Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Friday, February 01, 2013
2/01/13 at 9:55 AM
TULSA
Bakamjian, Grace N., 82, piano teacher, died Monday. Memorial service 1 p.m. March 2, All Souls Unitarian Church. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Baker, Anita Patricia, 64, Blue Monday Laundry attendant, died Jan. 20. Memorial service 3 p.m. Saturday, Add'Vantage Funeral Home Chapel.
Bevenue, Eric Brian, 51, Oklahoma City code enforcement officer, formerly of Tulsa, died Jan. 25 in Lindsay. Services pending. Boydston, Lindsay.
Dunsworth, Curtis Allen, 21, died Thursday in Oklahoma City. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Ellington, John B., 89, retired Philtower building manager, died Wednesday. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, St. Mark's United Methodist Church. Moore's Eastlawn.
Ford, Lynnwood, 77, construction worker, died Sunday in Muskogee. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Hersman-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel, Wagoner.
Freeman, Monte, 74, cook, died Wednesday. Services pending. Green Hill, Sapulpa.
Jackson, Arlevia, 78, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Jack's.
King, Jack E., 81, North American Aviation welding instructor and tooling engineer, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Faith Lutheran Church, Owasso. Mowery, Owasso.
Lacourse, Scott Allen, 36, formerly of Tulsa, died Tuesday in Houston. Visitation 9-10 a.m. Saturday and memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, both at Klein Funeral Home, Klein, Texas.
Lewis, Cathy Sue, 58, accountant, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.
McKie, Dorothy L. "Dottie," 75, court administrator, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
McRae, Kenneth, 80, Tulsa Public Library custodian, died Tuesday. Private family services. Dyer.
Meadows, Marguerite "Peggy" (Scott), 92, retired secretary, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, 29th & Yale Church of Christ. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Monteith, Gene, 93, computer service engineer, died Thursday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Mosley, Frank Norvell, 58, forklift driver, died Jan. 25. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Greater Mount Carmel Baptist Church. Jack's.
Perneau, William Joseph, 29, died Tuesday in Pryor. Private family services. Butler-Stumpff.
Tobble, Trina Denise, 42, cook, died Tuesday. Visitation 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Monday, Full Gospel Outreach Ministries.
Winn, Emily Priscilla, 68, artist, died Wednesday in Broken Arrow. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, Christian-Gavlik Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Wilson, DeJuan D., 19, chef, died Tuesday. Services pending. Dyer.
Wilson, Elmira Y. (Bland), 72, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Jack's.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Betty Jane Armstrong, 89, died Wednesday in Englewood, Colo. Services pending. Arnold Moore & Neekamp.
- Mary Louise Knoblett, 80, pharmacy clerk, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Walker-Brown.
- Kenneth Patrick "Pat" Mitchell, 55, died Wednesday. Services pending. Davis, Dewey.
Blackburn - Gladys Beatrice (Burger) Hagle, 89, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Blackburn Cemetery Pavilion. Poteet, Pawnee.
Blackwell - Angie E. Coussens, 80, died Tuesday in Medford. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Exchange Avenue Baptist Church, Oklahoma City. Roberts & Son.
- Houston Lamar Hall, 91, died Thursday. Graveside service 3 p.m. Saturday, Blackwell Cemetery. Roberts & Son.
Broken Arrow - Delaine Darcel (Hess) Goebel, 58, nurse, died Jan. 21. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
- Mary Anne Stenslie, 72, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
- David Swan, 77, market manager, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven.
Catoosa - Carol D. Nysveen, 76, retired American Airlines aircraft mechanic, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Checotah - Ella Wee Every, 84, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Garrett.
- Kelli Robison, 50, administrator, died Thursday in Muskogee. Services pending. Garrett.
Claremore - Rosetta Luerene Adams, 96, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn, Tulsa.
- Betty Jane (Carnes) Peaster, 87, homemaker, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Service 11 a.m. Monday, First Christian Church. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Ester Gail (Husselton) West, 101, answering service operator, died Thursday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Sperry.
Collinsville - Willis Leo Buoy, 83, American Airlines machinist, died Tuesday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Walker-Brown Funeral Home Chapel, Bartlesville.
- Deanna Deason, 69, computer board assembler, died Tuesday. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Coweta - Betty Jean Shieldnight, 89, retired bank teller, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Wright-Brown Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Christian Church.
Cushing - Daisy Hibbard, 86, died Jan. 9. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Cushing United Methodist Church, and burial 3 p.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa. Davis.
Eufaula - Norman Odell Breedlove, 79, salesman, died Tuesday. Private family services. Shipman's, Muskogee.
Fairfax - Will Mashburn, 47, welder, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2:30 p.m. Sunday, First Christian Church, Shidler. Hunsaker-Wooten.
Haskell - Beatrice Marie "Pat" Fields Ferguson, 82, child-care provider, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday and service 1 p.m. Saturday, both at Leonard & Marker Funeral Home, Bixby.
Hulbert - Delmar Ray Bailey, 71, sanitation technician, died Thursday in Muskogee. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
Jay - Dorthie Pauline Brown, 82, retired Grove Manor Nursing Home licensed practical nurse, died Wednesday in Grove. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Saturday, Community Chapel Church.
Krebs - Geneva Armstrong, 79, office manager, died Wednesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, Albion Cemetery, Albion. Talihina Funeral Home, Talihina.
Mannford - May Adkins, 87, retired, died Thursday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Mounds - C.D. Sherrin Jr., 57, Alliance truck driver, died Friday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, Add'Vantage Funeral Home Chapel, Tulsa.
Muskogee - Cecil Etson Brown, 83, laborer, died Saturday in Catoosa. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Friday, Granger-House of Winn Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Eastside First Baptist Church, Haskell.
Okmulgee - Marsha Yvonne Barlow, 59, health aide, died Jan. 25. Service noon Saturday, Eastside Church of God in Christ. House of Winn.
- Doretha Louise Perry, 74, private health provider, died Wednesday in Dallas. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
- Otherine Graham Toliver, 63, psychiatrist, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Friday and service 2 p.m. Saturday, both at House of Winn Funeral Home.
Owasso - Belle Burd, 86, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mowery.
- Duuna Dee Shirley Westlake, 47, plumbing company owner, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Florence Street Baptist Church, Broken Arrow.
Pryor - Charles Head, 63, Cherokee Nation secretary of state, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Stephens Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sequoyah High School Gymnasium, Tahlequah.
- Wesley Virden, 85, retired from Lone Star Industries, died Wednesday in Claremore. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Free Will Baptist Church. Stephens.
Sallisaw - Mary Jo Stites, 79, retired Oklahoma Department of Education school lunch consultant and Liberty Mounds English teacher, died Thursday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Agent-Mallory & Martin Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Monday, Immanuel Baptist Church.
Sapulpa - Betty Romine, 83, retired, died Thursday. Services pending. Smith.
- David Stamps, 59, construction worker, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Midway Full Gospel Church. Smith.
Sedan, Kan. - Billie Sue Alexander Teague, 77, retired real estate agent, died Saturday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel, Bartlesville.
Sperry - Barbara Jean Griffith, 71, computer programmer, died Wednesday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Johnson Funeral Home Chapel.
Stilwell - Marie Olive, 89, retired Zion School foster grandparent, died Thursday. Visitation 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Hart Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Monday, Stilwell City Cemetery.
Tahlequah - Lenora Patrick-Taylor, 91, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
Vinita - Billy F. Clark, 68, construction worker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Luginbuel.
- Ruth K. (King) Gray, 91, former Otasco store owner, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Graveside service 3 p.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa. Luginbuel.
Wagoner - Roy Edward Matlock, 85, GTE phone company worker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Shipman.
Webbers Falls - Robert Earl Diamond Jr., 58, carpenter, died Jan. 29. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oak Grove Baptist Church. Agent & Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw.
Wewoka - Beulah Hill, 68, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stout-Phillips.
Death notice policy
The Tulsa World publishes free death notices. Funeral homes may submit death notices from 4 to 10:30 p.m. daily. For information about news obituaries, call 581-8325.
Circle of Life
In an effort to honor those who have donated either organs, eyes or tissue, the Tulsa World is participating in the "Circle of Life" campaign sponsored by the Global Organization for Organ Donation (GOOD).
If your loved one was a donor, please inform the funeral director if you would like to have the "Circle of Life" logo placed in his or her listing.
