Obituaries
Paul Lodes
Jun 11, 2007
Vinita, OK - Paul Joseph Lodes, 75, died Sunday night, June 11, 2007 at Rosewood Terrace, Vinita, Oklahoma. Paul was born January 11, 1932 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. At a very young age, he moved to Vinita, where he grew up and graduated from Sacred Heart Academy. Upon graduation, Paul became a member of the U.S. Army. He was stationed...
Phyllis Kirby
Jun 10, 2007
Jay - Phyllis Kirby 61 of Jay, OK died Sunday June 10, 2007 in the Grove General Hospital. Phyllis was born Dec. 10, 1945 in Claremore, OK the daughter of Raymond and Anita Petty. Phyllis married Roy Kirby, Jr. on Feb. 19, 1962 in Miami, OK. She was a homemaker, loving mother and grandmother. Survivors: Spouse: Roy Kirby, Jr. of...
Freddy Cates
Jun 8, 2007
Freddy Joe Cates, 76, of Langley, passed away on Friday, June 8, 2007 at Rosewood Terrace in Vinita, OK. Born on Jan. 3, 1931 in Parsons, Kansas to George and Ruth Cates. Freddy had lived in the area since 2003, moving from California. He retired after 41 years as an engineer for Santa Fe Railroad. Veteran of WWII serving in...
Katherine Harris
Jun 8, 2007
Katherine (Ponder) Harris Katherine (Ponder) Harris was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on November 5, 1924 to David and Annie M. Ponder. She was the second child of their seven children. She is preceded in death by two brothers, Alex Ponder and John Leroy Ponder, one daughter, Mae Francis (Johnson) Ishem, grandson, Vachel Johnson, and sister-in-law, Joann Ponder, wife of Richard...
Katherine Lipp
Jun 7, 2007
Katherine B Lipp, 74, of Tulsa, passed away, Thursday, June 7, 2007 at Maplewood Care Center of Tulsa where she had resided for several years. Born in Centralia, Oklahoma to Ora B. and Alma Leforce. After schooling in Centralia, then Bluejacket, she attended Draughon's School of Business in Tulsa. She enjoyed employment with Douglas Aircraft and Mid Continent Oil Co....
Lora Tunnell
Jun 6, 2007
Grove, Ok. - Lora Emmaline Tunnell, 85, died Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at Betty Ann Nursing Home in Grove, Oklahoma. She was born on October 9, 1921 in Turkey Ford, Oklahoma to Robert L. and Lora E. (Jones) Johnson. Lora was married to Marvin B. Tunnell and he preceded her in death in 2005. She was a lifelong area resident...
Theda Johnson
Jun 5, 2007
Theda K. Johnson, 82, a resident of Afton passed away at her home on Tuesday, June 5, 2007. She was born on July 30, 1924 in Kansas City, KS to Frank and Ruby (Saar) Shoaf. Mrs. Johnson was a homemaker and was of the Methodist faith. Theda married Carl P. Johnson January 31,1942, he preceded Mrs. Johnson in death March...
Pauline Bauer
Jun 4, 2007
Pauline S. Bauer, age 87, died Monday June 4, 2007 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. She was born December 9, 1919 in Bartlesville the daughter of Paul and Julia Shalla. She received her formal education and graduated from Bartlesville High School then attended Tulsa Business College. After graduating Business College Pauline moved to Washington D.C. where she met...
Dessie Hase
Jun 4, 2007
Dessie May Hase, 86 year old, long-time Grove resident died Monday morning, June 4, 2007 at her home near Grove. Dessie was born July 27, 1920 in Afton, Oklahoma to George Washington Palmer and Sarah Elizabeth (Barnes) Palmer. She grew up in Afton and for several years lived in Tulsa before moving to Grove with her husband John Otto Hase....
Sylvia Buzzard
Jun 4, 2007
Jay - Sylvia Ella (Cunningham) Buzzard, 73 year old resident of Jay Oklahoma died on Monday, June 4, 2007 at her home. Sylvia was born September 25, 1933 in Delaware County near Jay, Oklahoma to William Ray and Cora Belle (Williams) Cunningham. Sylvia married Levi Buzzard on April 4, 1952 in Bentonville Arkansas. Sylvia was a homemaker most of her...
Elizabeth Woodard
Jun 3, 2007
Vinita, OK - Elizabeth Ann Woodard, 85, died Sunday, June 3, 2007 at Tulsa Regional Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Elizabeth, or "Betty", as she was known to her family and friends, was born July 26, 1921 at Vinita, Oklahoma to Eugene Dallas Ficklin and Ola Lue (Perkins) Ficklin. She grew up in Vinita, graduating high school there. Betty moved to...
John Lawson
Jun 1, 2007
John William Lawson, 77, a resident of Kansas, Oklahoma passed away at the Circle of Life in Springdale, Arkansas on Friday, June 1, 2007. Mr. Lawson was born on October 18, 1929 in Oklahoma City, OK to James E. Lawson Sr. and Sarah Ellen (Miller) Lawson. He married Saletha Kays on February 27, 1962 in Oklahoma City, OK. He worked...
Eva Suttee
May 30, 2007
Eva Lorine Suttee, 86 year-old Vinita resident, died Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at the Craig General Hospital. She was born November 11, 1920 in Cordell, Oklahoma to Calvin L. and Nellie (Hicklin) Long. Eva married Lewis Suttee in Miami in 1938. She was an active member of the First Church of God and was a foster parent for many years....
Arthur Woods
May 26, 2007
Wayne Woods, age 80, a resident of Nowata died Saturday, May 26, 2007 at Saint John's Hospital in Tulsa. Funeral services for Mr. Woods will be held 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at the Benjamin Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Paul Hughes will preside over the services, with interment to follow in the Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Funeral services are...
Betty Myles
May 25, 2007
Betty Lou Myles passed from this life May 25, 2007 at the age of 80 years old. She was born July 15, 1926 in Stanberry, Missouri to Amos E. and Laura Norma ‘Polly' (McCracken) Zook. She attended school at Moberly, Missouri. On September 1, 1945 Betty married William A. Myles. After several residences, they made their home in the little...
George Crum
May 24, 2007
Jay, Ok. - George F. Crum, 65, died Thursday, May 24, 2007. He was born on December 19, 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Howard and Ruth (Sprague) Crum. George owned Comfort, Inc. in Oklahoma City. He retired in 2002 and moved to Jay, Ok. He married Georgie Keel on April 21, 1999 in Choctaw, Oklahoma. George raised cattle and...
Albert Whinery
May 23, 2007
Albert L. Whinery, age 77, a resident of Bartlesville died Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at Heritage Villa Nursing Center in Bartlesville. He was born October 1, 1929 in Bixby, OK. At the age of five the family moved to Barnsdall where he was reared and received his formal education and graduated from high school. He served in the Army Air...
Henry Diaz
May 22, 2007
Mr. Henry F. Diaz, 67 years old and lifelong area resident, died Tuesday May 22, 2007 at his home in Sand Springs. Funeral services for Mr. Diaz will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 25, 2007 at the Colonial Chapel of the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home with Pastor Kevin Ragsdale of the New Covenant Church of God of Sand Springs, Ok...
Curtis Bush
May 21, 2007
JAY -- Curtis E. Bush, 91, died May 21, 2007 at the Monroe Manor in Jay Oklahoma. Curtis was born December 23, 1915 in Dodsonville Texas to Oscar Eugene Bush and Oma Nancy (Childers) Bush. Curtis was united in marriage to Virginia Carol Folger February 21, 1934 in Keifer Oklahoma. She preceded him in death in 2005. Mr. Bush retired...
Chester Long
May 20, 2007
Chester "Chet" I. Long II, 79, a resident of Grove passed away in Joplin, Missouri on Sunday, May 20, 2007. Chet was born on October 17, 1927 to George B. and Leona (Groff) Long in Lamar, Colorado. Mr. Long was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps in World War II; he was honorably discharged in 1945. Mr. Long...
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