Obituaries

Daniel Calnan

Jan 5, 2011

Daniel Michael Calnan Jr. was born in Bartlesville, Ok, November 13, 1927, the son of Daniel Michael Calnan Sr. and Zelma (Hart) Calnan. He was raised and educated in Bartlesville attending St. John's Catholic School and College High School. After his first year at Oklahoma State University Dan enlisted in the United States Army and served for two years from...

Verna Thompson

Jan 5, 2011

Verna B. Thompson Funeral services for Verna B. Thompson will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 15, 2011, at the Sardis Baptist Church, 414 E. 2nd St., Coffeyville, Kansas. A memorial service will be held 7:00 p.m., Thursday, January 13, at St. James Missionary Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Services are entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service, of Nowata, Oklahoma. Verna...

Donna Kuehn

Jan 4, 2011

Memorial services for Donna Mae Kuehn, 64, of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 8, 2011, at the First Christian Church , in Caney, Kansas, with Pastor Brad Sanders officiating. Donna Mae Kuehn was born February 9, 1946, in Coffeyville, Kansas to Don and Norma (Souder) Zellers. She passed from this life at her home...

Vera Frazier-Smith

Jan 2, 2011

Vera Mae (Mathis) Frazier-Smith, resident of Wyandotte, died Sunday, January 2, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family at the age of 78. She was born on January 22, 1932 in Fairland, Oklahoma to Charley Mathis and Blanche Collison. She was the 6th child of 8 children. Vera lived most of her life in the Wyandotte area except for...

Arley Worthington

Jan 2, 2011

Arley C. "Bud" Worthington, age 89, died on January 2, 2011 at his residence in Newton, Kansas. Bud was born on January 12, 1921 in Towanda, Kansas. He was united in marriage to Hazel Barksdale on November 23, 1941. Arley was a WWII veteran; he served with the fifth Air force B 24 Bombers and flew out of Darwin N....

Marsha Sandoval

Jan 2, 2011

Marsha Joan Sandoval age 62 of Siloam Springs AR, died Sunday January 2, 2011 in Regency Hospital in Siloam, Springs. The daughter of Martin Schmeling and Mary Ester (Tipton) Schmeling, she was born on May 19, 1948 in Fairland, Oklahoma. She had worked as a cook in the Lorenes Resturant before being disabled. She had lived lately in Siloam Springs....

Frank Tyler

Jan 1, 2011

Frank Andrew Tyler, age 75 of Vinita, died Saturday, January 1, 2011. Frank was born in Emporia, KS on November 8, 1935 the son of William Andrew Tyler, Sr. and Thelma Armsteade. He served in the United States Army for 21 years, retiring as a Nuclear Missile Instructor. After retirement he worked as a dispatcher for the Vinita Police Department....

Nancy Shorter

Dec 31, 2010

Nancy Faye Shorter, age 69, died on December 31, 2010 at the Grand Lake Villa in Grove, Oklahoma. Nancy was born on March 16, 1941 in Trails End, Oklahoma to William T and Fannie Francis (Woods) Craig. Nancy were united in marriage to Harry Shorter Sr. in August of 1964 in Syracuse, Kansas. He preceded her in death in 2004....

Donald Spurgeon

Dec 31, 2010

Donald Leon Spurgeon, 82, Monkey Island resident, died December 31, 2010 at Grove Nursing Center. He was born September 18, 1928 in Labette County, Kansas to Curtis A. and Olive E. Spurgeon. He grew up in the Labette County area and graduated from Altamont High School. Donald married Mary Ann (Blackwell) Spurgeon on January 15, 1948 in Parsons, Kansas. They...

Reva Strange

Dec 30, 2010

Reva Eileen (Stanley) Strange, Grove resident died December 30, 2010 at the age of 81 years. She was born February 2, 1929 in Savonburg, Kansas. She was the youngest child of H. Clyde and Edna M. (McKinley) Stanley. Reva grew up in Erie, Kansas and graduated from Chanute, Kansas. She attended Chanute Junior College and then moved to Lawrence, Kansas...

Willis Mullis

Dec 30, 2010

Willis Dale Mullis, 92 year old rural Chelsea resident, died Thursday, December 30, 2010 at the Maplewood Care Center in Tulsa. He was born on March 14, 1918 in Alton, Missouri to John Edward and Ella (Sisco) Mullis. Willis was married to Marie Miller on April 20, 1938 in Vinita; she preceded him in death on February 9, 1997. He...

Ezelle Cochrane

Dec 29, 2010

Ezell Cochrane It is with great sadness that we announce that our beloved and loving mother, Ezell Cochrane, passed away after a short illness on December 29, 2010 at the age of 93. Ezell will be remembered by all who knew her as a beacon of warmth, graciousness, fun, and positivity. She was spunky and smart and sweet and sassy...

Samuel Parks

Dec 29, 2010

Saumuel Leroy Parks, 83 year old Vinita resident died Wednesday December 29, 1010 at Rosewood Terrace in Vinita. He was born March 4, 1927 at Strang, OK the son of Samuel Parks Jr. and Judy Rattlingourd Parks. Sam was a life area resident of the Spavinaw Strang area and was of the Baptist Faith. He enjoyed being visiting, helping and...

Leona Lee

Dec 28, 2010

Service Details

Monday, January 3rd, 2011 2:00pm, First Baptist Church - Dewey

Interment Details

Dewey Cemetery

Merrill Reynolds

Dec 28, 2010

Merrill J. Reynolds, 86, passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2010, in Vinita, OK. Born July 5, 1924, he was preceded in death by Gladys and Ross Reynolds (parents) and Lyndell (brother) of Carrollton, Illinois. He was a retired geologist. He graduated from Carrollton High School, served our country as a proud member of the U.S. Navy during WWII and graduated...

Terry Woods

Dec 27, 2010

Terry Lee Woods, 53 year old resident of Disney, died Monday, December 27, 2010 at the St. John's Hospital in Tulsa. He was born October 17, 1957 to Willis D. and Dorothy M. (Carpenter) Woods. He served his country during the Vietnam War, in the U. S. Navy. He had worked as a roofer. Terry married Tamara Marie Skelly on...

Shirley Reed

Dec 25, 2010

Shirley "Geraldine" Reed, age 87, of Vinita, OK died Saturday December 25, 2010 at her home. She was born February 18, 1923 in Pawhuska, OK the daughter of K.W. Bruce and Lenora Callahan Bruce. She was raised and received her formal education at Pawhuska. She and Joe M. Reed were united in marriage in Miami, OK and moved to Vinita...

Johnnie Wiedower

Dec 25, 2010

Johnnie Ed Wiedower, 81 year old lifetime Vinita area resident, died December 25, 2010 at Rosewood Terrace in Vinita. He was born June 20, 1929 in Vinita, to John H. and Minnie C. (Zimmerman) Wiedower. Johnnie married LoveVanna Heater on August 30, 1950, in Vinita; She preceded him in death on July 11, 2007. He worked as a rural mail...

Harmon Allen

Dec 25, 2010

Harmon Benson Allen, a former Tulsa lawyer passed on Saturday, Dec. 25th at 2010 following an extended illness. Mr. Allen was born on Oct. 24,1934 in Colcord Oklahoma to Ray Benson and Gertrude Hyde Allen. He spent his childhood there and attended Mt Hermon church as a young man. Harmon graduated Jay H. S. in 1952 and went on to...

Bill Stevens

Dec 25, 2010

Bill was born on November 29, 1925, in Greeley, Colorado. He was the son of Roy Stevens and Lusena (Miller) Stevens and attended Nowata High school. Bill was a WWII vet. He enlisted in the United States Navy in January of 1945, and served aboard the USS Munda Bay CVE-104 baby flat-top aircraft carrier as a Watertender Second Class. The...