Obituaries

Nora Sapp
Jul 21, 2006
Jay, Ok. -Nora Sapp, 71, died Friday, July 21, 2006 at the Tahlequah City Hospital. Nora Sapp was born January 29, 1935 in Colcord, Oklahoma to Henry and Sarah (Downing) Smith. She married Sam Sapp on December 31, 1981 at the Steeley Church. Nora spent her life as a wife, mother and homemaker. She loved to sew, cook, and listen...

Jan Harrison
Jul 20, 2006
Jan Harrison, 67, a resident of Afton passed away on Thursday, July 20, 2006 in Tulsa, OK at Saint Francis Hospital. She was born on May 1, 1939 in Afton, OK to George and Ima (Trask) Sherman. She married Bill Harrison May 29, 1961 at First Baptist Church in Afton He survives of the home. Other survivors include her daughter...

James Allen
Jul 20, 2006
Jay, OK - James Tekella Allen, 69, died Thursday afternoon, July 20, 2006 at his home in rural Jay, Oklahoma. James was born March 16, 1937 at Clinton, Alabama to Samuel and Roberta (Mitchell) Allen. His family moved to Detroit, Michigan shortly after his birth where he was raised. After high school, James joined the U.S. Air Force in November...
Charlene Labarr
Jul 20, 2006
Charlene Lois LaBarr Charlene LaBarr was born September 11, 1934, in Nowata, Oklahoma to Charles H. and Dixie A. (Sorrells) Ryan. She died at her home in Nowata Thursday, July 20, 2006. She was the fourth born in a family of eight children. Sisters and brothers include Dotti Meade and her husband Murrell of Temecula, California, Betty Hicks and her...

Christine Mouse
Jul 20, 2006
Jay, OK - Christine Marie (Grass) Mouse, 64, died Thursday, July 20, 2006 at St. John Medical Center, Joplin, Missouri. Christine was born September 2, 1941 at Kansas, Oklahoma to Dick Grass and Lottie Davis Foreman. She was a member of Piney Baptist Church and she loved sewing, making quilts and spending time with her family. She enjoyed watching Chicago...

Roma Sapp
Jul 19, 2006
Salina, OK - Roma Gene Sapp, 56, died Wednesday night, July 19, 2006 at Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Roma was born August 27, 1949 in Delaware County, Oklahoma to Eli Sapp and Inez (Lyman) Sapp. He was a lifetime resident of Salina/Kansas, Oklahoma area. Roma was married to Jackie Colston and he was employed by the Cherokee Nation's Natural...
Jean Piepergerdes
Jul 19, 2006
Jean L. Piepergerdes, age 87, a resident of Bartlesville died Wednesday July 19, 2006 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Graveside Funeral services for Mrs. Piepergerdes will be held 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 24, 2006 at the Johnson County Memorial Gardens in Overland Park, Kansas. The Rev. Ruth McAleer of the St. Michael�½s and All Angles Episcopal Church of Mission, Kansas will preside...

Thelma Walker
Jul 18, 2006
Thelma Ruth Walker, 75, a resident of Vinita passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 in Claremore, OK at Wood Manor. She was born on August 22, 1930 in Kingfisher, OK to Harold and Hazel (Mattie) Wallace. She was married to her husband Jess O. Walker for over fifty years, he precedes her in death. Mrs. Walker was a member...
Archie Cornelius
Jul 18, 2006
Archie J. Cornelius, age 74, retiree of Phillips Petroleum Company, passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at his home in Bartlesville. He was born October 16, 1931 at Westmoreland, Kansas. He graduated from high school in 1949 at Vermillion, Kansas, where he lettered in football, basketball, and track. He was engaged on farming on the family farm until enlisting...
Loyce Curtis
Jul 17, 2006
Loyce E. Curtis, 78-year-old Nowata resident, passed away at 5:00a.m., Monday, July 17, 2006 at the Osage Nursing Home in Nowata. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Curtis will be held at 10:00a.m., Friday, July 21, 2006 at the Lincoln Cemetery in Nowata with the Rev. Jerry Jeffries officiating. Services are under the direction of the Benjamin Funeral Home of Nowata....

Charles Grotholson
Jul 17, 2006
Charles Leonard GrothOlson, age 55, a resident of Bartlesville Died Sunday July 16, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. Charlie was born March 12, 1951 in Hudson, South Dakota the son of Leonard Groth and Barbara Meyers Groth. In 1961 he and his family moved to Estherville, IA. He graduated from Estherville High in 1969 and attended Denver Technical...
Kenny Stevens
Jul 15, 2006
Kenny Stevens, 28, a resident of Vinita passed away on Saturday, July 15, 2006 in Joplin, MO at Freeman Hospital. Kenny was born on August 19, 1977 to Corby and Judith (Brown) Stevens in Claremore, OK. He married his wife Christi (Smith) on November 7, 1998 in Claremore. Mr. Stevens worked for Daylight Donuts as a Truck driver for the...

Samuel Vanover
Jul 15, 2006
Spavinaw, OK - Samuel Paul Vanover, 77, died Saturday, July 15, 2006 at his home near Spavinaw, Oklahoma. Sam was born August 2, 1928 at Eucha, Oklahoma to Floyd Riley Vanover and Cordi Gertrude (Phillips) Vanover. He married Amogene Roberts, who preceded him in death August 20, 1987. Sam later married Hjordis H. Wirebjer on July 27, 1990 in Missouri....

Ruby Mayes
Jul 14, 2006
Bella Vista, Arkansas - Ruby Charlotte Mayes, 66, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, died Friday morning, July 14, 2006 at her home. Ruby was born August 1, 1939 at Vinita, Oklahoma to Robert Guy Thurman and Ruby E. (Hawkins) Thurman. She grew up in the Vinita area and attended Ketchum Adventist Junior Academy. Ruby later attended Ozark Adventist Academy at Gentry,...

Tina Hesslen
Jul 14, 2006
Tina Sue Hesslen, 38, of Vinita, passed away on Friday, July 14, 2006 in Tulsa. Born on Aug. 18, 1967 in Stella, MO to Leon and Linda (Morgan) Hesslen. Tina had lived in the Vinita area since 1986 moving from Broken Arrow after graduating Broken Arrow High School. Tina is survived by her mother and step-father; Linda and Hallie Schoonover...

Austin House
Jul 14, 2006
In the Beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth. On July 14th of 2006, Born into our hands on this earth is Jaxson Lee House; Born into Gods hands in heaven is Austin Cole House. Austin Cole House, Infant son of Justin and Amanda House passed away on Friday, July 14, 2006 in Rogers, AR at St. Mary's Hospital....
Dewey Ward
Jul 12, 2006
Dewey Edgar Ward Funeral services for Dewey Edgar Ward will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday July 15, 2006, at Benjamin Funeral Home, Nowata, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Dewey Edgar Ward, 52, of Bartlesville passed away on July 12th, 2006. He was born in Nowata, OK on May 16, 1954 to the late Earl Edgar (Pete)...

Beulah Powers
Jul 11, 2006
Wichita, KS - Beulah Belle (Snell) Powers, 86, died Tuesday night, July 11, 2006 at Presbyterian Manor, Wichita, Kansas. Beulah was born March 6, 1919 near Southwest City, Missouri to Alexander Snell and Rachel (Silversmith) Snell. She grew up on a farm near Southwest City and after high school, attended Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas. As a young woman, Beulah taught...

Raymond Robertson
Jul 10, 2006
Jay, Oklahoma R.H. "Cot" Robertson R.H. "Cot Robertson of Jay died Monday July 10, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Ok. He was 82. Cot was born September 26, 1923 at Topsy to W.H. and Ona (Haggard) Robertson. He attended the Mose Ridge School. He operated bulldozers for the Pipeline retiring in 1976 and he was a lifetime cattle...

Joe Dennis
Jul 10, 2006
Dateline: Southwest City, MO Joe Dee Dennis, 71, the son of Jim and Ida Nix Dennis, was born May 11, 1935 in Delaware County, OK and died July 9, 2006 at his home in Southwest City, Mo., where he had lived for sixteen years. Mr. Dennis worked as a laborer, both on farms and later in a sawmill. Mr. Dennis...