Obituaries

Edith Crumine

Edith Crumine

Feb 19, 2011

Jennie "Edith" Crumine, 107 year old resident of San Antonio, TX died Saturday February 19, 2011 at her home. She was born October 23, 1903 at Blue Mound, Kansas the daughter of Hugh Holmes and Jennie Plumley Holmes. The family moved to Centralia, OK when Oklahoma had only been a state for three years and still had a outlaw gang's,...

Charles Maple

Charles Maple

Feb 19, 2011

Charles "Charlie" Maple, 87, loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend passed away peacefully at home in Winnabow, NC on Feb 19, 2011. He then began his new life in heaven with his wife of 61 years Lavona Jean (Johnson) Maple. He was the oldest surviving son of the late Newton and Corrine (Miller) Maple. Charlie was born on January 19,...

Owen Cannon

Owen Cannon

Feb 18, 2011

Owen Lee Cannon 73 year old, Jay, Oklahoma resident passed away on Friday February 18, 2011, following an extended illness. Owen was born on October 22, 1937 in Owasso, Oklahoma, to James and Elizabeth (Smith) Cannon. Owen worked for many years as a mechanic and heavy equipment operator for Pepsi and John Deere, as well as working on his own...

Louise Yarzab

Louise Yarzab

Feb 17, 2011

Louise C. Yarzab, 64, a resident of Fairland, Oklahoma passed away in Grove, Oklahoma on Thursday, February 17, 2011. She was born on May 3, 1946 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Louis and Edith Irene (Turley) Yarzab. Mrs. Yarzab worked as a Cosmetologist. She has lived in the Fairland area for the past twenty years. She loved to play pool. She...

Mitchell Hilderbrand

Mitchell Hilderbrand

Feb 16, 2011

Mitchell "Jack" Hilderbrand was born on September 22, 1922 in Vinita, OK, the son of Samuel and Fannie Fritz Hilderbrand. He died Wednesday, February 16, 2011. He attended Chilocco Indian School in Ponca City, Estella School, and Seneca Indian School in Wyandot, Enlisting in the Navy in 1943. During his service time in WWII, he was awarded the Victory Medal,...

Guy Morgan

Guy Morgan

Feb 14, 2011

Guy Homer Morgan, 90 year old resident of Langley, died Monday, February 14, 2011 at the Grand Lake Villa in Grove. He was born December 2, 1920 in Garfield, Arkansas to J. D. and Della (Dean) Morgan. After graduating high school, Guy served in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1947, he was a 1st...

Margaret Kennedy

Margaret Kennedy

Feb 14, 2011

Margaret E. Kennedy, 88 of Vinita, OK, and Clearwater, FL died Monday, February 14, 2011. She was born June 24, 1922 in Keighley, England to the late John and Annie (James) Walker. She married James W. Kennedy on August 26, 1941. He died August 12, 1998. She was a long time resident of Port Huron, Michigan. Mrs. Kennedy worked for...

Michelle Matlock

Michelle Matlock

Feb 14, 2011

Michelle Dianne Matlock, of Wyandotte, OK, was called home to her Heavenly Father the evening of February 14, 2011 in Dallas, TX due to complications following a battle with liver disease. She was 51 years old. She was born June 5, 1959 in Marysville, OH to the late Wilson (Bill) Powers and Betty (Powers) Sabo. She grew up in various...

Betty Agnes

Betty Agnes

Feb 13, 2011

Betty Jean Agnes, Jay area resident, died Sunday evening at Monroe Manor in Jay, Oklahoma at the age of 67 years. She was born August 14, 1943 in Kenwood, Oklahoma to her parents, Jim and Virginia (Ross) Wolfe. Betty graduated Sequoyah Indian School and later worked as a medical records transcriber. She was known as ‘Alise' or ‘Mom'. Betty absolutely...

Lynn Foster

Lynn Foster

Feb 12, 2011

Lynn Calvin Foster, 90, entered his heavenly home Saturday February 12, 2011 at his home in rural Delaware, Oklahoma. Lynn Calvin Foster was born the son of Roy Thomas Foster and Eudora Page Foster on March 7, 1920 in Tuxedo, Oklahoma. He received his education in the Dewey and Highland Park Schools and spent a few years in Oklahoma City...

Cecil Hewitt

Cecil Hewitt

Feb 12, 2011

Cecil Edward Hewitt, 81, died Saturday February 12, 2011 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cecil Edward Hewitt was born the son of Wilmot Newton and Dovie Lee (Royer) Hewitt on August 27, 1929 in Claremore, Oklahoma. Cecil was raised and educated in the Nowata area. One of his first jobs was delivering milk with the help of a horse and wagon. He...

James Cooper

James Cooper

Feb 12, 2011

James Cooper, age 93 died on February 12, 2011 at the Grand Lake Villa in Grove Oklahoma. James was born on April 22, 1917 in Grove, Oklahoma and was the son of James "Jimmie" and Pearl (Huft) Cooper. He grew up on the farm in the Drowning Creek area of Delaware County. He worked in the oil industry as a...

Joanna Tagg

Joanna Tagg

Feb 12, 2011

Joanna Marie "Noonie" Tagg Noonie left this earthly home on February 12, 2011 to begin her life eternally in Heaven. Nooonie was born on January 2, 1951 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Sam and Nora (Smith) Sapp. She lived her entire life at Tagg Flats in Kenwood, Oklahoma. She was a lifetime member of Steely Baptist Church, and loved to sing...

Elizabeth Rathjen

Elizabeth Rathjen

Feb 11, 2011

Elizabeth Jean "Bette" Rathjen, Grove resident, died Friday February 11, 2011 at the age of 86 years. She was born October 7, 1924 to her parents Albert H. and Marguriete (McCadden) Fortner in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City. Bette married the love of her life, O. Harry Rathjen on January 10, 1944 in...

Jane Echols

Jane Echols

Feb 10, 2011

Jane Echols, 96 year old Vinita resident died at her home early Thursday, February 10, 2011. She was born December 5, 1914 in Vinita to Monroe Amory Keys and Martha Ann Donnelly Keys. Jane married Edward Ervin Echols on November 20, 1931 in Vinita, he preceded her in death on August 5, 1992. She was a member of the First...

Wendell Boyce

Wendell Boyce

Feb 10, 2011

Wendell Hill Boyce died Thursday morning, February 10, 2011 at the Green Country Care Center in Tulsa after a 10 year battle with Alzheimer's disease. Mr. Boyce was born on June 24, 1950, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, son of Willard Boyce and Helen Genevieve Hill Boyce of Carmen, Oklahoma. When Willard died suddenly in 1953, Genevieve moved to Bartlesville to be...

Ima Landrum

Ima Landrum

Feb 9, 2011

Funeral services for Ima Sophie Landrum will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at the Lenapah United Methodist Church wit Rev. Steven Posey officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service of Nowata. Ima Sophie Landrum was born December 21, 1925, in Logan County, Arkansas, to Emmett and Eunice...

Stephanie Johnson

Stephanie Johnson

Feb 9, 2011

Stephanie Diane Johnson, age 37 of Vinita, died Wednesday, February 9, 2011. Stephanie was born in Vinita on August 31, 1973 the daughter of Scott Hopwood and Diana Faulconer. She enjoyed watching her children play sports, spending time with friends, traveling, and watching soap operas. Survivors include her children Cash Socia, Connor Steidley, and Kennedy Maxon all of Vinita, parents...

Kathy Mccaig

Kathy Mccaig

Feb 9, 2011

Heaven called for a new angel on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 as Kathy Sue McCaig was called to be with the Lord with her husband by her side. She was born to Mr. and Mrs. C.O. Stanley on December 21, 1949 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Her love of life and her beautiful heart were a precious gift to the many...

Elmo Clark

Elmo Clark

Feb 9, 2011

Elmo E. Clark, Grove resident formerly of Colorado Springs, Colorado, died Wednesday February 9, 2011 at the age of 88 years. He was born on January 19, 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri to his parents, August E. and Winnefred (Newman) Clark. Elmo joined the Army Air Corps on May 11, 1941 and started his 22+ year career serving his country,...

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