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Juan F. Legarreta

Juan F. Legarreta

Jun 27, 2012

Juan Felipe Legarreta age 27 passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012 in Oklahoma City. Juan was born January 5, 1985 in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Juan F. Legarreta-Lopez and Lourdes Rivera Legarreta. He graduated from Claremore Sequoyah High School with the Class of 2003. Juan served in the United States Army as a Combat Engineer during Iraqi Freedom and...

Margaret Earline Webster

Margaret Earline Webster

Jun 27, 2012

Margaret Earline Webster, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at the age of 89. She was born September 6, 1922 to Frank Albert and Gretta (Leggett) Cagle in Grant, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Lee Webster in 1985, parents, Frank Albert and Gretta Cagle and brother, Billy Joe Cagle. Survivors include...

Jessie Barbara Carter

Jessie Barbara Carter

Jun 26, 2012

Jessie Barbara Carter, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away on Monday, June 26, 2012 at the age of 71. She was born on January 31, 1941 to John and Mildred Pauline (Dunham) Runkle in Elkhart, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, infant sister, Karen June and infant brother, Gary Dean and brother, John Runkle. Survivors include her...

Edna Mae Hughes

Edna Mae Hughes

Jun 13, 2012

Edna Mae Hughes, a lifelong resident of Okmulgee, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the age of 95. She was born July 15, 1916 to Daniel Jefferson and Ollie (Oaks) McGuire in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. She graduated from Okmulgee High School in 1934 and worked as a Director of Purchasing for Oklahoma State Tech for over 30 years. Also during...

Noriva Mason

Noriva Mason

Jun 12, 2012

Noriva Mason, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the age of 88. No services are planned at this time.

Robert Darrell Thomas

Robert Darrell Thomas

Jun 12, 2012

Robert Darrell “Okie Bob” Thomas, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at the age of 76. He was born February 3, 1936 to Vester Floyd Thomas and Cordie Mae (Merrill) in Los Banos, California. Private Family Services will be held.

William Thomas Jeffers

William Thomas Jeffers

Jun 11, 2012

W.T. Jeffers was called home to be with his Good Father on Monday, June 11, 2012 following a heart attack at his home in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. He was 86 years old. W.T. (William Thomas) was born May 25, 1926 in Blaney, South Carolina to Furman and Catherine Jeffers. He graduated from Columbia, South Carolina's Olympia High School in 1942....

Norma Elaine Plummer

Norma Elaine Plummer

Jun 11, 2012

Norma Elaine Plummer age 77 passed away Monday, June 11, 2012 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Norma was born June 19, 1934 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Charles Barnes and Ada (Gill) Barnes. She graduated from Haven High School in Haven, Kansas and also attended OU. Norma worked at US Steel Manufacturing Company as an executive secretary for thirty-four...

Mulsey T. Long

Mulsey T. Long

Jun 11, 2012

Mulsey Long passed away Monday, June 11, 2012 in Muskogee at the age of 87. She was born September 14, 1924 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Miller and Nancy (Lowe) Tarpalechee. She married Reverend Harry Lee Long on May 10, 1947 in Holdenville, Oklahoma. They had six children: Larry Long (deceased), Beverly (sister) Long, Stephen (Wotko) Long, both of...

Fay Ann Giddens

Fay Ann Giddens

Jun 7, 2012

Fay Ann Giddens age 61 passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fay was born in Tulsa on July 30, 1950 to Charles Woodard and Elizabeth Ficklin. She graduated from McClain High School. Fay married Kenneth Eugene Giddens on June 10, 1972. She worked as a Physical Therapist. Fay was preceded in death by...

Delbert Dean Cornelison

Delbert Dean Cornelison

Jun 7, 2012

Delbert (Dub) Dean Cornelison, son of Walter and Ethel Cornelison, was born March 13, 1941, in Seymour, Missouri. He departed this life, Thursday, June 7th 2012, in his home, in Mounds, Oklahoma, at the age of seventy-one years, two months, and twenty five days. Delbert graduated from Seymour High School, Seymour, MO in 1959.On April 7th 1961, he was united...

Paul Mcarthur Phillips

Paul Mcarthur Phillips

Jun 4, 2012

Paul M. Phillips, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away Monday, June 4, 2012 at the age of 68. No Services are planned at this time.

Willie Taylor Coker

Willie Taylor Coker

Jun 4, 2012

Willie Taylor Coker, our Dad and granddad was born August 12, 1918 and grew up in a loving home with 6 brothers and sisters. His dad was a migrant farmer, so life was hard and poor. When he was 11 the great depression hit. He never talked bad about it or the situation his family was in. During those years...

Laura Dawn Nieves

Laura Dawn Nieves

Jun 1, 2012

Laura Dawn (Hughes)Nieves age 35 passed away Friday, June 1, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital as a result of an accident at her home. Laura was born November 1, 1976 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Karen Irene (Holland) and John William Hughes. She graduated from Glenpool High School with the Class of 1995 and Tulsa Community College with an associates degree....

Helen Louise Lowrey

Helen Louise Lowrey

May 29, 2012

Helen Louise (Chambers) Lowrey age 80 passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Helen was born November 21, 1931 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to O. K. Chambers and Gertie (Osborn) Chambers. On June 23, 1963 she married Louis George Lowrey in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She worked as a nurses aide for Jane Phillips Hospital in Bartlesville...

Louis Edward Mcclain

Louis Edward Mcclain

May 27, 2012

Louis Edward McClain was born October 15, 1923 in Coalgate, OK to Thomas Jefferson McClain and Ida Mae Dodd McClain. One year later, his father, mother, and three older siblings moved to Tahlequah, OK, where Ed grew to be a young man. In 1942 at 18 years of age, he joined the army and served in the Pacific Theatre until...

John Walker

John Walker

May 21, 2012

John W. Walker age 94 passed away Monday, May 21, 2012 at Claremore Veterans Center in Claremore, Oklahoma. John was born July 22, 1917 in Globe, Arizona to Andrew Jackson Walker and Marie (Payden) Walker. He grew up in Arizona and graduated from high school in that area. He served in the United States Army Air Corp from April 13,...

Sarah Nell Matthews

Sarah Nell Matthews

May 19, 2012

Sarah Nell (Daniels) Matthews passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Okmulgee at the age of 89. She was born Tuesday, June 27, 1922 in Haskell, Oklahoma to William Dorsey Daniels and Frances Louise (Cowan) Daniels. Sarah grew up in Morris and Okmulgee. During WWII, she worked as an aircraft inspector in a defense plant. After she married, she was...

Millie Mcelhannon

Millie Mcelhannon

May 19, 2012

Millie Katherine McElhannon, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the age of 81. She was born January 9, 1931 to William Ernest and Captola (Minor) Epping. Survivors include her four children, Pam Vidricksen Kerr and husband, Robert of Katy, Texas, Debby Anders of Piedmont, Tony Vidricksen and wife, Lynn of Bel Air, Maryland and Mark...

Loretta Sloan

Loretta Sloan

May 16, 2012

Loretta Ann "De" Sloan, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at the age of 80. She was born August 1, 1931 to Harber and Betty (McHenry) Johnson in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Okmulgee. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harber and Betty Johnson; husband, Jack Sloan;...

Juan F. Legarreta

Juan F. Legarreta

Jun 27, 2012

Juan Felipe Legarreta age 27 passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012 in Oklahoma City. Juan was born January 5, 1985 in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Juan F. Legarreta-Lopez and Lourdes Rivera Legarreta. He graduated from Claremore Sequoyah High School with the Class of 2003. Juan served in the United States Army as a Combat Engineer during Iraqi Freedom and...

Margaret Earline Webster

Margaret Earline Webster

Jun 27, 2012

Margaret Earline Webster, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at the age of 89. She was born September 6, 1922 to Frank Albert and Gretta (Leggett) Cagle in Grant, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Lee Webster in 1985, parents, Frank Albert and Gretta Cagle and brother, Billy Joe Cagle. Survivors include...

Jessie Barbara Carter

Jessie Barbara Carter

Jun 26, 2012

Jessie Barbara Carter, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away on Monday, June 26, 2012 at the age of 71. She was born on January 31, 1941 to John and Mildred Pauline (Dunham) Runkle in Elkhart, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, infant sister, Karen June and infant brother, Gary Dean and brother, John Runkle. Survivors include her...

Edna Mae Hughes

Edna Mae Hughes

Jun 13, 2012

Edna Mae Hughes, a lifelong resident of Okmulgee, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the age of 95. She was born July 15, 1916 to Daniel Jefferson and Ollie (Oaks) McGuire in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. She graduated from Okmulgee High School in 1934 and worked as a Director of Purchasing for Oklahoma State Tech for over 30 years. Also during...

Noriva Mason

Noriva Mason

Jun 12, 2012

Noriva Mason, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the age of 88. No services are planned at this time.

Robert Darrell Thomas

Robert Darrell Thomas

Jun 12, 2012

Robert Darrell “Okie Bob” Thomas, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at the age of 76. He was born February 3, 1936 to Vester Floyd Thomas and Cordie Mae (Merrill) in Los Banos, California. Private Family Services will be held.

William Thomas Jeffers

William Thomas Jeffers

Jun 11, 2012

W.T. Jeffers was called home to be with his Good Father on Monday, June 11, 2012 following a heart attack at his home in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. He was 86 years old. W.T. (William Thomas) was born May 25, 1926 in Blaney, South Carolina to Furman and Catherine Jeffers. He graduated from Columbia, South Carolina's Olympia High School in 1942....

Norma Elaine Plummer

Norma Elaine Plummer

Jun 11, 2012

Norma Elaine Plummer age 77 passed away Monday, June 11, 2012 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Norma was born June 19, 1934 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Charles Barnes and Ada (Gill) Barnes. She graduated from Haven High School in Haven, Kansas and also attended OU. Norma worked at US Steel Manufacturing Company as an executive secretary for thirty-four...

Mulsey T. Long

Mulsey T. Long

Jun 11, 2012

Mulsey Long passed away Monday, June 11, 2012 in Muskogee at the age of 87. She was born September 14, 1924 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Miller and Nancy (Lowe) Tarpalechee. She married Reverend Harry Lee Long on May 10, 1947 in Holdenville, Oklahoma. They had six children: Larry Long (deceased), Beverly (sister) Long, Stephen (Wotko) Long, both of...

Fay Ann Giddens

Fay Ann Giddens

Jun 7, 2012

Fay Ann Giddens age 61 passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fay was born in Tulsa on July 30, 1950 to Charles Woodard and Elizabeth Ficklin. She graduated from McClain High School. Fay married Kenneth Eugene Giddens on June 10, 1972. She worked as a Physical Therapist. Fay was preceded in death by...

Delbert Dean Cornelison

Delbert Dean Cornelison

Jun 7, 2012

Delbert (Dub) Dean Cornelison, son of Walter and Ethel Cornelison, was born March 13, 1941, in Seymour, Missouri. He departed this life, Thursday, June 7th 2012, in his home, in Mounds, Oklahoma, at the age of seventy-one years, two months, and twenty five days. Delbert graduated from Seymour High School, Seymour, MO in 1959.On April 7th 1961, he was united...

Paul Mcarthur Phillips

Paul Mcarthur Phillips

Jun 4, 2012

Paul M. Phillips, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away Monday, June 4, 2012 at the age of 68. No Services are planned at this time.

Willie Taylor Coker

Willie Taylor Coker

Jun 4, 2012

Willie Taylor Coker, our Dad and granddad was born August 12, 1918 and grew up in a loving home with 6 brothers and sisters. His dad was a migrant farmer, so life was hard and poor. When he was 11 the great depression hit. He never talked bad about it or the situation his family was in. During those years...

Laura Dawn Nieves

Laura Dawn Nieves

Jun 1, 2012

Laura Dawn (Hughes)Nieves age 35 passed away Friday, June 1, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital as a result of an accident at her home. Laura was born November 1, 1976 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Karen Irene (Holland) and John William Hughes. She graduated from Glenpool High School with the Class of 1995 and Tulsa Community College with an associates degree....

Helen Louise Lowrey

Helen Louise Lowrey

May 29, 2012

Helen Louise (Chambers) Lowrey age 80 passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Helen was born November 21, 1931 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to O. K. Chambers and Gertie (Osborn) Chambers. On June 23, 1963 she married Louis George Lowrey in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She worked as a nurses aide for Jane Phillips Hospital in Bartlesville...

Louis Edward Mcclain

Louis Edward Mcclain

May 27, 2012

Louis Edward McClain was born October 15, 1923 in Coalgate, OK to Thomas Jefferson McClain and Ida Mae Dodd McClain. One year later, his father, mother, and three older siblings moved to Tahlequah, OK, where Ed grew to be a young man. In 1942 at 18 years of age, he joined the army and served in the Pacific Theatre until...

John Walker

John Walker

May 21, 2012

John W. Walker age 94 passed away Monday, May 21, 2012 at Claremore Veterans Center in Claremore, Oklahoma. John was born July 22, 1917 in Globe, Arizona to Andrew Jackson Walker and Marie (Payden) Walker. He grew up in Arizona and graduated from high school in that area. He served in the United States Army Air Corp from April 13,...

Sarah Nell Matthews

Sarah Nell Matthews

May 19, 2012

Sarah Nell (Daniels) Matthews passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Okmulgee at the age of 89. She was born Tuesday, June 27, 1922 in Haskell, Oklahoma to William Dorsey Daniels and Frances Louise (Cowan) Daniels. Sarah grew up in Morris and Okmulgee. During WWII, she worked as an aircraft inspector in a defense plant. After she married, she was...

Millie Mcelhannon

Millie Mcelhannon

May 19, 2012

Millie Katherine McElhannon, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the age of 81. She was born January 9, 1931 to William Ernest and Captola (Minor) Epping. Survivors include her four children, Pam Vidricksen Kerr and husband, Robert of Katy, Texas, Debby Anders of Piedmont, Tony Vidricksen and wife, Lynn of Bel Air, Maryland and Mark...

Loretta Sloan

Loretta Sloan

May 16, 2012

Loretta Ann "De" Sloan, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at the age of 80. She was born August 1, 1931 to Harber and Betty (McHenry) Johnson in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Okmulgee. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harber and Betty Johnson; husband, Jack Sloan;...