Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Saturday, January 19, 2013
1/19/13 at 2:59 AM
TULSA
Akins, Patricia, 54, died Thursday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Baine, Natalie Ann, 20, University of Alabama student, died Jan. 11 in Alabama. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday and rosary 7 p.m. Tuesday, both at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church.
Broadwater, Melba Jean, 83, insurance worker, died Friday. Private family services. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Burnam, Jesse "J.R.," 63, died Wednesday. No local services planned. Corbett, Oklahoma City.
Cochran, Edith L., 90, florist, died Friday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Cole, Bertha Mae, 92, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home Chapel.
Dancer, Neal, 85, retired St. James Presbyterian Church pastor emeritus, died Thursday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Evans, Alfred Ray, 79, retired delivery driver, died Friday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
Fisher, James F. "Jim" Sr., 70, retired foundry die finisher, died Thursday in Talihina. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Furr, Leon, 83, retired milkman, died Tuesday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Gosnell, Lonnie, 70, police officer, died Friday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Jarrett, Carol R., 53, retired Oklahoma State University instructor, died Wednesday. Memorial service 1:30 p.m. Monday, University of Tulsa Sharp Chapel. Ninde Brookside.
Jeffers, Earl Paul, 64, Mr. Clean Car Wash employee, died Wednesday. Services pending. Crown Hill.
Jones, Doris Allene, 86, homemaker, died Thursday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Monday, Southwood Baptist Church.
Keck, Helen, 77, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Kramer, Richard Thomas II, 63, retired from the Marine Corps, died Friday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel.
Leib, Jay W., 85, accountant, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Lockhart, Sharon, 77, print shop worker, died Wednesday. Visitation 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home. Services pending.
Muehlberg, Robert D., 82, Army Corps of Engineers draftsman, died Thursday. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and memorial service 11 a.m. Monday, Christ the Redeemer Lutheran Church.
Patterson, Arin Richard, 19, student, died Sunday. Service noon Monday, Kennedy-Midtown Funeral Home Chapel.
Pittman, Roy E. Jr., 81, retired Memorial Park Cemetery maintenance manager, died Thursday. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home.
Plump, Kiyran Nehemiah, infant son of Channa Brown and Keith Plump Jr., died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Broken Arrow Indian United Methodist Church. Hayhurst, Broken Arrow.
Powell, Doris, 59, died Friday. Services pending. Crown Hill.
Shelton, Billie, 96, homemaker, formerly of Tulsa, died Thursday in Columbia, Mo. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Williams, Richard L. "Dick," 75, retired F&M Bank chief financial officer, died Friday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - William H. "Bill" Collie, 86, retired from Phillips Petroleum Co., died Friday. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home, and graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery.
- Mary Jane Misemer, 62, died Sunday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Keith Stanford, 54, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Anna Faye Thompson, 93, died Wednesday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Stumpff Funeral Home.
Beggs - Lonell McCall, 54, died Wednesday in Mounds. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Tuskegee Cemetery, Edna. McClendon-Winters.
Bristow - Berniece Hawkins, 92, retired teacher, died Thursday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Hutchins-Maples Funeral Home Chapel.
- Stewart Taylor, 41, maintenance worker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Hutchins-Maples.
Broken Arrow - Leanna Lynn (Holder) Cooper, 47, homemaker, died Wednesday. Memorial service 1:30 p.m. Monday, Gloryland Baptist Church. Kennedy-Kennard.
- Mildred L. Mayo, 88, fabric store clerk, died Thursday. Private family services. Floral Haven.
- Edward Stepanek, 77, Daylight Donuts sales representative and hand craft baker, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Rosary 6 p.m. Sunday, Christian-Gavlik Funeral Home Chapel, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Monday, St. Anne Catholic Church.
Chelsea - Tina Yvonne (Meloy) Bates, 42, sewing machine operator, died Wednesday in Claremore. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Monday, Chelsea Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Tuesday, First Christian Church.
- Juanita Mae (Cochran) Russell, 99, retired Eastern State Hospital nurse's aide, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, First Christian Church. Chelsea Funeral Home.
Claremore - Leah Mae (Willis) Smith, 91, retired bookkeeper, died Friday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
Coffeyville, Kan. - Kenneth Edward Knight, 75, retired boilermaker, died Friday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Spring Hill Cemetery. Ford-Wulf-Bruns.
Enid - Frankie M. (Adams) McCoy, 76, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stittsworth.
- Wanda Fay (Kirk) Phillips, 69, homemaker, died Thursday in Wakita. Services pending. Stittsworth.
Garber - Virginia L. Tunis, 80, died Thursday in Enid. Visitation 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, Dugger Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church, Covington.
Glencoe - Frank Edward Gladd, 78, horse trainer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Private family services. Poteet, Pawnee.
Grove - Rebecca Blossom, age unavailable, died Friday. Services pending. Grand Lake Funeral Home.
Henryetta - George Stephen "Steve" Hall, 73, retired criminal investigator, died Thursday in Wylie, Texas. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Church of the Nazarene. Integrity.
Hominy - Mollie Stephens, 83, homemaker, died Jan. 12 in Centennial, Colo. Service 10 a.m. Monday, First Assembly of God. Chapman-Black, Cleveland, Okla.
Inola - Jimmy Dale Snider, 64, retired steel worker, died Thursday. Services pending. Inola Funeral Home.
Jay - Joey Johnson, 56, caregiver, died Friday. Services pending. Grand Lake Funeral Home.
Jenks - Joye Ann Pilgrim, 76, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
- Willie Lee Thomas, 90, retired truck driver, died Jan. 8. Visitation 10 a.m. Tuesday and service 11 a.m. Tuesday, both at Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home, Roanoke, Va. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Kiefer - Candace Renee Churchwell, 38, Long John Silver's employee, died Wednesday in Sapulpa. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, South Heights Baptist Church, Sapulpa. Smith, Sapulpa.
Lucien - Michael Scott Casteel, 52, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Brown-Dugger Funeral Home, Perry, and service 1 p.m. Monday, Lucien United Methodist Church.
McAlester - Norma Jean (Conn) Clifton-Crawley, 80, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Bishop Funeral Home Chapel.
- Jodie Mae (Harris) Whisenhunt, 86, homemaker, died Friday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Hanna Cemetery, Hanna. Bishop.
Muskogee - Robert "Benny" Hutchinson, 69, machinist, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Foster-Petering Funeral Home Chapel.
- Jessie Olive Lauderdale, 94, retired from Humpty Dumpty, died Friday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
- Steven M. Owen, 58, electrician, died Friday. Services pending. Foster-Petering.
- Cleo Parker, 96, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
Owasso - Margaret J. "Peg" Rikkola, 96, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Mowery.
Park Hill - Andrea Smith, 28, died Jan. 9. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Parsons, Kan. - Scott E. Tyler, 48, TNT Tire owner, died Thursday. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Saturday and service 5 p.m. Saturday, both at Carson-Wall Funeral Home.
Pawhuska - Dean H. Schroeder, 85, petroleum geologist, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. McCartney's Johnson.
Ponca City - Russell Allen, 92, died Friday. Services pending. Trout.
- Carole Didlake, 78, died Thursday. Services pending. Trout.
- Scott James "Scotty" Riddle Jr., 25, construction worker, died Thursday. Visitation 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday, Palmer Marler Carberry Funeral Home, Perry. Services pending.
Pryor - Elaine L. Miller, 90, died Friday in Claremore. Services pending. Shipman's.
- Virginia Marie Weaver, 84, retired from Grand Valley Hospital, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Free Will Baptist Church. Stephens.
Ripley - Ernest Pace, 78, retired truck driver, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Strode Funeral Home Chapel, Stillwater.
Salina - Mary Gerry Boatright, 87, retired registered nurse, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Church of God, Pryor. Stephens, Pryor.
Sand Springs - Bernese Helton, 87, retired, died Thursday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Ella Christine Chappell, 91, salesclerk, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn, Tulsa.
Skiatook - Bedjamin Edgar "Ed" Davis, 88, Dow Industrial chemical engineer, died Friday in Claremore. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sien-Shelton Funeral Home. Services pending.
- Ted R. McVay, 98, died Thursday in Hesston, Kan. Services pending. Sien-Shelton.
Stillwater - Vivian M. Cagle, 86, retired business administrator, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church. Strode.
Stilwell - Braeden Lee Pritchett-Proctor, 3, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church. Hart.
Tahlequah - Keith Davis, 59, laborer, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
- Wanda Halfacre, 85, nurse's aide, died Wednesday. Services pending. Hart.
- Rose "Cecelia" Murray, 82, home health provider, died Friday. Rosary 6 p.m. Sunday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 11 a.m. Monday, St. Brigid Catholic Church.
- Phyllis Proctor, 83, registered nurse, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Hart Funeral Home Chapel.
Vian - Odis Odell Craighead, 74, jockey, died Wednesday in Tahlequah. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Assembly of God, Webber Falls. Agent & Mallory Martin, Sallisaw.
Vinita - Norman L. "Tubby" Hardrick, 62, Postal Service employee, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Luginbuel Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Trinity Baptist Church.
- Betty Hendrix, age unavailable, homemaker, died Friday in Joplin, Mo. Services pending. Burkhalter.
Wagoner - Glema Grace Post, 79, retired surgical nurse, died Thursday. Services pending. Shipman.
Watts - J.B. Bird, 75, Adair County road worker, died Thursday in Tahlequah. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Souls Harbor Church, Chewey. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Welling - Glynda Gayle Trapp, 73, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Wichita, Kan. - William "Bill" Heady, 57, Kansas Highway Patrol trooper, died Wednesday. Celebration of life 11 a.m. Saturday, Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home Chapel, Coffeyville.
Wilburton - John Towler, 66, died Friday. Services pending. Waldrop.
Wister - Mary Elizabeth Brookfelt, 78, homemaker, died Thursday in Poteau. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home, Poteau, and graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Wister City Cemetery.
Death notice policy
The Tulsa World publishes free death notices. Funeral homes may submit death notices from 4 to 10:30 p.m. daily. For information about news obituaries, call 581-8325.
Circle of Life
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If your loved one was a donor, please inform the funeral director if you would like to have the "Circle of Life" logo placed in his or her listing.
