Obituaries

Larry Rice

Sep 27, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, (918) 256-5555 ------ Larry Lee Alic Rice, 73 year old resident of Big Cabin (Rock Creek) died early Sunday, September 27, 2015 at his home. He was born on May 16, 1942 in Tulsa to Clyde Alic Rice and Margaret Kay (Hamilton) Rice. He graduated high school from Tulsa Will Rogers. Larry served his country...

Margaret Peterson

Sep 27, 2015

Service Details

Friday, October 9th, 2015 10:00am, Memorial Park Cemetery Bartlesville

Betsy Roe

Sep 26, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK 918-786-2261....Betsy Anna Ross Roe peacefully passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015 in her home after a long illness of COPD. Betsy was born in Shidler, Oklahoma on January 17, 1930. Betsy and James Roe married in 1948 and moved to Grove in 1951. Besides being a homemaker, she worked many jobs in the community including...

Virginia Patteson

Sep 25, 2015

Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma....................................... Virginia Marie Shepherd Patteson passed from this life September 25, 20015 at her home in Morris, Oklahoma. She was born March 4, 1949 in Chanute, Kansas to Conner Howard and Eva Lou (Steele) Shepherd. Virginia was a 1967 graduate of Alluwe High School. In August of 1966 Virginia married the love of her life,...

Sammie Dick

Sep 24, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, OK, 918-253-3222 ~ Sammie Joe Dick passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at the Integris Grove General Hospital at the age of 83. Sammie was born on January 31, 1932 in Eucha, Oklahoma. He was one of eight children born to Louis Leo and Emma (Smith) Dick. Sammie enjoyed being outdoors, his hobbies included fishing,...

Jack Phillips

Sep 23, 2015

Jack E. Phillips, age 82 and longtime resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at his home. Jack Ewart Phillips was born August 18, 1933 in Durham, North Carolina. He was the son of Ewart Spurgeon Phillips and Edna G. (Farmer) Phillips. He attended Duke University graduating with a B.S. in Chemistry. In 1961, Jack worked...

Ruth Meek

Sep 23, 2015

Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma.................................. Graveside services for Ruth Emogene Meek are 2:00 P.M., Monday, September 28, 2015 at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery with Ben Killion officiating. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Ruth Emogene Meek, 97, passed away September 23, 2015 in Gilbert, Arizona. She was born July 29,...

James Hogue

Sep 22, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita, (918) 256 - 5555 ~ James Thomas Hogue (Jim), of Cleora, Oklahoma, went to be with his Lord on September 22, 2015, in Vinita, Oklahoma. Jim was born March 10, 1940, to Charles Craig Hogue and Beulah May (Doan) Hogue, the youngest of their five sons. Jim and his family lived in Hogue "Holler", near Danville,...

Jerry Hopper

Sep 21, 2015

Luginbuel South Grand Lake Funeral Home of Langley 918-782-4400, --Jerry Hopper, 66 year old Spavinaw resident, passed on September 21, 2015, at home surrounded by loved ones. He was born on April 5, 1949, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the middle of three boys, son of Kenneth L and Pat (Heiser) Hopper. Jerry and his brothers spent every summer and most weekends...

Anthony Hume

Sep 21, 2015

Anthony Robert Hume, age 68, and resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015, in his home. Anthony Robert Hume was born April 18, 1947 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. He was the son of Robert Franklin Hume and Ruth Nadine Beaman. By the age of five, he revealed a remarkable boy soprano voice. The family moved to...

Frederick Wright

Sep 21, 2015

Lessie Cearley

Sep 20, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK 918-786-2261. Lessie Marie (Cruse) Cearley, 89 year old Grove, OK, resident passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015. Lessie was born on March 2, 1926, in Norman, OK, to Noal T and Katherine (Armbrust) Cruse. Lessie married Charles Raymond Cearley on October 14, 1945. She was a devoted pastor's wife and homemaker. She also worked...

Roy Mckinley

Sep 20, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK 918-786-2261. Roy Edwin McKinley, 89 year old Grove, OK, resident passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015. Roy was born on December 13, 1925, in Belle Plaine, KS, to Leland and Thelma (Hollis) McKinley. He worked for the railroad department. Roy was married to Anna (Ware) on November 9, 1944 in Wichita, KS. He was...

Georgia Guatney

Sep 19, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home Grove, OK 918-786-2261. Georgia Ann (George) Guatney, age 80, of Grove Oklahoma passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2015 in Kansas City, Mo. Georgia Ann was born in the small town of Neosho Falls, Kansas on January 26, 1935. She attended local schools, graduated from high school and married the love of her life Harold Guatney. Together...

Patricia Smith

Sep 18, 2015

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE, NOWATA, OK - Patricia Faye "Pat" Smith of Nowata passed away on Friday afternoon, September 18, 2015, at St. John's Medical Center in Tulsa. Pat was born March 6, 1936 in Wanette, Oklahoma, to W. V. and Eula Henry Perkins. She moved to Nowata at an early age and was educated in Nowata schools. She has lived...

Clara Butcher

Sep 17, 2015

Clara Lee Butcher, 62 year old Vinita resident, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at the Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born on May 31, 1953 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Talmage Wayne Bowlin and Ida Jean Huff Bowlin. Clara was a graduate of Ponca City High School and had attended Beauty College in Ponca City as...

Myrtle Vail

Sep 17, 2015

Benjamin Funeral Service - Myrtle Carry Vail 100 year old Oologah and Claremore resident passed from this life September 17, 2015 in Claremore, Oklahoma. She was born November 26, 1914 to Segal Webster and Ora Verda (Bagwell) Haney in Mountain Home, Arkansas. They moved to Oklahoma when Carry was a young teenager. She was a member of the Memorial Heights...

Irving Holstein

Sep 17, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home - Grove, OK 918-786-2261... Irving J. "Ike" Holstein, Jr. was born August 29, 1927 in Utica, NY to Irving J. Holstein, Sr. and Mary Anna (Jones) Holstein. He passed from this earth on September 17, 2015. Ike grew up in Utica, NY and at the age of 17 joined the United States Navy. He served in active...

Marvin Smith

Sep 16, 2015

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK 918-786-2261. Marvin Shelby Smith of Tulsa Oklahoma passed away on September 16, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital at the age of 86. Marvin "Mike" was one of 8 children born to Henry Lee and Doshia Mae (DuBois) Smith. He was born on August 14, 1929 in Bernice, Oklahoma. Marvin was united in marriage to the...

Donna Elliott

Sep 14, 2015

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita 918-256-5555 --- Donna Jo Sooter was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on April 17, 1950, was married to Mark R. Elliott on August 7, 1970, and went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on September 14, 2015 in Omaha, Nebraska. Born to James E. and Sara (Murrell) Sooter she grew up the compliant...