencer, Kathryn Helen (Mageau), 91, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. Stanleys.
Stinson, Andrea Dean, 48, homemaker, died Wednesday. Visitation 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, Add'Vantage Funeral Home. Services pending.
Toula, Agnes Josephine, 89, retired postmaster, died Friday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Wells, Joe W., 82, lab technician, died Thursday. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday and service 12:30 p.m. Monday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
Williams, Christopher Odis, 52, laborer, died Monday. Visitation 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Crosstown Church of Christ.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Karen Louise McWhoeter, 69, died Thursday. Private family services. Stumpff.
Beggs - Bruce Kevin Lavigne, 49, diesel mechanic, died Thursday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, Okmulgee.
Bixby - Emily Silva, 100, retired factory assembler, died Saturday. Services pending. Bixby Funeral Service.
Broken Arrow - Brian Daniel Barber, 39, Tulsa World city government reporter, died Wednesday. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Redeemer Covenant Church, Tulsa.
- Leo H. Harris, 81, retired educator, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Monday, Add'Vantage Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Airport Free Will Baptist Church, Tulsa.
- Emma "Judy" "Corky" Kornegay, 84, retired nurse's aide, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Florence Street Baptist Church. Christian-Gavlik.
- Allen Edward Lockhart, 73, grocery store retail sales, died Saturday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Catoosa - Keith Wallace, 57, retired mechanic, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Claremore - Jo Ann Mullins, 73, registered nurse, died Saturday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
Cookson - Barbara Bumbaugh, 81, homemaker, died Friday in Tahlequah. Services pending. Hart, Tahlequah.
Coweta - Emily Lula Forehand, 75, homemaker, died Jan. 7. Visitation 12:30-1:30 p.m. Monday, at Central Florida Funeral Home, Lakeland, Fla., and graveside service 2:30 p.m. Monday, Auburndale Memorial Park Cemetery, Auburndale, Fla. Wright-Brown.
- Nancy L. Harrington, 68, retired Braden Winch warranty administrator, died Friday in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Wright-Brown Funeral Home, service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, and graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oak Hill Cemetery, Mannford.
- James Lee Vernon, 69, First National Bank of Coweta director, died Thursday in Broken Arrow. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Christian-Gavlik Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Drumright - Alberta Rea Houston, 71, homemaker, died Friday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Church of Christ, Cushing. Palmer Marler, Cushing.
Edna, Kan. - Dale D. Maxson, 91, rancher and Maxson Sale Company Auction Service owner, died Thursday. Visitation 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, David W. Barnes Funeral Home, Coffeyville, visitation 3-6 p.m. Tuesday and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, both at Edna United Methodist Church.
Fairland - Douglas E. Boyd, 63, farmer, died Thursday in Joplin, Mo. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Adcock Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Lone Star Baptist Church.
Grove - Joie Sharp, 83, B.F. Goodrich tire builder, died Saturday. Services pending. Nichols.
- Charlene Souders, 89, retired Phillips Petroleum payroll clerk, died Friday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, both at Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home.
Haskell - Thomas Jerome "TJ" Coplen, 71, retired oil field worker, died Thursday. Private family services. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
Henryetta - Edna Lou Lane, 80, homemaker, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Church of Christ. Shurden.
Hominy - Rosa Pledger, 61, died Saturday. Services pending. Chapman-Black, Cleveland.
- Mollie Stephens, 83, homemaker, died Saturday in Centennial, Colo. Services pending. Chapman-Black, Cleveland.
Jenks - Iva Davenport, 98, beautician, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Presbyterian Church, Sapulpa. Smith, Sapulpa.
- Lana Kay Gonzalez, 44, died Friday. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Monday, Schaudt's Funeral Home, Glenpool, and private family services.
Jennings - Bertha Hanlon, 79, homemaker, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Cleveland.
Kellyville - Buddy Baker, 71, butcher, died Saturday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sunrise Cemetery, Creek. Smith, Sapulpa.
- Kenneth R. Brown, 54, died Thursday. Service 1:30 p.m. Monday, Salt Creek United Methodist Church, Holdenville. Fisher, Holdenville.
McAlester - Audrey Scarbrough, 89, AT&T assembly line technician, died Friday in Shawnee. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Chaney Harkins Funeral Home.
- Ila Whinery, 91, retired retail sales associate, died Jan. 11 in Claremore. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Okmulgee Cemetery, Okmulgee. Rice, Claremore.
Muldrow - Virginia Kay Broyles, 70, retired educator, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Assembly of God. Agent Mallory Martin, Sallisaw.
Muskogee - Harold Dwane Bodirsky, 57, Flat Line Motors employee, died Friday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Monday, Life Point Church. Hersman-Nichols, Wagoner.
- Maxine P. Livingston, 88, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
Okmulgee - David Lee Daniels, 78, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Shurden-Jackson Funeral Home.
- Julie Lynn Jackson, 55, died Jan. 7 in Tulsa. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Shurden-Jackson Funeral Home.
- Rickey Thierry, 54, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Oologah - William "Hawk" Hawkins III, 62, self-employed, died Friday. Services pending. Rice, Claremore.
Porum - Joet Elvin Ramsey Sr., 70, cattleman, died Thursday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Sallisaw - Susan Deanna Butler, 65, waitress and homemaker, died Friday in Tulsa. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Roland City Cemetery, Roland. Agent Mallory Martin.
- Winnie Grace Robinson, 88, homemaker, died Saturday. No services planned. Agent Mallory Martin.
Sand Springs - Marjorie Kathleen "Kate" Byrd, 79, homemaker, died Dec. 29. Memorial 2 p.m. Saturday, First Christian Church. Dillon & Smith.
- Bonnie "J." Dennis-Hathaway, 75, income tax consultant, died Tuesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home Chapel.
- Rita Dobbs, 76, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Dillon & Smith.
- Ronald Miller, 68, retired Sam's Club sales associate, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Reynolds, Tulsa.
- Margaret Robinson, 80, died Friday. Services pending. Dillon & Smith.
- Robert Sparks, 83, Tulsa Industrial Systems owner, died Friday in Tulsa. Private family services. Reynolds, Tulsa.
- Wilbur Williams, 87, retired Armco Steel truck driver, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday, Dillon & Smith Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sand Springs United Methodist Church.
Sapulpa - Ella Craig, 77, retired Tulsa Litho quality control employee, died Friday. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel.
- Alice Lou Reynolds, 88, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Christian Church. Smith.
- John Smith, 56, construction worker, died Friday. Services pending. Smith.
Skiatook - Cleola Faye Walker, 99, Walker Realtors co-owner, died Wednesday in Owasso. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Sien-Shelton Funeral Home.
Tahlequah - Martha Force, 68, medical records technician, died Saturday. Services pending. Green Country Funeral Home.
- Bill R. Kay, 76, retired Williams Co. system analyst, died Thursday. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Green Country Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, South College Church Of Christ.
- Gerald Vind, 80, microbiologist, died Friday. Services pending. Green Country Funeral Home.
Vinita - Karen Lee Copeland, 45, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Luginbuel Funeral Home Chapel.
Webbers Falls - Flora Louise "Sissy" Crow, 63, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Shipman's, Muskogee.
Wilburton - Tyrone Campbell, 73, died Saturday. Services pending. Waldrop.
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