Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
1/29/13 at 11:59 AM
TULSA
Atkins, John Charles "Jack," 72, alcohol and drug counselor, died Jan. 16 in Grove. Funeral Mass 1 p.m. Wednesday, Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Vinita, and funeral Mass 6:15 p.m. Friday, Christ the King Catholic Church. Luginbuel, Vinita.
Attebury, LaRue, 73, Public Service Company of Oklahoma meter specialist, died Sunday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 3 p.m. Thursday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
Bakamjian, Grace, 82, piano teacher, died Monday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Bartlett, Ann C., 92, homemaker, died Saturday. Prayer service 7 p.m. Thursday and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Friday, both at Christ the King Catholic Church. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Biehl, Cathey A., 53, died Sunday. Private family services. Moore, Owasso.
Bowman, Laurell, 77, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill.
Brown, Don H., 69, airline painter, died Sunday. Service 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Butler, Gary C., 64, ABC Sports sound engineer, died Sunday. Service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Cook, Marilyn Frazee, 81, died Friday in Naperville, Ill. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, New Covenant Church, Naperville. Beidelman-Kunsch, Naperville.
Doss, Wilma V., 92, retired administrative assistant, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Edwards, Carol Ann, 59, homemaker, died Saturday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Thursday, Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.
Ellis, Horace "Peanut," 82, service industry entrepreneur, died Saturday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Fein, Tillie, 89, retired American Airlines customer service representative, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Rose Hill Memorial Park. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Fields, James E., 56, Chrysler Corp. employee, died Monday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Ford, Barbara (Romayne) (Torr), 72, died Saturday. Private family services. Ninde Brookside.
Ford, Lynnwood, 77, died Sunday in Muskogee. Services pending. Hersman-Nichols, Wagoner.
Harper, Edward M., 79, retired from Bank of Oklahoma, died Sunday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Haymond, Judith Ann "Judy," 70, retired funeral home account manager, died Saturday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Jackson, Raymond Jr., 86, American Airlines mechanic, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church. Jack's.
Kanold, Hermann, 101, International Logistics manager, died Saturday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Thursday, The Assembly South Campus, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Kiser, Doris L., 79, homemaker, died Sunday. Private family services. Moore's Eastlawn.
Krull, Nicholas Peter Jr., 78, retired engineer, died Jan. 24. Graveside service 11 a.m. Thursday, Bearlawn Cemetery, Kentland, Ind. Carlisle, Michigan City, Ind.
Logue, Christy Dawn, 35, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Serenity.
McIlroy, Javen Scott, 40, hospitality clerk, died Monday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
McKinney, Jefferson, 77, retired Air Force radar maintenance worker, died Sunday. Services pending. Reynolds.
Meadows, Marguerite "Peggy" (Scott), 92, retired secretary, died Monday. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Moore, Jackie Lee (Schmidt), 55, retired from American Airlines, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Covenant Life Family Worship Center, Sand Springs. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
Morris, Jack Alan, 52, painter, died Saturday. Services pending. Butler-Stumpff.
Pryer, Lois Ann, 77, Pryer Machine & Tool co-owner, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Redmond, John McKittrick III, 76, retired electrical engineer, died Sunday. Services pending. Stanleys.
Reininger, Ruby O. (Keeton), 88, retired Rose Hill Memorial Park office manager, died Saturday. Visitation 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday and service 1 p.m. Wednesday, both at Lanman Funeral Home, Helena.
Roberts, Cheryl, 52, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday and rosary 7 p.m. Friday, both at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home; and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church.
Ross, Grover W., 74, Porter Mattress Co. owner, died Friday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Tuesday and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, both at Add'Vantage Funeral Home.
Smith-Barrett, Nina Ruth, 84, real estate agent, died Sunday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Sweatman, Cheryl June, 67, homemaker, died Friday. Private family services. Add'Vantage.
Taylor, Paul W., 80, retired from Texas Instruments, died Thursday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, First Community Church, Oktaha. Mannford Funeral Home, Mannford.
Todd, Justin Jay, 31, laborer, died Friday. Memorial service 6 p.m. Wednesday, Add'Vantage Funeral Home Chapel.
Webb, Lavon, 83, retired from Southwestern Bell, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Reynolds Rose Hill Funeral Home Chapel.
Welch, Richard C., 85, retired Boy Scouts of America finance director, formerly of Tulsa died Sunday in Oklahoma City. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, North MacArthur Church of Christ, Oklahoma City. Buchanan, Oklahoma City.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - James Ray "Jimmy" Bishop, 63, route salesman, died Sunday in Tulsa. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Walker-Brown Funeral Home Chapel.
Bates, Ark. - Jo (Beshears) Miller, 72, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, New Beginnings Pentecostal Church of God. Grace Manor, Poteau.
Beggs - Marcella Goudeau, 73, homemaker, died Wednesday in Okmulgee. Services pending. McClendon-Winters.
Bixby - Randall Scott Pickard, 54, attorney, died Saturday. Services pending. Wright-Brown, Coweta.
- Barbara Jean Powell, 74, accountant, died Sunday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Wednesday, RiverCrest Chapel. Bixby Funeral Service.
Bristow - Sue Dwight, 80, retired Bristow Public Schools teacher, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Michael's Funeral Home Chapel.
Broken Arrow - John Mark Akin, 43, applications specialist, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, South Tulsa Baptist Church, Tulsa. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
- Theresa Dorothy Collins, 90, homemaker, died Sunday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Eula Mae LeCroy, 90, secretary, died Sunday. Services pending. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
- Larry G. Rowe, 61, Postal Service city delivery supervisor, died Saturday. Memorial service 7 p.m. Wednesday, Hayhurst Funeral Home Chapel.
Catoosa - Robert L. "Bobby Lee" Brown Jr., 74, dump truck operator, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
Checotah - Darin Branscum, 49, W.G. Produce truck driver, died Monday. Services pending. Garrett Family.
Claremore - Barbara Jane (Stowe) Perry-Crabtree, 78, retired Hewlett-Packard electronics assembly worker, died Sunday. No services planned. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Bert E. Reed, 82, airline inspector, died Sunday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Rice Funeral Home.
Cleveland - Linda Ann Munding, 71, retired medical administrative assistant, died Sunday. Rosary 10 a.m. Wednesday and funeral Mass 11 a.m. Wednesday, both at Calvary Cemetery Chapel, Tulsa. Fitzgerald Ivy, Tulsa.
- Doris J. Stoner-Hester, 90, retired secretary, died Sunday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, both at Chapman-Black Funeral Home.
Collinsville - Bobby Ray Powell, 74, retired Powell Heating & Air owner, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Coweta - Douglas Wayne Benson, 81, retired Air Force colonel, died Friday in Marshall, Texas. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Wright-Brown Funeral Home. Services pending.
Eufaula - Catherine Ann Dykes, 70, homemaker, died Saturday. Private family services. Hunn Black & Merritt.
- Shirl Lee Hodges, 56, accountant and real estate worker, died Sunday. Private family services. Hunn Black & Merritt.
Grove - Earl Blackman, 70, died Monday. Services pending. Nichols.
- Herbert "Bud" Ziemann, 93, retired Lockheed aircraft crew chief, died Saturday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Buzzard Cemetery. Ellis Family.
Hartshorne - Arielle Honeywell, 23, swim instructor, died Monday in Dallas. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Faith Assembly of God. Brumley-Mills.
Haskell - Barbara Jean Jones, 70, retired caregiver, died Saturday. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Henryetta - Donnie McNac, 56, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Integrity.
- Evelyn Victoria Quinton, 84, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, Dewar. Integrity.
Independence, Kan. - Nadine (Offenbacker) Sewell, 91, retired Kansas State Department of Taxation secretary, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo; visitation 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Tom Sewell residence; and memorial service 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Wanamaker Seventh-day Adventist Church, Topeka. Webb & Rodrick.
Inola - Caleb Dakota Laird, 17, Inola High School student, died Sunday. Services pending. Inola Funeral Home.
Jenks - Lottie Maxine Burgess, 57, certified dietary manager, died Saturday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Jennings - Lorene Ollie Froese, 88, homemaker, died Sunday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Moore's Southlawn, Tulsa.
Keota - C.A. Overstreet, 93, farmer and rancher, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Stigler.
Kiefer - John B. Giddens, 65, Shelter Insurance district sales manager, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Assembly of God, Cleveland, Okla. Chapman-Black, Cleveland.
Locust Grove - Vivian M. (Coverdell) Foster, 80, homemaker, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
Mannford - Larry D. Beesley, 67, retired, died Sunday in Tulsa. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
- Alden David, 79, retired from Sefco Inc., died Sunday in Tulsa. Services pending. Green Hill, Sapulpa.
McAlester - Jack Brewer, 54, roughneck, died Jan. 26. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Bethel Baptist Church, Red Oak. Chaney-Harkins.
- Billy E. "Bill" Edwards, 90, foreman, died Saturday. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Main and Oklahoma Church of Christ. Brumley-Mills.
- James Richard "Rick" Faling Jr., 49, attorney, died Thursday in Dallas. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church. Brumley-Mills.
- William Stanton Hatridge, 19, abstract office scanner, died Saturday in Krebs. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. Brumley-Mills.
- Ronald Mathiews, 75, soil conservation technician, died Saturday. Service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home Chapel.
- Diane Segelquist, 57, died Sunday. Services pending. Bishop.
- William Whiteley, 65, died Sunday. Private family services. Brumley-Mills.
Miami - James Clifford Johnson, 93, retired from Miami Police Department, died Saturday in Commerce. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, North Miami Assembly of God, North Miami. Paul Thomas.
Morris - James Paul "Shorty" Crowell III, 57, retired Salvation Army store manager, died Saturday in Muskogee. Services pending. McClendon-Winters, Okmulgee.
Mounds - Denise Alice (McKnight) McCaslin, 34, homemaker, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Freewill Baptist Church, Hectorville. Serenity, Tulsa.
Muskogee - Frances Cope, 90, retired, died Saturday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. Paul United Methodist Church. Foster-Petering.
- Grace Goldie (Escoe) Jones, 92, piano teacher, died Sunday. Wake 6 p.m. Tuesday, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Butler Creek Indian Baptist Church, Oktaha.
- Seaborn L. Reich, 94, retired Katy Railroad worker, died Monday. Services pending. Foster-Petering.
- Billy Ray Steely, 81, retired from the U.S. Marshals Service, died Sunday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
- Billy Wayne Taylor, 83, retired from Corning Glass, died Friday. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home Chapel.
Nowata - Eula Pauline Coker, 94, died Monday. Services pending. Benjamin.
- Melvina Ruth Sutherland, 90, homemaker, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nowata Memorial Park. Benjamin.
Okemah - JoAnn Underwood, 52, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Middle Creek No. 1 Baptist Church, Lamar. Parks Brothers.
Okesa - Eula Jean Frakes, 78, Okesa Store owner, died Sunday. Private family services. Arnold Moore & Neekamp, Bartlesville.
Okmulgee - Mamie Pearl Churchill, 85, Avon representative, died Saturday. Services pending. Shurden-Jackson.
- Nettie Ruth McCormick, 98, teacher, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, St. Michael's Catholic Church, Henryetta. Shurden, Henryetta.
- Olen Carter McKay, 92, retired farmer, died Saturday. Visitation 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Assembly of God, Morris.
Owasso - Eldon L. Holtz, 82, cabinet maker, died Monday. Services pending. Mowery.
- Ruth Ann Nickles, 62, died Sunday. Services pending. Mowery.
Pawnee - George Warner "Salty" McGuire Jr., 87, retired assistant postmaster, died Jan. 17 in Norman. Service 1:30 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Poteet.
Perkins - Ray Gerald Focht, 82, Cushing street department worker, died Saturday. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Strode Funeral Home Chapel, Stillwater.
Porter - Karla (McGuire) Sheram, 40, accountant, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Bristow Holiness Church, Bristow. Hutchins-Maples, Bristow.
Poteau - Wayne Morgan Bickford, 68, Farrell Cooper Mines maintenance and equipment supervisor, died Monday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Grace Manor Funeral Home, and service 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Rice Funeral Home Chapel, Claremore.
- Ronald Dewayne Burgess, 71, salesman, died Thursday. No services planned. Grace Manor.
- Robert Earl Holderman Sr., 89, auto body repairman, died Thursday in Pocola. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, both at Grace Manor Funeral Home.
Pryor - Gordon Odle, 91, died Monday. Services pending. Key.
Roland - Frances Knight, 80, line worker, died Monday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Stilwell.
Sallisaw - Mary Kyle Poindexter, 63, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry administrative assistant, died Saturday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Blunt Baptist Church. Agent & Mallory-Martin.
Sand Springs - Jerry Paul Sparks, 75, retired Bronaugh Public Schools superintendent, died Sunday in Pittsburg, Kan. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg, and graveside service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dadeville Masonic Cemetery, Dadeville, Mo. Brenner, Pittsburg.
- Carol Sumerall, 74, retired Tulsa Public Schools secretary, died Monday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
Sapulpa - Naomi A. Inhofe, 94, bookkeeper, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mark Griffith-Westwood Funeral Home Chapel, Tulsa.
- Ruth Carolyn (Massey) Johnson, 74, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, House of Prayer, Tulsa. Green Hill.
- Cecil Rayon, 80, retired, died Monday. Services pending. Smith.
- Thomas Martin Thomas, 58, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
- Anna Walker, 94, retired bookkeeper, died Thursday in Weatherford. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Smith.
Sedan, Kan. - Herbert H. "Herb" Sturges, 73, retired Plains Oil Co. supervisor and gauger, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Barnes Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church.
- Billie Sue Alexander Teague, 77, retired real estate agent, died Saturday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel, Bartlesville.
Skiatook - Evelyn Kathryn Antle, 96, antiques store greeter, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Peters-Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.
- Genevieve Donnelly, 93, Brunswick and Zebco retail distributor, died Thursday in Lumberton, Texas. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sien-Shelton Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Skiatook United Methodist Church.
Stigler - Rena Mary Thompson, 89, office manager, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. Mallory-Martin.
- Charles J. "Shorty" Tinsley, 72, oil-field worker, died Monday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Garland Cemetery. King & Shearwood.
Stilwell - Robbie Kirk, 70, laborer, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
- Wilma Smallen, 88, homemaker, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
Stroud - Harold Dean Raffety, 78, laundry owner, died Sunday in Oklahoma City. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Stroud Christian Church. Parks Brothers.
Tahlequah - Randall E. Morgan, 85, former Morgan's Bakery owner, died Saturday. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Green Country Funeral Home, and memorial service 11 a.m. Wednesday, South College Church of Christ.
- Mary L. Thompson, 83, died Monday. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Wagoner - Carol I. (Bavinger) McElroy, 88, homemaker, died Saturday in Columbus, Miss. Services pending. Mallett.
- Julie Anne (Sarvash) McLaughlin, 65, retired Wagoner County Sheriff's Office employee, died Jan. 25 in Tulsa. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Mallett Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Friday, Calvary Baptist Church, Tishomingo.
- Larry Walker, 63, minister, died Sunday. Services pending. Shipman.
Westville - Byron Searles, 83, educator, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Roberts & Hart Funeral Home Chapel.
Wetumka - Neil C. Thompson, 80, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church. Williamson-Spradlin.
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