Obituaries

Jan 11, 2014

Frank Schoonover, 80 year old White Oak resident, died Saturday, January 11, 2014. Frank was born in Holly, Colorado on August 3, 1933 to Oman and Vera (Cochran) Schoonover. He served in the United States Army from 1953-1955. On September 15, 1983 he was united in marriage to Nancy. Frank worked as a heavy equipment operator for numerous years. Survivors...

Jan 9, 2014

Rocky Lee Ferdig, Sr. 60 year old resident of Bluejacket (Timber Hill), went to be with his Lord on Thursday, January 9, 2014, with his family by his side. He was born on October 22, 1953 in Noel, Missouri to Kent and Louetta (Adams) Ferdig. Rocky attended school at McDonald County and then went into the United States Marine Corps,...

Jan 8, 2014

Funeral services for Cressa Anne Ewers are 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at Benjamin Funeral Service Chapel with Pastor Lawrence Green officiating. Interment will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Cressa Anne Ewers, 49, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Cressa was born July...

Jan 5, 2014

Ina Geraldine Briggs left this world to meet her passed loved ones once again on January 5, 2014, at her home in Nowata. Gerry Briggs was born January 11, 1928, to Byron and Grace (Plecker) Epperson. She had a sister, Mae Truitt who is also deceased. Gerry met Robert Briggs at Lenapah School and they were married September 3, 1949...

Jan 4, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove~ Teddy Leon Reece, Jr., Grove resident, died January 4, 2014 in Fayetteville, AR at the age of 50 years. Teddy was born July 31, 1963 in Gravette, AR to his parents, Ted Reece Sr. & Wanda Sue (Blevins) Reece. Teddy attended Jay schools growing up and spent his lifetime in the area. Teddy married the love...

Jan 4, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma LLOYD GRANT MESSIMORE BELOVED HUSBAND, BROTHER, AND FATHER Lloyd Grant Messimore was born to Delbert & Emma Messimore of Afton, Oklahoma (now deceased) on July 19, 1950 in Sacramento, California. He was 63 years of age when he passed away in his rural home in Jay, Oklahoma from cancer on January 4, 2014. Lloyd spent...

Jan 4, 2014

Alfred Earl VanGundy, 91 year old former Vinita resident, died Saturday, January 4, 2014 in Edmond, OK. Alfred was the youngest of seven children born to Wallace and Mary (Green) VanGundy. He was born in Miami, OK on March 20, 1922. He served in the United States Army during the Rhineland Battle in World War II. From 1959-1984 he was...

Jan 3, 2014

Walter L. Barnes, passed away at the Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, OK on Friday, January 3, 2014 at the age of 83. Walter was born on March 25, 1930 in Delaware County, OK, the son of the late Servetus Beaty and Bertha Ellen (Fouts) Barnes. After Walter attended school in Indianola Schools, he went to work for his...

Jan 2, 2014

Danna Margaret (McKisick) Minson, 92 year old rural Vinita resident, died early Thursday, January 2, 2014 at the Heartsworth Nursing Center. She was born on July 25, 1921 in Big Cabin to George and Mary (Landrum) McKisick. Danna was a graduate of Big Cabin schools. She enjoyed cooking, quilting, and gardening, especially growing strawberries. She was a member of the...

Jan 2, 2014

Carl James Simmons, 76 of Vinita, was called home on Thursday evening, January 2, 2014, with his family by his side. He was born at Kaw City, on July 4, 1937 to James and Beatrice Simmons. Carl married June Jolly on August 23, 1973 in Independence, Kansas, Carl and June moved to Vinita in 1976, he worked as a mechanic...

Jan 2, 2014

Ella Lee (Allen) Bauers passed away January 2, 2014, at her home in Nowata surrounded by her family and friends. She was born October 11, 1927, in Delaware, Oklahoma, to Jesse Clarence Allen and Nora Ada (Allen) Allen. Lee attended and graduated from Nowata High School. Lee lived many years in Las Vegas, Nevada. She worked for casino's doing whatever...

Jan 1, 2014

Wayne Howard Patteson passed from this life on January 1, 2014 at 12:50 A.M. in Tooele, Utah. He was born August 3, 1971 at 9:30 A.M. in Joplin, Missouri to Virginia Marie Steele Shepherd Patteson and Bennie Wayne Patteson. He was named after his father, Bennie Wayne Patteson, his grandfather, Conner Howard Shepherd, his uncle, David Howard Shepherd, and his...

Dec 31, 2013

Dec 31, 2013

Claudine Cassadel King Bailey of Wann, OK, passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at age 91. Claudine was born in Wann, OK on July 9, 1922, the 5th of 10 children to Vick and Blanche Davis King. Claudine married Elvin Bailey on April 28, 1943. They established their home on the family farm east of Wann, while also living in...

Dec 31, 2013

Bruce Wayne Mosley, 56, Dewey, OK, died New Year's Eve 2013 at his home. Bruce was born February 5, 1957 at Ft. Riley, KS to Harold Mosley and Wanda L.(Loudermilk) Mosley. He moved from Ft. Riley to Atoka, OK as a small child and later to the Bartlesville area. Bruce was a 1975 graduate of Dewey High School. He worked...

Dec 30, 2013

Tammy Lynn (Parrett) Collier, 53, of Nowata, OK passed away on Monday, December 30, 2013, at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. She was born to Jim and Pat (Gooch) Parrett. Tammy was born on May 25, 1960, in Borger, TX and graduated from Nowata High School in 1978. She worked as a boilermaker/welder and belonged to the Boilermakers...

Dec 30, 2013

Henry Karl Hachmuth, 77, Bartlesville, OK passed away Monday, December 30, 2013 at St. John Medical Center, Tulsa. Henry was born May 28, 1936 near Webb City, Oklahoma to Karl H. Hachmuth and Margaret G. (Johnson) Hachmuth. He came to Bartlesville at an early age and was a 1953 College High graduate. Henry served in the US Army and he...

Dec 29, 2013

Bernice M. Swetland, 79 year old rural Big Cabin resident, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, December 29, 2013 at the Claremore Nursing Home. She was born on February 18, 1934 in Beatrice, Nebraska to Gerhard and Bernice (Warkentine) Esau. Bernice married Raymond Lee Swetland on July 9, 1954 in Tulsa, Raymond preceded her in death in August...

Dec 28, 2013

Questa Eunice Alred, 96 year old Vinita resident, went to be with the Lord Saturday, December 28, 2013. Eunice was born in Yale, OK on July 17, 1917 to Charles and Carrie (Richardson) Ellington. She attended and graduated White Oak High School. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church, teaching Sunday School and helping in various church...

Dec 27, 2013

George Leake, 88 year old Vinita resident, passed away Friday, December 27, 2013. George was born in Mehan, OK on December 26, 1925 to William and Dona (Roberts) Leake. He served in the United States Marine Corp during some of the worst of World War II. George worked as a carpenter for many years. He also enjoyed gardening, playing cards...