Obituaries
Pamela Brown
Mar 16, 2017
ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK (918) 336-5225 - Pamela Jo Brown went to be with the Lord on March 16, 2017 at the age of 60. She was a resident of Bartlesville, formerly of Barnsdall, Oklahoma. Pam was born on July 2, 1956 in Borger, Texas. She was the daughter of Clara Shouse and Bob Halford. She...

Frank Locke
Mar 15, 2017
Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma - 918-273-2700............................................ Frank A Locke was born November 4, 1940 in Kansas City, KS to James Glen and Virginia Irene Roper Locke. His maternal grandparents, Steve and Sofia Roper migrated to Ellis Island, NY from Croatia in the early 1900's. Frank passed away early March 15, 2017 after a long struggle with many health...
Nettie Sprague
Mar 15, 2017
Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma - 918-273-2700................................................. Memorial services for Nettie Catherine Sprague, 89, of Nowata are at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the First Baptist Church with Pastor Wayne Clayton officiating. Nettie Catherine Sprague passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the Journey Home in Bartlesville. She was born January 5, 1928 in Watova, Oklahoma to...
Doris Langer
Mar 13, 2017
Luginbuel Funeral Home - Vinita - 918-256-5555..... Doris Dean (Cash) Langer, 84-year-old Vinita, Okla., resident, passed away Monday, March 13, 2017. Doris was born in Bentonville, Ark., on December 6, 1932, to James Cash and Elsie (Keene) Cash. On June 2, 1956, she married Franklin Langer. Doris earned a master degree in nutrition from the University of Arkansas. From 1980...
Geneva Eby
Mar 13, 2017
Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555. Geneva Irene Eby 98 year old longtime Adair resident passed away on Monday, March 13, 2017 at the Heartsworth Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Vinita. She was born on April 26, 1918 in Adair to Martha (Merritt) and Acy James Gibson. Geneva graduated from Adair High School in 1935. She married Joe White Eby...
Darrell Bussey
Mar 12, 2017
Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555. Darrell O. Bussey passed away on Sunday March 12, 2017 in Springfield, Oregon. He was born Sep. 24, 1929 in Butler, OK to Bert and Blanche Bussey and raised in Vinita, OK. On August 1, 1952 he married Theresia M. Zink-Bussey in Bremerton WA while serving in the Marine Corps. Darrell was a self-employed...

George Ferguson
Mar 11, 2017
Luginbuel Funeral Home Vinita, 918 -256 -5555.......George Clifford Ferguson passed away in Ketchum, Ok. on Saturday March 11, 2017. He was born on December 30, 1947. George was the son of Chas. Arthur Ferguson and Edna Ardean (Black) Ferguson. His father was a career military man and he lived on many different military bases growing up. He was a truck...
Marvin Johnson
Mar 10, 2017
Dr. Marvin Merrill Johnson, the inventive mind behind many petrochemical technologies, has died at 88. He's gone to receive further enlightenment from the ultimate inventor and to take his place among the consummate seekers of truth. He is home now with scientists who have gone before, and they're teaching him the mysteries of the universe he couldn't learn in this...
Billy Pierce
Mar 9, 2017
Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma - 918-273-2700............................................................... Funeral services for Billy Joe Pierce are 2:00 P.M., Monday, March 13, 2017 at the First Church of God in Nowata with Pastor Wendell Abbott and Ben Killion officiating. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Nowata. Family will be receiving friends from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., Sunday, March 12,...
Betsy Olson
Mar 9, 2017
Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555. Betsy Parks Olson was born in Chelsea, OK on January 4, 1922 to J.B. and Ann Waldrop Parks. Betsy was member of the Cherokee Tribe. Betsy was the youngest of three daughters. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Donald Olson and sister's Barbara Watkins of Chelsea, OK and Eleanor Beumer of...
James Pendergraft
Mar 8, 2017
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, Oklahoma 918-253-3222. James Ragen Pendergraft, 85 year old resident of Southwest City Missouri, passed away on March 8, 2017 in Joplin, Missouri. James was born on July 1, 1931 in Rocky Ford, Colorado. He was the son of Lemmie Earl and Vyra Geneva (Sturges) Pendergraft. James was the 1950 class president, graduating from high school in...

David Hagan
Mar 8, 2017
ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK (918) 336-5225 - David Eugene Hagan, age 68, of Ochelata, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma. David was born January 28, 1949 at Parsons, Kansas to John Douglas Hagan, Jr. and Gertrude Mae (Hill) Hagan. He grew up in Parsons and graduated from Labette County...
Janet Lair
Mar 6, 2017
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma 918-786-2261. Janet Eloise Lair, 86 year resident of Grove, Oklahoma, went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 6, 2017 at Integris Grove Hospital. Janet was born on September 29, 2930 in Frametown, West Virginia. Janet was the daughter of Lova Gay Price and Albert James Price. Janet met the love of her...
Vivian Graham
Mar 6, 2017
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, Oklahoma, 918-253-3222. Vivian Juanita Graham, age 77, passed away on Monday, March 6, 2017 at her residence in Jay, Oklahoma. Vivian was born on July 24, 1939 in Neosho, Missouri. She was the daughter of Harvey and Helen (Thurman) Roberts. Vivian graduated from Gravette High School in the class of '57. Vivian worked for the City...
Bernarr Ross
Mar 5, 2017
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, Oklahoma 918-253-3222. Bernarr "Bunny" Tyler Ross, 76 year old resident of Salina, Oklahoma, passed away on March 5, 2017 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bunny was born on February 5, 1941 in Claremore, Oklahoma. He was the son of Joseph Tyler and Suzy (Bark) Ross. After graduating high school, Bernarr proudly served in the United States Army. He...
June Forbes
Mar 5, 2017
ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK (918) 336-5225 - Dora June Forbes, 90, passed away on March 5, 2017. June was born on November 20, 1926, in Skiatook, Oklahoma to Richard Junius (June) and Nanabelle "Jewell" Blakeman. She was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, John "Henry" Forbes; her parents; a brother, Jimmy Lee Blakeman;...
Leona James
Mar 3, 2017
Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555 Leona Jerelene James, 75 year old Fairland resident, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, March 3, 2017. Leona was born on October 11, 1941 to Ausbin and Ruth (Cook) Green. On September 4, 1958 she was united in marriage to Jesse James and together they raised two daughters. Throughout her...
George Kuehne
Mar 2, 2017
Luginbuel Funeral Home Vinita, 918-256-5555 George Richard "Dick" Kuehne, 72 year old well known Vinita resident, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2017 at the family farm. He was born on October 2, 1944 in Oklahoma City to W. W. "Doc" and Mary (McKinnis) Kuehne. Dick grew up in Big Cabin and graduated from Big Cabin High School in 1962....
Donald Madison
Feb 28, 2017
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK 918-786-2261. Donald LaVerne Madison, 79 year old resident of Grove, Oklahoma, went to be with his Lord and Savior on February 28, 2017. Donald was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma on October 27, 1937. He was the son of Haskell and Lura Bell (Monroe) Madison. Donald proudly served in the United States Army. Donald worked for...