Obituaries
John Parker
Dec 13, 2011
John Meeks Parker, 85 year old Vinita resident, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on December 13, 2011 at the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Claremore. He was born on November 30, 1926 in Waurika, Oklahoma the third son of Columbus W. and Molly (Meeks) Parker. In 1944, at the age of 17 just a junior in...
Diane Mathis
Dec 13, 2011
Diane (Bowen) Mathis, a resident of Grove passed away at a Tahlequah Hospital. She was sixty-one. Diane was born on August 7, 1950 in Miami, Oklahoma to E.O. "Huck" Bowen and Zelma Ballew. Diane loved looking out for others. She also enjoyed oil painting, animals. Her husband Terry Leon Mathis preceded Diane in death in November of 2009, a sister...
Olivia Sanders
Dec 13, 2011
Funeral services for Olivia W. Sanders will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 19, 2011 at the Benjamin Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. Prady Thimmaiah officiating. Interment will follow at Sanders Cemetery. Olivia Sanders, 88, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at her home in Nowata. She was born on June 8, 1923 in Fairmount, West Virginia....
Barbara Hinton
Dec 12, 2011
Barbara Ann (Cearley) Hinton, 73, Grove resident, died December 12, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born June 19, 1938 in Big Cabin, Oklahoma to her parents, Charles Starr and Sylvia Agnes (Braggs) Cearley. Barbara attended Big Cabin schools. She married the love of her life, Clifford J. Hinton on September 17, 1955 in Big Cabin....
Lois Bishop
Dec 12, 2011
Lois Bishop passed away at Southwest Regional Medical Center in Tulsa on Monday, December 12, 2011 at the age of sixty-four. She was born on May 19, 1947 in Grove, Oklahoma to W.H. and Neoma (Beamer) Benge. Lois Graduated from Grove High School with the Class of 1965. Mrs. Bishop married Raymond Bishop on March 1, 1968 at the First...
Claude Carpenter
Dec 11, 2011
Claude Leon Carpenter, 90 years old, Grove, Oklahoma resident, passed away Sunday December 11, 2011. Claude was born on September 18, 1921 in Montgomery County, Kansas to Orville Carpenter and Bessie Webber, Claude joined the United States Marine Corps after high school and served his country during World War II and the Korean Conflict. Claude enjoyed baseball, fishing, and spending...
Louise Tweedy
Dec 10, 2011
(Emeline) Louise (Tasker) Tweedy Louise Tweedy died Saturday evening, December 10, 2011, at City Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas, after a 9-year journey with Alzheimer's disease. Funeral services for Emeline Louise Tweedy, 89, will be held Saturday, December 17, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Tyro, Kansas, with David Bycroft officiating. Burial will be at Fawn Creek...
William Watkins
Dec 10, 2011
William Aaron Watkins, 53 year old Grove, Oklahoma resident passed away Saturday December 10, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri, following a sudden illness. Aaron was born on December 19, 1957 in Hanford, California to Lester Watkins and Sue Sullivan. Aaron moved to the Grove area seven years ago and was a bus driver for Grove Public School. He was a tinkerer...
Lucille Good
Dec 10, 2011
Lucille Harvena Good, 90 year old Grove resident, passed away Saturday December 10, 2011 in Grove, Oklahoma. Lucille was born on October 10, 1921 in Booneville, Missouri to Carl and Elsie (Tudor) Mock. She married Roy Good on November 10, 1942 in Olathe, Kansas. Lucille worked as a cook for Grove Public Schools for several years and later at Lakemary...
Frank Northrup
Dec 10, 2011
Frank Stanley Northrup, 91 year old Grove resident passed away Saturday December 10, 2011 at Integris Grove Hospital. Frank was born on July 18, 1920 in Hopewell, New Jersey to William and Marian (Erickson) Northrup. He graduated from Belmont High School in Los Angeles, California in 1938. Frank was a Police Sergeant for the Los Angeles Police Department. He served...
Jerry Wilson
Dec 10, 2011
Jerry Don Wilson, 65 year old Vinita resident died Saturday December 10, 2011 at his home. He was born December 2, 1946 in Prague, OK the son of Aaron Elgar Wilson and Wilma Thelma Johnson Wilson. The family moved to Vinita from Tulsa where he was a float operator at Ford Glass Plant. He was raised and educated in Tulsa...
Ernest Dewees
Dec 10, 2011
Ernest Jim Dewees, 84 year old Vinita resident died Saturday December 10, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was born Sentinel, Oklahoma the son of Ernest Jim Dewees and Mable Mc Natt Dewees. He was raised and graduated high school in EL Monte, California then moved to Vinita from Pasadena, CA in 1959. He opened Vinita brake and...
Donald Woolman Jr.
Dec 9, 2011
Donald Lee Woolman, Jr., age 51 of Jay, died Friday, December 9, 2011. Donald was born in Longmont, Colorado on April 27, 1960 the son of Donald and Margarete Woolman. He was a 1978 graduate of Bluejacket High School. He later graduated from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M with a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture. He served 28 years servings in the United...
Wanda Handle
Dec 7, 2011
Wanda Jean Handle, age 70, went to her heavenly home on December 7, 2011 surrounded by her family at her home in Jay, Oklahoma. Wanda was born on January 17, 1941 in Eucha, Oklahoma; she was the daughter of Roy and Pansy (Kenney) Starr. Wanda was united in marriage to her husband of 50 years, Audrey Handle in January 1961...
Emily Bradshaw
Dec 7, 2011
Memorial Services for Emily Adeline Bradshaw will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at the Watova Full Gospel Christian Church with Pastor Joe Goodin officiating. Services have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences can be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Emily Adeline Bradshaw, 63, of Watova, Oklahoma passed from this life December 7, 2011 at her home surrounded...
Eleanor Lewis
Dec 6, 2011
Eleanor Marie Lewis, eighty nine year old longtime Vinita resident died Tuesday December 6, 2011 at her home. She was born September 24, 1922 in La Cygne, Kansas the daughter of Lee Toal Burnett and Vivian Haynes Burnett. She was reared and received her education graduating high school at LaCygne in 1940 and attended Texas Christian University and Kansas State...
Wanda Hendren
Dec 6, 2011
Wanda Belle Hendren, 88 year old Grove, Oklahoma resident passed away Tuesday December 6, 2011 in Grove, Oklahoma. Wanda was born on July 1, 1923 on a farm near Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, to Oscar and Belle (Richardson) Youngs, Wanda graduated from Grove High school as the salutatorian on May 16, 1941. Wanda, worked for some time as a legal secretary...
Grace Edwards
Dec 5, 2011
Grace Ailleen Edwards, 86 year old resident of Vinita, died Monday December 5, 2011 at the Integris Baptist Regional Health Center in Miami. She was born on November 6, 1925 in Bartlesville to Clarence and Florence (Carlson) Graham. Grace was a graduate of Copan High School. She was married to Carl Dean Edwards on December 12, 1942 in Bartlesville. They...
Brenda Williams
Dec 5, 2011
Brenda Joyce Williams, age 64, died on December 5, 2011 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. Brenda was the daughter of George W. Herren and Rosalee Brooks; she was born on November 18, 1947 in Corning, Arkansas. Brenda is survived by her three children; Stella Rutherford, Lloyd R. Arnold, and Patsy J. Coffman. No services are planned at...
Lillie Loveless
Dec 5, 2011
Lillie Marie "Gran" Loveless, age 86 of Big Cabin, died Monday, December 5, 2011. Lillie was born in Catoosa on October 7, 1925, the daughter of Charlie and Bertha (Klintworth) Sanders. In 1943 she graduated from Central High School. She was united in marriage to the love of her life James Loveless on April 10, 19448 and together they raised...
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