Obituaries
Lee Turner
Dec 20, 2006
Lee Roy Turner, 24, died Wednesday, December 20, 2006. Lee Roy was born July 11, 1982 at Jay, Oklahoma to Leroy and Eldean (Lyman) Turner. Lee Roy grew up in the Jay / Oak Hill area, and lived there most of his life. He also spent some years in Pryor. He enjoyed music, singing at Pow Wows. His favorite activities...
Edward Gottsponer
Dec 19, 2006
Edward A. Gottsponer, 37, a Vinita resident passed away at Tulsa Regional Medical Center on December 19, 2006. He was born on February 23, 1969 in Hartford, CT to Edward Adolph and Doris (Mehlhorn) Gottsponer. Edward graduated from Vinita High School in 1988. He was in the Band in High School and he always liked to have pets around the...
Nikki Blanchard
Dec 18, 2006
Gabriel "Nikki" Blanchard, age 18, a resident of Bartlesville died Monday December 18, 2006, in Tulsa. Nikki is survived by a sister Mildred L. German, brother James V. Jones, four nephews Willie German IV, James (JJ) Jones, Tevin Jones and Thomas Alexander, her foster family Robin, Jodi, Wanda, Renee, Stephanie, Tiffany, April, Autumn and Mitch, biological siblings Daniel, Demetra, Destiny...
Juanita Thomason
Dec 18, 2006
Juanita Una Thomason, 93, a resident of Vinita since 1933 passed away at Craig General Hospital late Monday night. She was born June 25, 1913 in Carterville, MO to Robert M. and Martha Agnes (Walker) Wilkinson. Mrs. Thomason spent much of her time being involved in the First United Methodist Women's missions and had a love for porcelain painting. She...
Penny Carper
Dec 18, 2006
Eula Mae Kime-Deacon-Carper, also known as Penny Mae Carper, passed from this life at 10:20a.m., Monday, December 18, 2006 at the Silver Lake Care Center in Bartlesville where she had spent her last three weeks. She was in the arms of her daughter Debbie when she peacefully went to be with the Lord. Penny Carper was born October 23, 1929...
Roy Bogle
Dec 14, 2006
Roy Gene Bogle 69 year-old rural Ketchum-Langley (Military) area resident, died late Thursday December 14, 2006 at his home. He was born September 30, 1937 in Big Cabin to Paul Eugene "Gene" and Ruby Mae (Comer) Bogle. Roy Gene attended school at Military and then graduated from Ketchum High School. He worked as a truck driver, farmer and rancher. Roy...
Elizabeth Nelson
Dec 13, 2006
Elizabeth Betty "Granny" Nelson 64 year-old Sportsman Shores (Langley) resident died at her daughter's home, Wednesday, December 13, 2006. She was born August 16, 1942 in Dallas, Texas. She married James O. Nelson in Ardmore, Oklahoma in 1958; he preceded her in death on August 12, 2003. She had worked as a cook and dishwasher at Frosty and Edna's Café...
Margaret Long
Dec 13, 2006
Margaret Patricia "Pat" Long, 78, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2006, following a brief illness. Mrs. Long was born Margaret Patricia Younger on January 19, 1928, in Amarillo, Texas. She attended Colorado College where she met and married her husband of 59 years. Pat and her husband, Chester, made their home in Tulsa, OK, where she volunteered her skills and...
Reva Scott
Dec 13, 2006
Reva Margaret Scott, 86, a resident of Vinita passed away at Craig General Hospital on Wednesday, December 13, 2006. She was born on January 1, 1920 in Lone Jack, Missouri in Jefferson County to Floyd George and Ruby Margaret (Overton) Shurtleff. Reva had lived in the Langley and Ketchum area since 1966, and had lived the last few years in...
Dorothy King
Dec 12, 2006
Eucha, OK -Dorothy Mae King, 81, died early Tuesday morning, December 12, 2006 at the home of her son, Jerry. Dorothy was born July 5, 1925 at Delaware County, Oklahoma to James Williams and Muriel (Walls) Williams. She married Sherman Edward King in Delaware County on December 11, 1943. Mr. King preceded his wife in death, June 23, 1979. The...
Mary Howard
Dec 12, 2006
Mary Kathryn (Galvin) Howard, 69, of Vinita, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006 at Craig General Hospital. Born on June 30, 1937 in Vinita to Anthony Raymond and Lucy (Bigknife) Galvin. Mary was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy and member of Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Vinita. She had been a resident of Vinita for most of her life...
Georgia Ewing
Dec 9, 2006
Georgia Vivian Bauer Ewing, age 91, a resident of Bartlesville died Saturday December 9, 2006, peacefully after a short illness at Jane Phillips Medical Center. Mrs. Ewing was born January 25, 1915 in Craig County, rural Bluejacket, Oklahoma the daughter of George Ernest Bauer and Lucrettia Mae Akers. Georgia moved with her family to Bartlesville in 1918 and she attended...
Benny Claxton
Dec 6, 2006
Grove, OK - Benny Ed Claxton, 59, died following an extended illness, Wednesday night, December 6, 2006 at his home in Grove, Oklahoma with his family at his side. Benny was born November 8, 1947 in Enid, Oklahoma to Benny Carlton Claxton and Anita Beth (Murphy) Claxton. He attended schools in Enid and Wichita, Kansas before moving to Grove in...
Laura Newkirk
Dec 5, 2006
Laura S. "Dolly" (Schmitt) Newkirk, 84, a resident of Vinita passed away at Rosewood Terrace Nursing Center. She was born on May 1, 1922 in Madison, KS. She worked as an office manager for a resort in Zolfo Springs, FL until her retirement. Her Husband James Newkirk worked there after traveling the world. They lived and worked in Germany for...
Donald Draper
Dec 5, 2006
Afton, Oklahoma Donald (Pat) Draper of Afton (Monkey Island) died suddenly Tuesday December 5, 2006 at the Integris Grove General Hospital, Grove, Ok. at the age of 60. Pat was born September 26, 1946 to Amzie Donald and Ellen Josephine Draper at Wichita, Ks. He graduated from the Wichita East High School. After high school he served his country in...
Virginia Stidham
Dec 4, 2006
Virginia L. Stidham, 80-year-old former Nowata resident, passed away at 12:10a.m., Monday, December 4, 2006 at the Southcrest Hospital in Tulsa. Virginia L. Stidham was born October 31, 1926 in Hickory, Oklahoma to Henry David Moore and Lonie Welch-Moore. She grew up and attended schools in Hickory. After graduating, Mrs. Stidham went on to attend East Central University where she...
Jerry Littrell
Dec 4, 2006
Disney, Oklahoma Jerry Don Littrell of Disney died Monday December 4, 2006 at the Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Ok. He was 82. Jerry was born July 13, 1924 to Arthur "A.J." and Anna (Vernon) Littrell in Muskogee, Ok. He served his country in the United States Army during W.W.II., receiving Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 2 Stars, Good Conduct...
Georgia Page
Dec 1, 2006
Georgia Myrtle Page Georgia Myrtle Page was born July 9, 1930, in Delaware, Oklahoma, to William and Myrtle (Corbin) Lewis. She passed from this life December 1, 2006, at Jane Phillips Medical Center, in Bartlesville, after reaching 76 years, 4 months, and 22 days. She attended Delaware schools. Georgia married James Campbell and they made their home in Nowata. Of...
Jessie Poindexter
Dec 1, 2006
Jessie Louise Poindexter, 96-year-old former Lenapah resident, passed away at the Medical Center of Lewisville in Lewisville, Texas on Friday, December 1, 2006. Jessie Louise Poindexter was born December 9, 1909 in Poteau, Oklahoma to Jacob Maple and Ollie Edna Brady-Maple. She came to Lenapah from Poteau in a covered wagon. Mrs. Poindexter grew up and attended schools in Lenapah....
Randall O'Field
Nov 30, 2006
Jay, OK - Randall Lee O'Field, 43, died Thursday, November 30, 2006 at Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Randall was born February 25, 1963 at Claremore, Oklahoma to Robert O'Field and Patsy (Hogshooter) O'Field. He was a lifelong resident of the Jay area, operating a forklift at Tyson Foods Incorporated for the past 18 years. Randall loved to play sports,...
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