Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
2/19/13 at 2:57 AM
TULSA
Barton, Alan L., 67, retired, died Monday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Beebe, Larry Paul, 67, formerly of Tulsa, died Feb. 11. Services pending. Ewing, Venice, Fla.
Canady, Doris Evelyn, 58, retired Superior Linen Service supervisor, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Osage Hills Christian Church. Dillon & Smith, Sand Springs.
Clark, John "Pat," 79, Army Corps of Engineers civil engineer, died Monday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.
Cunningham, Virginia L., 74, retired teacher, died Monday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Davis, Catherine Margaret (Pfenenger), 86, homemaker, died Friday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Moose Lodge. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.
Hope, James, 34, died Sunday. Services pending. Reynolds.
Horton, Joann, 47, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Reynolds.
Jones, Sherri Lynn, 42, homemaker, died Saturday. Memorial service noon Wednesday, Mark Griffith-Westwood Funeral Home Chapel.
Manning, Raymond David, 53, gunsmith, died Sunday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Glad Tidings Assembly of God. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Meredith, James R., 92, attorney, died Sunday. Services pending. Cremation Society.
Moody, Ernest L. III, 56, Moody's Jewelry president and CEO, died Sunday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Neal, Gary L., 66, attorney, died Monday in Oklahoma City. Services pending. Stanleys.
Parks, Claralyn, 84, homemaker, died Jan. 29. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Freeman Harris Funeral Home Chapel.
Phelps-Taber, Sandra L., 67, caregiver, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Rapp, Shirley Angelina, 47, self-employed writer, died Saturday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Roberson, Nora V., 93, retired Nora's Draperies owner, died Saturday. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Freeman Harris Funeral Home Chapel.
Rudrow, Charles, 82, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Seeyle, Opal Mae, 91, Tulsa Public Schools cafeteria worker, died Jan. 28. Services were held Feb. 1. Moore's Southlawn.
Trimble, Wanda E., 60, former Walmart employee, died Sunday. Services pending. Heath-Griffith.
Tsai, Chin, 91, retired Chinese Air Force colonel, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Turner, Marcheta Marie, 87, seamstress, died Sunday. 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.
Bartlesville - Elizabeth Keys, 95, retired from Reda Pump, died Sunday. Visitation 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Stumpff Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Bartlesville Southern Baptist Church.
- Francis R. (Frank) Pichler, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. economic modeling director, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Blackburn - Darrell Glenn McEntire, 52, drywall finisher, died Friday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Blackburn Baptist Church. Chapman-Black, Cleveland, Okla.
Bristow - Jeanelle M. Braun, 52, homemaker, died Saturday in Okemah. Services pending. Hutchins-Maples.
Broken Arrow - Ronald "Ron" Christopher, 69, millwright, died Sunday. Memorial service 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel.
- Frederick "Skip" Darling, 65, Solaray sales representative, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Hayhurst Funeral Home. Services pending.
- Myron James "Jim" Pfeiffer Jr., 67, purchasing manager, died Saturday in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Akdar Shrine Center, Tulsa.
- Ruby Stevens, 77, homemaker, died Monday in Catoosa. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Weer Church of God of Prophecy Christian Family Center. Christian-Gavlik.
Catoosa - Connie Lou Hurst, 79, homemaker, died Monday in Claremore. Services pending. Christian-Gavlik, Broken Arrow.
Claremore - Billy "Joe" Moore, 87, retired business owner, died Saturday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Leo Murray, 81, retired from Rockwell-Boeing, died Sunday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill, Tulsa.
- Gail A. Rogers, 63, retired staff sergeant, died Saturday. Visitation 8-10 a.m. Thursday, Rice Funeral Home, and graveside service 11 a.m. Thursday, Woodlawn Cemetery.
Collinsville - Mark Letchenburg, retired Tulsa County sheriff's deputy, died Sunday in Tulsa. Services pending. Reynolds.
Coweta - Daytona P. Wilson, 21, QuikTrip cashier, died Sunday. Services pending. Wright-Brown.
Cushing - Fern G. Sneed, 89, retired secretary, died Sunday in Drumright. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Cushing Christian Church. Smith, Drumright.
Dewar - Patricia Ann Graham, 54, cook, died Saturday in Tulsa. Visitation 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Michael's Funeral Home, Bristow.
Drumright - Lorraine M. Bachmann, 85, seamstress, died Saturday. Private family services. Mark Griffith-Riverside, Sand Springs.
Fort Gibson - Catherine "Kitty" Brown, 66, retired convenience store manager, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel, Muskogee.
Glenpool - Ruby Jean Moore, 91, former Taylor's Ferry Marina co-owner, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Duck Creek Community Church, Liberty Mounds. Leonard & Marker, Bixby.
Grove - Leon Arnall, 69, retired firefighter and Arnall Plumbing owner, died Monday. Services pending. Worley-Luginbuel.
- C.H. Betterton, 81, died Sunday in Mulberry, Ark. Services pending. Worley-Luginbuel.
Hartshorne - Mollie Palmarchuk, 75, homemaker, died Monday in McAlester. Services pending. Brumley-Mills.
Hulbert - Josephine Beatrice Medina, 78, retired from AT&T, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Independence, Kan. - Clarence "Maynard" Catron, 70, formerly of Independence, died Saturday in Topeka. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Grandview Cemetery, Neodesha. Loran-Fawcett, Neodesha.
Jenks - Audra Sue Herberger, 78, executive assistant, died Thursday in Tulsa. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Stanleys Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church.
Kiefer - Michael Edward Hamelin, 63, plumber, died Thursday in Tulsa. Private family services. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Mannford - Eddie Franklin Fairchild, 67, forklift operator, died Sunday in Tulsa. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
McAlester - George Richard Tunning, 83, retired from Kiamichi Technology Center, died Friday. Memorial service 7 p.m. Thursday, Life Church. Bishop.
Miami - Edgar Lee "Eddie" Beard Jr., 91, merchant mariner, died Friday in Joplin, Mo. Private services. Brown-Winters.
- Larry Linn "Picher Boy" Conley, 42, Flint Rock employee, formerly of Picher, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Paul Thomas Funeral Home, Commerce.
- Jack C. Housman, 79, U.S. Forest Service employee, died Monday in Willits, Calif. Services pending. Brown-Winters.
- Teresa Darlene Landis, 46, died Saturday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Brown-Winters Funeral Home. No services planned.
Muldrow - William "Bill" Comstock, 81, retired from Baldor Electric, died Saturday in Fort Smith, Ark. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, South Bunch Cemetery, Bunch. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Muskogee - Juanita Mae Cook, 96, retired, died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Foster-Petering Funeral Home Chapel.
- Pauline Shrum, 85, retired from Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel.
Newkirk - Viola Mae Freek, 80, homemaker, died Saturday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Arkansas City, Kan. Miller-Stahl.
Nowata - Vivian L. Thornbrugh, 78, retired Head Start teacher, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- Orlena Whistler, 99, manufacturing secretary, died Saturday. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church. Benjamin.
Owasso - Vernon Paul Jr., 87, mechanical engineer, died Thursday. Services were held Monday. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
- Patsy J. "Pat" Walton, 79, secretary, died Monday. Services pending. Mowery.
Perry - Randy Lee Hughes, 59, county worker, died Saturday. Services pending. Palmer Marler.
Poteau - Richard "Kent" Alexander, 78, retired Sparks Regional Medical Center emergency medicine doctor, formerly of Poteau, died Saturday in Fort Smith, Ark. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home Chapel, Pocola.
- Betty J. Gowan, 87, Poteau Middle School cafeteria worker, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oakland Cemetery Pavilion. Evans & Miller.
Pryor - Ruth Fishburn, 92, retired teacher, died Friday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, St. Martin of Tours Episcopal Church. Stephens.
- Larry Clinton Holmes, 74, Ford Motor Co. Parts Department worker and Platt College employee, died Sunday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Feb. 27, St. Martin of Tours Episcopal Church. Shipman's.
Salina - Margarette Parham, 91, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Locust Grove Church of Christ, Locust Grove. Shipman's, Pryor.
- Charles Eugene Smith, 67, died Saturday in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Shipman's Funeral Home, Pryor, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Standing Rock Church.
Sallisaw - Joseph A. Beauvais, 67, truck driver, died Friday in Fort Smith, Ark. No services planned. Agent & Mallory-Martin.
Sand Springs - Chad Aric Campbell, 34, welder, died Wednesday. Services pending. Dillon & Smith.
- Louise (Neal) Pond, 58, Clyde Boyd Middle School principal, died Sunday in Oklahoma City. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Olivet Baptist Church, Tulsa.
Skiatook - Jerome Norman "Jerry" Magee, 74, construction superintendent, died Sunday. Services pending. Sien-Shelton.
Sperry - Phyllis Faye Goff, 75, died Monday. Services pending. Sien-Shelton, Skiatook.
- Buel Hampton Neece, 85, oil and gas lease broker, died Sunday. Services pending. Sien-Shelton, Skiatook.
Stilwell - Harriett Bigpond, 68, factory worker, died Saturday. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
Tahlequah - Delbert Leroy "Pete" Barnes, 73, pipeliner, died Monday. Services pending. Green Country.
- Basil D. Green, 92, retired auto parts manager, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Go Ye Village Chapel. Foster-Petering, Muskogee.
Talihina - Dolores Lorena (McIntosh) Muller, 92, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, both at Bishop Funeral Home, McAlester.
Verdigris - Abraham John "A.J." Aikins, 65, retired, died Feb. 16 in Tulsa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Kennedy-Kennard Funeral Home, Catoosa, and service 1 p.m. Saturday, Verdigris United Methodist Church.
Vian - Robert Clinton Adams, 70, carpenter, died Friday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Katherine Joann Woody, 78, homemaker, died Friday in Sallisaw. No services planned. Agent & Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw.
Vinita - Modella Wanda Pierce, 77, homemaker, died Saturday. No services planned. Burckhalter.
Wagoner - Cleve "Ray" Jenkins, 65, construction supervisor, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Shipman Funeral Home Chapel.
Watts - Larry Butler, 65, truck driver, died Sunday in Siloam Springs, Ark. No services planned. Roberts & Hart, Westville.
- Ernie Clinton, 52, carpenter, died Saturday in Tahlequah. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Roberts & Hart Funeral Home Chapel, Westville.
Welling - Dixie Fern (Wininger) McManus, 84, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
Wilburton - Larry Don Dale, 63, formerly of Wilburton, died Friday in Oklahoma City. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Cupco Free Will Baptist Church, Tuskahoma. Waldrop.
- Timothy Del Warren Sr., 52, truck driver, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home, Hartshorne, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Church of Christ, Stanley.
Wyandotte - Robert M. West, 88, self-employed carpenter, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Adcock Funeral Home Chapel, Fairland.
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