Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
1/16/13 at 2:52 AM
TULSA
Appel, Sally Ann, 61, homemaker, died Monday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, RiverCrest Chapel, Bixby. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
Barrett, Ray A., 101, Oklahoma Natural Gas right of way buyer, died Monday. Services pending. Freeman Harris.
Brodsky, Marion, 93, retired accountant, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Rose Hill Memorial Park. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Casady, Shawn Bey, 51, Port of Catoosa worker, died Jan 12. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Add'Vantage Funeral Home Chapel.
Caughern, Vivian M., 87, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Hayhurst Funeral Home, Broken Arrow, and service 1 p.m. Thursday, Woodlake Church.
Colbert, Johnnie, 48, self-employed, died Tuesday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Contente, Thelma "Lois," 77, retired travel agent, died Monday. Service 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Congregation B'nai Emunah. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Delfs, Denise Kimberly, 50, banking customer service worker, died Thursday. Private family services. Serenity.
Douglas, Jim, 46, died Dec. 23. No services planned.
Essley, Thomas Jay Jr., 78, Tulsa Fire Department captain, died Tuesday. Services pending. Moore's Memory.
Furlong, Esther J., 83, homemaker, died Monday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Furr, Leon, 83, retired milkman, died Tuesday. Services pending. Moore's Memory.
Guiney, Michael L., 44, industrial insulator, died Saturday. Private family services. Serenity.
Halley, Christal Michelle (Harrison), 54, nurse's aide, died Monday. Services pending. Serenity.
Hardin, Christy Ann, 30, homemaker, died Wednesday. Private family services. Serenity.
Hill, Ronald Keith, 51, machinist, died Saturday. Visitation 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Powell Funeral Home Chapel, Hominy. Services pending.
Hoops, Dennis D., 62, Hilti Inc. director of authorized distribution, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 11 a.m. Friday, both at Freeman Harris Funeral Home.
Horton, Kenneth, 72, retired roofer, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Memory.
Johnson, Estella, 96, homemaker, died Saturday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Dyer Funeral Home.
Kennedy, Dorothy Lynn (Livers), 55, credit manager, formerly of Tulsa, died Monday in Santa Anna, Calif. Service noon Friday, Salem Baptist Church, Stilwell. Moore's Southlawn.
Lunger, Duane D., 90, retired from the Army, died Saturday. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow, and service 2 p.m. Friday, New Haven United Methodist Church.
Maresh, Betty P., 89, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
McClung, Paula J. (Cheatham), 86, homemaker, died Jan. 7. Private family services. Moore's Rosewood.
McGee, Chareciea J., 48, certified nursing assistant, died Tuesday. Services pending. Freeman Harris.
Myles, Dorothy, 57, homemaker, died Jan. 4. Services pending. Dyer.
Newby, Dorothy May, 77, Bama Pie quality-assurance worker, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home.
Nix, Betty Jean, 75, retired Amoco division order supervisor, died Tuesday. Services pending. Freeman Harris.
Platt, Kelly K., 53, died Tuesday. Services pending. Cremation Society.
Prader, Catherine "Kay," 88, homemaker, died Saturday. Visitation 3-7 p.m. Friday, Fitzgerald Ivy Funeral Home, and memorial Mass 10 a.m. Saturday, Holy Family Cathedral.
Rains, Jackie J., 81, retired Tulsa Public Schools cafeteria manager, died Monday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Reiter, Gary Raymond, 56, truck driver, died Monday. Services pending. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
Robledo, Lizbeth, 47, social worker, died Monday. Memorial service 6 p.m. Thursday, New Hope United Methodist Church. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Rogers, Kenneth Lee, 70, Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority bus driver, died Sunday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Smith, Thomas Deloyd Jr., 71, warehouse clerk, died Friday. Services pending, Jack's.
Stone, Jim D., 91, salesman, died Monday. Services pending. Shipman's, Wagoner.
Sutton, Efrem H., 52, laborer, died Dec. 27. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Grace Church, Broken Arrow. Jackson Funeral Services, Jackson, Miss.
Toula, Agnes Josephine, 89, retired postmaster, died Friday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Vargas, Veronica M., 69, retired bus driver, died Monday. Services pending. Serenity.
Ward, Martha (Bruner), 69, hotel manager, formerly of Tulsa, died Dec. 17 in York, Neb. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, Peters-Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel, Skiatook.
Wells, Pamela Leona (Blevins), 53, medical office assistant, died Jan. 4. Services pending. Serenity.
Williams, Edna Melita, 98, retail salesclerk, died Monday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Thursday, GAR Cemetery, Miami, Okla. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Wilson, Cash S., 52, died Jan. 8 in Longmont, Colo. Service 11:30 a.m. Saturday, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Sand Springs. Howe, Longmont.
Wood, Herschel C., 87, retired auto parts business owner, died Monday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Barnsdall - Randell Marion Allen, 84, retired from wax plant, died Monday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, Avant. Sien-Shelton, Skiatook.
- Ray Swanson, 93, retired from Petrolite, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Stumpff.
Bartlesville - Eugene O. Carney, 87, retired TRW/REDA Pump forklift operator, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Marion Dean McGill, 83, died Sunday. Private family services. Stumpff.
- Billy Joe "Bill" Nicholas, 75, formerly of Bartlesville, died Tuesday in Hooper, Utah. No local services planned. Serenicare, Ogden, Utah.
- Margaret Louise Patterson, 83, homemaker, died Sunday. Private family services. Walker-Brown.
- Marvin W. Polk, 69, construction worker, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Matoka Baptist Church, Ochelata. Davis, Dewey.
Bixby - Bill D. Campbell, 85, retired independent sales agent, died Monday. Services pending. Bixby Funeral Service.
- Walter H. Edmonds, 78, retired East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative lineman in charge, died Tuesday. Services pending. Leonard & Marker.
- George W. Prince, 61, Baker Hughes employee, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Bixby Funeral Service, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, RiverCrest Chapel.
- Milton Samuel Sutliff, 90, board planner, died Monday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Blackwell - Cleone R. (Pierce) Deichman, 92, died Sunday in Shawnee. Service 1:30 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Roberts & Son.
Broken Arrow - Thomas Leroy Junell, 61, McElroy Manufacturing mechanical inspector, died Sunday. Visitation 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, Add'Vantage Funeral Home, Tulsa, and graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Calvary Cemetery, Tulsa.
- William J. Ketchum, 87, retired Tulsa Antique Mall owner, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Leonard & Marker Funeral Home Chapel, Bixby.
- Michael P. Lind, 42, truck driver, died Monday. Services pending. Floral Haven.
- V.L. "Buddy" Roberts, 62, died Sunday in Tulsa. Visitation 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, Christian-Gavlik Funeral Home; visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Griffith Funeral Home, Ardmore.
Catoosa - Lenore B. Stevens, 99, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Reynolds Funeral Home Chapel, Tulsa.
Checotah - Wynona Frazier, 80, retired White Stag seamstress, died Tuesday in Muskogee. Services pending. Garrett.
Chouteau - Kenneth Ray Haworth, 60, taxi driver, died Thursday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Clayton - Ettie Delois Sigler, 79, died Saturday in Hugo. Memorial service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Stanley Christian Church. Clayton Funeral Home.
Collinsville - Brenda Sue Wilson, 63, homemaker, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel, Tulsa. Collinsville Dolton.
Coweta - Norma Ruth Kilgore-Mashburn, 71, caregiver, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Wright-Brown Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, Church of God of Prophecy.
- Betty Lou Martin, 81, retired machinist, died Saturday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Broken Arrow Church of Christ. Christian-Gavlik, Broken Arrow.
Depew - Peggy Joyce Powell, 71, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Fort Gibson - Thomas Lee Thompson, 68, Tulsa World circulation supervisor, died Monday. Services pending. Cornerstone, Muskogee.
Grove - Phillip Stephens Jr., 55, marketing executive, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. Nichols.
Heavener - Glenda Yvonne (Lowe) Collins, 67, died Monday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Assembly of God. Dowden.
Henryetta - Ricky Lynn "Rick" Dixon, 61, chiropractor, died Friday. Services pending. Johnson, Sperry.
Holdenville - Robert T. McGeeley, 66, died Monday. Service 1:30 p.m. Friday, Salt Creek United Methodist Church. Fisher.
Jay - Clydella Martino, 65, retired abstractor, died Saturday in Joplin, Mo. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Eastside Church of Christ. Worley-Luginbuel.
Jenks - Louis Herman Conrady Sr., 88, Louie's Garage owner, died Saturday in Tulsa. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Tulsa. Stanleys, Tulsa.
Krebs - Ruth Naomi Nobles, 63, homemaker, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Chaney-Harkins Funeral Home Chapel, McAlester.
Lequire - J.L. Sloan, 61, waiter, died Tuesday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Lequire Baptist Church. King & Shearwood, Stigler.
Locust Grove - Priscilla Fern Dougherty, 82, retired from General Motors, died Tuesday. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Locust Grove Funeral Home.
McAlester - Ruthie Mae McNeely, 79, cab driver, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Mount Triumph Baptist Church. Chaney Harkins.
Miami - Judith Gayle "Judy" Good, 69, homemaker, died Tuesday in Joplin, Mo. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Glen Abbey Cemetery. Brown-Winters.
Muldrow - Rick D. Gates, 41, died Jan. 9. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Muskogee - Lewis Donald Cheek, 73, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Boston Avenue Baptist Church. Foster-Petering.
- Roberta Jean (Cushman) Keene, 49, casino cashier, died Jan. 4. Memorial service 2 p.m. Thursday, Oktaha Gospel Church, Oktaha. Serenity, Tulsa.
- Gertha Lee (Yokley) Kerley, 97, homemaker, died Sunday. Graveside service 11 a.m. Saturday, Booker T. Washington Cemetery. Keith D. Biglow.
- Frank Matthew Medearis, 45, attorney, died Jan. 12. Service 3 p.m. Saturday, St. Paul United Methodist Church.
- Jean Ann Siner, 63, retired teacher, died Monday. Graveside service 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oktaha Cemetery, Oktaha. Cornerstone.
- Ebony Survonne Warrior, 30, Brentwood Nursing Home certified medication aide, died Thursday. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Faith Deliverance Christian Center.
- Donald Watson, 43, died Jan. 5. No services planned.
Newkirk - Irene B. Foxworthy, 97, retired Albright Title &Trust Co. senior vice president, died Saturday in Edmond. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Newkirk Cemetery. Miller-Stahl.
Okmulgee - Mabel Marie Bono, 90, Rebold Manor cook, died Tuesday. Rosary 7 p.m. Friday, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home Chapel, and funeral Mass 1 p.m. Saturday, St. Anthony Catholic Church.
- Ola Marie Howard, 98, died Sunday in Bixby. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Shurden-Jackson Funeral Home; service 11 a.m. Friday, Brush Hill Baptist Church, Checotah; and burial 2 p.m. Friday, Okmulgee Cemetery.
- Barry Lee Scott, 71, retired First National Bank of Okmulgee vice president, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Friday, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home Chapel, and graveside service 12:30 p.m. Friday, Stigler City Cemetery, Stigler.
- Rickey Thierry, 54, plumber, died Friday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Owasso - Jeanine Barrett, 63, retired Department of Veterans Affairs medical librarian, died Saturday in Pryor. Memorial service 1 p.m. Thursday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mowery.
- Joella Goad, 62, Owasso Public Schools attendance secretary, died Sunday. Services pending. Mowery.
- Geneva Jo Sheehan, 84, retired customs inspector, died Sunday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Herman Blake Timmons, 83, Federal Aviation Administration flight controller, died Tuesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Ponca City - Leta "Maxine" Bowhay, 90, died Tuesday. Services pending. Trout.
- Maxine Williams, 84, died Tuesday. Services pending. Trout.
Quapaw - Rosanna Mae "Rosie" Lord, 72, nurse's aide, died Monday in Miami, Okla. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Seneca-Cayuga A.O.A. Building, Wyandotte. Paul Thomas, Miami, Okla.
Sand Springs - Fannie H. Patrick, 76, former Hissom Memorial Center kitchen supervisor, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Calvary Baptist Church. Dyer, Tulsa.
- Robert Sparks, 83, Tulsa Industrial Systems owner, died Friday in Tulsa. Private family services. AdamsCrest Cremation, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Cheryl Potts, 56, homemaker, died Friday. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, New Beginnings Church, Bixby. Smith.
Shady Point - Jay P. Shelton, 89, brick mason, died Dec. 23 in Pocola. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home Chapel, Poteau.
Strang - John Reed Bell II, 60, carpenter, died Saturday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Luginbuel South Grand Lake Funeral Home, Langley.
- Betty Christine (Schilt) Norton, 77, personnel security specialist, died Sunday in Port Orchard, Wash. Services pending. Stephens, Pryor.
Tahlequah - Littlejohn Gann, 65, laborer, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Johnson Prairie Baptist Church. Reed-Culver.
Vinita - Wanda Mae (Randall) Norton, 80, museum curator, died Monday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday and service 11 a.m. Friday, both at Luginbuel Funeral Home.
- Carl Reed, 80, construction worker, died Monday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation, Tulsa.
Wagoner - Winson James Wynn, 64, heavy-equipment operator, died Saturday in Muskogee. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Thursday, Hersman-Nichols Funeral Home; service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Union Baptist Church; and graveside service 1 p.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson.
Wainwright - John "Jiggs" Ramsey, 92, farmer and rancher, died Sunday in Fort Gibson. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Garrett Funeral Home, Checotah, and service 10 a.m. Friday, Fort Gibson Church of Christ, Fort Gibson.
Webbers Falls - Flora Louise Crow, 63, homemaker, died Jan 12. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Boulevard Christian Church, Muskogee. Shipman's, Muskogee.
Wilburton - Tyrone P. Campbell, 73, died Jan. 11. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Waldrop Funeral Home Chapel.
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