Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Saturday, February 16, 2013
2/16/13 at 2:08 AM
TULSA
Ashley, Letchen Samuel, 66, died Tuesday. Celebration of life 11 a.m. Monday, Friendship West Baptist Church, Dallas. Singing Hills, Dallas.
Baker, Evelyn Leona "Lee," 85, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Freeman Harris.
Bousum, Juanita, 84, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Branch, Bettye L., 82, retired medical secretary, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home Chapel.
Chase, Maymie, 99, died Thursday in Woodward. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Sunday, Billings Funeral Home, Woodward, and service 10 a.m. Monday, First Christian Church, Woodward.
Cryer, Stephanie Ann, 39, licensed practical nurse, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Herriage, William Kimbrough Jr., 66, security officer, died Tuesday in Oklahoma City. Services pending. Serenity.
Melton, Viola Fern, 89, business owner, died Wednesday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home Chapel. Moore's Southlawn.
Osborn, T.L., 89, evangelist and missionary, died Thursday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Pipkins, Victoria Louise Tottress, 86, died Feb. 8 in Jacksonville, Miss. Memorial service noon Thursday, Tabernacle Baptist Church. Peoples, Jacksonville.
Reed, Mary Jane "Janie," 94, former Rockwell employee, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Shepard, Helen Margaret Eyler, 96, Tulsa Public Schools cafeteria worker, died Friday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Stottlemyre, Louis Paul, 67, auto body restorer, died Thursday. Private family services. Kennedy-Midtown.
Swaine, Randall Martin, 31, customer service representative, died Monday. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Watson, Brandy Michele, 32, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Dillon & Smith, Sand Springs.
Winfrey, Gene, 90, evangelist, died Feb. 7. Service held Monday in Georgia. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Adair - Kyler Miller, infant son of Tamyu and Wayne Miller, died Thursday in Oklahoma City. Services pending. Stephens, Pryor.
Bartlesville - Faith Alexander, 91, retired from Reda Pump Co., died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Assembly of God. Stumpff.
- William Robert "Bob" King, 90, retired, died Friday. Services pending. Arnold Moore & Neekamp.
Broken Arrow - Dorothy Ruth Bryce, 81, Bryce Real Estate secretary, died Thursday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church. Hayhurst.
Claremore - Nelda Rae Lucas, 86, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
- Charles Richard "Rick" Minnick, 63, lawn maintenance worker, died Thursday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home Chapel.
Cleora - Ina M. (Brewster) Harrison, 88, nurse's aide, died Friday in Stilwell. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita, and graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, McLaughlin Cemetery.
Coweta - Journi Olivia Edwards-Garrick, infant daughter of Angelina and Dustin Edwards-Garrick, died Tuesday. Services pending. Wright-Brown.
Cushing - Betty L. (O'Brien) Powers, 85, homemaker, died Thursday in Edmond. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Davis Funeral Home Chapel.
Dewey - Vivian Elizabeth Miller, 90, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 1-2 p.m. Saturday and service 2 p.m. Saturday, both at Mowery Funeral Home.
Eucha - Jewel Faye Shotpouch, 84, homemaker, died Thursday in Bentonville, Ark. Visitation 3 p.m. Sunday, Shotpouch residence, and service 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church, Jay. Worley-Luginbuel, Jay.
Eufaula - Jo Lynne Allen, 64, Outlaws Barbeque owner, died Thursday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, Hunn Black & Merritt Funeral Home Chapel.
Jay - Krista Summerfield, 37, Betty Ann Nursing Center nurse, died Tuesday. Services pending. Worley-Luginbuel.
Jenks - Audra Sue Herberger, 78, executive assistant, died Thursday. Services pending. Stanleys, Tulsa.
Meeker - Donald E. Collier, 74, retired master sergeant, died Thursday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Rice Funeral Home, Claremore.
Miami - Edgar Lee "Eddie" Beard Jr., 91, merchant mariner, died Friday in Joplin, Mo. Services pending. Brown-Winters.
- Virginia Dian Kirk, 85, bank executive secretary, died Thursday in Tulsa. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Brown-Winters Funeral Home, and graveside service 11 a.m. Monday, Williams Coal Creek Cemetery.
Muskogee - Mary C. Walker, 66, homemaker, died Thursday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Three Rivers Cemetery, Okay. Foster-Petering.
Owasso - Mary E. Hunczak, 62, homemaker, died Tuesday in Largo, Fla. Services pending. Mowery.
- Michael Shane McGahey, 43, mechanic's assistant, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mowery.
- Vernon Paul Jr., 87, mechanical engineer, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Pawnee - Victor Keith Hoobler, 60, diesel mechanic, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Poteet Funeral Home Chapel.
Perry - Roy A. Oldehoeft, 82, formerly of Perry, died Feb. 8. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Dugger Family Funeral Home, and graveside service 9 a.m. Tuesday, Grace Hill Cemetery.
Poteau - Mary Irene Nobles, 82, homemaker, died Thursday. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Grace Manor Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church.
Pryor - Clayton Cowan, 90, construction worker, died Thursday in Claremore. Visitation 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Stephens Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church.
- Nada Sisk, 96, died Friday in Locust Grove. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Southside Christian Church. Stephens.
- Dusty Woods, 30, died Friday. Services pending. Stephens.
Sallisaw - Christopher Wayne Frost, 34, laborer, died Thursday in Fort Smith, Ark. No services planned. Agent & Mallory Martin.
Sand Springs - Frank R. Arnett, 93, retired W.C. Norris Co. truck driver, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
Sapulpa - David Young, 91, retired attorney, died Friday. Services pending. Smith.
Stigler - Mildred Cunningham, 84, waitress, died Thursday. Services pending. King & Shearwood.
- Jimmie Frank Smith, 69, welder, died Friday. Private family services. Hunn Black & Merritt, Eufaula.
Stillwater - Lucy Lou Fite, 95, died Tuesday in San Antonio. Service 10 a.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church. Strode.
- Lonnie Red, 62, machinist, died Thursday. Services pending. Palmer Marler.
Tahlequah - Emily Laura Girdner-Garner, 27, student, died Friday. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
Vinita - Betty Jo (Ledbetter) Lee, 72, Tyson processing plant worker, died Friday. Services pending. Luginbuel.
Wagoner - Pattie Anne Stroud, 83, Stroud Enterprises president, died Thursday in Coweta. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home Chapel, Tulsa.
- Dean Lee Welch, 68, drywall installer, died Thursday. Services pending. Shipman.
Wilburton - Jewell Lewis Vanhorn, 85, died Friday. Service 4 p.m. Monday, Waldrop Funeral Home Chapel.
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