Obituaries

Jun 7, 2008

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Jun 6, 2008

Dorothy Gayle McDonald passed away peacefully in her home on Friday, June 6 after a long illness. She was born at home, in Washington, Oklahoma, October 21, 1916, the only child of William H. and Francis Robb. At the age of 15, she graduated from high school and moved to Norman where she graduated from O.U. in 1936 with a...

Jun 6, 2008

Brandon Lee Criswell, 32 year-old resident of Tulsa, died as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident on Highway 75 near Henryetta on Friday, June 6, 2008. He was born March 10, 1976 in Vinita to Jane (Tune) and Luther Lee Criswell. Brandon attended Pryor Schools and had lived in Tulsa for the past 15 years. On September...

Jun 6, 2008

Bertie Callison, 90-year-old former Nowata resident, passed away on June 6, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada at her home. Mrs. Callison was born September 18, 1917 in Estella, Oklahoma to Amanda Calvert and William Fry. She married Perry Callison on July 18, 1936 in Nowata, Oklahoma. She lived all of her life in the Nowata, Oklahoma area and moved to...

Jun 5, 2008

Willene (Willie) Brady Magruder Douce died peacefully on June 5, 2008, after a 9-year struggle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born in Paynesville, Pike County, MO, on September 30, 1919 to Mable Lee Brown Magruder and Ralph Woolfolk Magruder. She graduated Paynesville High School as co- valedictorian of her class. She graduated from Miss Hickey's Secretarial School and went on...

Jun 5, 2008

Mary Louise Porter, 93-year-old long-time Nowata resident, passed away Thursday, June 6, 2008 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Funeral services for Mrs. Porter will be held at 10:00am, Monday, June 9, 2008 at the First Church of God in Nowata with Pastor Marc Adams officiating. Interment will follow in the Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction...

Jun 3, 2008

Raymond D Cooper, 61, passed away on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital. Mr. Cooper was born on May 28, 1947 in Muncie, Indiana to James T and Flora Mae (Lewis) Cooper. He married Loretta Carol Petty and Mrs. Cooper survives of the home. Mr. Cooper was taken home to Muncie, Indiana for burial. Local arrangements were...

Jun 3, 2008

THURSDAY June 5, 2008 Robbie J. Dunlap Robbie Jean Dunlap was born in the Rocky Point area of southeastern Oklahoma on March 22, 1923, the youngest child of Porter & Effie Whitesides. She joined 3 siblings, J. R., Leah and Mary. She graduated from Panola High School and married Bill Dunlap in 1940, who preceded her in death in 2001....

Jun 2, 2008

Edith Alta Stephens, 80 year-old Vinita resident, died Monday evening at the St. Johns Medical Center in Tulsa. She was born February 2, 1928 in Pryor, Oklahoma to Garland Clifton Charles and Myrtle Mae (Scammahorn) Charles. Edith was a graduate of Big Cabin High School. She was married to Charles Allard, and later to Floyd Stephens both preceded her in...

Jun 1, 2008

Allie Mae McGlasson, 85, lifetime rural Vinita resident went home to meet her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at 8:40 p.m. on Sunday, June, 1, 2008. Allie Mae was born on July 25, 1922 to J.W. and Bessie Walls in Estella, Oklahoma. She graduated from White Oak High School. She married Cecil McGlasson on December 24, 1940 and they made...

Jun 1, 2008

Lester Dean Hughes of Colcord went home to be with his Lord at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at Hastings Indian Medical Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma after a long bout with diabetes. He was 73. Lester was born May 30, 1935 in Delaware County, Oklahoma to Ezekel and Catherine (Kaiser) Hughes. He joined the U. S. Army on...

May 29, 2008

Nellie Joy Long 77 years-old former Vinita resident, died Thursday May 29, 2008 at her daughter's home in Broken Arrow. She was born July 17, 1930 in Welch to J. S. and Hattie Bertram McCoy. Joy had worked at Eastern State Hospital in Vinita on the switchboard for 29 years, retiring in 1986. She loved her family, fishing and camping,...

May 29, 2008

Karen F. Brumley, age 60, a resident of Bluejacket, OK died Thursday afternoon May 29, 2008 at her home in Bluejacket. She was born on August 6, 1947 in Broken Arrow, OK the daughter of Yakima Brumley and Wanda Coday Brumley. She was reared in the Tulsa area graduating from Memorial High School then attended and graduated from Draughn School...

May 29, 2008

Nancy Jo Ann (Dawson) Coons, age 57, a lifetime resident of the Afton, OK area died Thursday May 29, 2008 in St. John Medical Center in Tulsa. She was born January 26, 1951 in Vinita, OK the daughter of F. M. Dawson and Helen V. Fanning Dawson. Jo Ann was reared and educated at Afton High School and attended beauty...

May 28, 2008

Lee Hillburn, 83-year-old Bartlesville resident passed away Wenesday, May 28, 2008 at his home. Funeral services for Mr. Hillburn will be held at 2:00p.m., Saturday, May 31, 2008 at the Colonial Chapel of the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Bartlesville. Interment will follow in the Bartlesville Memorial Park Cemetery. The family has asked those who choose to send memorial contributions in...

May 27, 2008

Lou Emma Smith Chewey of Colcord, Oklahoma died at 9:37 p.m., Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at Muskogee Regional Hospital, Muskogee, Oklahoma. She was 60. Lou Emma was born July 23, 1947 in Delaware County, Oklahoma to Samuel and Lucy (Tehee) Smith. She and Alvin Lee Chewey celebrated 35 years of marriage before in passed away on May 27, 2006, exactly...

May 26, 2008

Lydia B. Chaney, 89 year old lifetime resident of Craig County, died Monday May 26, 2008 at her home. She was born August 3, 1918 to Everett Emerson "EE" Wright and Minnie Bell (Mills) Wright. Lydia graduated from Cleora High School. Lydia was a witty and loving person who made her family her life. Along with her family Lydia also...

May 24, 2008

Margaret A. Plut obituary Margaret A. Harper (Reed) Plut died on May 24, 2008 at Grand Lake Village in Grove, Oklahoma. She was born on February 28, 1917 in Joplin, Missouri. She was raised in Kansas but lived in Grove for nearly 50 years. Margaret enjoyed fishing, bowling, and traveling. She was preceded in death by her parents Augustus and...

May 23, 2008

Jane Coffey, a resident of Grove passed away at her home on Friday evening, May 23, 2008. Mrs. Coffey was born June 24, 1947 in Cassville, Missouri to Ralph Sidney and Etries (Hopper) Quick. She married her husband of eighteen years, Richard Coffey on May 25, 1990 in Coffeyville, Kansas. Jane lived in Coffeyville from 1982 until 2001 when she...

May 23, 2008

Donna Marie Reese, age 74, a longtime resident of Bartlesville went home to be with the Lord Jesus on Friday May 23, 2008 with her family at her side. Donna was born December 30, 1933 near Salina, Kansas, the second of three children born to Olof Pearson and Nelia Pearson. After graduating high school, Dick and Donna Pearson were united...