Obituaries
Stephen Merrill
May 19, 2016
Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma............................................ Stephen Joseph Merrill, 65, passed away, after a long battle with cancer, Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the Clarehouse in Tulsa. He was born April 29, 1951 in Norton, Kansas to James William and Ella Mae (McConkey) Merrill. Steve graduated from South Pasadena High School in California and continued his education at the University...
Ruth Swalley
May 18, 2016
Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma.................................................... Graveside services for Ruth Eileen (Wood) Swalley are 2:00 P.M., Monday, May 23, 2016 at Ball Cemetery in Childers. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Ruth Eileen (Wood) Swalley, 89, of Delaware, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at The Journey Home in Bartlesville. She...
Jarrell Gray
May 18, 2016
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home - Grove, Oklahoma, 918-786-2261. Jarrell Duane Gray, 47 year old Grove resident, was taken too soon from his family and friends on May 18, 2016. Jarrell was born on March 16, 1969 in Jay, Oklahoma. He was the son of Daryl and Judy (Baker) Gray. Jarrell was a graduate of Grove High School, Class of 87'. Jarrell...
Joseph Blackbear
May 17, 2016
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, Oklahoma 918-253-3222. Joseph Anthony Blackbear, 61 year old Jay, Oklahoma resident, passed away on May 17, 2016 in Kansas, Oklahoma. Joseph was born on January 14, 1955 in Claremore, Oklahoma. He was the son of Jim and Mary (Levi) Blackbear. Joseph was a self employed auto mechanic. He was always fixing and trading automobiles. He enjoyed...
Rachael Lewis
May 15, 2016
Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma Graveside services for Rachael Elizabeth Lewis are 3:00 P.M., Friday, May 20, 2016 at Miltonvale Cemetery in Miltonvale, Kansas with Rev. Ed Rotz officiating. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Rachael Elizabeth Lewis, 24, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2016 in Wann, OK. She was...
Irvin Darling
May 15, 2016
Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma............................................ Irvin A. Darling, 90 passed away Sunday, May 15 at Bartlesville Health and Rehab. He was born May 30, 1925 in Gypsum, KS. He graduated from Manhattan High School in 1944 then attended Kansas State University and received his degree in Veterinary Medicine in 1949. He was in private veterinary practice for 16 years...
Ernest Hoodenpyle
May 14, 2016
Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918 -256 -5555 ........ Ernest Junior Hoodenpyle passed away Saturday May 14, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Ok.. He was born on October 17, 1939 in Big Cabin, Ok. to Ernest Lee Hoodenpyle and Era Jane (Dye) Hoodenpyle. Ernest had lived in Big Cabin his whole life except when serving his country in...
Mary Rodriguez
May 14, 2016
Mary Rodriguez, 85 year old rural Big Cabin resident, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. She was born on December 11, 1930 in New York City, NY to Frank and Socorro (Alonso) Montanez. Mary was married to Ismael Rodriguez on December 14, 1946 in New York, he preceded her...
Polly Ford
May 12, 2016
ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA - Polly Sue Ford, age 68 and longtime resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on May 12, 2016 in St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Polly "Sue" Trottingwolf was born October 21, 1947 in Claremore, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Edwin Lincoln Trottingwolf, Sr. and Rachel (Scullawl) Trottingwolf. She was raised in...
Richard Sonnenfeld
May 12, 2016
ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK - Dr. Richard John (Dick) Sonnenfeld , 97, longtime Bartlesville resident, died May 12, 2016 in Centennial, Colorado. Born April 29, 1919 in Britton, OK. to Ernst and Mame Sonnenfeld, Dick or "Papa Dick" as he later became known, grew up in Oklahoma City where he was an excellent student and gymnast,...
Mary Butler-Whitehurst
May 12, 2016
Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555. ---- Mary Catherine Butler-Whitehurst, 76 year old resident of Houston, Texas passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2016 in Houston. She was born on July 1, 1939 in Amarillo, Texas to Thomas E. and Margaret Catherine (Boyd) Butler. Mary went to school at Sacred Heart in Vinita and Okmulgee. She worked as a legal...
Roger Witt
May 11, 2016
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK 918-786-2261. Roger Dale Witt, 62 year old Grove, Oklahoma resident passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at Integris Grove General Hospital. Roger was born on November 7, 1953 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of late Donald W. Witt and Wanda (Byrley) Witt. Roger was a master carpenter. Roger is survived by his...
Effie Bowling
May 9, 2016
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma. 918-786-2261 Effie Leona (Cooper) Bowling, 92, of Grove, OK, went to be with her Heavenly father on May 9, 2016. Leona was born in Powell, Missouri on January 31, 1924 to Earl Cooper and Jewel Hendrix Cooper. On November 1940 she married David Leon Kropff, they had three children, Jerry Kropff and wife Madeline, of...
Betty Weaver-Ewing
May 7, 2016
Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555............ Betty Luella Weaver-Ewing, passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at her home in Wichita, Kansas, after a long battle with cancer. She was born on December 28, 1929 on her family's farm near Vinita. Betty was the third of eleven children born to Charles Cary and Luella Pearl (Ellsworth) Walker. Betty attended Shanahan...
Norma Forehand
May 7, 2016
Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, OK Memorial services for Norma Evelyn Forehand are 10:00 A.M., Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the First Baptist Church in Nowata with Pastor Wayne Clayton officiating. There will be a family visitation Wednesday, May 11, 2016 from 6:00 to 8:00 at Benjamin Funeral Service. Norma Evelyn Forehand, 85, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016 at...
Jennifer Chair
May 7, 2016
Benjamin Funeral Service ~ Nowata, Oklahoma.......................................... Graveside services for Jennifer Chair are 2:00 P.M., Thursday, May 12, 2016 at Memorial Park Cemetery with Pastor Wendell Abbott officiating. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Jennifer Louise (Jones) Chair, 71, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. She was born January 10, 1945 in...
Theron Easter
May 6, 2016
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK (918) 786-2261 ~ Theron Oliver Easter, 78, of Hickory Grove went to be with his Savior on May 6, 2016 at his home. Theron was born in Rural Delaware County, near Zena, Oklahoma on October 1, 1937 to James Oliver and Cordelia Vertie (Bartley) Easter. In 1955, he graduated from Hays High School in Hays,...
Judy Herman
May 6, 2016
Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555........ Judy Lynn Herman, 58 year old Vinita resident, passed away late Friday, May 6, 2016 at her home. She was born on October 25, 1957 in Hollywood, California to Mary Elizabeth (Bakker) and John Louis Mosby, Sr. Judy moved to Oklahoma over 35 years ago from California and on June 16, 1989 she married...
Julia Anderson
May 6, 2016
Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma......................................... Graveside services for Julia Nell Anderson are 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery with Pastor Jim Anderson officiating. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Julia Nell Anderson, 83, passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at the Nowata Nursing Center. She was born October 19, 1932 in Lyman,...
James Coats
May 5, 2016
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK (918)786-2261 ~ James Norman Coats, 80, year old Grove, OK, resident passed away on May 5, 2016, in Joplin, MO. Norman was born on October 14, 1935, in Chillicothe, Texas. He was the son of Albert Coats and Linne (Anderson) Coats. He served in the Army from 1957 to 1959. Norman was married Julia Jane...
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