Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
1/22/13 at 3:04 AM
TULSA
Akins, Patricia, 54, died Thursday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home Chapel.
Balocca, Ruth, 92, retired from Oral Roberts University, died Sunday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill.
Bloese, Maria Margarita "Maggie" (Rosell), 66, Oklahoma Department of Human Services social worker supervisor, died Jan. 15. Graveside service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Choate, Louise "Weesie," 84, administrative assistant, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Mark Griffith-Westwood Funeral Home Chapel.
Dooty, Robert, 85, retired from Texaco, died Sunday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill.
Eller, Joan Rose, 77, homemaker, died Saturday. Visitation 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Rhema Bible Church, Broken Arrow.
Frye, Nellie Vonne Etta, 79, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Giah, Fredrick, 67, heavy-duty mechanic, died Jan. 6. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Hairgrove, Kathy Jalene, 59, registered nurse, died Jan. 12. Memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, Jackson Street Church of God, Fort Smith, Ark. Add'Vantage.
Henry, Lola Jurlene "Jerri," 80, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Thursday, 29th and Yale Church of Christ.
Jenkins, George D. Sr., 84, certified public accountant and chief auditor, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Jones, Donald Wayne, 66, Postal Service mail carrier, died Sunday. Service 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Lunger, Ernest H., 94, retired from the Army Corps of Engineers, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow. Moore's Eastlawn.
Maddox, Jerry Dale, 70, insurance agency owner, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Michael, Roy Elwood, 82, draftsman, died Monday in Sapulpa. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa.
Millspaugh, Robert Clarkson Jr., 87, geologist, died Sunday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, St. John's Episcopal Church. Moore's Rosewood.
Montoya, Ana M., 80, child-care provider, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.
Murray, Harold Eugene, 79, machine operator, died Saturday. Service 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Overstreet, Mildred, 75, Ford Glass Co. employee, died Monday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Payne, Robert Arthur "Bob," 89, aircraft inspector, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Airport Freewill Baptist Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Sommer, W. Paul, 85, retired periodontist, died Saturday. Rosary 5:30 p.m. Thursday and funeral Mass 1 p.m. Friday, both at St. Mary Catholic Church. Ninde Brookside.
Thomas, Mary Clendora, 91, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Christ United Methodist Church, and graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Ozark Memorial Cemetery, Joplin, Mo.
Titsworth, Melba I., 77, custodian, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Walman, Bryan W., 75, international marketing manager, died Friday. Private family services. Stanleys.
Williams, Marilynn Lee, 81, homemaker, died Saturday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Moore's Eastlawn.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Glenna D. Delametter, 85, secretary, died Sunday in Miami, Okla. Private family services. Walker-Brown.
- Larry Jackson, 62, died Sunday. Memorial service 4 p.m. Tuesday, Revival Time Outreach Center. Stumpff.
- Sharon Belle Pappin, 68, died Friday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Stumpff.
Blackwell - Larry Allen Wunderlich, 70, died Jan. 19. Service 3 p.m. Saturday, Immanuel Baptist Church. Roberts & Son Funeral Home Chapel.
Braggs - Joan Riggs, 89, homemaker, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Braggs Church of Christ. Millsap, Fort Gibson.
Bristow - Terry L. Weld, 65, self-employed carpenter, died Sunday in Muskogee. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Hutchins-Maples Funeral Home Chapel.
Broken Arrow - Charlie A. Clark, 94, retired wood worker, died Saturday. Private family services. Kennedy-Kennard.
- Felicia H. Miron, 95, retired, died Monday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
- Donnie J. Stevens, 72, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
Claremore - Nella E. Alexander, age unavailable, homemaker, died Saturday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Tuesday and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, both at Rice Funeral Home.
- Kathyrn Diane Spears, 49, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Robert Lowry "Bob" Walker, 82, rancher, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
Cleveland - Carolyn Brown, 75, homemaker, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel.
- Patty Calderwood, 77, homemaker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Chapman-Black.
Coffeyville, Kan. - Catherine Nellene Brown, 90, homemaker, died Saturday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mount Washington Cemetery, Lenapah. Benjamin, Nowata.
Colcord - Louise Woods, 91, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Ark., and graveside service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Allen Cemetery, Mosley.
Cookson - Henry Holmes, 86, landscaper, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
Copan - Norman Applegate, 79, retired from Phillips Petroleum Co., died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home Chapel, Bartlesville.
Coweta - Stella "Marlene" Carver, 54, homemaker, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Church of God of Prophecy. Wright-Brown.
Decatur, Ark. - Albert Eugene Dill, 67, truck driver, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, both at Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs.
Disney - Cheryl Darlene (Green) Gamet, 59, bank secretary, died Sunday. Services pending. Luginbuel, Vinita.
Drumright - Katie L. Durbin, 69, homemaker, died Friday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Highland Cemetery, Oilton. Smith.
Eucha - Gary L. Ross, 71, electrical inside salesman, died Sunday. Graveside service noon Thursday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Luginbuel, Langley.
Eufaula - Dorothy Marie Castleberry, 93, homemaker, died Friday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Haskell - J.T. Stones, 86, Hostess Cakes baker, died Sunday. Visitation 2-5 p.m. Jan. 27 and service 11 a.m. Jan. 28, both at Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home.
Howe - George Harvey Urchison Sr., 94, mechanic, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Springhill Baptist Church. Grace Manor, Poteau.
Hulbert - Brenda Thompson, 59, waitress, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
Kansas - Rosie Mouse, 74, home health provider, died Saturday. Wake 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home, Tahlequah, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Long Prairie Baptist Church.
Locust Grove - Bill Jennings Turner, 66, former Wil-Gro employee, died Sunday in Wagoner. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Locust Grove Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Exciting Southeast Baptist Church, Pryor.
Miami - Gabriel Owen Harkins, infant son of Nickole Mahurin and Christopher Harkins, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Assembly of God.
Muldrow - Eugene R. Morningstar Sr., 88, plumber, died Friday in Fort Smith, Ark. No services planned. Agent & Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw.
Muskogee - Joe Charles Brown, 85, iron worker, died Monday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
- Patricia Ruth Harrison, 69, homemaker, died Saturday in Ardmore. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
- Steven M. Owen, 58, electrician, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Foster-Petering Funeral Home Chapel.
Okemah - Jerald Lee Cruce, 69, ComSource Inc. founder and chairman, formerly of Okemah, died Jan. 19 in Warrenton, Va. Celebration of life 2 p.m. Saturday, Moser Funeral Home Chapel, Warrenton.
- Harold A. Like, 85, machinist and welder, died Sunday. Service 3 p.m. Tuesday, Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel.
Okmulgee - Loran Dean McDaniel, 65, died Sunday in Mounds. Services pending. Shurden-Jackson.
- Jerrald R.C. Morrow, 77, died Sunday. Services pending. Shurden-Jackson.
- Yarme (Cheba) Tarpalechee, 61, welder, died Sunday in Tulsa. Services pending. Shurden-Jackson.
- Ruth N. Wells, 99, died Sunday. Services pending. Shurden-Jackson.
Oologah - Ralph Eugene Quinton, 83, commercial carpenter, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oologah Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, Talala. Stephens, Pryor.
Owasso - Fairy Bachman, 89, Enterprise Journal advertising representative, died Friday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill, Tulsa.
- John L. Crawford, 66, oil-field safety manager, died Sunday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mowery Funeral Home Chapel.
Park Hill - Larry Allen Minton, 64, medical doctor, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home, Stilwell.
- Andrea Smith, 28, died Jan. 9. Private family services. Reed-Culver.
Pawnee - William Morris Perel, 85, retired Wichita State University mathematics professor, died Sunday in Stillwater. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church. Poteet.
Ponca City - Scott James "Scotty" Riddle Jr., 25, construction worker, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Church of the Nazarene, Perry. Palmer Marler, Perry.
Poteau - Oweeta J. Carroll, 92, Veterans Administration office worker, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, Monroe.
- Betty Jo Stricklin, 75, retired from Midwest City Bank, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Dowden Funeral Home, Heavener, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Trinity Baptist Church, Heavener.
Pryor - Scott A. Goossen, 42, Internet technician, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Key.
Roland - Raymond Jess Redden, 87, cattle rancher, died Monday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Agent Funeral Home, Muldrow, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Gateway International Church.
Sand Springs - Virginia Eubanks, 87, died Monday in Clovis, N.M. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
Siloam Springs, Ark. - Clarice Manos, 91, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Wasson Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Falling Springs Church, Decatur, Ark.
- Marge Louise O'Dell, 71, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Wasson Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church.
Spiro - Barbara Ann (Hamilton) Gillion, 69, bookkeeper, died Thursday in Fort Smith, Ark. Private family services. Grace Manor.
- Barbara Ann Stinson, 76, certified nursing assistant, died Friday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home.
Stigler - John C. Wier, 47, registered nurse, died Sunday in Muskogee. Services pending. King & Shearwood.
Stillwater - Lucille Colby (Forman) Wickstead, 97, died Saturday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church. Strode.
Stilwell - George Roberts, 52, line worker, died Saturday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Chulio Cemetery. Roberts/Reed-Culver.
- Mary Ann Sam, 60, forklift driver, died Sunday. No services planned. Hart.
Tahlequah - Jo Ann Smith, 77, homemaker, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Stilwell.
Talihina - Hiahwahnah "Dickie" Neal, 67, retired Marine, died Sunday in Little Rock, Ark. Graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Choctaw Military Cemetery, Tuskahoma. Talihina Funeral Home.
Vinita - Betty Jane Nicholson, 86, former B.F. Goodrich employee, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church. Luginbuel.
Westville - Florence Maples, 90, homemaker, died Friday in Deer Park, Texas. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Roberts & Hart Funeral Home Chapel.
Whitefield - Julia Ann McCarter, 62, died Monday in Midwest City. Services pending. King & Shearwood, Stigler.
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