Obituaries

Mar 16, 2013

Funeral services for long time Nowata resident Faye "Nell" Hathcoat were held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 21, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Nowata with DR. Rev. Larry DeLay and Rev. Wayne Clayton officiating. Interment will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service. Nell was born September 17, 1922 to Silas J....

Mar 16, 2013

Services for Mary Ballenger, 76, of Keene will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 20, 2013 in the Craig County Community Center in Vinita, Okla. Burial will be in McLaughlin Cemetery in Cleora, Okla. Visitation was held Monday, from 6-8:00 P.M. at Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Funeral Home. Mrs. Ballenger passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013. She was born Jan. 19,...

Mar 16, 2013

Betty Jean Robertson, age 87, and resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, March 16, at her home. Betty Jean Robertson was born on March 9, 1926 in Bartlesville. She was the daughter of Roy Louis Robertson and Virginia Brown Robertson. She was raised and received her education in the Bartlesville Public School system where she received her formal...

Mar 15, 2013

Rose Marie Lauchner, 80 year old Vinita resident, died Friday March 15, 2013 at her home with her family by her side. She was born May 2, 1932 in Holly, Colorado to Edward and Laura (Pollart) Willy. The family moved to Vinita in 1935, Rose attended school and graduated from the Sacred Heart Academy. She married Raymond Eugene Lauchner on...

Mar 15, 2013

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Sunday, March 17th, 2013 9:00am - 5:00pm, Benjamin Funeral Home

Monday, March 18th, 2013 9:00am - 5:00pm, Benjamin Funeral Home

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Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 2:00pm, Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery

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Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery

Mar 13, 2013

Mar 12, 2013

Kathryn Jane (Gordon) Altebaumer, 98 year old Centralia area resident, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at her home. She was born July 6, 1914 near Centralia, to Hayes Rutherford Gordon and Tilley Deana (Bolt) Gordon. Kathryn graduated from Centralia in 1932, and then graduated with a teaching degree from Northeastern State College in Tahlequah. She taught in many different...

Mar 12, 2013

Edna LaVerne Kenyon passed away Tuesday March 12, 2013. She was born July 13, 1930 in Wittenberg, Texas later known as Phillips, TX to Jessie Thomas and D. Lorene (Isbell) Hall. She married Jack Kenyon from Alluwe, OK on December 12, 1944 who gave her the nickname "Chick" as most of her friends knew her as. Her husband worked on...

Mar 10, 2013

Iva Lee Holcomb, age 81, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013. Iva was born in Tulsa on August 19, 1931. In 1949 she graduated from Central High School in Tulsa. She was united in marriage to Jack Holcomb on May 15, 1953 in Sapulpa. Iva had a winning smile and a wonderful attitude. She enjoyed cooking, playing Yahtzee, camping, fishing,...

Mar 8, 2013

Homer Leroy Moreland, age 70 of Vinita, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013. Homer was born in Vinita on March 17, 1942 to Eugene and AbbyGail (Killion) Moreland. He was a cowboy and enjoyed riding horses, bull riding, bare back bronc riding, fishing, camping, gardening, deer hunting, and spending time with family. In 2012 he was baptized into the 7th...

Mar 7, 2013

Linda Lorene Harrington, 61 year old Nowata resident passed away Thursday, March 07, 2013, at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. She was born January 10, 1952, in Nowata, to Charles Eugene and Naomi "Hunt" Harrington. She attended and graduated from Chelsea High School. Linda worked 8 years for the City of Nowata as a police dispatcher and the past...

Mar 5, 2013

Robert "Bob" Wightman, age 90, and former resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma passed away on March 5, 2013. Bob was born on January 2, 1923 in Ottawa, Kansas. He was married to Maxine Wightman for 66 years and is survived by his son, Bill, of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, and son, Gary of Leawood, Kansas; their wives, Jacki and Joy; four grandchildren; and...

Mar 4, 2013

Scott Patrick Albertson, 48 year old, Grove, Oklahoma resident passed away Monday, March 4, 2013. Scott was born on September 4, 1964 in Long Beach, California to Gary Albertson, and Sheri (Baker) Albertson. After school Scott had several occupations including Lobster fishing in Maine. Scott moved back to the Grove area in 2009. He was an avid fisher and enjoyed...

Mar 3, 2013

Shelly Dawn (Melton) Long, 46 year old rural Vinita resident, died early Sunday March 3, 2013 in an automobile accident. She was born on September 4, 1966 in Vinita to Carrel "DeeK" and Carolyn (Smith) Melton. Shelly attended school in Bluejacket graduating in 1984, she then attended cosmetology school at the Northeast Area Vo-Tech in Afton. She married Bobby L....

Mar 3, 2013

Oliver G. Woolman, 91 year old well-known Vinita resident, died Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He was born September 23, 1921 in Craig County to Ora Claude "Pat" Woolman and Lizzie (Jenkins) Woolman. Oliver was a veteran of the United States Army serving during World War II. Oliver married Wilma Hanna on October 12,...

Mar 3, 2013

Funeral services for William Caughell are 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at the Tuxedo Assembly of God in Bartlesville with Pastor Bret Luallen officiating. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Nowata William Warren Caughell passed from this life March 3, 2013, at Jane Phillips Medical Center, in Bartlesville. He was born August 26, 1934 in Easton California...

Mar 2, 2013

Edith Cavell Hennigan, 89 year old Bartlesville resident passed away Sunday, March 03, 2013, in Dewey, Oklahoma. She was born October 10, 1924 in Mannsville, Oklahoma, to Benjamin F. and Willie Mae (Webb) Bean. She was educated in the Ardmore School System graduating in 1943. On December 4, 1943 she married Henry William Hennigan in Shawnee, Oklahoma. They made their...

Mar 2, 2013

Visitation Details

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 9:00am - 8:00pm, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home

Thursday, March 7th, 2013 9:00am - 8:00am, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home

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Friday, March 8th, 2013 2:00pm, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home

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Mar 2, 2013

Robert William Price, Afton resident, died Saturday March 2, 2013 at his home at the age of 61 years. He was born in Miami, OK to his parents, Everette and Ruby (Rice) Price on August 21, 1951. He graduated from Miami High School and attended NEO A&M. Robert operated R.P. Auto Repair in Grove for many years. He lived and...

Feb 28, 2013

Funeral services for life long Nowata resident, Robert W. Melton will be held 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 4, 2013, at Hillside Christian Church, in Nowata, with Mr. Ben Killion officiating. Interment will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 2:00 - 5:00, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Services are entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service, of Nowata....