Obituaries

Jun 3, 2015

Benjamin Funeral Service ~ Nowata, Oklahoma.......................................Funeral services for Russell DeWayne Foster, 63, are 2:00 P.M., Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Hillside Christian Church in the Family Life Center with Van Longbons officiating. Interment will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Military rites will be accorded Mr. Foster by American Legion Post 147 from Miami, OK. Arrangements have been entrusted to...

Jun 3, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, (918) 256 - 5555 -------Bob Raymond Thompson, 96 year old rural Vinita resident, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at his home. He was born on March 2, 1919 in Locust Grove, Oklahoma to Jeff and Jettie (Murphy) Thompson. Bob served his country during World War II as a combat medic in the United...

Jun 1, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK (918) 786-2261 - Ronald "Ron" Dee Wright was surrounded by his family when he passed from this life in Grove following his big fight with esophageal cancer on June 1, 2015. He was 73 years old and greatly admired for his bravery and admired for his courage. Ron was born on January 4, 1942 in...

Jun 1, 2015

Benjamin Funeral Service ~ Nowata, OKlahoma..........................Funeral services for Jerry Leon Black are 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at Benjamin Funeral Service Chapel. Interment will follow at Fort Gibson National Cemetery in Fort Gibson, OK. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Jerry Leon Black, 78, of Nowata passed away June 1,...

May 31, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita (918) 256-5555 - Jerome David Lee, 74 year old longtime Vinita resident, most recently of Sand Springs, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2015. Jerome was born in Welch on March 2, 1941 to Josh and Lucy (Blood) Lee. On March 2, 1964 he was united in marriage to Judith Ann Koon and together raised two children....

May 31, 2015

ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK - Michael Capaldi, age 84, and resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2015, at his home. Michael Capaldi was born on August 20, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Michael Capaldi and Rose Marie (Barone) Capaldi. He was raised and received his education in the...

May 28, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home Grove, OK (918) 786-2261 - Shirley Ann Smith, born January 20th, 1936 in Collinsville, Oklahoma, went to be with our Heavenly Father May 28th, 2015. Preferring to be called by her middle name, Ann graduated from Collinsville High School in 1953. After meeting in school and dating him for five months, she married Charles L. Smith on...

May 26, 2015

Benjamin Funeral Service ~ Nowata, OK..................................Eugene Larnson Kidd, 91, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at his home in Del City, OK. He was born January 1, 1924 to George W. and Allie Mae (Cooper) Kidd. Memorial services for Eugene will be 2:00 P.M., Friday, May 29, 2015 at the New Life Assembly of God Church in Nowata. Arrangements have...

May 26, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita - 918-256-5555 -- Edna Marie Hess, 51 year old Vinita resident, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. She was born on August 9, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio to Harold Leroy Willingham and Pats Faye (Harrison) Willingham. Preceding her in death were her parents, a son Roy Herman and a brother, Wiley Willingham. The family...

May 25, 2015

Benjamin Funeral Service ~ Nowata, Oklahoma..................Shirley Ann (Harrison)(Murray) McMunn, 82, took the hand of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who led her into her eternal reward at 12:15 p.m., May 25, 2015, in Claremore, Oklahoma. She was born September 23, 1932 in Nowata, Oklahoma to Albert and Louella (Petit) Harrison. Shirley was a 1950 graduate of Nowata High School...

May 25, 2015

Benjamin Funeral Service ~ Nowata, Oklahoma.........................Frances Ruth Walker, 82 year old lifelong Nowata resident and business owner passed away Monday, May 25, 2015. She was born September 24, 1932 in Delaware, Oklahoma to Pete and Louella (Crass) Elledge. She attended and graduated from Nowata High School. On December 14, 1950 she married Billy Ray (Bill) Walker, in Nowata, where they...

May 24, 2015

Claudette was born on December 12, 1935 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Jimmy Reese and Beatrice Shroff Reese. She received her education in the Bartlesville schools, graduating from College High School, now Bartlesville High School. Claudette and Ross Talley were united in marriage on December 29, 1978 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma and they have made their home here....

May 24, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita, Oklahoma (918) 256 - 5555 - Randy Harris, 57 year old lifelong Ketchum resident, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2015 in Ketchum. Randy was born in Vinita on April 20, 1958 to his parents, Roddy and Lolene (Woodall) Harris. Randy was a member of the Log Cabin Ministries where he enjoyed going to church. He enjoyed...

May 23, 2015

Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma.....................................Ralph Bunyan Griffin age 79, a resident of Nowata, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015, at St John's Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ralph was born on March 24, 1936, to Van Buren Clifton Griffin and Roxie Ann (Holt) Griffin. He was born and raised at Copan, Oklahoma. Ralph's dream in life was...

May 23, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, OK (918) 253-3222 - George Wayne Starr, 79 year old Kansas, OK, resident passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015. George was born on May 7, 1936 in Claremore, OK, to Jose Starr and Inez (Hogner) Starr. He worked as a heavy equipment operator and mechanic. He served in the United States Navy and then the...

May 23, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, OK (918) 253-3222 - Alice Odette Hicks (Honey) was born on Oct 17, 1929, to Duke and Della Williams at her maternal grandparents home in Topsy, OK. Her dad nicknamed her "Honey" and that was the name she was known by to her family. Honey departed this world on May 23, 2015, in Jay, OK, at...

May 22, 2015

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Sunday, May 24th, 2015 1:00pm - 8:00pm, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home

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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 1:00pm

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Memorial Park Cemetery Bartlesville

May 22, 2015

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Sunday, May 24th, 2015 1:00pm - 8:00pm, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home

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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 10:00am, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home

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Dewey Cemetery

May 21, 2015

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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 9:00am - 8:00pm, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home

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Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 1:00pm, Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home

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Memorial Park Cemetery Bartlesville

May 21, 2015

Our beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, and great-grandmother Margaret "Markee" Condit Poling died peacefully in Iowa City on Thursday, May 21, 2015. Margaret moved to Iowa City in 1997 after the death of her husband Don L Poling in 1993, so that she could be near the family of her youngest child Cathy Covington. Although she had never lived in Iowa...