Obituaries

Jul 10, 2016

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555. -- Wilma Nell Theimer, 95 year old long time Muskogee resident, passed away on Sunday July 10, 2016 at the Country Gardens Assisted Living Center. She was born on October 1, 1920 in Lincoln, Arkansas to Bert and Eula (Norwood) West. Wilma Nell was a graduate of Muskogee Central High School and Northeastern State...

Jul 10, 2016

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555.-- Bobbie Lloydene Brown, 82 year old Big Cabin resident, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in Seneca, Missouri. She was born on November 25, 1933 in Mangum, Oklahoma to Lloyd and Mildred (Crouch) Ivey. Bobbie attended high school in Adair. She married Lonnie Brown, who preceded her in death on April 28, 1974....

Jul 10, 2016

Luginbuel South Grand Lake Funeral Home of Langley, 918-782-4400. --- Stewart Edward Jeffers passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 1:08 AM. He was born July 17, 1954, in Vinita, OK to Juanita "Dee Dee" Jeffers and John Edward Jeffers. Stewart worked as a builder, millwright, carpenter and rancher. He loved shooting guns, riding his motorcycle and playing his...

Jul 8, 2016

Benjamin Funeral Service ~~~Nowata, Oklahoma~~~918-273-2700 Graveside services for Vernon Eugene Bien are 10:00 A.M., Monday, July 11, 2016 at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Officiating will be Gene's nephew, Frank Parrish and Joe Smith. Vernon Eugene Bien, 81, son of Vernon and Mae (Motter) (Bien), Shaffer, went to his heavenly home, July 8, 2016, at the Journey Home in Bartlesville, OK....

Jul 6, 2016

Jul 5, 2016

Benjamin Funeral Service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nowata, Oklahoma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 918-273-2700 Marrietta "Rita" June Stierwalt awoke in Heaven in the arms of her Lord and Savior Tuesday, July 5, 2016. She was welcomed home by her husband, Leonard Earl (Bud) Stierwalt, and her mother and step father, Elizabeth & Willie Hamil, who had gone before. Rita was born September 24, 1930 and was...

Jul 5, 2016

Benjamin Funeral Service ~~~ Nowata, Oklahoma~~~~~918-273-2700 Funeral services for Jimmy Leroy Adams are 10:00 A.M., Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the First Baptist Church in Nowata with Pastor Tom Tanquary officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Washington Cemetery in Lenapah. Jimmy Leroy Adams, 53, lifelong Delaware resident, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. He...

Jul 4, 2016

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma 918-786-2261.Lillian Lea (Tanner) Moreland-Walker, 94, passed away on July 4, 2016 in Miami, Oklahoma. Lillian was born on May 31, 1922 in Jay, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Scott and Sallie (Owens) Tanner. Lillian was proud member of the Cherokee Nation. She attended high school in Wyandotte Oklahoma and later to Chilocco Indian Agricultural...

Jul 3, 2016

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma 918-786-2261. Raymond Lee Everley, 70 year old Grove, OK, resident passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2016. Ray was born on September 28, 1945, in Fresno, CA, to Arling and Charlotte (Davis) Everley. He married Janis (Schulz) on February 25, 1983. Ray worked as a sales manager for Sam's Club. He was also a reserve...

Jul 2, 2016

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, OK 918-253-3222. Bonnie May Henson, 76, passed away on July 2, 2016 at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Bonnie was born on February 11, 1940 in Jay, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Tom and Bertha (Harris) Gibe. Bonnie worked for many years and retired as the Assistant Secretary for the Delaware County Election Board....

Jun 29, 2016

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555. -- Kenneth Neal "Casey" Bible, 87 year old well known rural Vinita farmer-stockman, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He was born on December 25, 1928 in Chelsea, to James Edward and Mary Elizabeth (Ard) Bible. Kenneth attended Chelsea schools. He was married to Dixie June...

Jun 28, 2016

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma 918-786-2261. Harold Dean Hensley, 56, passed away on June 28, 2016 after a tragic accident in Fairland, Oklahoma. Dean was born on April 12, 1960 in Blytheville, Arkansas. He was the son of Harold B Hensley and Edna Mae (Moss) Templin. After 24 years of service, Dean retired from the United States Navy as a...

Jun 27, 2016

Benjamin Funeral Service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nowata, Oklahoma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 918-273-2700 Funeral services for Maurice Earlin Broom are 2:00 P.M., Friday, July 1, 2016 at Benjamin Funeral Service Chapel with Pastor Andy Krebs officiating. Interment will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Maurice Earlin Broom, 73, passed away Monday, June 27, 2016 at Stillwater Medical Center. He was born March 22, 1943 in...

Jun 24, 2016

Benjamin Funeral Service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nowata, Oklahoma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 918-273-2700 Graveside services for Mary Ann Stookey are 2:00 P.M., Thursday, June 30, 2016 with Dr. Larry DeLay officiating at Relocated Cemetery in Nowata, OK. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Mary Ann Stookey, 67, of Nowata, passed away Friday, June 24, 2016 at...

Jun 23, 2016

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma 918-786-2261. Donald Ray Edmondson was born in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, December 23, 1931. He placed his faith in Jesus at the age of nine at the First Baptist church in Miami, Oklahoma. Don grew up in Tulsa, graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1950 and married his high school sweetheart, Marita Patrick, in 1951....

Jun 23, 2016

Worley-Luginbuel Grove, Oklahoma, 918-786-2261. Arthur Eugene Bonine II, Gene to all his friends and family, exchanged this life for eternal life on June 23, 2016 in Grove, OK. Gene was born on November 11, 1966 in Parsons, Ks to Arthur and Joyce. His family lived just outside of Galesburg, KS and he attended elementary school there. As a teen Gene...

Jun 22, 2016

ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK - Emily Christian Potts, age 37 and resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in Jane Phillips Medical Center. Emily was born on March 6, 1979. She was the daughter of Richard Cardenas and Rebecca Sue (Brown) Cardenas. She received her early education in Houston where she graduated...

Jun 21, 2016

Barbara Johnson Harrison, 80 year old Vinita resident, passed away on June 21, 2016 in Vinita. She was born on September 13, 1935 in Merced, California to Andrew and Callie Stephens, she was raised by Nora and Bud Robertson. Barbara was a graduate of Vinita High School. She married Roy Harrison on March 18, 1963, he preceded her in death...

Jun 21, 2016

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home - Grove, Oklahoma 918-786-2261. Walter S. Cook Jr. 86, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at his home in Baldwin, Mississippi. He was born April 12, 1930 in Springfield, MO. He married Juanita Mae Potter on June 25, 1955. He served 4 years in the U.S. Navy then worked the rest of his life as a Livestock...

Jun 20, 2016

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove,Oklahoma 918-786-2261. Wilma Smith went to be with the Lord on June 20, 2016 at the age of 97. She was born February 24, 1919 in Maysville, Arkansas to Roy and Lucile Beaman. She attended first through eighth grade in Maysville and then high school in Jay, Oklahoma and graduated there in 1936. Although she was offered...