Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Thursday, February 28, 2013
2/28/13 at 2:34 AM
TULSA
Boatright, Ronald Clifton, 80, sales engineer, died Saturday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Shipman, Wagoner.
Boyer, Donna Fern, 78, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Carroll, Erica Krystal, 24, died Tuesday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Daw, John Charles, 60, former LIFE Senior Services director, died Wednesday. Services pending. Serenity.
Dunbar, John Ann (Holland), 88, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Mowery Funeral Home, Owasso, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Friday, Christ the King Catholic Church.
Halliwell, Shirley, 75, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Hereford, Kathrin D., 80, licensed practical nurse, died Tuesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Hughes, Roy, 87, retired from Amoco, died Tuesday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, the Road on Sheridan. Moore's Eastlawn.
Jackson, Marshall J. Jr., 76, draftsman, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Monica Catholic Church. Jack's.
Longacre, Ollie Juanita, 100, legal secretary, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home Chapel. Moore's Southlawn.
Mackey, Edgar Horace, 72, construction worker, died Monday. No local services planned. Kennedy-Midtown.
Moeller, Carol (Sundelius), 89, homemaker, died Wednesday. No local services planned. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Nordrum, Bonita Ghloe, 87, retired, died Wednesday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Osborn, T.L., 89, evangelist and missionary, died Feb. 14. Memorial service 2 p.m. March 6, Oral Roberts University Christ's Chapel. Ninde Brookside.
Pearson, Jeanette, 92, homemaker, died Tuesday in Broken Arrow. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Moore's Eastlawn.
Perkins, Sandra L., 62, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Jack's.
Pettersson, Carol Lynn (Morton), 48, Allen Bowden Schools tutor, died Tuesday in Sapulpa. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Thursday and service 11 a.m. Friday, both at Hutchins-Maples Funeral Home, Bristow.
Priddy, Elsie, 88, retired Tulsa Public Schools testing administrator, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Northside Christian Church, Broken Arrow. Christian-Gavlik, Broken Arrow.
Rogers, Mary Elizabeth "Maribeth," 93, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Skelton, Kenneth Richard, infant son of Nicole and Nicholas Skelton, died Friday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Saturday, Solace Church. Mark Griffith-Riverside, Sand Springs.
Snyder, Evelyn Mae, 90, homemaker, died Feb. 23. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, Fellowship Lutheran Church. Moore's Rosewood.
Story, Rosemary, 83, homemaker, died Feb. 25. Memorial service 10 a.m. Monday, Victory Christian Center. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Stuart, Roy J. Jr., 92, retired Warren Petroleum Co. salesman, died Wednesday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Swain, Randall Martin, 31, Westco customer service representative, died Feb. 11. Memorial service 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Terry, Ronnie Lee, 63, railroad mechanic, died Feb. 10. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Victory Christian Center. Cremation Society.
Thomas, Christiane M. (Hannot), 94, former Holland Hall French teacher, died Wednesday. Services pending. Serenity.
Thompson, Edward, age unavailable, died Wednesday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Walker, Adam Joseph, 25, died Saturday. Service 12:30 p.m. Friday, Tulsa Hills Baptist Church. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Walton, Terrence, 55, laborer, died Tuesday. Services pending. Dyer.
Willis, Bernice, 91, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Heath-Griffith.
Wilson, Virginia Nell (Davis), 72, page designer, died Feb. 23 in Broken Arrow. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Freeman Harris Funeral Home Chapel.
Woodbury, William Glen, 86, regional sales manager, died Saturday. Service 2:30 p.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. Moore's Southlawn.
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. Rosary 6 p.m. Friday, Auschwitz residence, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Mary's Catholic Church. Stumpff.
Bixby - Lionel Chantrey Bell, 55, Explorer Pipeline senior scheduler, died Tuesday. Services pending. Bixby Funeral Service.
Braman - Bertha Maxine (Riley) Vaughn, 81, homemaker, died Tuesday in Oklahoma City. Graveside service 11 a.m. Saturday, Braman Cemetery. Roberts & Son, Blackwell.
Bristow - Gale Harold Hughes, 70, retired from Ford Motor Co., died Tuesday. Private family services. Hutchins-Maples.
Broken Arrow - Terri Lynn Mustafa, 53, Claremore Regional Hospital registered nurse, died Wednesday. Services pending. Hayhurst.
- Genevie Doris (Edmonds) Rodden, 84, cook, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Kennedy-Kennard.
Caney, Kan. - Albert William "Al" Eden, 63, formerly of Caney, died Tuesday in Pittsburg, Kan. Visitation 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home, Coffeyville, and graveside service 11 a.m. Saturday, Robbins Cemetery, Coffeyville.
Claremore - Jerry "Karolyn" Watson, 75, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Rice Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Blue Starr Church of Christ.
Cleveland - Pauline "Polly" Newport, 88, retired Newport Pipe & Supply co-owner, died Tuesday in Catoosa. Services pending. Green Hill, Sapulpa.
- Harry R. Vandever, 86, machinist, died Sunday. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Woodland Cemetery Chapel. Chapman-Black.
Coweta - Mary Dewaine Robinson, 67, formerly of Coweta, died Feb. 21 in Colorado Springs. Memorial service 4 p.m. Friday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa. The Springs, Colorado Springs.
Delaware - George Frank Pryor, 83, retired Kennedy Space Center electrician, died Tuesday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Hominy - Wanda Sue Chambers, 62, city of Hominy meter reader, died Feb. 25. Memorial service 11 a.m. Monday, Powell Funeral Home Chapel.
- Polly Puryear, age unavailable, retired from Osage County Courthouse, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel, Cleveland, Okla.
- Debbie Lynn (Hamilton) Willcox, 57, florist, died Monday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, First Assembly of God. Powell.
Jay - Mertie Johnson, 95, retired nurse's aide, died Tuesday in Grove. Visitation 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, and graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Mount Hermon Cemetery.
Jennings - Morris Grant Henager, 75, retired National Tank Co. welder, died Feb. 23 in Shawnee. Memorial graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Maramec. Poteet, Pawnee.
Keota - Marie Yazzie, 87, retired Bureau of Indian Affairs supervisory instructional aide, died Monday in Spiro. Service noon Monday, San Ildefonso Catholic Church, San Ildefonso, N.M., and graveside service 2:15 p.m. Monday, Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. Grace Manor, Poteau.
McAlester - Ada Inez Phillips, 92, died Monday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Chaney-Harkins Funeral Home Chapel.
McKey - Ada (Real) Blount, 88, retired from Riverside Furniture and former Department of Human Services provider, died Tuesday in Vian. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, Sallisaw.
Muskogee - Ray Hix, 85, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home Chapel.
- T.H. "Booster" Siner, 90, car salesman, died Wednesday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
Okay - Dolen Ray Turman, 23, general laborer, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Shipman, Wagoner.
Okmulgee - Lawrence Edward Casey, 74, security guard, died Monday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Friday, Shurden-Jackson Funeral Home Chapel.
Owasso - Diane Ruth Bohner, 72, fabric department sales associate, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Moore Funeral Home Chapel.
- Kenneth R. Colwell, 85, electronics technician, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Mowery Funeral Home.
- Carol Wade Stanley, 82, home designer, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday and service 10 a.m. Saturday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
- Sandi L. Troglin, 73, assembly line worker, died Tuesday. Graveside service 3 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Pawnee - Thurman "Toad" Brien, 95, farmer and rancher, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Poteet Funeral Home Chapel.
Perry - Mary Esta Mullins, 66, died Monday. Service 3 p.m. Sunday, Church of the Nazarene. Brown-Dugger.
Ponca City - William Earl "Bill" Echols Sr., 68, oil-field worker, died Tuesday. No services planned. Grace.
- Patricia Ann "Pat" Warnock, 71, nurse's aide, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Grace Funeral Home Chapel.
Sallisaw - Paul James Batemon, 51, mechanic and handyman, died Monday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
- Bud Treat, 88, rancher, died Tuesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Grace Manor Funeral Home, Spiro, and service 10 a.m. Friday, Murry Spur Baptist Church, Spiro.
Sand Springs - Johnnie Sue Downs, 68, retired Terry Gartside Realtors real estate agent, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.
- Lawrence W. "Wayne" Kepner, 70, retired AutoZone parts specialist, died Monday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Chandler Park Community Center, Tulsa. Dillon & Smith.
Sapulpa - Alice K. Hurt, 91, homemaker, died Saturday in Sand Springs. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel.
- George A. McKay, 81, died Tuesday. Services pending. Green Hill.
Stillwater - Anna Jeanette (Foster) Bradshaw, 80, insurance agency employee, died Tuesday. Visitation 8-9:30 a.m. Friday, Palmer Marler Funeral Home, and celebration of life 1 p.m. Friday, Eagle Heights Baptist Church.
- Susie Helster, 85, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Strode Funeral Home Chapel.
Tahlequah - Kathy Lynn Buffington, 56, store manager, died Tuesday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Friday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
Verdigris - Wanda Lee Dalton, 80, homemaker, died Monday in Coweta. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Wright-Brown Funeral Home, Coweta. Services pending.
Vinita - L.D. King, 82, former math teacher and basketball coach, died Tuesday in Sapulpa. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Luginbuel Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church.
Wagoner - Lucille Huskey, 92, retired clerk, died Wednesday. Services pending. Hersman-Nichols.
- Donna Lynn Mullins, 64, retail sales associate, died Wednesday. Services pending. Shipman.
Wann - William Henry "Bill" Phillips, 73, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.
Welling - George Thomas "Tom" Granger, 87, accountant and Job Corps pioneer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
Death notice policy
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