Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Thursday, January 17, 2013
1/17/13 at 2:56 AM
TULSA
Abbet, Raymond Leroy, 72, heating and air conditioning technician, died Wednesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Barrett, Ray A., 101, Oklahoma Natural Gas right-of-way buyer, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Freeman Harris Funeral Home Chapel.
Bloese, Maria Margarita (Rosell) "Maggie," 66, Oklahoma Department of Human Services social worker supervisor, died Tuesday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Boykins, Florence Arnett, 69, retired from American Airlines, died Tuesday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Bunch, Thomas R., 77, retired from Rockwell International, died Tuesday. Celebration of life 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Family Center, Broken Arrow.
Burtner, Susan Naomi "Sue" (Edkin), 81, Power Cleaning Specialists Inc. secretary-treasurer, died Wednesday. Visitation 9-11 a.m. Saturday and memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, both at Rabenhorst Downtown Funeral Home, Baton Rouge, La.
Carter, Louise, 90, retired, died Sunday. Visitation noon-7 p.m. Friday and service 1 p.m. Saturday, both at Crown Hill Chapel.
Casady, Shawn Bey, 51, Port of Catoosa worker, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, Add'Vantage Funeral Home Chapel.
Colbert, Johnnie, 48, entrepreneur, died Tuesday. Visitation noon-7 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Greater Shiloh Baptist Church.
Craig, Donald R., 62, retired dentist, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Asbury United Methodist Church. Moore's Southlawn.
Enright, Margaret, 90, artist, died Tuesday. Visitation 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Saturday, Calvary Cemetery Chapel.
Essley, Thomas Jay Jr., 78, Tulsa Fire Department captain, died Jan. 15. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Moore's Memory Funeral Home Chapel, and graveside service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson.
Hafer, William C. Jr., 74, engineer, died Monday. Celebration of life 10 a.m. Thursday, First United Methodist Church, Denton, Texas. DeBerry, Denton.
Hale, Rickey Alan, 59, Reasor's meat department employee, died Tuesday. Services pending. Green Country, Tahlequah.
Heape-Ihrig, Peggy, 79, retired Bank of Oklahoma customer service worker, died Wednesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Henderson, Michael Ray, 41, nursing home housekeeper, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Metropolitan Baptist Church. Jack's.
Hiatt, Mary "Maxine," 92, cook, died Tuesday. Service 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home Chapel, Altamont, Kan.
Hill, Ronald Keith, 51, machinist, died Jan. 12. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday and visitation 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, both at Powell Funeral Home Chapel, Hominy.
Leatherwood, Gertrude, 79, retired assembly-line worker, died Jan. 10. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Lewis, Willie Lee "Bill," 85, retired from Ford Glass, died Saturday. Visitation noon-7 p.m. Thursday and service 11 a.m. Friday, both at Crown Hill Chapel.
Maresh, Betty P., 89, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 3 p.m. Friday, Asbury United Methodist Church. Kennedy-Midtown.
Patterson, Arin R., 19, died Sunday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Plump, Kiyran Nehemiah, infant son of Cochanna and Keith Plump, died Sunday. Services pending. Hayhurst, Broken Arrow.
Reiter, Gary Raymond, 56, truck driver, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, RiverCrest Chapel, Bixby. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
Salter, Paul Glynn, 88, teacher, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stanleys.
Thornhill, Bobby, 78, street sweeper, died Tuesday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill.
Trochez Duarte, Blas, 68, farmer, died Tuesday. Visitation 4-7 p.m. Friday and service 7 p.m. Friday, both at Reynolds Funeral Service.
Weaver, Bonnie Sue, 75, cosmetologist, died Saturday in Joplin, Mo. Services pending. Hart, Tahlequah.
Welch, Esther J., 87, retired Met Life administrator, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Wilkinson, Mary Kathleen, 82, formerly of Miami, Okla., died Tuesday. Visitation 9-10 a.m. Friday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Paul Thomas Funeral Home, Miami.
Williams, Freddie, 45, died Wednesday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Wilson, Gertrude, 83, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Dyer.
Wood, Herschel C., 87, retired auto parts business owner, died Monday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 2:07 p.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Eddie J. Barnes, 89, retired minister, died Wednesday. Services pending. Davis Family, Dewey.
- Eugene O. Carney Jr., 87, retired TRW/REDA Pump forklift operator, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Stumpff.
- William G. Cox, 91, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Bixby - Walter H. "Walt" Edmonds, 78, retired East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative lineman in charge, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church, Morris. Leonard & Marker.
- Tony Dale Pittser, 66, retired Amoco electrical supervisor, died Wednesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday, Leonard & Marker Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Riverview Baptist Church.
Blackwell - Sharon L. Swan, 70, died Tuesday in Fairfax. Private family services. Roberts & Son.
Broken Arrow - Betty Jean Driskell, 89, homemaker, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
Caney, Kan. - Melba Jean Labadie, 92, retired from Phillips Petroleum Co., died Tuesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Pawhuska City Cemetery, Pawhuska. McCartney's Johnson, Pawhuska.
Checotah - Wynona Frazier, 80, retired White Stag seamstress, died Tuesday in Muskogee. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Garrett Family Funeral Home, and service 2:30 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church.
Claremore - Virginia M. Timmons, 86, retired from the Tulsa County Election Board, died Tuesday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Thursday, Rice Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Friday, First Christian Church.
Cushing - Jimmie Piper, 83, died Wednesday. Services pending. Smith, Sapulpa.
- Helen E. Stiles, 86, retail salesclerk, died Tuesday. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Big Creek Church of the Brethren. Davis.
Depew - Charles W. "Buddy" Inman, 64, self-employed, died Monday. Services pending. Hutchins-Maples, Bristow.
- Peggy Joyce Powell, 71, homemaker, died Monday. No local services planned. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Eufaula - Troy A. Coberly, 84, former Department of Veteran's Affairs employee and minister, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Eufaula Assembly of God, and graveside service noon Monday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Hunn Black & Merritt.
Fort Gibson - James "Rusty" Day, 59, machinist, died Monday in Tahlequah. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Millsap Funeral Home Chapel.
- Thomas Lee Thompson, 68, Tulsa World circulation supervisor, died Monday. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, St. Paul United Methodist Church, Muskogee. Cornerstone, Muskogee.
Glenpool - Marjorie E. Shrinski, 71, retired Allied Van Lines receptionist, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Schaudt's.
Henryetta - Ricky Lynn "Rick" Dixon, 61, chiropractor, died Friday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Henryetta Church of the Nazarene. Johnson, Sperry.
Hominy - John Hinchy, 61, John's Automotive Repairs owner, died Wednesday. Services pending. Chapman-Black, Cleveland, Okla.
Kiefer - Candace Renée Churchwell, 38, Long John Silver's employee, died Wednesday in Sapulpa. No services planned. Smith, Sapulpa.
McAlester - Lewis Elmer Nobles, 66, retired AT&T technician, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Bishop Funeral Home Chapel.
Mounds - Lonell McCall, 54, died Wednesday. Services pending. McClendon-Winters, Beggs.
Muldrow - Frances Childers, 59, Sonic carhop, died Jan. 11 in Sallisaw. Memorial graveside service 1 p.m. Friday, Akins Cemetery, Sallisaw. Agent, Sallisaw.
- Mary Helen Matlock, 81, homemaker, died Tuesday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Friday, First Assembly of God.
Muskogee - Sharon Elaine Backo, 69, homemaker, died Jan. 4. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel.
- Michael Cooper, 59, truck driver, died Sunday. Private family services. Garrett Family, Checotah.
Nowata - Herman Eugene Anders, 79, truck driver, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Church of God. Benjamin.
- Robert Steven Black, 72, crane operator, died Monday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Friday, Hillside Christian Church. Benjamin.
Oilton - Thelma Pauline Whitehead, 88, retail saleswoman, died Jan. 10 in Houma, La. No services planned. Palmer Marler.
Okmulgee - Loring Wayne Pitts, 52, business owner, died Dec. 24 in Jones. Services pending. Shurden-Jackson.
Owasso - Joella Goad, 62, Owasso Public Schools attendance secretary, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Mowery Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Friday, Rejoice Church.
- Tommie J. Rains, 81, retired Tulsa Public Schools cafeteria manager, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Nogales Avenue Baptist Church, Tulsa. Ninde Brookside, Tulsa.
- Geneva Jo Sheehan, 84, retired customs inspector, died Sunday. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Collinsville Community Church, Collinsville. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Herman Blake Timmons, 83, Federal Aviation Administration flight controller, died Tuesday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Peggy Sarah (Braswell) Tribble, 78, retired licensed practical nurse, died Monday in Houston. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 1 p.m. Friday, both at Mowery Funeral Home.
Pawnee - Hiram Randolph Smith, 76, Bureau of Indian Affairs accountant, died Jan. 2. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Pawnee Nation Roam Chief Event Center. Poteet.
Perkins - Richard "Dick" Anderson, 85, died Dec. 30. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel.
Ponca City - Leta "Maxine" Bowhay, 90, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Trout Funeral Home Chapel.
- Helen Northrup, 81, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Trout.
- Dewayne Joe Sinclair, 48, truck driver, died Tuesday. Services pending. Grace.
- Maxine Williams, 84, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Trout Funeral Home Chapel.
Pryor - Sara Dickson, 82, retired dental office manager, died Jan. 5 in Sherman, Texas. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Key Funeral Home. No services planned.
- Marie Weaver, 84, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stephens.
Quinton - Crystal Dawn Barnes, 32, certified nursing assistant, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Quinton Elementary School Gymnasium. Hunn Black & Merritt.
Sand Springs - Lori Walters Hattaway, 63, homemaker, died Sunday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Park Plaza Church of Christ, Tulsa. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Thomas Edwin Gill, 70, tree service worker, died Monday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
- Estelle Juanita (Gray) Lovatt, 89, homemaker, died Jan. 10 in Los Angeles. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, South Heights Cemetery Chapel. Smith.
- Lester Ogden, 70, retired mechanic, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel.
- Louise I. Pitts, 92, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Dyer, Tulsa.
- Edward Ray Spears, 78, B.C. Glass Co. spray painter, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Sunrise Cemetery, Kellyville. Smith.
Slick - Exie L. Maxfield, 94, nanny, died Sunday in Bristow. Visitation noon-5 p.m. Thursday, Michael's Funeral Home, Bristow, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Rogers Baptist Church.
Spavinaw - Jack C. Atkins, 72, Spavinaw Creek Co. owner, died Wednesday in Grove. Services pending. Luginbuel, Vinita.
Sperry - Franklin D. Gunter, 72, died Wednesday. Services pending. Johnson.
- Vera W. (Willard) Weddle, 93, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Johnson Funeral Home Chapel.
Stillwater - William Charles "Bill" Mahle, 75, retired, died Tuesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church. Strode.
Strang - Betty Christine (Schilt) Norton, 77, retired federal employee, died Jan. 13 in Port Orchard, Wash. Visitation 4-5 p.m. Sunday, Stephens Funeral Home, Pryor, and service 1 p.m. Monday, Greenbrier Free Will Baptist Church, Adair.
Tahlequah - Frank Griffith Jones, 79, rancher, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Memorial service 10 a.m. Friday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel.
Turley - Patricia A. Supernaw, 68, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Johnson, Sperry.
Wagoner - Carolyn "Sue" Gray, 69, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Immanuel Southern Baptist Church. Shipman.
- Billy Manard, 82, Oklahoma Natural Gas heavy-equipment operator, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Mallett.
- Betty J. Webb, 87, died Wednesday. Services pending. Hersman-Nichols.
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