Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Saturday, February 09, 2013
2/09/13 at 3:18 AM
TULSA
Atchley, John L., 90, Atchley Services owner, died Friday in Coweta. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Bales, Alfred Steve, 66, Coreslab cement finisher, died Thursday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Heath-Griffith Funeral Home Chapel.
Coatney, Bill G., 90, Oklahoma Natural Gas regulator repairman, died Wednesday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Memorial Baptist Church.
Henry, Bonnie L., 91, homemaker, died Friday in Springfield, Mo. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
McCuen, Jackie, 49, insurance benefits specialist, died Wednesday. Services pending. Reynolds.
Miller Cellino, Christine, 60, died Wednesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow. Services pending.
Monnet, Annabelle G., 88, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Boston Avenue United Methodist Church. Moore's Southlawn.
O'Hara Henley, Lorene A., 96, teacher, died Friday in Broken Arrow. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow. Services pending.
Robinson, Delmar N., 73, retired Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. customer service supervisor, died Thursday. Visitation noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Stanleys Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Monday, Carbondale Assembly of God.
Sethi, Suresh Chander, 75, retired oil business consultant, died Sunday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Stirens, William Raymond, 42, construction laborer, died Feb. 4. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Mark Griffith-Westwood Funeral Home Chapel.
Weaver, Helen Louise (Wrinkle), 86, secretary, died Wednesday. Services pending. Serenity.
Wilkinson, Mary Ann (Ose), 95, registered nurse, died Wednesday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Arthur L. "Art" Laughry, 87, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. Seismic Data Department manager, died Friday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Ivan Wayne Powell, 84, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. keypunch supervisor, died Wednesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Stumpff Funeral Home.
- Betty J. Stanford, 73, died Friday. Services pending. Walker-Brown.
- Patsy Ruth (Hankins) Whitwell, 87, retired medical office assistant, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Bixby - Joe W. Ary, 71, security officer, died Thursday. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Broken Arrow - Joyce M. Wilderman, 95, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven.
Claremore - Charlie Bird, 67, stone mason, died Wednesday. Services pending. Rice.
- Billy Joe Dick, 74, former coal miner, died Thursday in Tulsa. Service 1 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church, Chelsea. Luginbuel, Vinita.
Colcord - Edward O'Field, 83, retired, died Wednesday in Rochester, Minn. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Shipman's Funeral Home, Pryor, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Euwasha Baptist Church, Kenwood.
Collinsville - Janice D. Walker, 67, Owasso Lowe's employee, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Rice Funeral Home, Claremore.
Commerce - Ermal I. Hollon, 90, homemaker, died Thursday. Visitation 3-4 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Paul Thomas Funeral Home.
Dewey - Susan Leann Deal, 55, died Jan. 31. Services pending. Walker-Brown, Bartlesville.
- William C. "Bill" Kay, 74, retired from the Army, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Eufaula - Allen Wayne Runyon, 66, Ken's Pizza manager, died Thursday. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Sunday, Hunn Black & Merritt Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Greenwood Cemetery.
Garber - Tommy Allen Peterson, 64, died Feb. 4 in Enid. Memorial service 1-4 p.m. Monday, Garber Fire Station. Dugger.
Locust Grove - Jon "Pee Wee" Cavalier, 75, retired from Public Service Company of Oklahoma, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Pleasant View Baptist Church, Pryor. Locust Grove Funeral Home.
- Darryl Gene Sanders, 53, metal framer, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Locust Grove Funeral Home Chapel.
McAlester - Raymond Wesley Collins, 87, retired Tinker Air Force Base civil service worker, died Thursday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Memory Gardens Memorial Park. Chaney-Harkins.
- Lucille Mary Pearson, 91, St. Anthony's Hospital housekeeper, died Friday. No services planned. Brumley-Mills.
- James F. "Jim" Stephens, 85, retired Greyhound bus driver, died Thursday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, Arpelar Cemetery, Arpelar. Chaney-Harkins.
Miami - Jeffery Scott "Jeff" Blair, 41, died Thursday. Visitation 3-4 p.m. Sunday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home, and service 10:30 a.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church.
Newkirk - Rhoda A. Friesen, 84, retired floral designer, died Tuesday. No services planned. Miller-Stahl.
- Laverna "Sissie" (Tipton) Greenwood, 93, retired restaurant owner, died Wednesday in Tonkawa. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Miller-Stahl.
Okmulgee - Eugene Brown, 79, truck driver, died Thursday. Services pending. Leonard & Marker, Bixby.
- Gary B. Harman, 73, retired electric company surveying engineer, died Wednesday in Tahlequah. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Trinity Lutheran Church. McClendon-Winters.
Ponca City - Shirley A. Hollingsworth, 79, homemaker, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Grace Funeral Home Chapel.
Pryor - Louise McElroy, 54, certified public accountant, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Stephens Funeral Home.
Sapulpa - Walter W. McDonell, 82, retired Walt's Barber Shop owner, died Thursday in Claremore. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Praise Fellowship Church. Green Hill.
- Claudia Marie "Sissy" Ponder, 73, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard, Broken Arrow.
- Terry L. Steeples, 63, retired Frankoma Pottery plant manager, died Thursday in Oklahoma City. Visitation 6:30-8 p.m. Sunday, Smith Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church.
Spiro - Maurice Jack Miller, 62, laborer, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Evangel Temple Assembly of God, Fort Smith, Ark.
Stigler - Clifford Stancell, 74, retired city of Stigler employee, died Thursday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, First Assembly of God. King & Shearwood.
Stillwater - Martha Nell (Sutton) Holton, 93, homemaker, died Tuesday. No local services planned. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Stilwell - Freddie Ray Morton, 75, Franklin Electric employee, formerly of Stilwell, died Thursday in Oklahoma City. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
Tahlequah - Benks Chaudoin, 87, farmer, died Thursday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
- David Payne, 63, died Friday. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
- Emma Vanbuskirk, 86, died Thursday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Rocky Ford Community Building, Oaks. Reed-Culver.
Tryon - Marsha Ann Hailey, 60, died Friday in Chandler. Graveside service 11 a.m. Monday, Tryon Cemetery, Tryon. Palmer Marler, Cushing.
Vian - Nelda Jo O'Neal, 47, fast-food restaurant manager, died Feb. 4. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Brushy Cemetery, Sallisaw. Agent & Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw.
Wagoner - Yvette Wolf, 32, died Wednesday. Services pending. Shipman's, Pryor.
Westville - Darrell Ross Paulk, 76, Franklin Electric employee, died Thursday in Fayetteville, Ark. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Roberts & Hart Funeral Home Chapel.
Wetumka - James Clyde Smalts, 72, died Tuesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Willow Bar Cemetery, Keyes. Williamson-Spradlin.
Wister - Terry Don Lee, 54, died Thursday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Evans & Miller Funeral Home, Poteau.
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
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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.
