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Nancy Kate Rutherford Wilson

Nancy Kate Rutherford Wilson

Nov 11, 2015

Nancy Kate Rutherford Wilson was born September 24, 1937 in Appalachia, Virginia to Elbert Rutherford and Rosa Victoria Bowman Rutherford. She was reunited with them, three brothers: Lester, Paul and Jack and her husband, Carl on November 11, 2015. She married Carl Wilson on November 10, 1956. They settled in Pryor in 1962. In 1973 they formed Telephone Communications Co.,...

Richard "Rick" Lloyd Romans

Richard "Rick" Lloyd Romans

Nov 8, 2015

Richard Lloyd Romans passed away, Sunday, November 8, 2015 in Tulsa at the age of 71, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Rick was born April 17, 1944 in Tulsa to Gleason and Florene Romans. He graduated from Nathan Hale High School in 1962, attended Oklahoma Military Academy and Spartan School of Aeronautics. Rick worked in the aviation industry...

Garry Edward White

Garry Edward White

Nov 7, 2015

Garry Edward White, Mounds resident, died Saturday evening November 7, 2015, at the age of 68 years. He was born on August 9, 1947 to his parents, Coy and Dale (Ward) White in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Garry worked as diesel mechanic. He loved to work on cars and watch any type of auto racing; from dirt track to NASCAR and everything...

Georgia  Kaye Hill

Georgia Kaye Hill

Nov 6, 2015

Georgia Kaye Hill, born in Casper, Wyoming, raised in Wyoming and California, passed away on November 6, 2015 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 71. She was born on July 29, 1944 to Harry and Kathryn Ritzman. Georgia loved spending time with her children, serving as both Den Mother and Girl Scout Leader to her son and daughter. She...

Eliot Ray  Endicott

Eliot Ray Endicott

Nov 5, 2015

Eliot Ray Endicott, infant baby boy of Luke and Tammy Endicott, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2015. He was preceded in death by his Papa, Clay Nolen. Survivors include his parents, Luke and Tammy Endicott; five siblings, Riley Martin, Isabel Endicott, Jesse Martin, Ethan Endicott and Ember Endicott; grandparents, Lanny and Nancy Endicott; Clifford and Linda Dunn; great grandmother, Marie...

Leslie Carter Matthies

Leslie Carter Matthies

Nov 4, 2015

Les Matthies died peacefully on November 4, 2015 at Clarehouse in Tulsa, OK at the age of 72. He was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic urothelial cancer in January 2015 after surviving testicular cancer in the 1980s. Les was born on May 2, 1943, the third of five children to Leslie H. and Mary C. Matthies in Los Angeles, California....

Wayne B.  Parker

Wayne B. Parker

Nov 4, 2015

Wayne B. Parker was born in Sasakwa, Oklahoma on August 27, 1934 at the Methodist Parsonage. He passed away November 4, 2015 at home of 16 plus years in Okmulgee County. His birth parents were Reverend Daris M. Parker and Mildred Littlefield Parker. He was preceded in death by his parents and stepmother, who raised him, Jenny Cooper Parker, his...

Dorothy Ann Moore Funkhouser

Dorothy Ann Moore Funkhouser

Oct 31, 2015

Dorothy Ann Moore Funkhouser, 90 passed away Saturday, October 31, 2015 at her Tulsa residence. She was born May 12, 1925 in Rochester, Minnesota to Clyde and Bessie (Jondahl) Moore. She graduated from Central High School in Tulsa in the Class of 1943. She also attended the University of Arizona and the University of Oklahoma. Dorothy volunteered for the Pacer's...

Sheila Gruver

Sheila Gruver

Oct 30, 2015

Sheila Renae Bradley Gruver, age 55, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2015 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sheila was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma on November 6, 1959 to Paul Mannford Bradley and Reba LaVern (Beeler) Bradley. She graduated in 1978 from Jenks High School. For twelve years Sheila worked as a Advertising Representative for Sapulpa Daily...

Alberta Conkin

Alberta Conkin

Oct 29, 2015

Alberta Conkin, nee Hallman, 102, currently living at Brookdale Senior Living Center in Weatherford, and formerly of Thomas and Checotah, passed away on October 29, 2015. She and her husband, Joe, married 74 years, owned and operated the Holiday Cove Boat Storage in Checotah for nearly 40 years after Joe’s retirement from Mobil Oil Co. Alberta has been reunited with...

Dwight Neel

Dwight Neel

Oct 28, 2015

Dwight Neel was born June 30, 1933 in Peggs, OK to Jay and Rebecca Bradley Neel . Dwight, his brother, JC, and his parents all lived in Peggs where Dwight attended Oak Hill School. They lived along Spring Creek where Dwight and his brother, JC played at the creek all summer long. Later his brother, Kenneth was born and then...

Mary  Lou Melton

Mary Lou Melton

Oct 27, 2015

Mary Lou Melton, a former resident of Okmulgee, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at the age of 82. She was born on March 26, 1933 to Harold Luther and Inez Maude (Hoover) Greene in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. On January 6, 1951, she married Robert Melton in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold Luther and...

Winifred Louise Richards

Winifred Louise Richards

Oct 25, 2015

Winifred Louise Richards passed away Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Montereau in Tulsa. Winifred was born November 24, 1923 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma to Tracy Noble and Ruby Mae (Leathers) Turney. Winifred was a business owner of Richards Personnel and philanthropist. She is survived by her daughter, Linda R. Malone of Naples, Florida. Services are pending at this time.

Johnnie Fay Terrell

Johnnie Fay Terrell

Oct 25, 2015

Johnnie Fay Terrell passed from this life Sunday, October 25 at her home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma with daughter Valerie by her side. Born on February , 1927 in Middle Enterprise, Oklahoma in Osage County to Harley and Gertie Tomey. She graduated from Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1943. Johnnie loved good food, laughter and being with...

Gerald Albert Tomasko

Gerald Albert Tomasko

Oct 25, 2015

Gerald (Jerry) Albert Tomasko age 78 passed away Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jerry was born on July 7, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois to Earl and Ethel (Elliott) Tomasko. He graduated in 1955 from Austin High School. When he was sixteen years old he met the love of his life and married, Dolores Sylvia...

Tyler T Thomas

Tyler T Thomas

Oct 24, 2015

Tyler T Thomas Tyler Thomas, age 48, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2015 in Tulsa, OK. He will be deeply missed by his loving family, friends and neighbors. Tyler was born on November 18, 1966 in Liberal, KS. He attended Ponca City High School and obtained his Forestry degree from Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, Oklahoma. He moved...

Judith Anne Donald

Judith Anne Donald

Oct 23, 2015

Judith Anne Donald passed away Friday, October 23, 2015 at her home in Tulsa. She was born July 19, 1945 in Jacksonville, Florida, the daughter of Leonard B. and Claire V. Eubanks. Judith earned her bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Florida Southern University. She earned her teaching certificate in Oklahoma from the University of Tulsa and taught first grade...

 James  David  Varner

James David Varner

Oct 23, 2015

James David Varner, age 71, passed away on Friday, October 23, 2015 at his Jenks residence with loving family members by his side. James was born on February 21, 1944 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma to Harold Varner and Lillian Mae (Byers) Varner. He attended Sapulpa High School. James married Joy Langston in Columbus, Kansas. He worked as a welder in the...

Nancy Kate Rutherford Wilson

Nancy Kate Rutherford Wilson

Nov 11, 2015

Nancy Kate Rutherford Wilson was born September 24, 1937 in Appalachia, Virginia to Elbert Rutherford and Rosa Victoria Bowman Rutherford. She was reunited with them, three brothers: Lester, Paul and Jack and her husband, Carl on November 11, 2015. She married Carl Wilson on November 10, 1956. They settled in Pryor in 1962. In 1973 they formed Telephone Communications Co.,...

Richard "Rick" Lloyd Romans

Richard "Rick" Lloyd Romans

Nov 8, 2015

Richard Lloyd Romans passed away, Sunday, November 8, 2015 in Tulsa at the age of 71, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Rick was born April 17, 1944 in Tulsa to Gleason and Florene Romans. He graduated from Nathan Hale High School in 1962, attended Oklahoma Military Academy and Spartan School of Aeronautics. Rick worked in the aviation industry...

Garry Edward White

Garry Edward White

Nov 7, 2015

Garry Edward White, Mounds resident, died Saturday evening November 7, 2015, at the age of 68 years. He was born on August 9, 1947 to his parents, Coy and Dale (Ward) White in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Garry worked as diesel mechanic. He loved to work on cars and watch any type of auto racing; from dirt track to NASCAR and everything...

Georgia  Kaye Hill

Georgia Kaye Hill

Nov 6, 2015

Georgia Kaye Hill, born in Casper, Wyoming, raised in Wyoming and California, passed away on November 6, 2015 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 71. She was born on July 29, 1944 to Harry and Kathryn Ritzman. Georgia loved spending time with her children, serving as both Den Mother and Girl Scout Leader to her son and daughter. She...

Eliot Ray  Endicott

Eliot Ray Endicott

Nov 5, 2015

Eliot Ray Endicott, infant baby boy of Luke and Tammy Endicott, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2015. He was preceded in death by his Papa, Clay Nolen. Survivors include his parents, Luke and Tammy Endicott; five siblings, Riley Martin, Isabel Endicott, Jesse Martin, Ethan Endicott and Ember Endicott; grandparents, Lanny and Nancy Endicott; Clifford and Linda Dunn; great grandmother, Marie...

Leslie Carter Matthies

Leslie Carter Matthies

Nov 4, 2015

Les Matthies died peacefully on November 4, 2015 at Clarehouse in Tulsa, OK at the age of 72. He was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic urothelial cancer in January 2015 after surviving testicular cancer in the 1980s. Les was born on May 2, 1943, the third of five children to Leslie H. and Mary C. Matthies in Los Angeles, California....

Wayne B.  Parker

Wayne B. Parker

Nov 4, 2015

Wayne B. Parker was born in Sasakwa, Oklahoma on August 27, 1934 at the Methodist Parsonage. He passed away November 4, 2015 at home of 16 plus years in Okmulgee County. His birth parents were Reverend Daris M. Parker and Mildred Littlefield Parker. He was preceded in death by his parents and stepmother, who raised him, Jenny Cooper Parker, his...

Dorothy Ann Moore Funkhouser

Dorothy Ann Moore Funkhouser

Oct 31, 2015

Dorothy Ann Moore Funkhouser, 90 passed away Saturday, October 31, 2015 at her Tulsa residence. She was born May 12, 1925 in Rochester, Minnesota to Clyde and Bessie (Jondahl) Moore. She graduated from Central High School in Tulsa in the Class of 1943. She also attended the University of Arizona and the University of Oklahoma. Dorothy volunteered for the Pacer's...

Sheila Gruver

Sheila Gruver

Oct 30, 2015

Sheila Renae Bradley Gruver, age 55, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2015 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sheila was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma on November 6, 1959 to Paul Mannford Bradley and Reba LaVern (Beeler) Bradley. She graduated in 1978 from Jenks High School. For twelve years Sheila worked as a Advertising Representative for Sapulpa Daily...

Alberta Conkin

Alberta Conkin

Oct 29, 2015

Alberta Conkin, nee Hallman, 102, currently living at Brookdale Senior Living Center in Weatherford, and formerly of Thomas and Checotah, passed away on October 29, 2015. She and her husband, Joe, married 74 years, owned and operated the Holiday Cove Boat Storage in Checotah for nearly 40 years after Joe’s retirement from Mobil Oil Co. Alberta has been reunited with...

Dwight Neel

Dwight Neel

Oct 28, 2015

Dwight Neel was born June 30, 1933 in Peggs, OK to Jay and Rebecca Bradley Neel . Dwight, his brother, JC, and his parents all lived in Peggs where Dwight attended Oak Hill School. They lived along Spring Creek where Dwight and his brother, JC played at the creek all summer long. Later his brother, Kenneth was born and then...

Mary  Lou Melton

Mary Lou Melton

Oct 27, 2015

Mary Lou Melton, a former resident of Okmulgee, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at the age of 82. She was born on March 26, 1933 to Harold Luther and Inez Maude (Hoover) Greene in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. On January 6, 1951, she married Robert Melton in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold Luther and...

Winifred Louise Richards

Winifred Louise Richards

Oct 25, 2015

Winifred Louise Richards passed away Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Montereau in Tulsa. Winifred was born November 24, 1923 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma to Tracy Noble and Ruby Mae (Leathers) Turney. Winifred was a business owner of Richards Personnel and philanthropist. She is survived by her daughter, Linda R. Malone of Naples, Florida. Services are pending at this time.

Johnnie Fay Terrell

Johnnie Fay Terrell

Oct 25, 2015

Johnnie Fay Terrell passed from this life Sunday, October 25 at her home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma with daughter Valerie by her side. Born on February , 1927 in Middle Enterprise, Oklahoma in Osage County to Harley and Gertie Tomey. She graduated from Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1943. Johnnie loved good food, laughter and being with...

Gerald Albert Tomasko

Gerald Albert Tomasko

Oct 25, 2015

Gerald (Jerry) Albert Tomasko age 78 passed away Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jerry was born on July 7, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois to Earl and Ethel (Elliott) Tomasko. He graduated in 1955 from Austin High School. When he was sixteen years old he met the love of his life and married, Dolores Sylvia...

Tyler T Thomas

Tyler T Thomas

Oct 24, 2015

Tyler T Thomas Tyler Thomas, age 48, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2015 in Tulsa, OK. He will be deeply missed by his loving family, friends and neighbors. Tyler was born on November 18, 1966 in Liberal, KS. He attended Ponca City High School and obtained his Forestry degree from Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, Oklahoma. He moved...

Judith Anne Donald

Judith Anne Donald

Oct 23, 2015

Judith Anne Donald passed away Friday, October 23, 2015 at her home in Tulsa. She was born July 19, 1945 in Jacksonville, Florida, the daughter of Leonard B. and Claire V. Eubanks. Judith earned her bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Florida Southern University. She earned her teaching certificate in Oklahoma from the University of Tulsa and taught first grade...

 James  David  Varner

James David Varner

Oct 23, 2015

James David Varner, age 71, passed away on Friday, October 23, 2015 at his Jenks residence with loving family members by his side. James was born on February 21, 1944 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma to Harold Varner and Lillian Mae (Byers) Varner. He attended Sapulpa High School. James married Joy Langston in Columbus, Kansas. He worked as a welder in the...