Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Sunday, February 10, 2013
2/10/13 at 3:00 AM
TULSA
Atchley, John L., 90, Atchley Services Co. Inc. owner, died Friday in Coweta. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home; service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sheridan Road Baptist Church; and graveside service 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Elmwood Cemetery, Wagoner.
Cellino, Christine (Miller), 60, real estate broker, died Wednesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow, and memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Asbury United Methodist Church.
Chesnutt, Adam Todd, 48, electrician, died Feb. 2. Private family services. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Clawson, Abraham James Jr., 72, building contractor, died Friday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Degen, Ellen Lindsay, 80, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Moore Rosewood.
Dodge, Joyce, 77, office manager, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Goudeau, Shirley, 65, homemaker, died Friday in Durant. Services pending. Jack's.
Hampton, Mildred Elizabeth, 91, homemaker, died Friday in Catoosa. Graveside service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Reynolds Rose Hill Cemetery. Reynolds Rose Hill.
Heacock, Deese, 56, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Henley, Lorene O'Hara, 96, educator, died Friday. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
Howard, Lynnda Marie, 65, mental health social worker, died Saturday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Jones, Jeffrey Thane, 54, trim carpenter, died Feb. 3. Memorial service 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Kelso, Elton Ray, 66, professional cowboy, formerly of Tulsa, died Feb. 2 in Salt Lake City. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Rhema Bible Church, Broken Arrow. Christian-Gavlik, Broken Arrow.
McGuire, Deborah J., 57, radiation technologist, died Friday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
McIntosh, Waylond Jack, 36, construction laborer, died Wednesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jubilee Worship Center. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Moore, Eleanor, 89, office manager, died Thursday. Service 3 p.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Newman, Eula Beth (Stanley), 93, retired Tulsa World proofreader, died Thursday. No services planned. Cremation Society.
Noah, Elizabeth, 96, retired National Bank of Tulsa custodian, died Friday in Jenks. Services pending. Heath-Griffith.
Plair, Elsie (Vann), 91, homemaker, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, St. Andrew Baptist Church. Jack's.
Rodriguez, Lynne Otis, 69, job placement representative, died Saturday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Schlitt, Raymond W., 86, retired Tulsa Tribune employee, died Thursday. Private family services. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
Sundgren, Gertrude O., 97, homemaker, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. Stanleys.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Afton - George Arthur Yelton, 85, retired IBEW District 7 apprenticeship and training director, died Friday in Vinita. Services pending. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
Bartlesville - Arthur L. "Art" Laughry, 87, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. Seismic Data Department manager, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, First Wesleyan Church. Stumpff.
- Patsy Ruth (Hankins) Whitwell, 87, retired medical office assistant, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.
- Ardelle Elaine Wilson, 81, died Saturday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Bixby - Joe W. Ary, 71, security officer, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church. Mowery, Owasso.
- William F. "Billy" Canaan, 54, framer, died Thursday. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Monday, Bixby Funeral Service, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, RiverCrest Chapel.
- Danny Michael Miller, 63, salesman, died Thursday in Tulsa. Service 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Victory Christian Church, Tulsa, and graveside service 1 p.m. Friday, Fayetteville National Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
- Mui Thi Thai, 65, homemaker, died Tuesday. Private family services. Bixby Funeral Service.
Bokoshe - Jim Bob Abernathy, 73, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home, Poteau, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, New Life Center, Panama.
Broken Arrow - Peggy Lou Hagar, 76, Dillard's sales associate, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Hayhurst Funeral Home, and graveside service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Carney Cemetery, Carney.
- Thomas Kevin Hedges, 68, Spirit Aerosystems industrial engineer, died Jan. 31. Memorial service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Church of St. Benedict. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Catoosa - Nancy Bean, 80, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
- Elaine Estella Washington, 84, Dillard's sales associate, died Saturday. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Claremore - Charlie Bird, 67, stone mason, died Wednesday. Visitation 3-6 p.m. Monday and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, both at Rice Funeral Home.
- Robert Paul "Bobby" Sammarco, 56, sales associate, died Thursday in Tulsa. Services pending. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
Coweta - Charlette Karns, 89, died Saturday in Tahlequah. Services pending. Hersman-Nichols, Wagoner.
Dewey - William C. "Bill" Kay, 74, retired from the Army, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel, Bartlesville.
Drumright - Billie Mae Gibson, 76, bookkeeper, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Michael's.
Hominy - Irene Shoup Preston, 89, homemaker, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Cleveland, Okla.
Kellyville - Daniel Michael McCollum, 61, died Thursday. Private family services. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
McAlester - Wynonah Clifton, 90, bookkeeper, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Lone Grove Free Will Baptist Church, Lone Grove. Chaney-Harkins.
Muldrow - Nancy Margaret Morgan, 82, homemaker, died Friday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, Sallisaw, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Liberty Assembly of God.
Muskogee - Roy Eugene Acuff Jr., 46, died Friday in Malvern, Ark. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Vaught Cemtery, Webbers Falls. Lescher-Millsap.
- Elias Dean, age unavailable, died Saturday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
- Cory Sylvester Logan, 27, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Summit First Baptist Church, Summit. Keith D. Biglow.
- Prince Edward Myers, 88, VA Medical Center certified nursing assistant, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Ragsdale Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Monday, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church.
- Flora Dean "Flo" Ridgel, 61, home health aide, died Wednesday. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Tuesday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and no local services planned.
Okmulgee - Eugene "Gene" Brown, 79, retired truck driver, died Thursday. Wake service 7 p.m. Sunday and service 1 p.m. Monday, both at Concharty United Methodist Church. Leonard & Marker, Bixby.
- Nancy L. (Foster) Retch, 82, retired physician's assistant, died Saturday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Oologah - Fred Junior Buckley, 71, retired courier, died Thursday. Private family services. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Owasso - Nancy E. Tanksley, 64, Owasso Baptist Village office manager, died Thursday. Services pending. Mowery.
Pawhuska - Laura Louise (Miller) Vaughan, 90, homemaker, died Saturday. Graveside service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Pawhuska Cemetery. McCartney's Johnson.
Perry - Inez K. Timmons, 83, died Friday. Funeral Mass 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Brown-Dugger.
Poteau - Marcella Waymire, 84, retired licensed practical nurse, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church.
Sand Springs - Marian "Louise" Mills, 75, retired beautician, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
Sapulpa - Shirley J. Cowan, 77, retired, formerly of Oktaha, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Carbondale Assembly of God, Tulsa. Bradley, Muskogee.
- Claudia Marie "Sissy" Ponder, 73, homemaker, died Thursday. Private family services. Kennedy-Kennard, Broken Arrow.
Tahlequah - Ronald Hess II, 47, died Saturday. Services pending. Green Country.
- Sara Poe, 71, administrative assistant, died Saturday. Services pending. Green Country.
Vian - Billy Joe Speer, 78, ARCO Chemicals plant supervisor and retired Vian Public Schools janitor, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Agent & Mallory Martin Funeral Home, Sallisaw, and graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Garden of Memories.
Wagoner - Elnora McMahan, 89, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Hersman-Nichols.
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.
