Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Sunday, January 20, 2013
1/20/13 at 3:24 AM
TULSA
Avena, Mary A., 76, retired dress shop retailer, died Saturday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Brennan, Jane A., 84, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, St. John's Episcopal Church. Ninde Brookside.
Bridgeman, Neva Juanice, 78, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Tulsa Family Church. Butler-Stumpff.
Cape, Buster J., 84, retired Army Sergeant Major, died Friday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Monday and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
Carinder, Joe G. Sr., 87, Blue Cross/Blue Shield labor accounts manager, died Jan. 13. Memorial service 12:30 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Choate, Louise, 84, died Saturday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Cochran, Edith L., 90, florist, died Friday. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, West Tulsa Free Will Baptist Church, Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Dancer, Neal, 85, retired St. James Presbyterian Church pastor emeritus, died Thursday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, St. James Presbyterian Church. Ninde Brookside.
Eller, Joan, 77, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Evans, Alfred Ray, 79, retired delivery driver, died Friday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Monday St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Sand Springs.
Fisher, James F. "Jim" Sr., 70, retired foundry die finisher, died Thursday in Talihina. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Mowery Funeral Home, and graveside service 1 p.m. Friday, Port Jefferson, Ohio.
Freeman, Ruth Elizabeth, 86, retired occupational therapist, died Thursday. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Friday, St. Simeon's Episcopal Home Chapel. Cremation Society.
Fry, Thomas E., 75, AdStrategies Advertisement owner, died Wednesday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Furr, Leon, 82, retired milkman, died Tuesday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Grayson, Ruth Orta, 54, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Hairgrove, Kathy Jalene, 59, registered nurse, died Jan. 12. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Hernandez, Antonio Garcia, 82, retired farmer, died Thursday. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.
Keck, Helen, 77, registered nurse, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, both at Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home.
Kite, Jerry Marie, 78, former massage therapist, died Friday. No services planned. Cremation Society.
Lowe, John Carlton, 86, retired Northeastern State University professor, died Jan. 11. Celebration of life 2 p.m. Tuesday, Inverness Village. Cremation Society.
Mathews, Hubert Harold, 93, Bud's Grocery dairy manager, died Friday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow, and graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow.
McComb, Evelyn Endersby, 80, retired fishing pier clerk, died Monday in Jenks. Memorial service 4 p.m. Saturday, Christ United Methodist Church. Cremation Society.
Paul, Donald Emil, 92, oil company employee benefits manager, died Saturday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Pearson, Joyce Ann (Wilson), 66, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Jack's.
Plump, Kiyran Nehemiah, infant son of Channa Brown and Keith Plump Jr., died Sunday. Visitation 5 p.m. Monday and service 1 p.m. Tuesday, both at Broken Arrow Indian United Methodist Church. Hayhurst, Broken Arrow.
Reynolds, B. Steven, 62, map maker, died Jan. 12. Memorial service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Moore's Rosewood Funeral Home Chapel.
Schausten, Cliffie A., 89, homemaker, died Saturday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Monday and graveside service 1 p.m. Tuesday, both at Reynolds Rose Hill Funeral Home.
Sales, Claudia Jane, 71, homemaker, died Friday in Valliant. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Shelton, Billie, 96, homemaker, formerly of Tulsa, died Thursday in Columbia, Mo. Private family services. Moore's Southlawn.
Smith, Turner Lee "T.L.," 91, American Airlines mechanic, died Thursday. Visitation noon-5 p.m. Sunday and service 1 p.m. Monday, both at Reynolds Rose Hill Funeral Home.
Smith, Thomas D., 72, warehouse clerk, died Jan. 11. Memorial service 11 a.m. Monday, Jack's Memory Funeral Home Chapel.
Sommer, W. Paul, retired periodontist, died Saturday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Thomas, Mary C., 91, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Walters, Phyllis O., 67, registered nurse, died Saturday. Services pending. Butler-Stumpff.
Waterhouse, Charles L., 96, retired pharmacist, died Jan. 8. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, Rose Hill Cemetery Chapel. Cremation Society.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Mary Jane Misemer, 88, retired licensed practical nurse, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Stumpff.
- Patricia Sue Morris, 87, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. secretary, died Saturday. Rosary 7 p.m. Tuesday, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Wednesday, St. John's Catholic Church.
- Margaret Louise Patterson, 83, homemaker, died Jan. 13. Memorial service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Greater First Baptist Church. Walker-Brown.
- Pernecia Lou Stone, 86, died Friday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Norma Wallace, 76, executive secretary, died Saturday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Joy Teresa (Jones) Venn-Buttman, 78, bookkeeper, died Thursday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Monday, New Hope Indian Methodist Church, Dewey. McCartney's Johnson, Pawhuska.
Bixby - Bill D. Campbell, 85, retired independent sales agent, died Jan. 14. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church. Bixby Funeral Service.
- Hazel Green, 101, died Thursday. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Paylor Family Funeral Home, Midwest City, and graveside service 1 p.m. Monday, Arlington Memory Gardens, Midwest City.
- Milton "Sam" Sutliff, 90, retired American Airlines employee, died Monday. Service 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Briggs - Glynda Gayle Trapp, 73, homemaker, died Friday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Reed-Culver Funeral Home, Tahlequah.
Bristow - Ray Knapp, 78, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Hutchins-Maples.
- Stewart Taylor, 41, maintenance worker, died Wednesday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Hutchins-Maples Funeral Home Chapel.
Broken Arrow - Rickey Ray Daigle, 40, plumber, died Jan. 8. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Rosemary Belcher Griffith, 87, registered nurse, died Saturday. Services pending. Floral Haven.
- Michael P. Lind, 42, truck driver, died Monday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel.
- Keith R. Ripley Sr., 91, retired from Amoco, died Saturday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
Claremore - Herman B. Timmons, 83, retired FAA flight controller, died Tuesday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Cleveland - Carolyn Brown, 75, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Chapman-Black.
Cookson - Henry Holmes, 86, laborer, died Friday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Coweta - Stella "Marlene" Carver, 54, homemaker, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Wright-Brown.
- Katie Marie Morris, 93, retired bank officer, died Thursday. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Wright-Brown Funeral Home Chapel, and graveside service noon Tuesday, Royse City Cemetery, Royse City, Texas.
- Buel Tramel Jr., 67, retired American Airlines stock clerk, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Wright-Brown Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church.
Drumright - Donna Lou (Simonton) Solomon, 78, oil & gas manager, died Thursday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Eufaula - Dorothy Marie Castleberry, 93, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Glenpool - Alfred J. Mann, 84, concrete company laborer, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Grove - Margaret Marie "Peggy" Collins, 94, Baptist General Convention secretary, died Friday. Visitation 1-3 p.m. Tuesday and service 3 p.m. Tuesday, both at Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper Funeral Home, Oklahoma City. Brown-Winters, Miami.
Henryetta - Edwin Hershel "Bo" Britt, age unavailable, died Saturday in Sallisaw. Services pending. Integrity.
Jenks - Joye Ann Pilgrim, 76, homemaker, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church.
- Emily L. Sylvia, 100, factory assembler, died Jan. 12. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby and service 10 a.m. Monday, RiverCrest Chapel.
Kansas, Okla. - Rosie Mouse, age unavailable, died Saturday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
McAlester - James A. "Jim" Lienhard, 83, bakery owner, died Friday in Oklahoma City. Rosary 7 p.m. Sunday, Bishop Funeral Home Chapel, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Monday, St. John the Evangelist Church.
Mena, Ark. - Lana Frances Hinson, 64, Whirlpool employee, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Sunday, Oakland Cemetery Pavilion, Poteau. Evans & Miller, Poteau.
Muskogee - Henry V. Duncan Sr., 86, Muskogee police officer, died Friday. Services pending. Ragsdale.
- Jessie Olive Lauderdale, 94, retired from Humpty Dumpty, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church. Cornerstone.
- Herman G. Miller, 74, OG&E service foreman, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church. Lescher-Millsap.
- Cleo Parker, 96, homemaker, died Friday. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Elm Grove Assembly of God. Cornerstone.
Nowata - Bertie May, 87, hospital cook, died Friday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Benjamin.
Okemah - Woodrow Wilson Bear, 82, laborer, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Montesoma Baptist Church. Parks Brothers.
Owasso - Margaret J. "Peg" Rikkola, 96, homemaker, died Friday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Mowery Funeral Home and service 11 a.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church.
Pocola - Petra Renate Margot Cox, 54, Avon district manager, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, both at Evans & Miller Funeral Home.
Poteau - Nova Armstrong, 93, seamstress, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Sunday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home Chapel.
- Pearl Roberta Bost, 76, homemaker, died Friday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, both at Evans & Miller Funeral Home.
- Syble Neff, 87, homemaker, died Friday in Heavener. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Oakland Cemetery Pavilion. Evans & Miller.
Quapaw - James Alfred "Jim" Blalock, 60, Peoria Ridge Golf Course grounds maintenance worker, died Friday. Graveside service 9 a.m. Sunday, Stafford-Shapp Cemetery. Paul Thomas, Miami, Okla.
Sallisaw - Edice Ann Elwick, 90, retail business owner, died Friday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sallisaw City Cemetery. Agent Mallory Martin.
Sand Springs - Bernese Helton, 87, homemaker, died Thursday. Private family services. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Ella Christine Chappell, 91, sales clerk, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel, 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, and service 10 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church West Rogers Campus.
- Ted R. McVay, 98, died Thursday in Hesston, Kan. No services planned. Sien-Shelton.
- Jack Taylor, 81, died Saturday. Services pending. Peters-Stumpff.
Strang - Norman C. Cross, 56, Black Diamond Motorcycle Shop owner, died Thursday in Vinita. Services pending. Luginbuel, Langley.
Tahlequah - Wanda Halfacre, 85, nurse's aide, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Hart Funeral Home.
- Rose "Cecelia" Murray, 82, children's care provider, died Friday. Rosary 6 p.m. Sunday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 11 a.m. Monday, St. Brigid Catholic Church.
- Claudia Jane Sales, 71, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Bonnie Sue Weaver, 75, cosmetologist, died Jan. 12 in Joplin, Mo. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Sunday and service 1 p.m. Monday, both at Hart Funeral Home.
Vinita - Betty Jane Nicholson, 94, died Saturday. Services pending. Luginbuel.
Wann - Harvey E. Burrows, 84, died Saturday in Wann. Services pending. Walker-Brown.
Wetumka - Fred Welch, 70, died Friday. Services pending. Williamson-Spradlin.
Yale - William Curtis Wilson, 66, highway construction worker, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Assembly of God. Palmer Marler.
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