Obituaries

Joanna Burkett

Joanna Burkett

Aug 19, 2008

Joanna Burkett age 94, died Tuesday August 19, 2008 at Craig General hospital in vinita, OK. The daughter of Michael Ostrowski and Jadwigh (Pawlik) Ostrowski, she was born on December 3, 1913 in Utica, New York. Surviving A son Mike Phillips and wife Nancy, 2 daughters; Joanna Crofford and husband Bill, and Mary Ann Pace and husband Terry One sister...

William Curtis

William Curtis

Aug 18, 2008

Mr. William F. "Bill" Curtis, 82, a resident of Copan, passed away Monday morning at his home in Copan. William F. "Bill" Curtis was born in Mounds, Oklahoma, July 15, 1926, the son of Fred and Inez (Spencer) Curtis. He received his education in Bixby and Dewey schools. Bill Married Marjorie Jeanne Cooper on October 28, 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma....

Thomas Laughlin

Thomas Laughlin

Aug 17, 2008

Thomas Ray "Tom" Laughlin of Eucha, Oklahoma died at 8:15 p.m., Sunday, August 17, 2008 at his home following a courageous battle with cancer. He was 61. Tom was born November 27, 1946 at Doniphan, Missouri to Lafayette and Anna May (Dresendofer) Laughlin. On May 19, 1966, he married Sherry Albert in Newkirk, Oklahoma. He enjoyed a career as an...

Michael Jones

Michael Jones

Aug 17, 2008

Michael Dane Jones, 52, a resident of Grove passed away in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Michael was born on August 24, 1955 in Ripley, Mississippi to David Eugene Jones and Nellie Izell (Williams) Hackler. He graduated from high school in Brighton, Colorado. Mr. Jones was a veteran of the United States Army where he had received...

Cleo Scott

Cleo Scott

Aug 15, 2008

C R Scott age 47, of Grove, OK died Thursday August 14, 2008 in Bentonville, AR. The son of Cleo Ray Scott Sr. and Mildred D. (Doss) Scott, he was born on February 25, 1961 in Oklahoma City OK. CR enjoyed being with family and friends. He loved fishing, and going arrow head hunting. He especially loved being on a...

Billy Johnson

Billy Johnson

Aug 12, 2008

William "Billy" Ray Johnson, 73-year-old Copan resident, passed away Tuesday, August 12, 2008 in Copan. Funeral services for Mr. Johnson will be held at 2:00p.m., Friday, August 15, 2008 in the Colonial Chapel of the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Bartlesville with Martin "Bud" Witt officiating. Interment will follow in the Ethel Reese Cemetery in Barnsdall. The family has asked those...

William Cody

William Cody

Aug 11, 2008

William Glen Cody, better known as Bill, passed away on Monday, August 11, 2008 at the Nowata Nursing Center. Mr. Cody was 85 years old. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Cody will be held at 10:00am, Friday, August 15, 2008 at the Re-Located Cemetery in Nowata with Steve Cody officiating. The family will receive visitors at the funeral home from...

Hazel Hensley

Hazel Hensley

Aug 10, 2008

Long time Vinita resident Hazel Marie (Langley) Hensley, age 73, died Sunday August 10, 2008 in Grove. She was born January 12, 1935 in Centralia to Robert E. and Mary Ann (Parkhurst) Langley. Hazel graduated from Centralia High School and married Bobby Joe Hensley in August of 1969. Prior to retirement, Hazel was employed at Eastern State Hospital for 25...

Nora Davis

Nora Davis

Aug 9, 2008

Nora Davis, a resident of Adair died at her home early Saturday morning August 9, 2008. She was born October 3, 1926 in Afton, Oklahoma the daughter of Marvin G. Kinzer and Ethel M. Ward Kinzer. Nora was reared and educated in Afton, then moved to Tulsa where she was employed for many years with Douglas Aircraft. In 1970 her...

Jonni Masters

Jonni Masters

Aug 7, 2008

Jonni Lynn Masters, 46, of Jay, Oklahoma died Thursday, August 7, 2008 at her home. She was born March 1, 1962 in Ontario, Oklahoma. Jonni was a career Cosmetologist. She is survived by her parents Tony and Bebe Masters; one son Nathan Barnes and wife Michelle; one daughter, Kamicia Lunsford and husband Jesse; one sister, Char Crank; three brothers, Mike,...

Cole Chaney

Cole Chaney

Aug 5, 2008

Cole James Chaney, age 22, died Tuesday August 5, 2008 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Lamar, South Carolina. He was born on January 20, 1986 in Pryor, OK and is the son of Carol Ray Chaney Jr. and Joyce Ann Cole. He was reared and educated in the Adair, Ketchum area gradating high School at Adair. Cole...

David Bowling

David Bowling

Aug 5, 2008

David Eugene. Bowling, age 36, a resident of Vinita, OK went to be with Jesus after a two year battle with a malignant melanoma on Tuesday morning August 5, 2008 at his home in Vinita. He was born August 16, 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee the son of Bertha Jean Bowling. David was reared and educated in Knoxville and moved to...

Evelyn Etter

Evelyn Etter

Aug 3, 2008

Evelyn Ida Etter of Grove, Oklahoma died at 11:14 a.m., Sunday, August 3, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital. She was 89. Evelyn was born June 3, 1919 in Avenel, New Jersey to Carl Emil and Ida (DenBleyker) Petersen. After receiving her high school education, she continued her schooling by completing cosmetology school. She was a licensed beautician. Evelyn moved...

David Brodrick

David Brodrick

Aug 3, 2008

David Leroy Brodrick was born April 29, 1950, to Mervin and Ila Brodrick of Wyandotte, OK. He attended school in Miami, OK. David enlisted in the United States Army in August of 1969 and was a graduate of Fort Benning, Georgia, Airborne Ranger School. While enlisted, he married Evelyn Lois Baty of Miami, OK, on October 29, 1971, and subsequently...

Audrey Dubois

Audrey Dubois

Aug 1, 2008

AIKEN, SC - AUDREY B. DuBOIS, widow of Henry DuBois, was born November 22, 1920 in Red Star, AR to John Wesley and Minnie Belle Whitmire McFarland. She went to be with the Lord in Aiken, SC, August 1, 2008. Mrs. DuBois lived most of her adult life with her husband and children in Boynton Beach, FL. She made her...

Richard Rinehart, Sr.

Richard Rinehart, Sr.

Aug 1, 2008

Richard Raymond "Dick" Rinehart, Sr. of Grove, Oklahoma died at 5:35 p.m., Friday, August 1, 2008 at his home and surrounded by his wife and children. He was 64. Dick was born October 8, 1943 in Humboldt, Kansas to Albert and Mary (Williams) Rinehart. He attended grade school in Lawrence, Kansas and high school in Ottawa, Kansas. For over 40...

Brent Gill

Brent Gill

Jul 30, 2008

Brent Gill, 44, of San Diego, California died Friday, July 18, 2008 at his home. He was born January 7, 1964 in Chillicothe, Iowa to Kenneth Gill and Ida Mae (Nix) Tanner. He had lived in California for ten years. In 1982 Brent was the Jay Public Schools' salutatorian. He attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater and graduated from the...

Braxton Jeffries

Braxton Jeffries

Jul 29, 2008

Braxton Havana Jeffries On Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at 11:00 PM, our lives were blessed with a beautiful 1lb. 10 oz baby girl, Braxton Havana Jeffries. Braxton was 12 inches in length, with a full head of dark hair. You just had to be with her a few minutes, and then you would know she was a feisty little girl....

Randolph James

Randolph James

Jul 27, 2008

Randolph James 80, of Lenapah fought a courageous battle and on Sunday July 27, 2008 he crossed the finish line. Randolph James was born on March 18, 1928 in Lenapah to Noah and Eula Mae (Shufeldt) James. He received his education from Lenapah Public School. Randy joined the Army in 1946; he served in World War II and the Korean...

Ruby May

Ruby May

Jul 26, 2008

Ruby Helen May was born on July 22, 1936 to Joe Grant and Rena Mae (Zink) Grant in Nowata, Oklahoma. She passed away on July 26, 2008 at her son and daughter-in-law's home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Ruby Helen was raised in Nowata and graduated from Nowata High School in 1954. Upon graduating, she worked in the medical field, working...

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