Obituaries

Sep 28, 2006

Donald L. "Don" Rigdon, 79-year-old Tulsa resident, passed away at 10:00a.m., Thursday, September 28, 2006 at his home. Donald L. Rigdon was born June 15, 1927 in Scott's Bluff, Nebraska to homer Rigdon and Esther Wilhemina Oberlander-Rigdon. Mr. Rigdon graduated from Nowata High School and then entered the United States Navy. Mr. Rigdon served as a signal man aboard an...

Sep 28, 2006

Delbert Bishop Flanders, 73, of Vinita, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 in Tulsa. Born on Aug. 19, 1933 in Centralia, OK to Delbert and Clara(Costley) Flanders. Delbert grew up in the Centralia area. He served in the US Army from May 1953 until May 1955. After the military, Delbert moved to California where he was a House Builder,...

Sep 28, 2006

Audrey Eileen Bolton, 79, of Oklahoma City, passed away Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 in Oklahoma City. Born on June 21, 1927 in Cardin, OK to Paul James and Clara Edna (Baker) Dorsey. Mrs. Bolton had lived in the OKC area since 1967 and retired as a Ward Clerk for Mercy Hospital in OKC. Survivors are her children; James L. Bolton...

Sep 26, 2006

Mozella Marie Bales Grove, Oklahoma Mozella Marie Bales, age 66 died Tuesday, September 26, 2006 in Grove, OK. Mozella was born on March 02, 1940 to Cornsilk and Sallie Mae (Big Acorn) Proctor. She was a devout Christian woman with many friends. Early in Mozella's life she was a preacher, and she enjoyed singing and playing the guitar. Mozella thought...

Sep 25, 2006

Bernard Weintrub, 88, of Bartlesville passed away at St. Johns Medical Center in Tulsa, Ok on Monday, September 25, 2006. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, in The Colonial Chapel of the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home with Rabbi Charles Sherman of Temple Israel of Tulsa, OK officiating. Military honors for Mr. Weintrub will be...

Sep 25, 2006

Walter Edmond Hudnall Walter Edmond Hudnall was born November 19, 1919, near Enid, Oklahoma, to Walter and Hermina Hudnall. He passed from this life Monday, September 25, 2006, at the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. He was 86 years old. In 1947 he married Mary Jane Sutliff in Tulsa. He was a punch press engineer and retired from McDonald Douglas....

Sep 25, 2006

HOBBS, Geneva Ann Clayton - Age 84, passed away September 25, 2006, in Nashville, TN. Preceded in death by her loving husband, William H. (Bill) Hobbs in 1982. Mrs. Hobbs, a direct descendant of Nancy Ward, Beloved Woman of the Cherokee, was born in Chelsea, Oklahoma on Sept. 12, 1922 to Benjamin and Sarah Elizabeth Parks Clayton. She was the...

Sep 23, 2006

Maxine L. Nicely, 85, passed away on Saturday, September 23, 2006 in Vinita. She was born on November 25, 1920 in Ketchum, to John and Rose (Smith) Stephenson. She was married to Lloyd D. Nicely on September 7, 1944 in Pryor, OK. Together they built and managed motels in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and New Mexico. She loved flowers and all...

Sep 23, 2006

Terry Lee Starks, 52, a resident of Bernice passed away on Saturday, September 23, 2006 in Bernice at his home. He was born on August 25, 1954 to Harold and Majesty (Becker) Starks in Hastings, MI. Mr. Starks worked as a Mental Health Aide at Eastern State Hospital for Several years. He was a musician and could play almost any...

Sep 23, 2006

Mary Lorinda Crowder, age 87, widow of Charles L. Crowder and lifetime resident of Bartlesville had her first day in heaven on Saturday, September 23, 2006, where she and Charlie will reside for eternity. Funeral services for Mrs. Crowder will be held at 11:00am, Wednesday, September 27th, at the First Church of God in Dewey, Oklahoma, Rev. Tony Siebels and...

Sep 22, 2006

Grove, OK - Lura Mae Fry, 85, died Friday night at Integris Grove General Hospital. Mae was born April 18, 1921 at Clemensaw, Arizona to Roland Howard Bean and Edna Dephane (Pedrick) Bean. Mae grew up in Arizona surrounded by family & friends. She was a people person and never met a stranger. Mae moved to Tiff City, Missouri in...

Sep 20, 2006

Barbara Anne Pierce, was born March 13, 1955 in Bartlesville, OK the daughter of John Leonard Pierce and Dorothy Violet (Thompson) Pierce. She died from metastatic Breast Cancer Wednesday September 20, 2006 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, OK. While growing up north of Talala, OK she helped her parents manage Philson Farms for Phil Phillips. She attended Oologah-Talala...

Sep 19, 2006

Grove, Oklahoma Beaulah Jones Beaulah Mae Jones of Grove died Tuesday September 19, 2006 at St. John's Hospital at Joplin, Mo. She was 67. Beaulah was born February 6, 1939 to George and Alline (Keene) Blevins at Grove, Ok. She married Tommy Jones November 7, 1959 at Pineville, Mo. Beaulah spent most of her life taking care of her home...

Sep 19, 2006

Grove, Ok Shirley Ann Hoffman died September 19, 2006 at the Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove. She was 70 years old. Shirley was born June 28, 1936 to Augusta "Gus" and Alice (Flatness) Hobbs in Havre, Mt. She married Russ Hoffman in 1960 in Montana. Russ and Shirley moved to Arizona and made their home there until 1977, when...

Sep 19, 2006

Joseph Edward Downey Funeral services for Joseph Edward Downey will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 23, 2206, at the First Christian Church of Nowata. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Nowata. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service of Nowata. Joseph Edward Downey was born April 11, 1922, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Charles and...

Sep 17, 2006

Kenneth (K.M.) (KEN) Roberts, age 85, a resident of Bartlesville died Sunday September 17, 2006 at Jane Phillips Hospital. He was born October 16, 1920 in Swink, Oklahoma the son of John G. Roberts and Neta Cockrell Roberts. He was reared and received his formal education in Sapulpa, OK graduating with honors in 1937. He attended the University of Oklahoma...

Sep 17, 2006

Lela Mae (Brady) Parkhurst, 91, a resident of the Groves in Independence, MO passed away on Sunday, September 17, 2006 at the Independence Regional Health Care Center. She was born on August 20, 1915 to Joseph King and Sephronia (Stewart) Brady in Dewey, OK. Lela was married Bert Cleo Parkhurst, he preceded her in death in April of 1999. Mrs....

Sep 16, 2006

Grove, Ok - Roy V. Morrow went to be with his Lord on September 16, 2006 at his home in Grove. He was 85. Roy was born December 30, 1920 to Raymond and Edna Morrow at Picher, Ok. He attended school in Picher and completed Business College in Miami, Ok. He then went on to work for Western Electric Company...

Sep 14, 2006

Funeral Services are Pending with Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita

Interment Details

Fairview Cemetery Coffeyville, Kansas

Sep 14, 2006

Silas Francis Sparks (Jr.), 85, of Bartlesville passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, September 14, 2006. Silas (Si) was born January 1, 1921 in Allen, Oklahoma to Mr. Silas F. and Bertha Ella (Reese) Sparks. He graduated from Muskogee High School and entered Draughon's Business College in Muskogee. After service with the U.S. Army, 1942 - 1946, he...