Obituaries

Mar 8, 2020

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700....

Funeral Services will be held 2:00 P.M., Tuesday March 17, 2020 at Benjamin Funeral Service with Farris Downing officiating.  Online condolences may be left at honoringmemories.com, or on Facebook page.  Arrangements under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service.

Monique Shauntaa Downing, 53, passed away Sunday, March 8th, 2020 in...

Mar 8, 2020

ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK -

Nancy Louise Pryor, 92, of Bartlesville, OK, died Sunday March 8, 2020 at The Journey Home.  Nancy was born March 22, 1927 in Ottawa, KS, daughter of Fred P. Martin and Clara (Kapp) Martin and stepmother Charlotte Martin.

Nancy grew up in Ottawa and Topeka, KS. ...

Mar 6, 2020

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700.....

Kelly Lee Wallace, 58, of Nowata, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 11, 1961 to Thomas Edward Robertson and Shirley Lee (Stover) Patrick.

Kelly attended the Tulsa Public School system where he received his education. He married the love...

Mar 5, 2020

Colletta Sue Smith, age 55, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 5, 2020, at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa.  She was born April 20, 1964, in Vinita, Oklahoma, to William Day and Leender Smith.  She was a 1982 graduate of Vinita High School.  She received an associate’s degree in business from Independence Community College.

Colletta’s professional career...

Mar 5, 2020

Douglas Dean Whistler, aged 78, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2020 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was born August 4, 1941 in Elk City, Kansas to Glessner Long Whistler and Orlena (Eversole) Whistler. He was a 1959 graduate of Nowata High School and received his Doctorate of Dental Surgery in 1964 from the University of Tennessee. In 1964, he...

Mar 5, 2020

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700...……

Samuel Dewey Freeman, 71, of Nowata went to be with the Lord on March 6, 2020. He was born September 21, 1948, in Hagarville, Arkansas to Wilbur and Viola (Callahan) Freeman.

Shortly after High School, Sam married Pamela Jean Martin on September 21, 1968. In 1971, Sam and Pam...

Mar 2, 2020

Larry Dale Jackson, 73 year old Miami resident, went home to his Lord and Savior on Monday, March 2, 2020.  Larry was born in the Delaware Community on December 6, 1946 to William and Sarah (Willhite) Jackson.  He graduated from Grove High School in 1964.  The following year on June 27, 1965, he was united in marriage to Catherine...

Mar 2, 2020

James Harlin (“Jim”) Hale, 88, longtime Grove-area builder and Christian man of faith, died on Monday, March 2, 2020, at Hillcrest Oklahoma Heart Institute in Tulsa, leaving a host of family and friends to mourn his passing. Jim Hale lived his faith deeply and constantly.  By example and testimony, Jim touched the lives of many. To his family, he...

Mar 2, 2020

Margaret “Peggy” Thompson, age 88, Grove, OK passed away Sunday March 1, 2020.

She was born September 23, 1931 in Hiwasse, AR to the late Virgil Banks and Mary Emma Woods Banks.  She graduated from Gravette, AR High School in 1949 as Class Valdictorian

Peggy married Clifford “Pepper” Thompson, her high school sweetheart on August...

Mar 1, 2020

Fred Chitwood Mason, 80, formerly of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020 in Rowlett, Texas.

He was born and raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the son of Fred Lunstead Mason and Marguerite Imogene Chitwood.

In 1959 he joined the US Army, where he served as an Army Ranger with the...

Feb 27, 2020

Kelly Hampton, 77, of Zena passed away on Feb. 27, 2020. Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Grove's First Baptist Church in Grove,Oklahoma Kelly was born on Nov. 8, 1942, in the back of his parents' general store in Zena. He went to grade school at Zena and graduated from Grove High School, where he...

Feb 26, 2020

Braden Oakley Baker was born December 27, 2016 at St. Francis in Tulsa Oklahoma to Kyle Baker and Sharon Miller.  Braden fulfilled his divine purpose in life and touched many people from all over the country with his contagious smile and his miraculous existence.  Braden’s work on Earth was done and he went home to be with Jesus on...

Feb 24, 2020

Johnny LeFred Harris, passed away on February 24, 2020 in Tulsa, OK.  Johnny was born on June 02, 1940 in Vinita, OK to Buster Harris and Emma Jean Humphrey.

Johnny attended schools in Vinita, Oklahoma. He worked for the United States Postal Service for many years until his retirement.  Johnny is of the Baptist faith and worshipped...

Feb 23, 2020

Patricia Ann Brumley passed away peacefully Sunday, February 23 in Bartlesville, OK.

Patricia was born in Greenwich, Kansas on August 23, 1936 to James and Alma Goins Brumley. Patricia attended schools in Greenwich, Kansas; Benton, Kansas; Chelsea, Oklahoma; and graduated from Copan High School in 1955.

Upon completion of high school Patricia attended Tri County...

Feb 21, 2020

Birda Mae (Tagg) Logan, 58 year old resident of Afton, Oklahoma, passed away on February 21, 2020 at Monroe Manor in Jay, Oklahoma.

Birda was born on August 17, 1961 in Grove, Oklahoma.  She was the daughter of Henry Tagg Sr. and Anna Marie (Stick) Tagg.  Birda enjoyed life and was a free spirit.  Her...

Feb 21, 2020

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE  NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700.....

John Andrew Koscelny Sr., 84, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2020 at Ascension Jane Phillips Medical Center in Nowata, OK. He was born June 4, 1935 to Joseph and Madeliene (Spurgeon) Koscelny. John attended school in Delaware and Nowata. On April 7, 1958 he married the love of his life...

Feb 20, 2020

Judith Ann Reeder, age 77, Eucha, Oklahoma, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020 at Monroe Nursing Home, Jay, Ok.

She was born November 22, 1942, in Gary Lake, Indiana, to the late Joseph Kish and Margaret Danyi. She is additionally proceeded in death by one brother.

Judith married Donald Reeder, He survives of the home....

Feb 17, 2020

Sally (Leforce) Boyd passed away at her home February 17, 2020. She was born in Vinita, Oklahoma on June 5, 1943 to John Leforce and Burnice (Stone) Leforce.

Sally attended and graduated from Vinita High School in 1961. She had many friends in school and was in the Just Us Girls sorority and the Vinita High School...

Feb 17, 2020

Julia Ann (Dick) Whitetree was born in the White Oak Hills to John Dick Sr. and Ada Mae Dick. She passed away on Monday, February 17, 2020 at Heartsworth Nursing Home in Vinita, OK.

She is a descendent of the Cherokee, Shawnee and Delaware tribes. She held a position as an old lady at the Shawnee Ceremonial...

Feb 16, 2020

Mary E. Sills longtime Miami, Oklahoma resident has passed away at the age of 79 after a brief illness in Joplin, Missouri at Freeman Hospital.

Mary was born to William J. “W.J” and Ann Elizabeth “Betty” (Ulrich) Snyder in Vinita, Oklahoma on January 3, 1941.  The Snyder family resided in the Vinita area prior to living in...