Obituaries

George Shaffer, Jr.

George Shaffer, Jr.

Jul 16, 2008

George J. Shaffer, Jr., 67, of Grove, Oklahoma died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital. He was born July 31, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri to George J. Shaffer, Sr. and Frances Medved Shaffer. He served his country in the Marines, married Charlene McClure in Nowata, Oklahoma in 1967 and was self-employed as a cattle rancher. He...

Leroy Abbott

Leroy Abbott

Jul 14, 2008

LeRoy R. Abbott, 75, of Grove, Oklahoma died Monday, July 14, 2008 at Grand Lake Villa Nursing Center. He was born in San Pedro, California on July 2, 1933 to LeRoy Abbott and Mildred Smith Abbott. LeRoy served his country in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 until 1955. He was a computer programmer for the U.S. Government for 35...

Mildred Reynolds

Mildred Reynolds

Jul 11, 2008

Mildred Lee Reynolds, age 87, a lifetime resident of Vinita, OK died Friday July 11, 2008 at Rosewood Terrace in Vinita. She was born January 31, 1921, in Vinita the daughter of Willis E. Underwood and Flossie Seaman. She was reared and educated in Vinita and graduated high school. She and William "Don" Reynolds were united in marriage and made...

William Sutton

William Sutton

Jul 9, 2008

William C. "Billy" Sutton, 44-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Wed., July 9, 2008 at the St. John Medical Center in Tulsa. Funeral services for Mr. Sutton will be held at 2:00pm, Saturday, July 12, 2008 at the Living Word Family Church with Pastor Jim Winslow officiating. Interment will follow in the Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of the...

Jewel Zoski

Jewel Zoski

Jul 9, 2008

Jewel Dean Zoski passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2008 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Mrs. Zoski was born June 28, 1937 in Heavener, Oklahoma to Jeff Lee Harris and Jewel Mae Moore. In 1938 Jewel moved with her family to Bartlesville and completed her schooling at Lincoln elementary, Central Junior High School, and College High School. She married the love of her...

Jonne Carinder

Jonne Carinder

Jul 7, 2008

Grove - Johnathan (Jonne) Dene Foster Carinder, age 88, died July 7, 2008 at Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. Jonne was born in Pershing, Oklahoma, December 6, 1916 to parents W.R. Foster and Lucy A. (Summerford) Foster. The youngest of six children during the Depression, Jonne was anxious to graduate from Barnsdall High School and make her way into...

Gordon Bushyhead

Gordon Bushyhead

Jul 6, 2008

Gordon Norman Bushyhead, 68, a resident of Grove passed away at his home on Sunday, July 6, 2008. Norman was born on March 2, 1940 in Pawnee, OK to Gordon and Fannie Mae (Harris) Bushyhead. Mr. Bushyhead worked for Douglas Aircraft for seven years before working for Boeing for twenty years. Norman loved to go fishing and be on the...

Marvin Miller

Marvin Miller

Jul 6, 2008

Marvin Eugene Miller, 62, of Jay, Oklahoma died Sunday, July 6, 2008 at his residence. He was born February 2, 1946 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Roy Miller, Sr. and Vera M. Koontz. He was an industrial laborer. He is survived by his sons: Jacob and Rocky Miller, daughters: Chewalla and Sonja and a step daughter Khara, brothers: Roy, Jesse, Sherman,...

Mavis Young

Mavis Young

Jul 6, 2008

Mavis Young, 72, a resident of Bartlesville, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2008. Mavis was born on November 23, 1935 to Elmer Lee Wilson and Lucy Lockey Butler. She graduated from high school in Ft. Smith, Arkansas in 1953. Mavis moved to Bartlesville in 1972 and began working for Phillips Petroleum in the Research and Development department a year later....

James Scott

James Scott

Jul 5, 2008

James Scott of Monkey Island, Oklahoma, formerly of Grand Rapids, Michigan, died at 9:45 p.m., Saturday, July 5, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. He was 88. Mr. Scott was born June 1, 1920 in Lancashire, England to William and Ellen (Brown) Scott. He served in the U. S. Army Air Corp as a Navigator during World...

Patrick Tsosie

Patrick Tsosie

Jul 3, 2008

PATRICK C. TSOSIE Jay - Patrick Celestine Tsosie, age 44, of Jay, Oklahoma died on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at his residence. He was born on March 16, 1964 in Apache County, Arizona to Albert Tsosie, Sr. and Ella Mae Anderson. Patrick worked at a general laborer and was a firefighter for the Cherokee Nation. He was not married. He...

Princssa Vazquez

Princssa Vazquez

Jul 1, 2008

Princssa Lyn Vazquez, infant daughter of Jaime Vazquez and Diana Cunningham, died July 1, 2008 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. A Graveside service will be held Thursday, July 3, at 2:00 p.m. at the Big Cabin Cemetery in Big Cabin, Oklahoma, with Pastor Terry Wise officiating. The family includes: her parents, grandfathers, John Kelly of Vinita and Raul...

Dora Collier

Dora Collier

Jul 1, 2008

Dora Fae Underdown Collier, 98, a resident of Dewey, passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2008 in the Jane Phillips Medical Center. Our mother, Dora Fae Underdown Collier was born on May 10, 1910 to Calvin Anderson Underdown and Mary Elizabeth Daniels in Harrison, Arkansas. She was the youngest of six daughters, followed by a younger brother. Dora married Curtis Lyman...

Billy James

Billy James

Jun 28, 2008

Billy Ray James, 72, former area resident, died on June 28, 2008 in Needles, California. He was born February 12, 1936 in Keys, Oklahoma to J. C. and Juanita (Miller) James. Billy was a military man, serving twenty years in the United States Army, Billy did tours in New Foundland, Germany, and four in Viet Nam, and he finished his...

Paul Hefty

Paul Hefty

Jun 27, 2008

Paul Milton Hefty 94, a long time resident of Dewey and Bartlesville and a former county commissioner died Friday July 27, 2008 in the Jane Phillips Medical Center. Paul was born to Walter J. and Rose E. (Schadt) Hefty on a farm north of Valley Falls, Kansas on December 26, 1913. He received his elementary education in a one room...

Robert Mcspadden

Robert Mcspadden

Jun 26, 2008

Robert P. "Bob" McSpadden, 77 year-old well known Vinita resident, popular humorist, banker and businessman, died Thursday, June 26, 2008 at St. John's Medical Center in Tulsa. Bob was born February 22, 1931 in Chelsea to Herb and Madeline (Pope) McSpadden. He graduated from Chelsea High School and attended Northeastern State University at Tahlequah; he then joined the United States...

David Oakley

David Oakley

Jun 25, 2008

Mr. David Wayne Oakley, 70 of Bartlesville died at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Jane Phillips Medical Center. Dave was born in Cherokee, Oklahoma on January 1, 1938 to Cecil and Fairly (Belcher) Oakley and was a graduate of Cherokee (OK) High School. He attended the University of Oklahoma on a Navy scholarship and graduated with a degree in Business...

Florence Moyer

Florence Moyer

Jun 25, 2008

Florence Grace Oetken Moyer passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2008 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At the time of her death she was a resident of Brighton Gardens Assisted Living in Tulsa. Florence was born April 4, 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri to Fred and Juanita Oetken. She married Golden A. Moyer, Jr. on June 25, 1941 and moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma...

Patricia Oeltjen

Patricia Oeltjen

Jun 23, 2008

Patricia R (Loehr) Oeltjen Blessed wife and mother fell asleep in Jesus on June 23, 2008, after suffering a long internal illness. Pat was born in Miami, Oklahoma on October 26, 1951, daughter of Adolph and Louise Loehr. She became a child of God through the waters of holy baptism on November 29, 1951 and confirmed on May 2, 1965...

Woodena Ellis

Woodena Ellis

Jun 21, 2008

Woodena Lea Ellis, 58, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma died Saturday, June 21, 2008 at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital in Siloam Springs. She had currently been living with her sister in Gentry, Arkansas. Woodena was born November 19, 1949 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Woodrow and Leona (Downing) Peak. She graduated from the State School for the Deaf at Sulphur, Oklahoma. After graduation,...

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