Obituaries

Jun 19, 2019

Full obituary coming soon.

Jun 18, 2019

Bonita (Bun) Florence Reynolds was born February 11th, 1941 in Sperry Oklahoma to Ivra Thomas (Tommy) and Elizabeth Florence Willis. She graduated Sperry High School in 1959. And received a Bachelors of Music Education from the University of Tulsa in 1964.

Bonita was known throughout Sperry as a beautiful and soulful singer. She was often asked to...

Jun 17, 2019

After a courageous 5-year battle with multiple serious health conditions, Tech Sergeant (retired) William (Will) Ray McGimpsey, 62, Langley, passed into eternity with his Jesus, on June 17, 2019, surrounded by his precious loved ones at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa. Will was born on October 28, 1956 in Vinita, the youngest son of Bill and Anna (Harrison) McGimpsey....

Jun 17, 2019

Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita, OK (918) 256-5555.... Doyle Dee Davis 63-year old Vinita, OK resident passed away 6/17/2019 in Grove, OK.

Doyle was born and raised in Tulsa, OK, he moved to Vinita, OK 5 years ago. He was a self-employed carpenter all his life.

Survivors include two brothers Danny Dale Davis of Millbrook, Alabama,...

Jun 15, 2019

Howard Wesley Matsler, age 77, Grove, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2019 at Intergris Grove Hospital, Grove.

He was born January 2, 1942 in Jackson, Illinois to the late Ricardo Matsler and Myrna Hawk Matsler.

Howard served in the United States Airforce. Following his Airforce career, he owned and operated his computer programming business....

Jun 14, 2019

Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita, OK (918) 256-5555……Bernice Sumner Honey passed away on June 14, 2019 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  She was born on February 19, 1933 in Big Cabin, OK to Bert Sumner and Edith (Claypool) Sumner.

Bernice was raised in Big Cabin, OK. After graduating from Adair High School Bernice raised four sons. She was a member of the 4...

Jun 13, 2019

WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME, GROVE, OKLAHOMA, 918-786-2261. Mary Laidlaw Johnson, age 98, Grove, Oklahoma passed away  Thursday, June 13, 2019 at the Grandwood Assisted Living Center.

She was born October 6, 1920 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to the late Robert Mower and Isabell Zinn Mower.

She married J.F. Johnson, Jr. He preceded her in death in 1973....

Jun 13, 2019

Fred Eugene "Buck" Cook, 58, of Wann, Oklahoma, passed away Thursday afternoon, June 13, 2019 at Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville.

Buck was born March 29, 1961 in New York City. He grew up and received his education in New York and made his home, wherever his job of electrical lineman took him. Buck was a member...

Jun 12, 2019

Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita, OK (918) 256-5555.....

Roscoe Eugene Hanes, eighty-six-year-old, long-time Claremore resident, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Catoosa.

Roscoe was born November 4, 1933, in Vinita, to Lester and Alma (Johnson) Hanes.  He married Shirley Jane Montgomery on December 1, 1951, in Vinita.  After moving around the state, having four children...

Jun 11, 2019

WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME, GROVE, OKLAHOMA 918-786-2261  Eugene “Butch” Mahurin, Jr., 68 year old Grove resident, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2019.  Butch was born in Friona, TX on July 6, 1950 to Eugene and Janomi (Williams) Mahurin.  Butch was good at fixing things, enjoyed gardening, fishing, and crocheting.

Survivors include his daughters: Janene Ward and husband John...

Jun 4, 2019

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA  918-273-2700...…………... Sheryl Lynn Burruss age 46 of Nowata, Oklahoma passed away on June 4, 2019 in Nowata County. Sheryl was born on July 21, 1972 to Curtis Ray and Stephanie K. (Frye) Burruss in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Sheryl was one of three children, she had two brothers; Rustin and Justin. She was raised in Bartlesville...

Jun 4, 2019

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700...……..

Karen Sue (Guthrie) Slack 77, entered into heaven on Tuesday, June 4, 2019.  Karen was born March 29, 1942, in Watova, Oklahoma to A.V. (Mike) Guthrie and Ida Margaret (Hodges) Guthrie.  She was a member of the Ochelata First Baptist church.  She was an accountant for Phillips Petroleum Company and Totah...

Jun 1, 2019

WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME - JAY, OKLAHOMA - 918-253-3222.  Kenneth Jay Graham, 64 year old resident of Jay, Oklahoma, passed away on June 1, 2019 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Kenny was born on July 19, 1954 in Claremore, Oklahoma.  He was the son of the late J.D. Graham and Jenora Mae (Bacon)...

May 31, 2019

WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME, GROVE, OKLAHOMA, 918-786-2261. Michael Terry Tucker of Grove Ok was born in Tulsa Ok on Aug 11 1959 and passed away May 31st, 2019. He was the son of Charles J Tucker Sr and Doris Nadine Tucker.   He established his company Michael Tucker Enterprises Inc shortly after graduating from high school.  His construction business covered work...

May 31, 2019

Ronald Warren Heard, life-long White Oak resident passed away at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Friday, May 31, 2019. He was born February 15, 1950, in White Oak, Oklahoma to Ralph and Louise (Rame) Heard. Ronald attended schools in White Oak and was a truck driver by trade. He was a veteran serving in the United States Army...

May 30, 2019

WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME - JAY, OKLAHOMA - 918-253-3222.  Sequoyah Charley Guess, 62 year old resident of Oaks, Oklahoma, passed away on May 30, 2019.

Sequoyah was born on October 25, 1956 in Texas.  He was the son of Charley Sequoyah Guess and Lylie (Moccasin) Guess.  He was a well known and proud member of the Keetoowah tribe....

May 29, 2019

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Jennalee Bell Thompson died Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at the home of her daughter in Bartlesville. She was born July 09, 1932 in Powell, McDonald County, Missouri, to Joe and Ceicel (Sutherland) Dee. She graduated as valedictorian from Nowata High School in 1950. Later that year, on ugust 21, she married John W. Thompson. Together they had two...

May 25, 2019

Thomas “Tom” Robert Wiggins, age 95 and resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on May 25, 2019 at The Journey Home in Bartlesville.

Tom Wiggins was born on September 11, 1923 in Muskogee, Oklahoma.  He was the son of Thomas Edward Wiggins and Mary Florence Bates.  He moved as an infant with his parents to Oklahoma City....

May 25, 2019

WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME - JAY, OKLAHOMA - 918-253-3222.  George I. Elliott, 67 year old resident of Kansas, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, May 25, 2019.

George was born on March 25, 1952 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  He was the son of James E. Elliott and Shirley M. (Osborne) Elliott.  George worked as a truck driver and in the...

May 22, 2019

WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME, GROVE, OKLAHOMA, 918-786-2261. Billie Darlene Meads, 80 year old Grove resident, passed from this life Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

Billie was born in Claremore on December 5, 1938 to the late William On-The- Hill and Lillie Elizabeth Melton.

In addition to her parents, and step-father, Donald Peterson, she was preceded in death...