Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Friday, January 25, 2013
1/25/13 at 2:43 AM
TULSA
Bednar, Michael G., 32, telemarketing salesman, died Wednesday. Rosary 7 p.m. Friday, Fitzgerald Ivy Funeral Home Chapel, and funeral Mass 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Christ the King Catholic Church.
Bradshaw-Brown, Effie Marie Celeste, 84, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Serenity.
Brook, Juanita Jane, 88, homemaker, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Monday, Park Plaza Church of Christ.
Clark, Charles R., 79, Charlie's Coffee Service owner, died Wednesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday and service 10 a.m. Saturday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
Conley, Roy E., 75, retired Tulsa firefighter, died Tuesday in Owasso. Private family services.
Croudy, Douglas P., 54, brick company salesman, died Jan. 17. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Derrick, Sandra Lee, 53, Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. sales and marketing employee, died Tuesday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Grimm, Mary Ella (Williams), 83, retired Rockwell International Corp. parts identification worker, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday and service 11 a.m. Monday, both at Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home, Claremore.
Harrold, James Leon Sr., 84, engineer, died Thursday. Private family services. Serenity.
Jackson, Raymond Jr., 86, American Airlines mechanic, died Thursday. Services pending. Jack's.
Jeffers, Earl Paul, 64, Mr. Clean Car Wash employee, died Wednesday. Visitation noon-7 p.m. Friday, Crown Hill Chapel, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Antioch Baptist Church.
Kee, Joyce E., 75, Post Office clerk, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Livesey, Gary Lee, 63, welder, died Tuesday in Muskogee. Visitation 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson.
Makinster, William "Bill," 71, retired Tulsa police detective, died Jan. 21. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Memory Funeral Home; service 10 a.m. Monday, South Tulsa Baptist Church; and graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson.
Morgan, Robert Ray, 73, machinist, died Jan. 16. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Jack's Funeral Home Chapel.
Pearson, Joyce Ann (Wilson), 66, homemaker, died Saturday. Private family services. Jack's.
Pierce, Tate Fieber Jr., 89, Brix Printing printer, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Powell-Samuel, Doris, 59, died Friday. Visitation noon-7 p.m. Friday and service 2 p.m. Saturday, both at Crown Hill Chapel.
Quinn, Grover, 75, retired educator, died Tuesday. Omega Psi Phi service 7 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church North Tulsa.
Schneider, Robert Allen, 63, maintenance worker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Serenity.
Smith, Nancy, 82, executive chef, died Jan. 17. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Greater Grace Temple. Jack's.
Steward, Veda Mae, 94, retired teacher, died Tuesday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Teel, Louis David, 60, school custodian, died Tuesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Williams, Patsy, 87, registered nurse, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Wright, Kenneth Earl Sr., 92, American Airlines systems analyst, died Wednesday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Dolores Mae Consedine, 83, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Charles Leland Pope, 85, maintenance mechanic, died Wednesday in Claremore. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Walker-Brown Funeral Home Chapel.
Beggs - James Culbert, 67, telephone lineman and manager, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. McClendon-Winters.
Blackwell - Mae Louise (Smith) Sawyer, 84, died Wednesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Mount Olive Cemetery, Nardin. Trout.
Braman - Donald Smith "Don" DeWitt, 100, died Tuesday in Blackwell. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Trout Funeral Home Chapel, Blackwell.
- Lila Smith Wilson, 100, died Wednesday in Lyons, Kan. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Braman United Methodist Church. Roberts & Son, Blackwell.
Broken Arrow - Jacob Callis, 19, student, died Tuesday. Private family services. Moore's Southlawn, Tulsa.
- Ilene H. Christian, 90, Oral Roberts University associate, died Thursday. Visitation 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and service 2 p.m. Saturday, both at Hayhurst Funeral Home.
- Richard E. Hackler, 87, Alpha Veterinary Supply Inc. owner, died Thursday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
Cartersville - Edna Ruth Jennings, 87, retired Kmart stock clerk, died Wednesday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, King & Shearwood Funeral Home, Stigler, and service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church, Keota.
Chelsea - Sherry Lynn (Brown) Tibbs, 68, EE Sewing Inc. seamstress, died Monday in Tulsa. Visitation 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita.
Checotah - Thresa Lee Brown, 83, Deep Fork Community Action Head Start teacher, died Sunday in Boynton. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Friday, Ragsdale Funeral Home, Muskogee, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church.
- J.B. Wooten, 82, Union Metal shopman, died Wednesday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, First Free Will Baptist Church. Garrett.
Cherryvale, Kan. - Ruby R. Rogers, 73, courthouse deputy clerk, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Wickham Family Funeral Home, and celebration of life 11 a.m. Saturday, First Southern Baptist Church.
Claremore - John "Curtis" Gunn, 77, retired Claremore firefighter, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church.
- Lawanda Jane (Treadway) Hall, 82, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Pleasant Hope Baptist Church, Adair. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Lela Neel, 29, Candlewood Suites Hotel manager, died Tuesday in Lawton. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Church of God of Prophecy, Coweta. Hersman-Nichols, Wagoner.
Collinsville - Maureen Mary McNulty, 64, teacher, died Jan. 15 in Skiatook. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Ridgelawn Cemetery. Reynolds, Tulsa.
Cushing - Melvin Doyle Flint, 76, oil-field worker, died Jan. 13. Private family services. Palmer Marler.
- Eddie Lynn Williams, 68, school superintendent, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Visitation 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Palmer Marler Funeral Home, and private family services.
Dewey - Joann E. Buoy, 77, homemaker, died Wednesday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Oglesby Cemetery, Oglesby. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
- Linda Jean Stringer, 64, Walmart sales associate, died Wednesday. Private family service. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Haileyville - Elmer Ray Rogers Jr., 59, A&A Tank Trucks Co. driver, died Wednesday in McAlester. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Bishop Funeral Home Chapel, McAlester.
Henryetta - Melvin G. Frenchman, 72, glass worker, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Silver Springs Baptist Church. Integrity.
Independence, Kan. - Jerry Lee Webster, 74, retired school administrator, died Wednesday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church. Webb & Rodrick.
Jay - Mary Burton, 66, self-employed, died Tuesday. No services planned. Ellis, Grove.
Jenks - Lois Joanne Spyres, 74, homemaker, died Wednesday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Keota - Francis Lee Stout, 62, truck driver, died Thursday. Services pending. Mallory-Martin, Spiro.
Liberty, Kan. - Wayne Felts, 87, farmer, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday and celebration of life 10:30 a.m. Saturday, both at Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home, Coffeyville.
Locust Grove - Gary David Binam, 58, laborer, died Jan. 15. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Four Corners Church, Peggs. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
Mannford - Bryan Dale Baker, 21, Sonic Drive-In manager, died Wednesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Muskogee - Angela K. Bell, 38, Veterans Affairs Regional Office senior claims examiner, died Thursday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
- Marshall Black, 98, Oklahoma Children's Center maintenance technician, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Visitation 3-6 p.m. Friday, Ragsdale Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Saturday, New Life Ministries.
- Gary Wayne Ellington, 73, printer, died Jan. 3. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Azalea Terrace. Shipman's.
- Patricia Ruth Harrison, 69, homemaker, died Jan. 19. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, Ardmore. Keith D. Biglow.
Nowata - Mary Bessie Goodin-Guthrie, 93, cook, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Full Gospel Christian Center, Watova, and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Fernwood Assembly of God, Hartman, Ark. Benjamin.
Oaks - Alta Leach, 78, died Thursday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Oglesby - Clyde W. Woodworth, 93, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Okemah - Bernice Earleen Harvey, 88, barber, died Tuesday. Services pending. Parks Brothers.
- Gladys Maye Lawson, 91, bookkeeper, died Wednesday. Services pending. Parks Brothers.
Okmulgee - Josie B. Farrice, 96, died Wednesday in Henryetta. Services pending. Shurden, Henryetta.
- Doris Miller, 83, retired beautician and motel manager, died Wednesday. Services pending. McClendon-Winters.
Oologah - Pamela René Doolin, 52, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Green Hill, Owasso.
Owasso - Garland Eleanor Gabbert, 98, retired, died Monday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, First Christian Church. Green Hill.
- Phillip Wayne Walker, 55, salesman, died Tuesday. Services pending. Johnson, Sperry.
Park Hill - Larry Minton, 64, medical doctor, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Stilwell.
- Luke Van Wells, 21, appliance salesman and repairman, died Sunday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
Peggs - Mary Aleen Walker, 61, died Thursday in Tahlequah. Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home, Locust Grove.
Poteau - Imogene F. "Jean" (Nichols) Bass, 89, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Grace Manor Funeral Home.
- Doris "Earlene" Riley, 73, teacher, died Thursday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday and service 2 p.m. Saturday, both at Evans & Miller Funeral Home.
Pryor - Denver C. Boren, 87, former Holiday Motel owner, died Wednesday. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Stephens Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Church of Christ.
Sand Springs - Linda Ruth Collins, 67, homemaker, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Visitation 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Dillon & Smith Funeral Home. Services pending.
Sapulpa - Arlene Charboneau, 61, Tahlequah City Hospital employee, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Smith.
- Robert Olive, 85, retired Oklahoma Natural Gas marketing employee, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Feb. 2, Smith Funeral Home Chapel.
Spiro - Blanche Gosvener, 94, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel.
Stillwater - Tony Ivan Horner, 69, property management worker, died Thursday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Sunday, Sunnybrook Christian Church. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
- Jane Driggs Johnson, 67, homemaker, died Wednesday. No services planned. Strode.
Stilwell - Viola Grimmett, 71, school cook, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
- Vohn Irvin Winkler, 55, carpenter, died Wednesday in Tahlequah. Services pending. Green Country, Tahlequah.
Tahlequah - Cora Lea Carter, 81, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
- Rickey Alan Hale, 59, Reasor's meat department employee, died Jan. 15 in Tulsa. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel.
- Beatrice Oosahwee, 82, seamstress, died Monday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
Wagoner - Floyd A. Edwards, 82, retired roofing company owner, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mallett.
- Leroy Pierson, 75, Postal Service mail handler, formerly of Wagoner, died Monday in Albuquerque. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow, Muskogee.
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