Obituaries

May 12, 2015

May 12, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home - Vinita - 918-256-5555............................ Joan Lee Gaffigan, 90 year old Vinita resident, passed away May 12, 2015. Joan was born in Tulsa on July 4, 1924 to Ludovic and Dorothy (Hennage) Ladet. On July 18th, 1989 she was united in marriage to Joseph Gaffigan and moved back to her roots in Oklahoma, after spending some time in...

May 11, 2015

John William Horn D.V.M. "Doc", age 84 passed away on Monday May 11, 2015 at his home in Grove, Oklahoma. Dr. Horn was the son of Harry L. and Grace (Burke) Horn. He was born on October 29, 1930 in McLean Il. John attended Logan County Il. schools from grades 1-8 and graduated from Atlanta, IL Community High School in...

May 10, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK (918) 786-2261 --- Donna Myrene Fields Claxton, 67, died Sunday May 10, 2015, at Grove Nursing Center, Grove, Oklahoma. Myrene was born November 26, 1947, in Southwest City, Missouri to James Earl and Donna Marie Conner Fields. Her life from birth till death was lived within a four mile area on Cowskin Prairie except for...

May 10, 2015

Bob Joe Smith, 87 year old Grove Oklahoma resident passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015. Bob was born in Zena, OK, on August 1, 1927, to Henry Lee Smith and Doshia Mae DuBois. Bob proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Bob worked as a farmer, then spent several years pipelining, and retired from American Airlines...

May 9, 2015

Decima Oklah Seidle, age 100, and longtime resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2015 in the Heritage Villa Nursing Center. Decima was born on March 12, 1915 Northwest of Copan, Oklahoma in Washington County. She was the daughter of George Leonard Davis and Stella Bell (Brown) Davis. In 1920, the family moved to Bartlesville where Decima...

May 9, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, Oklahoma (918) 253-3222 -- William Wolfe, also known as "Chief" was born on April 23, 1933 in Watts, OK and passed away on May 9, 2015 in Joplin, MO due to an illness. He was preceded in death by his wife "Ollie" Marganrine Swake and three brothers Walter, Jimmy and Turner Wolfe and his parents Tom...

May 8, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, (918) 256 - 5555 - Ruby L. Hilburn, 75 year old Vinita resident, passed away, Friday, May 8, 2015 in Vinita. Ruby Hilburn born to Melvin and Margaret Timms on 8/25/1939 in Pryor, Ok. Ruby was born the second oldest to Terry Wayne Timms also known as John. Later on John and Ruby were accompanied...

May 7, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, (918) 256 - 5555 -------Bue Harm Lackey, Jr., 89 year old Disney resident formerly of Brawley, California, passed away at his home in Disney Thursday, May 7, 2015. Bue was born in Cheyenne, Oklahoma on April 19, 1926 to his parents Bue Harm, Sr. and Bessie (Huff) Lackey. When Bue was around eighteen years old...

May 7, 2015

Worley Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove (918) 786 - 2261 - Bobby Ray Conduff, 58 year old Vinita, Oklahoma resident passed away, Thursday May 7, 2015. Bobby was born on April 17, 1957 in Stella, Missouri to Norman Ray and Delores Jean (Wright) Conduff. After high school Bobby enlisted in the United States Army, where he served from 1975 to 1977....

May 6, 2015

M. Maxine Morrison, age 89, passed away on May 6, 2015 in The Journey Home Hospice, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Mabel "Maxine" Morrison was born on July 12, 1925 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Arthur O. Buck and Mabel E. (Russell) Buck. She spent her early life in the Tulsa area where she attended school, graduating from Central High...

May 6, 2015

Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma........ Harold E. "Sam" Douglas left this world on May 6, 2015 to be united with his Heavenly Father. He was born November 6, 1932 in Lenapah, Oklahoma to Tom Douglas and Ruth White Douglas. Sam was raised in Lenapah, graduating from Lenapah High School in 1949. He joined the US Army and served during...

May 6, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita - 918-256-5555 Lawrence Dale Everette, "Buck" was born March 30th, 1948 to William Lawrence "Clayton" and Nina Ruth in Birmingham, Alabama. Let it be known on May 6th, the year of our Lord, 2015, Lawrence Dale Everette passed from this life of natural causes. He left this world to be with the Lord after a...

May 4, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home Grove, OK (918) 786-2261 --- Pat Allen Cox, 53 year old Grove, Oklahoma resident passed away Monday May 4, 2015 with his family by his side. Pat was born on November 21, 1961 in Fairland, Oklahoma to Floyd David and Roxanne Marie (Wells) Cox. He attended high school in Fairland. Pat worked several jobs including working at...

May 3, 2015

Mary Lou Shoff, age 57, and a longtime Dewey, Oklahoma resident, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015, after an extended illness in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Mary Lou Brown was born on August 4, 1957 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Jay and V. Louise Brown. She grew up and attended school in Dewey, Oklahoma and graduated from Dewey...

May 3, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555 -- Hermine Bennett, 84 year old resident of Vinita, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015 at the Heartsworth Senior Living Center. She was born on October 21, 1930 in Frauenburg, Austria. Hermine was married to Belman Carlos Bennett, they met while he was stationed in Germany, serving in the United States Army. She...

May 3, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita (918) 256 - 55555 ...................Doris Kathleen Watts, 85 year old Big Cabin resident, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015. Doris was born in Tiawah, OK on February 25, 1930 to Frank and Leona Beatrice Maggard. On December 31, 1968 she was united in marriage to Larry Watts. Doris was a hard worker and worked numerous years...

May 3, 2015

Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma.................... Billy (Bill) George Brown of Nowata passed away surrounded by family on May 3, 2015, at Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center at the age of 78. Bill was born on February 13, 1937, in Oklahoma City, OK to Weldon and Mary (Smith) Brown. He graduated from Shawnee High School in 1955. Bill attended Oklahoma...

May 3, 2015

Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma...................... John Earl Ross passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015 at his home in Oologah. He was born May 15, 1929 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Henry Earl Ross and Iona Myrtle Jacobs Ross. He attended Talala Schools but left after the 8th grade so that he could work and help support the family since he...

May 2, 2015

ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK - Harriet Lorene Wilcox, 90, of Bartlesville, entered Eternal Rest on May 2, 2015 at Heritage Villa Nursing in Bartlesville. Harriet was born on October 23, 1924, to Margaret Davidson Sandwith and Harry Sandwith at Girard, Kansas, and spent her childhood years in Girard. Harriet was baptized into the First Baptist Church...