Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
2/27/13 at 2:18 AM
TULSA
Burkhart, John R., 80, died Saturday. Services pending. Heath-Griffith.
Byers, Garnett Faye, 91, retired seamstress, died Tuesday. Services pending. Heath-Griffith.
Cawthorne, Richard, 68, died Monday. Services pending. Moore's Memory.
Cravens, Charles Barnett "Chuck," 60, telecommunications engineer, died Sunday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Serenity.
Dunbar, John Ann (Holland), 88, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Fain, Chaz Cortez, 18, Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology student, died Thursday. Service noon Saturday, Blountstown High School Auditorium, Blountstown, Fla. Add'Vantage.
Fiero, Charles M., 54, died Jan. 15. No services planned.
Green, Deborah A. (Jordan), 63, retired administrative secretary, died Saturday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, St. Augustine Catholic Church. Jack's.
Harris, Bessie Mae, 88, retired nurse, died Tuesday. Services pending. Jack's.
Hines, E. LaVerne, 72, retired Brown Boots sales associate, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Friday, Sequoyah Hills Baptist Church.
Hines, Thomas Carl "PoTom," 70, McDonnell Douglas expediter, died Thursday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Friday, Dyer Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Antioch Baptist Church.
Hope, James, 34, Navy veteran, died Feb. 17. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Reynolds.
Hughes, Roy, 87, accountant, died Tuesday. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Jefferson, Lula Pearl, 90, homemaker, died Saturday in Memphis, Tenn. Services pending. Dyer.
Mackey, Edgar Horace, 72, construction worker, died Monday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Melendez, Jaime H., 57, teacher and coach, died Sunday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Trinity Episcopal Church.A
Mercer, Vera Virginia, 93, registered nurse, died Sunday. Graveside service 1 p.m. March 11, Clinton Cemetery, Clinton. Shipman, Wagoner.
Miller, Ross M., 88, grocery store produce clerk, died Feb. 22. Service 12:30 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Parnosky, Shelicee, 44, registered nurse, died Thursday. Visitation 4-7 p.m. Friday and wake 7 p.m. Friday, both at Reynolds Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, St. John Baptist Church.
Priddy, Elsie, 88, retired Tulsa Public Schools testing administrator, died Monday. Services pending. Christian-Gavlik, Broken Arrow.
Smith, John W. III, 66, Tinco Automotive owner, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Story, Rosemary, 83, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Wilson, Virginia Nell (Davis), 72, page designer, died Saturday in Broken Arrow. Services pending. Freeman Harris.
Wise, Michael A. "Big Michael" Sr., 67, welder, died Sunday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 9 a.m. Thursday, both at Dyer Funeral Home.
Woodbury, William Glen, 86, regional sales manager, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Woodfin, Pamela Dean, 64, secretary, died Feb. 20. Services pending. Serenity.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Barnsdall - Cecilia Auschwitz, 61, religious education teacher, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Bartlesville - Dorothy Jeanne Finch, 88, retired medical secretary, died Saturday. Visitation 1-2 p.m. Friday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Stumpff Funeral Home.
- Calvin R. Hill, 87, Hill Steel Corp. owner and president, died Sunday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Thursday, Walker-Brown Funeral Home Chapel.
- Lawrence Joseph Houle, 65, died Feb. 2. Services pending. Stumpff.
- LaDonna Joan Sumpter, 59, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church. Stumpff.
- Ronald Mark Trtan, 69, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. director of aircraft maintenance, died Saturday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday and service 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Stumpff Funeral Home.
- Brandon Allen Watts, 29, died Sunday. Service 3 p.m. Thursday, Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.
Bokoshe - Pat Tackett, 78, teacher, died Sunday in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Evans & Miller Funeral Home, Poteau.
Broken Arrow - Terri Darnell, 52, Texaco Star Mart manager, died Sunday in Tulsa. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Wright-Brown Funeral Home Chapel, Coweta.
- Emma Lew Graham, 89, homemaker, died Monday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Thursday, Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa. Hayhurst.
- Virginia Lam, 77, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Christian-Gavlik Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church.
- Sara Rosemary (Gilliam) Watkins, 82, died Sunday in Katy, Texas. Service 3 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel.
Chelsea - Jamie Alan Fauth, 24, machinist, died Monday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith, Claremore.
- Kevin Dewayne Lewis, 48, AZZ Galvanizing employee, died Tuesday. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Chelsea Funeral Home.
Claremore - Peggy Irene (Roberts) Haynes, 68, retired beautician, died Sunday. Visitation 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home.
- Charles G. Ross, 59, died Tuesday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Thursday and memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, both at Rice Funeral Home.
- Beatrice C. Workman, 97, retired Claremore Nursing Home cook, died Monday. Services pending. Cremation Society, Tulsa.
Coffeyville, Kan. - Floy Viola (Young) Loomis, 96, receptionist, died Saturday. Visitations 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, both at Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home, and celebration of life 10:30 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church.
Coweta - Ritta L. Deckard, 89, homemaker, died Monday. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa, and graveside service 2:30 p.m. Friday, Keota Cemetery, Keota.
Cushing - John Peterman, 85, refinery worker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Oak Grove Baptist Church. Davis.
Delaware - George Frank Pryor, 83, retired Kennedy Space Center electrician, died Tuesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Eufaula - Peter Brown, 54, hydraulics specialist, died Feb. 19. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Hunn Black & Merritt Funeral Home Chapel.
- Opal Graber, 99, homemaker, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. Hunn Black & Merritt.
Grove - Bonnie Jean Hinman, 79, died Monday in Joplin, Mo. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Brown-Winters Funeral Home, Miami, Okla.
Henryetta - Mary A. Woods, 86, died Tuesday. Services pending. Integrity.
Holdenville - Winey (Scott) Yargee, 86, died Monday. Wake 7 p.m. Wednesday and service 1 p.m. Thursday, both at Wetumka Indian Baptist Church, Wetumka. Fisher.
Hominy - Wanda Sue Chambers, 62, town of Hominy employee, died Monday. Services pending. Powell.
- Debbie Wilcox, 57, died Monday. Services pending. Powell.
Independence, Kan. - Charles E. "Pete" Tucker Jr., 47, veteran, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, First Christian Church. Webb.
Kansas - Anna Marie (Taylor) Lumby, 50, retired pharmacy technician, died Feb. 23. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, New Praise Gospel Outreach, Siloam Springs, Ark. Serenity, Tulsa.
McAlester - Ada Inez Phillips, 92, died Monday. Services pending. Chaney-Harkins.
- Leonard Douglas Wilson, 70, security guard, died Sunday. Private family service. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Miami - Jasper Richard "J.R." "Dick" Duffell, 77, retired from B.F. Goodrich and truck driver, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Immanuel Baptist Church.
- Frankie B. Munoz, 85, Security Bank vice president and loan officer, died Monday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Brown-Winters Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church.
Mounds - Imogene Margie (Anderson) King-Stinnett, 87, Mounds Senior Center president, died Monday in Tulsa. Visitation 2-9 p.m. Wednesday, Green Hill Funeral Home, Sapulpa, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Christian Church.
Muskogee - Tommy Junior Morgan, 76, auto parts salesman, died Monday in Vinita. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Lescher-Millsap.
Newkirk - Chester Lemoin Huxley, 81, retired aircraft upholsterer, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Miller-Stahl.
- Mary Lynne Kunkel, 55, information technology consultant, died Feb. 7 in Dallas. Funeral Mass 2 p.m. Saturday, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Miller-Stahl.
Nowata - Lillie Marie (Blanke) Smalley, 98, cook, died Saturday. Graveside service 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Seaman-Blanke, Chelsea.
Okmulgee - Lawrence Edward Casey, 74, died Monday. Services pending. Shurden-Jackson.
Owasso - Kenneth R. Colwell, 85, electronics technician, died Monday. Services pending. Mowery.
Perry - Roberta Ann "Bert" Hicks, 73, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Brown-Dugger Funeral Home.
Quinton - Barbara Faye Miller, 65, retired registered nurse, died Monday in Muskogee. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Palestine Community Church. Mallory-Martin, Stigler.
Sand Springs - Dixie L. Brown-Isaacs, 76, machinist, died Monday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Riverside.
- Sharon Ceasar, 68, died Tuesday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Riverside.
- Lawrence W. "Wayne" Kepner, 70, retired AutoZone salesman, died Monday. Services pending. Dillon & Smith.
Slick - Lillie Crenshaw, 104, homemaker, died Feb. 21. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Faith Baptist Church, Slick. Jack's, Tulsa.
Stillwater - Elmona (Ritter) Potts, 79, died Sunday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Friday, Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel.
Tahlequah - Betty Jean Alley, 76, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Reed-Culver.
Wagoner - Leatha Ann Helmer, 71, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday, Shipman Funeral Home. No services planned.
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.
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