Obituaries

Sonja Ditmore

Apr 16, 2012

Memorial Services for Sonja Faye Ditmore will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Church of Christ in Anadarko, Oklahoma with Robert Dyer officiating. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Sonja Faye Ditmore, 71, of Nowata passed away Monday, April 16, 2012 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in...

Waldo Bales

Apr 16, 2012

Waldo Frederick Bales, was born September 2, 1922 in Altoona, Pennsylvania to Harry and Ruth Bales, and grew up in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Waldo joined the Naval Air Corps in Sampson, New York during World War II and was sent to the Hutchinson, Kansas Naval Air Base and spent leave time in Wichita, Kansas where he met his future wife, Cecille,...

Joanna Waldrip

Apr 15, 2012

Joanna Waldrip, 82, slipped from this life to the next on Sunday, April 15, 2012, after a courageous battle against cancer. The eldest of five children, Joanna was born to the late Fred L. Feigel and Juanita H. (Morris) Feigel on September 25, 1929, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Joanna attended College High School graduating in 1947. In her senior year, Joanna...

William Brannan Jr.

Apr 15, 2012

William E. "Bud" Brannan, Jr. 93 year old rural Adair resident, died at his home on Sunday, April 15, 2012. He was born July 19, 1918 in Nowata, Oklahoma to William E. Brannan, Sr. and Nellie Frances (McKibben) Brannan. After high school Bud attended Oklahoma A & M College in Stillwater for three years. He married Rose Begley in 1938...

Billy Ebert

Apr 14, 2012

Billy Ray "Bill" Ebert, 82, resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012, at his home, after fighting a courageous year and a half long battle with cancer. Billy Ray Ebert was born September 6, 1929 in Independence, Kansas the son of C.W. "Bill" and Veda Faye (Dixon) Ebert. Bill was raised in the Independence area, graduating from...

Eula Morris

Apr 14, 2012

Funeral services for Eula Morris, 86, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove, Oklahoma. Interment will follow at Olympus Cemetery. Eula Jean Morris was born March 18, 1926 to Fred and Evelyn (Zimmer) Mills in Deer Creek, Oklahoma. She attended school in Grove, Oklahoma where she graduated in 1943....

Judith Mcmullin

Apr 14, 2012

Judith Lee McMullin, 76 year old Vinita resident died Saturday April 14, 2012 at her home in Vinita. She was born August 13, 1935 in Canon City, Colorado to R.E. Darnell and Helen Vanderveer Darnell. Judy was raised traveling with the family to Job sites throughout Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. The family returned back to Chelsea, Ok when Judy...

Linda Hadley

Apr 13, 2012

Linda Elaine Hadley, 59 year old resident of Vinita died Friday April 13, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. She was born October 25, 1952 to John Cannady and Ruth Elen Heard Cannady. Linda was a lifetime resident of the area and attended school at Cobb and White Oak. She was of the Baptist faith and worked at Home...

Carl Korf

Apr 12, 2012

Service Details

Thursday, April 12th, 2012 1:00pm, First Christian Church-Langley

Minnie January

Apr 10, 2012

Lifetime resident of Delaware County, Minnie January went to be with her Lord and Savior on April 10, 2012 at the age of 94. Minnie was the daughter of Watie and Nancy (Snell) Guess, she was born on July 2, 1917 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She was united in marriage to Lloyd "Bill" January on May 20, 1939 in Jay, Oklahoma....

Tom Logan Sr.

Apr 10, 2012

Tom Henry Logan, Sr., age 71 of Afton, died Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Tom was born in Gracemont, OK to Efton Henry and Eula Marie (Wright) Logan. On December 1, 1958 he joined the United States Marine Corp. retiring on May 30, 1980. After his retirement from the Marines he moved back to Vinita and worked as a dozer operator...

Iola Penner

Apr 10, 2012

Iola Mae "Doby" Penner passed away on April 10, 2012, at the age of 99 at the Grove Nursing Center in Grove, Oklahoma. She was born on July 30, 1912, in Orienta, Oklahoma to John and Goldie Crockett. At the age of 12 she traveled with her family to Grove in a covered wagon, a journey that took them three...

Isa Harris

Apr 10, 2012

Isa I. Harris, resident of Grove, OK, passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at the age of 91. Isa was born on October 29, 1920 in Amity, Arkansas to Finis and Jessie Suton. Isa was married on May 31, 1941 to Russel Harris in Arkansas. She worked many years for her son's company LTI Publishing Company as an Office...

James Youtsey

Apr 9, 2012

Funeral services for James Lynn Youtsey will be held 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 13, 2012, at the First Christian Church, Nowata, Oklahoma with Rev. Robert Crawford officiating. Burial will follow at the Memorial Park Cemetery, Nowata, Oklahoma. Arrangements are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service of Nowata. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com James Lynn Youtsey was born...

Linda Mason

Apr 8, 2012

Linda Diane (Thompson) Mason, age 64, died on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 in Grove, Oklahoma. Linda was the daughter of Harold and Ferne Belle (Peterson) Thompson. Linda was born on October 29, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri. She was a graduate of South East High School in Kansas City in 1965. Linda then went to nursing school and became...

Agnes Wools

Apr 8, 2012

Agnes P. Wools, resident of Grove, OK, departed this life to be with her Lord on Sunday, April 8, 2012 at the age of 84. Agnes was born on August 19, 1927 in Paola, Kansas to Oliver and Lucy Jane (Wyman) Crouch. She was a longtime member of the First Christian Church. Agnes was also involved in AARP, the Senior...

Lydia King

Apr 8, 2012

Lydia King, 97 year old, Grove area resident, passed away Sunday April 8, 2012 in Seneca, Missouri, Lydia was born on December 20, 1914 in Windsor, Colorado to Conrad and Charlotte (Funk) Schuldies. Lydia for a cleaning service for many years before retiring to become a homemaker, she was an avid gardener who enjoyed growing all sorts of flowers, she...

Earl Ryder

Apr 7, 2012

Earl Bennett Ryder , age 77 of Tulsa, passed away peacefully on April 7, 2012 in his home after a lengthy illness, surrounded by his immediate family and friends. Earl was born on February 18, 1935 to Fred. D. Ryder and Arstella Grimmitt, the youngest of four born to that union. After graduating from Attucks High School in 1953 he...

Louise Bowie

Apr 7, 2012

Louise Bowie, age 87 of Vinita, died Saturday, April 7, 2012. Louise was born in Estella, OK on June 25, 1924 to William "Bid" Lay and Lela (Calvert) Lay. She was united in marriage to Johnny Bowie on September 26, 1940. Louise enjoyed cooking, quilting, fishing, and spending time with her family. Survivors include her children: Donna Wofford of Vinita,...

Helen Bretz

Apr 7, 2012

Helen "Marietta" Bretz, age 90 and longtime resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, April 7, 2012, at Medicalodges in Dewey. Helen Marietta Stivers was born on June 19, 1921 in Litchfield, Illinois. She was the daughter of Merl Freeman Stivers and Helen Marietta (Neel) Stivers. As a young child her family moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma then on...