Obituaries

Nov 3, 2021

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Oct 23, 2021

Rex Dale Thomas, 84, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma passed away on Saturday, October 23, 2021.

Rex was born October 28, 1936, at Sweet Springs, Missouri to Carroll Christopher Thomas and Frances (Hurt) Thomas.  He grew up in Sweet Springs, where he met the love of his life, Madonna Lou Fangmann.  Rex graduated with an Engineering degree from the...

Oct 21, 2021

Cherlynn Ann Postrach, 74, of Ramona, Oklahoma, passed away Thursday evening, October 21, 2021, at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville.

Cherlynn was born April 5, 1947, in San Francisco, California.  Her parents were Berlyn Luttrell and Doris (Long) Luttrell.  Cherlynn left California at age five and moved to Missouri, where she lived five more years and...

Oct 20, 2021

Joanne Snell was born September 12, 1922, to Floyd Beatty and Agnes (Bower) Beatty in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.  She grew up and attended school in Bartlesville graduating from College High in 1941.

Joanne married Robert Snell on June 9, 1943. They made their home in Bartlesville. Their union was blessed with one child, Melissa. Joanne loved taking care...

Oct 13, 2021

Mrs. Alice Kathryn (Chapman) Thompson, age 91 of Dewey, Oklahoma passed peacefully Wednesday, October 13, 2021, in her home surrounded by family.

Mrs. Thompson or Mama, Alice, or Grandma T, who she was commonly referred to, was born to Vernon and Nona Chapman in Reese, Kansas April 17, 1930.  She attended Reece Schools graduating with...

Oct 5, 2021

Sheila Kaye Templeton Ropp passed away October 5, 2021, at her home in Bartlesville. She was born August 14, 1944, to Ruby Cone Templeton and Barton Templeton. Sheila was born and raised in Bartlesville, with the exception of 10 yrs in Blackwell, OK. Sheila married Lester Ropp Sept. 1, 1961, and they raised 6 kids.

Sheila loved...

Oct 2, 2021

Rudy Dean Guara (41) passed away in Bartlesville, OK on October 2, 2021.  He was born on March 1, 1980 to Connie Guara (Armijo) and Johnie Guara in Borger, TX.

Rudy lived in Bartlesville since 1983, graduating from Bartlesville High School in 1998.  He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2004 from Oklahoma State...

Oct 1, 2021

Grace was born on December 7, 1949 in Poland while that country was still under communism. She moved to Springfield, MA in her early teen years where she eventually met her husband, Michael. They had two children and lived in Cheshire, Connecticut for 35 years. In 2009 the couple moved to Oklahoma. Grace was a devoted wife and mother,...

Sep 29, 2021

Edith Mae Romig Nealis, 97, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away September 29, 2021.

Edith was born on a farm east of Independence, Kansas, to Wilmer and Stella Romig, on July 25, 1924.  She attended one-room Irish Creek School through the 8th Grade; then graduated from Independence High School in 1942.  She attained no further degrees, but learned...

Sep 22, 2021

Richard Jay “Dick” Coombe (82) passed away at his home in Bartlesville, OK Wednesday, September 22, 2021.

Dick was born March 5, 1939, in Barnesville, Pennsylvania to Raymond Paul Coombe and Lillian (Bott) Coombe.  After high school, Dick began working for his brother and shortly thereafter, joined the United States Air Force.  After his honorable discharge in...

Sep 8, 2021

Clois Benge passed away peacefully at Jane Phillips Medical Center on September 8, 2021. Clois was born on September 17, 1937 to Lawrence and Vida B Cartwright in Pawnee, Oklahoma. She attended Skeedee schools and graduated from Pawnee High School in 1955. Through mutual friends, Clois met and fell in love with Richard Benge. They married on April 14, 1956...

Sep 7, 2021

Dean K. Owens was born on July 24, 1938 and left peacefully on September 7, 2021. He was raised in Kendrick, Oklahoma by his grandparents Noni and Robert Foster.

As a young man Dean joined the U.S. Navy where he served for several years.

After his service, he married his wife Janice in Newton, Kansas...

Aug 28, 2021

Dorothy Rachel Grace, 89, of Bartlesville, passed away Saturday morning, August 28, 2021, at Bartlesville Assisted Living.

Dorothy was born January 19, 1932, at Fowler, Kansas to William David Gardner and Sophia Mae (Rader) Gardner.  She married Roy Ellis Grace at Clayton, New Mexico in 1951.  The couple were married 25 years until Roy’s death in 1976. ...

Aug 25, 2021

Viola Frakes Stockton passed away on August 25, 2021, at the age of 94, after living a long and fulfilling life with her family at her bedside.  Viola Frakes Stockton was born March 24, 1927 to Only and Alice (Mattingly) Frakes in Okesa, Oklahoma. She was educated in Pershing, Oklahoma and was a graduate of Pawhuska High School. She...

Aug 24, 2021

Joseph Jay Cornelius was born on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1966, at Jane Phillips hospital in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Joe passed in that same hospital, 55 years later, on August 24, 2021, after losing a month-long fight against Covid-19 and its related illnesses.

As a kid, Joe attended Bell Ringer School and Jefferson Elementary in Bartlesville, and Hays...

Aug 23, 2021

Lola Marie (Newton) Moseley passed away August 23, 2021.

Lola Marie Newton was born on October 16, 1939, on her grandparents’ farm in Weleetka, OK to Andrew Jackson Newton and L Vina (Burden) Newton.  She left this life and completed her journey to Heaven on August 23, 2021.

Lola was blessed to be a part...

Aug 21, 2021

John H. Burrus, age 79, and longtime resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on August 21, 2021, in Bartlesville.

John Hubert Burrus was born in Pryor, Oklahoma, on September 23, 1941.  He was the son of Hubert Burrus and Violet Virginia (Gravitt) Burrus.  He spent his very early years in Nowata, Oklahoma living on the...

Aug 18, 2021

Violet Winters England, passed away on August 18, 2021, after a short illness.  Vi. was born in London, England on July 23, 1927.  She married our father, Ray Clifford Banks on September 9, 1944, during WWII in Weldon, England.  Soon after the war, in 1946, she came to the United States on a Red Cross boat and made a...

Jul 27, 2021

Betty Joann Sanders passed away at her home in Bartlesville Tuesday July 27, 2021, surrounded by family.

Betty Joann Sanders was born June 13, 1944, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Ray Petty and Mildred (Pullins) Petty. She was raised in the Wann area and graduated from Wann High School.

Joann and David “Larry” Sanders...

Jul 26, 2021

John Scott Randoll (48) passed away at his home in Copan Oklahoma Monday, July 26, 2021.

John Scott Randoll was born February 23, 1973, in Wichita, Kansas, to Gregory and Susan (Sumpter) Randoll Cade.  John’s father was in the Air Force, so he grew up traveling the world with his family. He lived in Tachikawa,...