Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Friday, February 08, 2013
2/08/13 at 2:57 AM
TULSA
Chissoe, Burnell, 90, homemaker, formerly of Tulsa, died Monday in Conway, Ark. Memorial service 10 a.m. Feb. 16, Roller-McNutt Funeral Home Chapel, Conway.
Coatney, Bill G., 90, Oklahoma Natural Gas regulator repairman, died Wednesday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Colwell, Earl, 91, retired American Airlines airframe and power plant mechanic, died Tuesday. Memorial service 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Skelly Drive Baptist Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Denton, Samuel Jr., 88, electrician, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Antioch Baptist Church. Jack's.
Dodson, Michael Eugene, 56, interior designer, died Tuesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Hines, Karen Sue (Arnold), 56, nurse, died Wednesday. Services pending. Serenity.
Hudson, Tammy L., 50, homemaker, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday and service 11 a.m. Saturday, both at Ninde Brookside Funeral Home Chapel.
Huntley, Della Ruth, 80, teacher, died Tuesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Jones, Zelma K., 84, died Thursday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Kelso, Elton Ray, 66, cowboy, died Saturday in Salt Lake City, Utah. Services pending. Christian-Gavlik, Broken Arrow.
Kimball, Gay Wines, 85, homemaker, died Tuesday. Celebration of life 5 p.m. Saturday, Greer-McElveen Funeral Home Chapel, Lenoir, N.C.
Knapp, Margaret "Margo," 54, TTCU employee, died Jan. 6. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Moore's Memory Funeral Home Chapel. Moore's Rosewood.
McElroy, Richard Edward, 61, McElroy Roofing owner, died Wednesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
McGoffin, Evlyn M., 96, grocery store owner, died Monday. No local services planned. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
McIntosh, Wayland Jack, 36, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Ponder-Williams, Jean Elizabeth, 79, home health provider, died Tuesday. Visitation noon-7 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Full Gospel Outreach Ministries.
Robinson, Delmar N., 73, retired Oklahoma Natural Gas customer service supervisor, died Thursday. Services pending. Stanleys.
Wilson, Elmira Y. (Bland), 72, child-care provider, died Jan. 30. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Friendship Church. 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 - Ivan Wayne Powell, 84, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Cecil B. Ward, 91, electrical contractor, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Assembly Of God, Coweta. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Bixby - Billy Canaan, 54, framer, died Thursday. Services pending. Bixby Funeral Service.
- Danny Michael Miller, 63, salesman, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Blackwell - Mary Berneice Finch, 95, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church. Trout.
Broken Arrow - Edna L. Brody, 76, homemaker, died Wednesday. No local services planned. Floral Haven.
- Peggy Lou Hagar, 76, Dillard's sales associate, died Thursday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
- Carrie Sue Terrill, 81, homemaker, died Wednesday. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Saturday, Reynolds Funeral Home, Collinsville, and graveside service 1 p.m. Monday, Ridgelawn Cemetery, Collinsville.
Cameron - Margaret Ann Sheriff, 72, Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center ward clerk, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home Chapel, Poteau.
Checotah - Howard Munsell, 87, pastor, died Thursday in Muskogee. Services pending. Garrett.
- Kenneth Sorrenson, 80, aerospace engineer, died Tuesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Garrett Funeral Home Chapel.
Chetopa, Kan. - Norma J. Rudd, 83, died Wednesday in Joplin, Mo. Graveside service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Lake Creek Cemetery, Bartlett. Thomas, Welch, Okla.
Chouteau - Patrick Allan Knowles Sr., 48, commercial fisherman, died Wednesday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Claremore - Elaine Catherine (Klatt) Brown-Brooks, 92, retired nurse, died Thursday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Richard Chalmer Kelley, 78, retired mechanic, died Saturday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Carl Filmore Quick, 91, retired McDonnell Douglas program manager, died Tuesday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
Cleveland - Glenda Fisher, 48, died Tuesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday and service 3:30 p.m. Saturday, both at Chapman-Black Funeral Home.
Colcord - Walter Franklin Frazier, 73, heavy-equipment operator, died Wednesday in Fayetteville, Ark. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Hall Cemetery, Natural Dam, Ark. Hart, Stilwell.
Collinsville - Janice D. Walker, 67, bank teller, died Wednesday. Services pending. Rice, Claremore.
Council Hill - Lloyd Reust, 85, Tinker Air Force Base welder, died Wednesday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Garrett Funeral Home Chapel, Checotah.
Coweta - Anita Catherine Hagan, 47, state of Oklahoma accounting assistant, died Feb. 1 in Tulsa. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, Holland Cemetery, Tahlequah. Wright-Brown.
Enid - Maxine Austin, 102, died Thursday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Presbyterian Church. Brown-Cummings.
Fairfax - Norma Osage Byrd, 80, Osage and Iowa tribes cultural adviser, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Service 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Hunsaker-Wooten.
Grove - William Bill Garrett, 91, retired Goettle Brothers Co. sheet metal specialist, died Thursday. Services pending. Grand Lake Funeral Home.
- Ralph Kneeland Jr., 52, truck driver, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Grand Lake Funeral Home Chapel.
- Jase Wheeler, infant son of Alicia Woods and Cody Wheeler, died Monday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Council House Cemetery, Wyandotte. Grand Lake Funeral Home.
Henryetta - David Armbrister, 62, died Thursday. Services pending. Integrity.
Hulbert - Lois Christine (Hakes) Halpain, 89, farmer, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Mallet Funeral Home, Wagoner, and service 2 p.m. Monday, First Free Will Baptist Church, Wagoner.
Kellyville - Daniel Michael McCollum, 61, died Thursday. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Keota - Elsie Mae Owens, 74, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Keota Assembly of God. Mallory-Martin, Stigler.
Muskogee - Eola Mae Atkinson, 93, Sonic manager, died Jan. 29. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church.
- Marvelene Borovetz, 70, teacher, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Garrett, Checotah.
- Earl Gene Cope Jr., 47, laborer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Ragsdale.
- Leslie Ann Deere, 49, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel.
- John Groom, 55, died Monday. Memorial service 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Hutchins-Maples Funeral Home Chapel, Bristow.
- Cory Sylvester Logan, 27, died Wednesday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
- Norma Jean Milligan, 60, certified public accountant, died Thursday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Greenhill Cemetery. Lescher-Millsap.
- David H. Richardson, 78, farmer, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Church of Jesus Christ. Foster-Petering.
- Flora Dean Ridgel, 61, home health aide, died Wednesday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Okemah - Verna Henshaw, 95, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Assembly of God. Parks Brothers.
Okmulgee - Gary B. Harman, 73, retired electric company surveying engineer, died Wednesday in Tahlequah. Services pending. McClendon-Winters.
- Jeanette Ruth (Tecumseh) Washington, 63, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Wake 7 p.m. Friday and service 1 p.m. Saturday, both at Concharty United Methodist Church. Shurden-Jackson.
Oologah - Fred Junior Buckley, 71, retired courier, died Thursday. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Owasso - Donald Leonard Penny, 58, security guard, died Tuesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Poteau - Lavon Murphy, 67, cake decorator, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, Spiro, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Victory Worship Center, Spiro.
Pryor - Betty McElroy, 54, certified public accountant, died Thursday. Services pending. Stephens.
- Kenneth Lee Ponsler, 48, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Shipman's.
Stigler - Mary Kathleen Seybold, 94, registered nurse, died Thursday. Services pending. Mallory-Martin.
Stillwater - Martha Nell (Sutton) Holton, 93, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Tahlequah - Benks Chaudoin, 87, farmer, died Thursday. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
- Emma Vanbuskirk, 86, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
Talihina - Juanita Christine Meashintubby, 68, homemaker, died Wednesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Goodsprings Cemetery, Lenox. Talihina Funeral Home.
Vinita - April Dawn Russell, 38, baker, died Monday. Graveside service 11 a.m. Saturday, Carselowey Cemetery, Carselowey. Benjamin, Nowata.
Wyandotte - Eileen E. Bush, 65, nursing home activity director and social worker, died Thursday in Quapaw. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Adcock, Fairland.
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.
