Obituaries

Esther Kay

Esther Kay

Feb 27, 2012

Esther Kay of Big Cabin passed away Monday, February 27th. Esther Clarice Lorene Mabery Kay was born to Charles and Osa Mabery on January 30th, 1921 in Vinita. She graduated from Big Cabin High School in 1939. Later that year she married Gene Kay and they settled into farming and ranching. Esther supported the war effort by working in the...

Jimmy Owens

Jimmy Owens

Feb 25, 2012

Jimmy Dale Owens, age 61 of Vinita, died Saturday, February 25, 2012. Jimmy was born in Pryor on August 26, 1950 to James and Marie Owens. He moved into the Home of Hope community in 2001. Jimmy loved old westerns and country music. His favorite cowboy was John Wayne. He was also a fan of Bonanza, Lone Ranger, and Tonto....

Gretchen Butts-Inman

Gretchen Butts-Inman

Feb 25, 2012

Gretchen Alyce Butts-Inman, 85, resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma passed away on February 25, 2012 at Bartlesville Care Center. She was born January 16, 1927 in Nowata, Oklahoma to George H. and Mollie J. (Schaeffer) Seabolt. Gretchen married Gayle Butts on December 24, 1950 and together they were blessed with two daughters. He preceded her in death in November of 1983....

Lula Alsop

Lula Alsop

Feb 24, 2012

Lula Rae Alsop, 75 year old Jay, Oklahoma resident passed away Friday, February 24, 2012 at Monroe Manor. She was born in Craig County, Oklahoma on July 25, 1936 to Jim and Marie (Smith) West. Lula graduated in 1954 from Edna High School and attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. She worked as a secretary for Midland Construction in Independence, Kansas,...

Iva Pierce

Iva Pierce

Feb 24, 2012

Iva Mae Pierce, 92, of Nowata, OK died Friday, February 24, 2012 at Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. Iva Mae Liston was born September 24, 1919 in Washington County. She was the daughter of Harter and Gertrude Almeda (Martin) Liston. At the tender age of only a year and a half, Iva's mother passed away. Therefore, her sisters, aunts and...

Sheridan Chunestudey

Sheridan Chunestudey

Feb 24, 2012

Sheridan "Shug" Jean Chunestudey, age 70, died on Friday, February 24, 2012 at the Grand Lake Villa in Grove, Oklahoma. Shug was born on August 22, 1941 in Claremore, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Sam and Wilora Mae (Scuggins) Ben. She was a member of the Brush Creek Baptist Church, Shug enjoyed going to yard sales, sewing, cooking, baking...

David Moore

David Moore

Feb 23, 2012

David L. Moore, age 69, passed away suddenly on Thursday, February 23, 2012. David was born May 9, 1942. He was the son of Vernon and Sally Moore in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He grew up in Bartlesville and attended College High School. David was a dedicated patriot who served in the Air Force with the Strategic Air Command, 340th Bomb Wing,...

Dorothy Knowles

Dorothy Knowles

Feb 22, 2012

Dorothy Jane Madge Knowles was born on January 10, 1919 in Pleasantville, Missouri to Leo W. Fox and Emma Elizabeth (Frude) Fox. She went home to be with the Lord on February 22, 2012 in Grove, Oklahoma. Dorothy always loved to make sure everyone had what they needed, one way or another. She cleaned houses, ironed and sewed a living....

Dotty Goard

Dotty Goard

Feb 21, 2012

Dotty Mae Goard was born on November 26, 1925 the youngest of three children to Emmett and Ida Carter. Her father was a dairy farmer and the family lived near Springfield, Missouri. Dotty was educated in the Springfield school system and graduated from college at Southwestern Missouri State University where she earned her Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Mathematics at...

Lynda Mackie

Lynda Mackie

Feb 20, 2012

Lynda Mae Mackie, age 64, and longtime resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away at her home on Monday, February 20, 2012. Lynda Mae Cornett was born on May 7, 1947 in Gravois Mills, Missouri. She was the daughter of Elwood and Anna Mae Cornett. Lynda was raised and educated in Independence, Missouri. She graduated from Independence School of Hairdressing in...

Cordia Askew

Cordia Askew

Feb 20, 2012

Cordia Laverne Askew, age 92, former resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2012, at her daughter's home in Celina, Texas Cordia Laverne Shipman was born on October 8, 1919 in Fanshawe, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of William B. Shipman and Josie L. (Prock) Shipman. She was united in marriage to Allie L. Askew on January...

Bobby Bellmyer

Bobby Bellmyer

Feb 19, 2012

Mr. Bobby Ray Bellmyer, 84, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2012 in the Muskogee V.A. Medical Center. Bobby Ray was born October 18, 1927 on the rural Copan family farm. He was the fifth child of twelve born to Evelyn Bell Wagaman Bellmyer and Arlie Jessie Bellmyer. He was reared and attended school in Copan. He was enlisted in...

Martha Paige

Martha Paige

Feb 18, 2012

Martha Paige went to the Father on February 18, 2012 at Grove, Oklahoma the age of 87. She was born April 18, 1924, the seventh child of Oscar and Edna Fortney, at Okesa, Oklahoma, and attended school at Okesa and Childers, Oklahoma. Martha married W.E. "Bill" Paige in Bartlesville in 1940. Her husband and parents preceded her, as well as...

Bruce Ford

Bruce Ford

Feb 18, 2012

Bruce Ford was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on September 25, 1926 to Ethel Tousley Ford and Roy B. Ford. He passed away at his home in Spavinaw, OK February 18, 2012. After growing up in Lincoln he graduated from the University of Nebraska with a degree in Engineering. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II primarily in...

Hubert King

Hubert King

Feb 18, 2012

Funeral services for Hubert King will be held 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at Benjamin Funeral Service Chapel, Nowata, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at Mt. Washington Cemetery, Lenapah, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service of Nowata. Hubert Joe King was born July 22, 1932, in Wann, Oklahoma, to Lloyd and Goldie Dollie (Folk) King. He...

Elizabeth Gordonwood

Elizabeth Gordonwood

Feb 17, 2012

Elizabeth Leming Gordonwood, 86, a long time Bartlesville resident passed away Friday, February 17, 2012 at the Heritage Villa Nursing Center. Elizabeth was born November 22, 1925 in Chester, Pennsylvania, the only daughter of Dean T. and Elizabeth (Maison) Leming. She grew up in Danville, Kentucky and graduated from Danville High School. She was united in marriage to W.J. "Jeff"...

Brenda O'Brien

Brenda O'Brien

Feb 17, 2012

Brenda Holmes Manes O'Brien, age 71, longtime resident of Grove and Texas native joined the other angels on Friday February 17, in Grove, Oklahoma. Brenda was the daughter of Joe Vance Holmes and Elise Marie (Strong) Robertson and was born March 5, 1940 in Cooper, Texas. Ms. O'Brien grew up in Cooper, TX, where she was an all-state basketball player,...

John Horn

John Horn

Feb 16, 2012

John Horn was born on September 19, 1918, in Muldrow, Oklahoma. He was the son of Orien Horn and Eda (Garner) Horn. He attended first grade in the Muldrow community schools; second grade in Lawton, Oklahoma schools and third and fourth grades in the Altus, Oklahoma community. From 1928-1932, he attended the Fort Smith, Arkansas Community schools and graduated with...

Jane Brooks

Jane Brooks

Feb 15, 2012

Jane Jessie Brooks, age 91 of Sapulpa died Wednesday, February 15, 2012. Jane was born on June 28, 1920 in Garfield, Arkansas to Jessie Della and John Henry Burns. She and her seven brothers and sisters were raised near Disney, OK. She married Coney Lee Brooks and they had three children: Leonard Eugene, David Wayne, and Connie LeAnn. Over the...

Frank Hopkins

Frank Hopkins

Feb 14, 2012

Frankie Lee Arthur Hopkins, passed away at in Grove, OK, Wednesday, February 14, 2012 at the age of 78. Frankie was born February 5, 1934 in Eucha, OK to Arthur W. Hopkins and Lois (Cannady) Hopkins. Frank married Delores Theresa Ladner on November 3, 1953 in Popular Ville Mississippi. He served in the US Air Force from Feb. 9,1953 to...