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Death Notices : 7/4/2009

TULSA

Bechtold, Lorraine, 84, Hale-Halsell Co. and Dillard's employee, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.

Cargill, Charles Ervin, 70, laborer, died Tuesday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation.

Darkoch, Michael, 92, steel company executive, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Sunday, St. John's Episcopal Church. Moore's Southlawn.

DeMent, Renee, 40, respiratory therapist, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.

Garrett, Harold Wayne, 74, Oklahoma Steel Co. metal molder, died Thursday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Moore's Eastlawn.

Heard, Janie Madge, 84, retired Dow Chemical research chemist, died Thursday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.

Honeycutt, Thelma D., 78, homemaker, died June 29. Visitation 2-5 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home.

Hutchins, Roxy Thelma (Rohr), 103, homemaker, died Thursday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Woodlawn Cemetery, Claremore. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith, Claremore.

McCune, Margi, 56, entrepreneur, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.

McKinzie, William R., 55, sandblaster, died Friday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill.

Mickle, Linda G., 60, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Sunday and service 10:30 a.m. Monday, both at Reynolds Rose Hill Funeral Home.

Miller, Ronald A., 59, restaurateur, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.

Mims, Robert Edward, 57, Elmer's BBQ cook, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home.

Mitchell, Vanessa Dale, 55, Covenant Family Church assistant pastor, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Covenant Family Church. Keith D. Biglow.

Morgan, Richard Michael "Cowboy," 52, construction worker, died Wednesday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Monday, Sunrise Cemetery, Kellyville. Mark Griffith-Westwood.

Ratliff, Pauline F., 89, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Ninde Woodland.

Roelofsen, Arie, 84, retired Close Bend Manufacturing vice president, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Southminster Presbyterian Church. Ninde Brookside.

Viles, Kenneth Alvia, 89, Mayo Furniture service worker, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.

Williams, Donald P., 80, minister, died Friday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

STATE/AREA

Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.

Bernice — Bob "Frosty" Henning, 61, general contractor, died Monday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Stephens Funeral Home Chapel, Pryor.

Bixby — Paul William Newsom, 64, television personality and Newsom Productions owner, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Asbury United Methodist Church, Tulsa. Leonard & Marker.

Bristow — Aubrey Miller, infant daughter of Brandy and Rocky Miller, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Broken Arrow — Thurman Anderson, 83, sheet metal foreman, died Thursday. Services pending. Hayhurst.

Cherryvale, Kan. — Larry T. Ballew, 65, retired Nu-Wa Industries cabinet setter, died Thursday. Visitation 3-6 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Potts Funeral Home.

Claremore — Sharron Leroy Lowry James, 69, drafter, died Thursday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Wednesday, First Christian Church. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.

— Melba L. Moore, 65, died Thursday. Services pending. Rice.

Coffeyville, Kan. — Lucile Gump, 99, retired obstetrics nurse, died Tuesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church. Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns.

Collinsville — Lucian E. Dikeman, 84, Postal Service clerk, died Thursday. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.

Cushing — Robert I. Owens, 58, inspector, died Wednesday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Lawson Cemetery, Yale. Palmer Marler.

— Wanda F. Sadler Pettit, 75, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel.

Dewey — Brutus George Prock, 88, retired Bartlesville Public Schools maintenance engineer, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Church of Christ. Stumpff, Bartlesville.

Gore — Dorma Lee Goad, 76, minister, died Thursday. Services pending. Hersman-Nichols, Wagoner.

McAlester — Charles Bradley Arnold, 56, maintenance worker, died July 1. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, Kiowa. Bishop.

— Thomas Charles Boyce, 57, National Oil Well machinist, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Bishop Funeral Home.

Muskogee — Julius Bauers Jr., 85, retired from Acme Engineering, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Foster-Petering Funeral Home Chapel.

— Benjamin Harrison Gaston, 49, real estate agent, died Thursday. Services pending. Foster-Petering.

Nowata — Phillip M. Fink Sr., 82, retired chemical operator, died Thursday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, First Christian Church. Stumpff.

Owasso — Billy Joe Kelly, 16, Owasso Public Schools student, died Tuesday in Cortez, Colo. Services pending. Mowery.

— Charles "Chuck" Shurtleff, 49, iron worker, died Friday. Services pending. Mowery.

Park Hill — George Garrett, 54, computer systems engineer, died Thursday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.

Pawnee — Wanda June Keys Echo-Hawk, 89, retired seamstress, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Pawnee Nation Multi-Purpose Complex. Poteet.

— Marilyn F. Lytle Thompson, 55, Pawnee Public Schools cafeteria manager, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Assembly of God. Poteet.

Perry — Robert F. "T Bob" McDaniel, 72, died Friday. Services pending. Brown-Dugger.

Pocola — T.J. Dodd, 77, retired from Whirlpool Corp., died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home Chapel.

Poteau — Sibyle P. Ollie, 89, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church. Evans & Miller.

Prague — Lorene Faye Holaday Jilge, 92, logistical procurement employee, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel.

Pryor — Ruby Marie Bell, 96, retired educator, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Stephens Funeral Home Chapel.

Sapulpa — Larry Keith Kaiser, 77, retired Arco station engineer, died Wednesday. Visitation 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Potts Funeral Home, Independence, Kan., and graveside service 11 a.m. Monday, Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence.

— Ruby Settle, 91, died Wednesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Mounds Cemetery, Mounds. Smith.

— Jessie Lee Youngstrom, 83, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Smith Funeral Home.

Stilwell — Cora Turman, 88, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Roberts/Reed-Culver.

Tonkawa — Phyllis M. Jeffries Brown, 75, retired grocery clerk, died Thursday. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Anderson Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Monday, First Presbyterian Church, Blackwell.

Wetumka — Robert C. Bray III, 65, retired hospital administrator, died Thursday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Monday, United Methodist Church. Hunn Black & Merritt, Eufaula.

Wynona — Loyd G. Gullett, 84, died Friday. Services pending. Powell, Hominy.

U.S.-WORLD

Ricky Sandoval , the Detroit Lions' director of security since 2001, died Thursday in Detroit. He was 49.

Sandoval had been battling pancreatic cancer that lasted more than three years.

Team president Tom Lewand says Sandoval "set a new standard for courage" in fighting cancer.

The Lions' indoor practice field recently was named "Sandoval Field" in his honor.

Sandoval in 2006 was named the team's recipient of the Ed Block Courage Award, which recognizes men of courage in the NFL and is awarded to a player from each of the league's 32 franchises. But Lions players, coaches and staff agreed the much-loved Sandoval deserved the award.

Ernie Salvatore , whose career as a writer, editor and sports columnist in Huntington, W.Va., spanned nearly 60 years, died Friday. He was 87.

Salvatore died at his Huntington home, The Herald Dispatch newspaper said.

The native of Greenwich, Conn., worked for The Herald-Advertiser and later The Herald-Dispatch. Herald-Dispatch Executive Editor Ed Dawson called Salvatore a mentor to generations of journalists.

In April 2008 the press box at Marshall University's football stadium was named in Salvatore's honor. Interim athletic director David Steele said Friday Salvatore was a part of the Marshall family.

Salvatore had a role in the 2006 Warner Brothers film "We Are Marshall," which chronicles the university as it copes with a 1970 plane crash that killed most of its football team.

Salvatore's character was played by actor Mark Oliver.

Norman Welton , whose 31-year career as a photo editor for The Associated Press included coverage of New York City, the United Nations and four Olympic Games, died Wednesday of colon cancer in Port Jervis, N.Y. He was 81.

Welton joined the AP in his native Chicago just after high school in 1946. He started as a part-time messenger and rose steadily through a series of posts there before becoming a senior photo editor at the company's New York headquarters in 1961.

His 44-year career with the AP was interrupted by two years of Army service at the Pentagon's communications center during the Korean War in 1952-53. He retired in 1992.

Welton's role as assignment editor included Associated Press sports coverage and extended to the summer Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976, Moscow in 1980 and Los Angeles in 1984, and the winter games at Lake Placid, N.Y., in 1984.

He was active in the Wire Service Guild, the union representing news employees at AP and United Press International and was its administrator for five years during the 1970s.

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