Obituaries

Mar 20, 2013

Helen Mae (Minars) Woodall, 80 year old long time Vinita resident, went to be with the Lord early, Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the Craig General Hospital. She passed away surrounded by her family. She was born on June 2, 1932 in Anderson, Missouri to Milburn E. and Nancy Katherine (Cheatham) Minars. Helen attended school and graduated from Anderson High...

Mar 19, 2013

Bettie C. Kardos Bishop, RN, PhD, lived a remarkable life of accomplishment. She helped make the communities she lived in better places, she nursed the sick back to health, advocated for those who had no champion and she leaves behind countless friends. She died Tuesday, peacefully and in the loving embrace of her family following a brief illness. She was...

Mar 18, 2013

Norman Lee Foreman, passed away at his home in Colcord, OK, on Monday, March 18, 2013 at the age of 79. Norman was born March 29, 1933 in Delaware County, OK, the son of the late Wickliffe Foreman and Frona Cornshucker. Norman grew up on a farm and attended school in the Clouds Creek area. During his working years, Norman...

Mar 18, 2013

Betty Jane Nigh, passed away at her home in Jay, OK, on Monday, March 18, 2013 at the age of 78. Jane was born April 14, 1934 in Labette County, KS, the daughter of the late John E. Lackey, Jr. and Ruth L. (Holten) Lackey. Betty attended school in southern Kansas and Welch, OK. Betty married Billie Dean Rexwinkle and...

Mar 18, 2013

Michael L. Whitford, 58 year old lifetime Nowata resident passed away at his home in Nowata, Monday, March 18, 2013. He was born in Nowata May 25, 1954, to William Charles and Joan (Cook) Whitford. In 1972 he graduated from Nowata High School and then continued his education at Oklahoma State University. In 1985, he married Paula Rosebeary in Nowata....

Mar 17, 2013

Graveside services for Lynda Jean Adams are 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the Relocated Cemetery in Nowata with Ben Killion officiating. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Lynda Jean Adams, 49, passed away at her home in Claremore on March 17, 2013. She was born December 26, 1963 in Nowata to JoAnne and Jack Adams. She lived...

Mar 17, 2013

Johnny Lee "John" Cruse, 73 year old Big Cabin resident went to be with his Lord, on Sunday March 17, 2013 at his home, with his family by his side. He was born September 25, 1939 in Inola, Oklahoma to Art and Elsie (Jacobs) Cruse. John was a graduate of Inola High School and served his country for nine years...

Mar 17, 2013

Leonard Lee Woods, 79 years old, lifetime Jay area resident, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013, at his home with his family by his side. Leonard was born in Jay, Oklahoma, on May 29, 1933, to Loyd and Lousie (Gregory) Woods. Leonard graduated from Jay High School in 1951. Leonard married Frankie Nichols on May 3, 1953, in Ozark, Arkansas....

Mar 16, 2013

Funeral services for long time Nowata resident Faye "Nell" Hathcoat were held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 21, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Nowata with DR. Rev. Larry DeLay and Rev. Wayne Clayton officiating. Interment will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service. Nell was born September 17, 1922 to Silas J....

Mar 16, 2013

Services for Mary Ballenger, 76, of Keene will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 20, 2013 in the Craig County Community Center in Vinita, Okla. Burial will be in McLaughlin Cemetery in Cleora, Okla. Visitation was held Monday, from 6-8:00 P.M. at Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Funeral Home. Mrs. Ballenger passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013. She was born Jan. 19,...

Mar 16, 2013

Betty Jean Robertson, age 87, and resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, March 16, at her home. Betty Jean Robertson was born on March 9, 1926 in Bartlesville. She was the daughter of Roy Louis Robertson and Virginia Brown Robertson. She was raised and received her education in the Bartlesville Public School system where she received her formal...

Mar 15, 2013

Rose Marie Lauchner, 80 year old Vinita resident, died Friday March 15, 2013 at her home with her family by her side. She was born May 2, 1932 in Holly, Colorado to Edward and Laura (Pollart) Willy. The family moved to Vinita in 1935, Rose attended school and graduated from the Sacred Heart Academy. She married Raymond Eugene Lauchner on...

Mar 15, 2013

Visitation Details

Sunday, March 17th, 2013 9:00am - 5:00pm, Benjamin Funeral Home

Monday, March 18th, 2013 9:00am - 5:00pm, Benjamin Funeral Home

Service Details

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 2:00pm, Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery

Interment Details

Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery

Mar 13, 2013

Mar 12, 2013

Kathryn Jane (Gordon) Altebaumer, 98 year old Centralia area resident, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at her home. She was born July 6, 1914 near Centralia, to Hayes Rutherford Gordon and Tilley Deana (Bolt) Gordon. Kathryn graduated from Centralia in 1932, and then graduated with a teaching degree from Northeastern State College in Tahlequah. She taught in many different...

Mar 12, 2013

Edna LaVerne Kenyon passed away Tuesday March 12, 2013. She was born July 13, 1930 in Wittenberg, Texas later known as Phillips, TX to Jessie Thomas and D. Lorene (Isbell) Hall. She married Jack Kenyon from Alluwe, OK on December 12, 1944 who gave her the nickname "Chick" as most of her friends knew her as. Her husband worked on...

Mar 10, 2013

Iva Lee Holcomb, age 81, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013. Iva was born in Tulsa on August 19, 1931. In 1949 she graduated from Central High School in Tulsa. She was united in marriage to Jack Holcomb on May 15, 1953 in Sapulpa. Iva had a winning smile and a wonderful attitude. She enjoyed cooking, playing Yahtzee, camping, fishing,...

Mar 8, 2013

Homer Leroy Moreland, age 70 of Vinita, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013. Homer was born in Vinita on March 17, 1942 to Eugene and AbbyGail (Killion) Moreland. He was a cowboy and enjoyed riding horses, bull riding, bare back bronc riding, fishing, camping, gardening, deer hunting, and spending time with family. In 2012 he was baptized into the 7th...

Mar 7, 2013

Linda Lorene Harrington, 61 year old Nowata resident passed away Thursday, March 07, 2013, at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. She was born January 10, 1952, in Nowata, to Charles Eugene and Naomi "Hunt" Harrington. She attended and graduated from Chelsea High School. Linda worked 8 years for the City of Nowata as a police dispatcher and the past...

Mar 5, 2013

Robert "Bob" Wightman, age 90, and former resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma passed away on March 5, 2013. Bob was born on January 2, 1923 in Ottawa, Kansas. He was married to Maxine Wightman for 66 years and is survived by his son, Bill, of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, and son, Gary of Leawood, Kansas; their wives, Jacki and Joy; four grandchildren; and...