Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
1/23/13 at 3:21 AM
TULSA
Balocca, Ruth, 92, retired Oral Roberts University head cook, died Sunday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Reynolds Rose Hill Funeral Home.
Carpenter, Gene Charles, 77, died Jan. 16 in La Mesa, Calif. Private family services.
Clapp, Alice Louise Little, 87, artist, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Sunday, Unity Church of Christianity.
Crenshaw-Calhoun, Doretha W., 93, Oral Roberts University nursing instructor, died Jan. 12. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Friday, Dyer Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Metropolitan Baptist Church.
Donahue, Patricia Mary, 62, registered nurse, died Tuesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday and rosary 7 p.m. Thursday, both at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 2 p.m. Friday, St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church.
Dooty, Robert, 85, retired from Texaco Oil, died Sunday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, Reynolds Rose Hill Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Centenary United Methodist Church.
Ealom, Jacqueline, 61, retired Oklahoma State University cook, died Monday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Frye, Nellie Vonne Etta, 79, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home, and service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Garnett Assembly of God.
Hall, Janet Rae, 61, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill.
Hingey, James Patrick "Jim" Jr., 71, retired Spartan School of Aeronautics instructor, died Monday. Visitation 3-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 1 p.m. Thursday, both at Add'Vantage Funeral Home.
Jenkins, George D. Sr., 84, ONEOK Inc. chief auditor and certified public accountant, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
Jones, Donald Wayne, 66, Postal Service mechanic, died Sunday. Service 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel.
Kay, Donald Dene, 78, self-employed meat cutter, died Saturday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Kemp, Irene F., 70, Jenks Public Schools assistant child nutrition director, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Freeman Harris Funeral Home Chapel.
Kite, Sherry Lee, 54, retired hairdresser, died Sunday. Private family services. Serenity.
Maddox, Jerry D., 70, insurance agency owner, died Sunday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Bridges Church, Bixby. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Makinster, William Donald "Bill," 71, retired Tulsa police detective, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Memory.
Morrow, Gay, 92, psychiatrist, died Jan. 10. Memorial service 3 p.m. Saturday, All Souls Unitarian Church. Serenity.
Ogle, Margaret J., 68, florist, died Friday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Old, Roger Gene, 83, died Sunday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Overstreet, Mildred, 75, Ford Glass Co. glass handler, died Monday. Visitation noon-7 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Morning Star Baptist Church.
Quinn, Grover, 75, retired educator, died Tuesday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Powell-Samuels, Doris, 59, died Friday. Services pending. Crown Hill.
Smith, Gloria A., 86, retired Calico Corners retail clerk, died Tuesday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Solis, Felipa Fraire, 68, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Serenity.
Tipton, James Augustus "Smokey," 79, city of Tulsa sewer plant chemist, died Jan. 19. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, St. Matthew's United Methodist Church. Add'Vantage.
Titsworth, Melba I., 77, custodian, died Sunday. Service 3 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Toone, Effie M., 89, medical records clerk, died Tuesday. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.
Wann, Donna Lois (Muse), 72, retired teacher, died Jan. 14 in Knoxville, Tenn. Memorial service 2 p.m. Feb. 2, First United Methodist Church, Sapulpa.A
Williams, Richard L. "Dick," 75, retired F&M Bank chief financial officer, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home Chapel.
Willis, Donna, 43, Dollar General employee, died Sunday. Services pending. Crown Hill.
Wilson, Gertrude, 83, homemaker, died Jan. 15. Services were held Tuesday. Dyer.
Woodruff, Anna Lee, 89, homemaker, died Friday in Augusta, Ga. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home. No local services planned.
Woolsey, Ethel Oma, 92, cook, died Monday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Margaret Ruth Nickerson, 93, formerly of Bartlesville, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Betty Pettigrove, 94, homemaker, died Dec. 21. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Stumpff.
- Garland R. Peterson, 77, retired Tri County Technology Center auto mechanics instructor, died Sunday. Graveside service 3 p.m. Thursday, Dewey Cemetery, Dewey. Stumpff.
- Keith Stanford, 54, died Wednesday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Westside Community Center. Stumpff.
Bristow - Albert Weaver, 67, died Tuesday in Muskogee. Services pending. Hutchins-Maples.
Broken Arrow - Glen T. Hill, 76, retired, died Tuesday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
- Angel Ella Purvis-Quinten, infant daughter of Sydney Purvis and Hunter Quinten, died Monday. Services pending. Floral Haven.
- Ronald Lee Young, 72, medical technician, died Sunday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Claremore - Martha L. Boyd, 82, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
- Robert Lowry "Bob" Walker, 82, rancher, died Monday in Tulsa. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Thursday, Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home, and graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Woodlawn Cemetery.
Cleveland - Lena Mae (Reeder) South, 87, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
- Connie J. Wilson, 69, retired nurse's aide, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel.
Coffeyville, Kan. - Donald Leroy Shepherd, 93, retired insurance agent, died Sunday. No services planned. Barnes.
- Martha Jean Thorn, 78, homemaker, died Friday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dewey Cemetery, Dewey. Barnes.
Collinsville - Shirley Ann Butler, 74, homemaker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Osage Oaks Friendly Church of God, Sperry. Collinsville Dolton.
- Don Eldon Parkerson, 80, Parkerson Construction owner, died Monday. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Mowery Funeral Home, Owasso, and graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Ridgelawn Cemetery.
- Dianne Ree, 64, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Coweta - Brett Wayne Coates, 45, insurance agent, died Saturday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Drumright - Donna Lou (Simonton) Solomon, 78, oil and gas manager, died Thursday in Tulsa. Memorial service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, Olive. Serenity, Tulsa.
Eufaula - John F. Dominic, 44, police officer, died Saturday. Wake 7 p.m. Thursday, Little Coweta Indian Baptist Church, and service 1 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Hunn Black & Merritt.
- Howard Dale Ward, 74, recording artist, died Monday in Tulsa. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Sallisaw.
Fairfax - Margaret Rose Mason, 92, federal government clerical worker, died Tuesday. Rosary 7 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Hunsaker-Wooten.
Glencoe - Tammy Jean Goosman Wolfe, 51, died Monday in Oklahoma City. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Bethel Cemetery. Strode, Stillwater.
Haskell - Marilyn Frances Cates, 66, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Add'Vantage Funeral Home, Tulsa.
Henryetta - Earl Peoples, age unavailable, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Rogers.
Holdenville - Sheila Sue Pyeatt, 70, registered nurse, died Tuesday. Services pending. McClendon-Winters, Okmulgee.
- Richard D. Wardlow, 64, auto paint and body worker, died Saturday. Private family service. Fisher.
Independence, Kan. - Ruby Opal Loether, 81, died Jan. 18 in Sand Springs. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Webb & Rodrick Funeral Home Chapel.
Jay - John Chopper, 65, retired, died Sunday in Springdale, Ark. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Faith Mission Church.
- Jack K. Johnson, 63, construction worker, died Sunday in Grove. Services pending. Worley-Luginbuel, Grove.
Locust Grove - Irene Saldgado, 87, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stephens, Pryor.
- Kenneth Lee Sasser, 90, Draperies by Ken Sasser owner, died Friday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
McAlester - Gladys Evelyn (Bond) Jones, 87, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Bishop Funeral Home Chapel, and graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Prague Cemetery, Prague.
Miami - Anita Grace Edington, 92, retired from General Motors, died Tuesday in Quapaw. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Vinson Cemetery, Summitville, Ind. Brown-Winters.
Mounds - Travis John Hamilton, 25, died Sunday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Muldrow - Loyd Lee Vaughan, 82, truck driver, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home.
Muskogee - Marjorie Jean Niece Ashman, 85, homemaker, died Jan. 12. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
- Joe Charles Brown, 85, ironworker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel.
- Paul Jones, 96, retired from the Muskogee Water Department, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, New Hope Baptist Church. Johnson, Sperry.
- Gary Lee Livesey, 63, welder, died Tuesday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
- Jeffrey Lyons Jr., 42, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Dyer, Tulsa.
Newkirk - Sidney Jack Shinn, 67, retired railroad signalman, died Monday in Ponca City. Funeral Mass 10 a.m. Thursday, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Miller-Stahl.
Nicut - Emelita "Amy" Nofire, 42, homemaker, died Monday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, Muldrow, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Belfonte Indian Baptist Church, Belfonte.
Okmulgee - Donald Frank Douglas, 67, welder, died Monday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Loran Dean McDaniel, 65, died Sunday in Mounds. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Okmulgee Indian Baptist Church. Shurden-Jackson.
- Trevon Moore, 25, Golden Corral cook, died Saturday in Norman. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
- Jerrald R.C. Morrow, 77, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Shurden-Jackson Funeral Home Chapel.
- Yarme (Cheba) Tarpalechee, 61, died Sunday. Wake 6 p.m. Thursday, Shurden-Jackson Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Friday, Big Cussetah Church, Morris.
Owasso - Katherine Spears Bebo, 34, hairstylist, died Monday. Services pending. Mowery.
- Elizabeth Ann Rutherford, 59, caregiver, died Friday. Services pending. Mowery.
Pawnee - George Warner "Salty" McGuire Jr., 87, retired assistant postmaster, died Thursday in Norman. Service 1:30 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Poteet.
Pocola - Edward "Uncle Bugs" Vanzant, 81, steel worker, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday and service 11 a.m. Saturday, both at Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, Spiro.
Ponca City - Verga Bennett, 107, died Monday. Services pending. Trout.
- William C. "Guy" Warren, 86, died Monday. Services pending. Trout.
Pryor - Scott A. Goossen, 42, Internet engineer, died Monday in Tulsa. Memorial service 4 p.m. Thursday, Your Place Church. Key.
- Alfred Thomas Pollard, 84, retired from Pryor Public Schools, died Tuesday in Muskogee. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Stephens.
- Angela Marie Scanlon, 29, homemaker, died Sunday in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Stephens Funeral Home Chapel, and service 2 p.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church.
Ramona - Susan Jane "Susie" (Frazier) Duren, 62, medical transcriptionist, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Salina - Otis Ray Whipkey, 59, retired from Pelco Corp., died Sunday. Services pending. Shipman's, Pryor.
Sallisaw - Wilma J. Bachus, 79, secretary, died Saturday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
- George Washington Sanders, 85, Harris Co. dozer driver, died Saturday. No services planned. Agent & Mallory-Martin.
- Lois Mae (DeShazo) Wood, 73, retired cook, died Tuesday. No services planned. Agent & Mallory-Martin.
Sand Springs - Joyce (Adair) Bachus, 79, died Saturday in Tulsa. No services planned. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
- Virginia Eubanks, 87, died Monday in Clovis, N.M. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Broadway Baptist Church. Mobley-Dodson.
Sapulpa - Helen L. Barnes, 89, homemaker, died Jan. 18. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Thursday, Dyer Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Mount Olive Baptist Church, Tulsa.
- Juanita McCaslin, 88, retired, died Tuesday. Services pending. Green Hill.
- Robert Olive, 85, retired Oklahoma Natural Gas marketing employee, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel.
- Louise L. Pitts, 92, homemaker, died Jan. 16. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Wednesday, Dyer Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 11 a.m. Thursday, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Tulsa.
- Douglas Roy, 70, retired phlebotomist, died Sunday. Services pending. Smith.
- Robert G. White Jr., 81, physician, died Monday in Tulsa. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, First Presbyterian Church.A
Sperry - Garland Eleanor Gabbert, 98, died Monday. Services pending. Green Hill, Owasso.
- Kimberly Jean (Billingsly) Patterson, 51, stunt woman, died Friday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.
Spiro - George F. Prado, 66, construction worker, died Tuesday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home, Poteau, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Bethel Lighthouse Full Gospel Church, Panama, Okla.
Stigler - John C. Wier, 47, registered nurse, died Sunday in Muskogee. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Assembly of God. King & Shearwood.
Stillwater - Vivian Melissa (Gray) Cagle, age unavailable, business administrator, died Friday. Celebration of life 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church. Strode.
Stilwell - Viola Grimmett, age unavailable, died Monday. Services pending. Roberts/Reed-Culver.
- Jeremiah Loman, infant son of Lorie Watie and David Loman, died Jan. 1. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Hart Funeral Home Chapel.
- Atha Jean Pettigrew, 90, secretary, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
Stroud - Charles B. Cornett, 89, oil-field worker, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel.
Tahlequah - Rickey Alan Hale, 59, Reasor's meat department employee, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel.
- Beatrice Oosahwee, 82, homemaker, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
- Gerald Herbert Vind, 80, professor, died Jan. 11. No services planned. Green Country.
Vinita - Roy Fredrick Harrison, 78, retired from Eastern State Hospital, died Monday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Luginbuel Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, Trinity Baptist Church.
Whitefield - Julia Ann McCarter, 62, died Monday in Midwest City. Visitation 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, King & Shearwood Funeral Home, Stigler, and graveside service 11 a.m. Saturday, Whitefield Cemetery.
Wyandotte - Pamela Elaine Berryman, 56, homemaker, died Saturday in Miami, Okla. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Adcock Funeral Home, Fairland, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Assembly of God, Commerce.
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