Obituaries

Apr 27, 2011

Ruby J. (Becker) Blythe, age 86, of Grove, Oklahoma passed away April 27, 2011 at Higher Call Nursing Center in Quapaw, Oklahoma. Ruby was born on March 11, 1925 in Commerce, Oklahoma to Hugh A and Bessie (Henderson) Becker and raised in the Hickory Grove area where she attended Aurora School. She moved to California in the early 1940's and...

Apr 26, 2011

Clarence Alexander "Sonny" Johnson, age 81 of Ketchum, died Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Sonny was born in Kenwood, Oklahoma on October 16, 1929, the son of James and Dasie (Custer) Johnson. On December 6, 1962 he was united in marriage to Colleen Page and together raised 9 children. Sonny enjoyed fishing, raising hogs, squirrel hunting, playing horseshoes, spending time with...

Apr 26, 2011

Galene Jordan, 63, died April 26, 2011, at her home in Pearland, Texas. She was born June 4, 1947, in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of Irene Ozbun Williamson and David Williamson. She married Billy Gene Jordan on Jan 22, 1966, in Nowata, Oklahoma. She graduated from Nowata (OK) High School in 1965 and attended Coffeyville (Kan.) Junior College. Upon the...

Apr 25, 2011

Mary Lou Garrison, 92 year-old long time Disney resident, died Monday, April 25, 2011 at Rosewood Terrace in Vinita. She was born March 18, 1919 in Springfield, Missouri, to Thomas E. Patton and Florence E. Montgomery Patton. She was married to James Eugene Garrison on November 18, 1939 in Ft. Smith Arkansas; he preceded her in death in 1992. She...

Apr 24, 2011

Mary Sue Hays, age 73 of Vinita, died Sunday, April 24, 2011. Mary was born in Ada, Oklahoma August 26, 1937, the daughter of William and Ruby (Farmer) Robinson. In 1955 she graduated from Duncan High School. She then continued her education at the University of Oklahoma graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Education in 1959. Teaching was her life....

Apr 24, 2011

Clint Raymond Allen, Jr. 91 year old Vinita resident, died Sunday April 24, 2011 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He was born April 19, 1920 in Vinita to Clint Raymond Allen, Sr. and Julia Hardrick Allen. Clint had lived in Kansas City, Missouri and moved back to Vinita in 2008. He had a lawn service and was a...

Apr 22, 2011

Jimmie Roger Watkins age 77, died on Friday, April 22, 2011 at the Grand Lake Villa in Grove, Oklahoma. Jimmie was the son of Bud and Hazel (Seabourn) Watkins. He was born on October 25, 1933 in the Butler Community in Delaware County, Oklahoma. Jimmie proudly served in the United States Army. Jimmie worked his farm, he had done construction,...

Apr 22, 2011

Mary Madeline Dustin, 73, of Nowata, Oklahoma died Friday, April 22, 2011 at the Tahlequah City Hospital. She was born September 25, 1937 in Nowata, OK, daughter of Jimmy Lane and Velma Viola (Thompson) Lane. Mary grew up in Nowata, graduating from Nowata High School. Following high school, Mary began working as an administrative assistant for Phillips Petroleum. She worked...

Apr 21, 2011

Charles A. Parmley, 82 year old, Maysville, Arkansas, resident, passed away, Thursday, April 21, 2011. Charlie was born on April 8, 1929 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to William and Mary Agnes (O'Dell) Parmley, he graduated high school from Tulsa Webster in 1946. Soon after Charlie joined the United States Army and served in Germany at the end of World War II....

Apr 19, 2011

G Y Brown, 74 year old Langley area resident, died late Tuesday evening at his home. He was born April 18, 1937 in Spavinaw to Cecil and Mary (Hensley) Brown. G Y graduated from Ketchum High School. He married Betty Lou Echols on May 9, 1958 at the First Church of God in Vinita. G Y had worked for the...

Apr 18, 2011

Mrs. Glover is survived by her three children, Peggy Brashear of Barnsdall, Ok, Janett Porter and her husband Rodney of Barnsdall, Ok and David E. VanHorn and his wife Brenda of Bartlesville, One Sister Coustance Lorraine Beam and her husband Harold of Independence, Kansas, one sister in law Marjorie Baxter of Topeka, Ks, six grandchildren, Daniellie Brashear, Justin Brashear, Michael...

Apr 18, 2011

Karen, the third of four children born to Lonnie and Clarence Weaver, was born on November 14, 1932 in Lake Park, Iowa. She attended school in Lake Park. She married Fred Sherk in November, 1953 and they started out life in Pasadena Texas where Fred was employed as a Chemical Engineer with Phillips Petroleum Company. They were transferred with Phillips...

Apr 17, 2011

Betty Jeanne Humphrey, 82 year old resident of Vinita, died early Sunday, April 17, 2011 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. She was born May 21, 1928 in Guthrie to Ivan Wayne and Rhetta Dona (Robinson) Morgan. Betty worked in nursing at the Eastern State Hospital in Vinita. She was a member of the Pentecostal House of Prayer in...

Apr 16, 2011

Robert Prather Watson, 89 year longtime Vinita resident died Saturday April 16, 2011 at the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Claremore. He was born October 14, 1921 in Grove, OK the son of Charles and Martha Prather Watson. He was raised and educated at Okmulgee and Wetumka and graduated Morris high school in 1940 then attended Okmulgee Tech for one year....

Apr 16, 2011

Walter Eugene Johnston, 80 years old, Grove, Oklahoma resident, passed away Saturday April 16, 2011, following an extended illness. Walter was born on July 16, 1930, in Marion County, Kansas to Clark and Martha (Schlotthauer) Johnston. Walter married Anna Marie May on October 19, 1946, in Salina, Kansas and together they made their home in Newton and Wichita, Kansas. Walter...

Apr 16, 2011

Bonnie Marie Salley, a 79 year old Vinita resident died Saturday April 16 2011 at Craig General Hospital in Vinita. She was born March 22, 1932 in Marlin, OK the daughter of Walter and Ruby Johnson Lewis. She was raised and educated in Vinita and moved to back in 2004 from Aurora, Colorado . She was a production worker and...

Apr 15, 2011

Service Details

Monday, April 18th, 2011 11:00am, Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home

Apr 14, 2011

Funeral services for Bill Mitchell will be held 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at Hillside Christian Church with Mr. Ben Killion officiating. Burial will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service of Nowata. William "Bill" Ray Mitchell (83) of Nowata was born April 28, 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Denzel...

Apr 14, 2011

Esther "Pat" P. Morgan, 92, a longtime resident of Jay passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at Monroe Manor. She was born on January 14, 1919 in Bismark, North Dakota to John and Christina (Stoltz) Dutt. Pat was a homemaker who loved living on the lake where her and her husband Carl would enjoy the lake life. She loved...

Apr 13, 2011

Memorial services are pending in Clarkson, Nebraska for Robert Anton Travnicek, who died peacefully Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Grove, Oklahoma after a short hospital stay. He was only 26 days shy of his 90th birthday. Bob (as he was known to all his friends) was born on May 9, 1921 on the Travnicek family farm located four miles west...