Obituaries

Jun 27, 2013

Victoria Sina "Vicki" Sam-Bush, 46 year old resident of Marble City, died Thursday, June 27, 2013 at the Kindred Hospital in Tulsa. She was born on October 9, 1966 in Claremore to Dwayne and Condelia Nan (Thomas) Sam. Vicki was a graduate of Tahlequah-Sequoyah High School. She married Benny I. Bush on July 10, 1985 at the Craig County Court...

Jun 26, 2013

Jay Willis Ford was born August 2, 1933 in Newkirk, Oklahoma. He was the son of Julian Ford and Marie Willis Ford. Jay lived in Chelsea, Oklahoma before moving to Bartlesville 40 years ago. Jay and Jennie Keith were united in marriage on July 1, 1966 and they continued their home in Bartlesville. Jay served in the U.S. Army from...

Jun 25, 2013

David Allen Nelson, 58 year old rural Vinita resident, died Tuesday, June 25, 2013. He was born on February 25, 1955 in Tulsa to W. D. and Wanda (Nivison) Nelson. David was a graduate of Tulsa Will Rogers High School. He married Karen Martin on August 30, 1986. They lived in Conway, Missouri for several years where he owned an...

Jun 23, 2013

Geneva E. Canatsey, 95 year old Vinita resident, went to be with the Lord Sunday, June 23, 2013. Geneva was born in Craig County on October 19, 1917 to Ralph and Elsie (Roberts) Chamberlain. She worked in the meat department of Safeway for many years until her retirement. She enjoyed sewing and gardening. She was a member of the First...

Jun 23, 2013

Paul Carrol Meyer, former Lenapah, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life Sunday, June 23, 2013 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was born October 6, 1941, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and was the son of Robert H. Meyer I and Lillian (Fritz) Meyer. He graduated from Tulsa Central High School and continued his education at Hillsdale Bible College, and graduated from Texas...

Jun 22, 2013

William Herbert "Bill" Lawrence, 91 year old Nowata resident, passed from this life Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. He was born June 13, 1922, in Wichita, Kansas to Edlia Bert and Josephine (Clark) Lawrence. Bill was a 1941 graduate of Nowata High School and on December 31, 1948 he married the love of his life...

Jun 21, 2013

Mary Luella Jordan, 98 year old, lifetime area resident passed away, Friday, June 21, 2013. Mary was born on August 24, 1914 in Adair County, Oklahoma to Charles and Dicey (Carter) Niman, where she was raised with her brother and five sisters. Mary attended school in Southwest City, Missouri. She was married to John David Jordan for sixty-two years and...

Jun 20, 2013

Nowata resident Jack M.B. Powell, 94, passed from this life Thursday, June 20, 2013 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Jack was born February 19, 1919, in Ruby, Oklahoma, to Wendel Adolphus Powell and Mary Verna (Armstrong) Powell, and is a great-great grandson of Charles Journeycake, Chief of Delaware Indians. His was a hardscrabble childhood growing up on his...

Jun 19, 2013

John Frederick Hughes departed this life at home on his ranch near Bartlesville, Oklahoma in the early morning hours of June 19, 2013. He had been battling cancer for the last several years. John was eighty, having been born to A.M. and Elsie Tyson Hughes, on May 16, 1933, in Bartlesville. John graduated from College High School in Bartlesville in...

Jun 19, 2013

Funeral services for Delorise Maxine Maggard, 71, are 2:00 P.M., Saturday, June 22, 2013 at the First Baptist Church with DR. Larry DeLay officiating. Interment will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Delorise Maxine Maggard passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at her home in Nowata. She was born July 3, 1941...

Jun 18, 2013

Harry Franklin "Frank" McKnight, 80 year old rural Vinita resident, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at his home. He was born on February 12, 1933 in Ketchum to James Madison and Cloe Etta (Jones) McKnight. He attended school in Ketchum, before going into the United States Army in 1953, serving to July 2, 1956....

Jun 17, 2013

Becky Lynn Trammel, age 54 and a resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2013 in Bartlesville. Becky Lynn Burke was born November 19, 1958 in Cushing, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Clarence Andrew Burke and Beulah Maxine Heizelman Burke. Becky grew up in Stillwater, Oklahoma. After graduation from high school, she was employed as an...

Jun 16, 2013

Vera Martin, a long time resident of Vinita, OK, passed away Sunday, June 16th, 2013 in Dallas, Texas at the age of 102. Vera was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, O.J. Martin. She is survived by daughter Joanne Terrall and granddaughter Lisa Terrall of Garland, Texas; grandson and wife, Phil and Nancy Terrall of Allen, Texas;...

Jun 16, 2013

Rubye Pearl Highfield passed away Sunday, June 16, 2013 at the Nowata Nursing Center. She was born March 16, 1920 in Delaware to Myrtle Iola (Culton) and Robert Marion Franklin. Rubye graduated from Delaware High School and from there she went to Tri County Tech to get her Dietician Certificate. Rubye married Eugene J. Wood on May 2, 1941 in...

Jun 16, 2013

Harold Wayne Absher, passed away at the Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, OK on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at the age of 76. Harold was born March 2, 1937 in Comanche, OK, the son of the late Henry Absher and Maurine (Proctor) Absher. After Harold graduated high school in Arkansas City, KS in 1955, he went to work in the oil...

Jun 15, 2013

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Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 10:00am, Jay Community Center

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Cremation

Jun 15, 2013

Mary Elias, 94, of Tulsa, and formerly of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, died early Saturday, June 15, 2013 at Forest Hills Care Center of Broken Arrow. Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 19 at White Rose Cemetery, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Visitation will be Tuesday, June 18, 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home. Mary was...

Jun 15, 2013

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Jun 14, 2013

Delbert F. "Fuzzy" O'Neal, 93, of Grove, Oklahoma and a former, long-time resident of Bartlesville, died early Friday morning, June 14, 2013 at Integris Grove General Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the graveside in Bartlesville's White Rose Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, June17, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home and...

Jun 13, 2013

Paula Sue Hurt passed away at her home in Zena, OK on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at approximately 9:30 a.m. Paula was born on April 10th in Bristow, OK, the daughter of Floyd Edgar Murphy, Jr. and Elizabeth (Olschewski) Murphy. She graduated high school from Okmulgee, OK and attended the University of Oklahoma, majoring in dance. After attending OU for...