Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
2/06/13 at 2:53 AM
TULSA
Alvarado, Damaris, 42, died Tuesday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Benson, Ruby Ann (Sellers), 62, died Monday. Services pending. Serenity.
Beustring, Flora Mae, 96, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home.
Bowie, Jacob Jr., 70, heavy-equipment operator, died Monday. Services pending. Dyer.
Bouret, Virginia Gayl, 82, retired, died Sunday. Private family services. Kennedy-Midtown.
Brummett, Pat, 78, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Hayhurst Funeral Home, Broken Arrow, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, Woodlake Church.
Butler, Donald Eugene, 66, hydrologist, died Monday. Visitation noon-7 p.m. and service 1 p.m. Saturday, both at Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home.
Chambers, Forrest Beatrice, 92, nurse's aide, died Monday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Conwell, Judith, 64, former medical administrator, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Cooper, Jesse F. Jr., 81, retired GASO Pumps Inc. president, died Jan. 30. Celebration of life 10:30 a.m. Feb. 23, Cremation Society of Oklahoma Chapel.
Crouch, Ann Marshall (Heard), 80, homemaker, died Saturday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Friday, Trinity Episcopal Church. Moore's Rosewood.
Fisher, Lavern, 85, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Fuller, Patricia L., 80, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home.
Glass, Emily F., 89, homemaker, died Monday in Santa Barbara, Calif. Services pending. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Hargrove, Linda Jean, 72, professor, formerly of Tulsa, died Jan. 29 in Muncie, Ind. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Moore's Rosewood.
Huntley, Della Ruth, 80, teacher, died Tuesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Jackson, Arlevia, 78, homemaker, died Jan. 29. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Shiloh Baptist Church. Jack's.
Jackson, Duane F., 77, petroleum pump builder, died Monday in Glenpool. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Reynolds Funeral Home Chapel.
Johnson, Clyde H., 59, retired from Oklahoma Natural Gas, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Amos Temple CME Church, Boley. Green Hill, Sapulpa.
Kelsey, Curtis Franklin, 89, mechanic, died Saturday. Services pending. Cornerstone, Muskogee.
Lile, Stephen Eugene, 65, retired judge, died Jan. 23. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Grace Church, Broken Arrow.
Little, Mamie, 84, homemaker, died Thursday. Memorial service 4 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Martin, Donald R., 74, aircraft tool worker, died Monday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
McCause, Bille Glenn, 83, salesman, died Friday in Muskogee. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Reynolds Funeral Home Chapel.
McElwaine, Virginia Helen, 88, homemaker, died Saturday. Visitation 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Fitzgerald Ivy Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Friday, Holy Family Cathedral.
McRae, Kenneth, 80, Tulsa Public Library custodian, died Jan. 29. Private family services. Dyer.
Moreland, Raymond, 93, Affiliated Foods Inc. CEO, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Rose Hill Memorial Park Mausoleum. Moore's Rosewood.
Plair, Elsie (Vann), 91, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Jack's.
Ponder-Williams, Jean Elizabeth, 79, home health provider, died Tuesday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Potter, Bobby E., 85, retired Assembly of God minister, died Sunday in Bixby. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Freeman Harris Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Friday, Woodlake Church.
Reneau, Tommy Ann, 76, Tulsa Public Schools teacher, died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian. Moore's Southlawn.
Samuels, Gladys Lois, 94, retired Los Angeles Public Schools dietitian, died Monday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Thursday, Bishop's Northside Funeral Home Chapel.
Sawyer, Joan, 79, mail carrier, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 11 a.m. Friday, both at Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home.
Simmons, Reuben, 74, minister, died Sunday. Services pending. Dyer.
Sinor, Roy James, 89, pipefitter and welder, died Jan. 8. Memorial service 3 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Singley, Joel P. "Buddy," 72, truck driver, died Jan. 29. Memorial service 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Stirens, William, 42, died Monday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Strange, Marilyn Sue, 77, retired Tulsa Community College humanities professor, died Sunday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Suitor, Johnny Joe, 71, courier, died Jan. 13. Graveside service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Rest Haven Cemetery, Sperry. Johnson, Sperry.
Taylor, Evelyn, 78, Oklahoma State University monitor technician, died Friday. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Wednesday, Dyer Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Thursday, Mount Olive Baptist Church, Sapulpa.
Valdes Cardenas, Marina, 73, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, Reynolds Rose Hill Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Thursday, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.
Whittley, Demetria Arthelia, 53, legal administrative clerk, died Monday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Covenant Family Church. Keith D. Biglow.
Wilkerson, G. Ann, 70, insurance agent, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Wilkerson, Thomas Clyde, 78, died Tuesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Albion - Alton Lindan Johnson, 60, carpenter, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Tuskahoma School Gymnasium, Tuskahoma. Talihina Funeral Home, Talihina.
Bartlesville - Betty Jane Armstrong, 89, homemaker, died Jan. 30. Visitation 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home, and graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery.
- Mary Juanita Clark, 81, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Big Cabin - Irene (Taylor) Francis, 92, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Chelsea Funeral Home, Chelsea.
Bixby - E. Gene Watkins, 78, minister, died Jan. 30. Memorial service 1 p.m. Thursday, St. James United Methodist Church, Tulsa. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Bristow - Lloyd Hammons, 87, retired oil-field mechanic, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Hutchins-Maples.
Broken Arrow - Jeffery W. "Jeff" James, 50, musician, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 1 p.m. Thursday, New Haven United Methodist Church, Tulsa.
- Bill Claude Knowles, 79, architect and rancher, died Tuesday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn, Tulsa.
- Donna S. Neeley, 71, Wagoner County Rural Water District bookkeeper, died Tuesday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
- Mary Anne Stenslie, 72, homemaker, died Thursday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Friday, Immanuel Lutheran Church. Hayhurst.
- James R. Teel, 85, petroleum engineer, died Tuesday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn, Tulsa.
- Kristin Nairn Washington, 46, occupational therapy assistant, died Monday in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend, Kan., and service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, First Presbyterian Church, Great Bend.
Bunch - Merle Dean Leach-Squirrel, 53, homemaker, died Sunday in Tahlequah. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Echota Baptist Church, Stilwell. Roberts/Reed-Culver, Stilwell.
Checotah - Don Allen, 72, farmer, died Monday in Muskogee. Services pending. Garrett.
- Kenneth Sorrenson, 80, aerospace engineer, died Tuesday. Services pending. Garrett.
Coffeyville - Ronald Dean Lee, 71, died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, First Southern Baptist Church. Stumpff, Nowata.
Collinsville - Juanita Marie (Beaver) Lowe, 88, homemaker, died Monday in Tulsa. No services planned. Collinsville Dolton.
Coweta - Anita Catherine Hagan, 47, state of Oklahoma accounting assistant, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Wright-Brown.
- Carol Payne, 55, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Hayhurst Funeral Home, Broken Arrow, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Forest Ridge Baptist Church, Broken Arrow.
Grove - Ralph Kneeland, age unavailable, died Saturday. Services pending. Grand Lake Funeral Home.
- Jase Cano Wheeler, infant son of Alisha Woods and Cody Wheeler, died Monday. Services pending. Grand Lake Funeral Home.
Independence, Kan. - Darvin Duane Hastings, 67, died Thursday in Wichita. Graveside service 1 p.m. Friday, Mount Hope Cemetery. Webb.
Inola - Lori Thompson, 51, died Monday. Services pending. Green Country, Tahlequah.
Miami - Claudine Arnold, 88, Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. operator, died Monday in Commerce. Visitation 12:30-2 p.m. and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Paul Thomas Funeral Home.
- Robert Lee "Bobby" Key, 58, Newell Coach Corp. service technician, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, GAR Cemetery.
Muldrow - Harvey E. Rogers, 75, minister, died Monday in Inola. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Thursday, Living Water Fellowship, Roland.
Nowata - Charles R. Douglas, 65, city employee, died Monday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Martin Cemetery. Benjamin.
Okay - Barney E. Sullivan, 79, retired ad valorem tax consultant, died Jan. 30. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Resthaven Mortuary, Wichita, Kan., and memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Goddard United Methodist Church, Goddard, Kan.
Okemah - Everett D. Jones Sr., 70, machinist, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, United Pentecostal Church. Parks Brothers.
Okmulgee - Cecil Asberry, 89, factory worker, died Tuesday. Services pending. House of Winn.
- Doretha Louise Perry, 74, health provider, died Jan. 30 in Dallas. Visitation 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and service 10 a.m. Saturday, both at St. Matthew's Baptist Church. Keith D. Biglow, Tulsa.
Owasso - Elta Ann Love, 93, garment worker, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Mowery.
- Lou Edith Mitchell, 77, retail sales associate, died Tuesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
- Kyle S. Overstreet Sr., 91, construction supervisor, died Saturday. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, both at Mowery Funeral Home.
Ponca City - Mary R. Brown, 94, homemaker, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. Grace.
- Ellen M. (Ferguson) Moore, 61, waitress, died Sunday. Services pending. Anderson, Tonkawa.
Porter - Ronnie Wayne Fielden, 61, framer and rancher, died Monday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Shipman Funeral Home, Wagoner.
- Tony H. Tibbs, 90, retired, died Sunday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Foster-Petering Funeral Home, Muskogee, and graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Vernon Cemetery, Coweta.
Porum - Carl Junior Breedlove, 79, retired Department of Transportation mechanic, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Porum Assembly of God. Mallory-Martin, Stigler.
Poteau - Donald J. "Diamond Don" Barnes, 71, former Poteau mayor and radio announcer, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Donald W. Reynolds Community Center. Evans & Miller.
Ralston - Margaret Elizabeth (Pultz) Pearson, 97, homemaker, died Monday in Beeville, Texas. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Highland Cemetery, Pawnee. Poteet, Pawnee.
Sallisaw - Bill Ward, 83, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Faith Assembly of God. Agent & Mallory-Martin.
Sand Springs - James L. Belding, 94, accountant, died Monday in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Smith Funeral Home, Sapulpa, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Beams of Light Church, Sapulpa.
- Lester Furr, 67, construction contractor, died Tuesday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Riverside.
- Sandra Gael "Sandy" (Kirkpatrick) Wells, 63, teacher and author, died Sunday in Tulsa. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home.
Sapulpa - Temprance Rain "Tempy" Ainsworth, 4, died Saturday. Service 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Skiatook - Carl Wesley Easky, 72, heat exchanger assembler, died Saturday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Osage Garden Cemetery. Johnson, Sperry.
Sperry - Gladys McIntyre, 81, died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Sien-Shelton, Skiatook.
Stigler - Pauline Apple, 94, homemaker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel.
- Dennis Lee Virden, 69, retired warehouse operator, formerly of Stigler, died Sunday in Kansas City, Kan. Graveside service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Quinton City Cemetery, Quinton. Mallory-Martin.
Stroud - Wilma Louise Shutler, 80, legal secretary, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Stroud Christian Church. Palmer Marler, Cushing.
Tahlequah - Solomon Wade Berry, 68, died Monday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Faith Chapel Church, Moodys. Kennedy-Kennard, Broken Arrow.
- Paul Aaron Mahan, 68, janitorial service worker, died Sunday. Services pending. Green Country.
Wagoner - Norma Robertson Hicks, 69, businesswoman, died Monday in Sallisaw. Visitation 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, Sallisaw, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, Blackgum.
- David Redfern, 79, died Tuesday. Services pending. Hersman-Nichols.
- John Homer Russell, 92, restaurant owner, died Jan. 30. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Shipman.
Weleetka - Ruby Clevenger, 92, died Feb. 2. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Williamson-Spradlin, Wetumka.
Westville - Lenora Hamilton, 86, Cherokee Nation Industries public health representative, died Friday in Stilwell. Service 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Old Green Cemetery. Roberts & Hart.
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