Obituaries
Zeff Sharp
Nov 2, 2013
Zeff Leigh Sharp, passed away at the Siloam Springs Regional Hospital in Siloam Springs, AR, on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at the age of 24. Zeff was born on November 10, 1988 in Gravette, AR, the daughter of Jeffrey Bush and Sherri (Sharp) Bush. Zeff attended Jay Public Schools and Kansas Public Schools. After school she was employed by Simmons...
Bill Matney
Oct 31, 2013
Bill Wayne Matney, 69 year old Vinita resident, died Thursday, October 31, 2013. Bill was born on October 14, 1944 to Raymond and Catherine Vivian Matney. He worked as a mechanic for many years and enjoyed watching sci-fi movies. Survivors include his daughters Misty Stalford and Vivian Stalvig of Oregon and grandchildren: Emerald and Nyah Stalford, Elyjah Thorp, Korrin, Olivia,...
Pearlie Pickup
Oct 31, 2013
Pearlie Pickup, Eucha resident, died peacefully surrounded by her family on October 31, 2013, at the age of 68 years. She was born on January 12, 1945 in Clouds Creek, Delaware County, Oklahoma, to her parents, Charlie and Lula (Cornshucker) Davis. She attended and graduated Jay Schools in 1963. Pearlie married Turner Pickup on September 5, 1967. Pearlie enjoyed fishing,...
Paula Dunlavy
Oct 29, 2013
Graveside services for Paula Mae Dunlavy are 10:00 A.M., Friday, November 1, 2013 at Ball Cemetery in Childers. OK with Pastor Wendell Abbott officiating. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Paula Mae Dunlavy, 60, passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at Sequoyah Point Care Center on Owasso. She was born November 30, 1952 in Tulsa to Mable Mae (Huddleston)...
Susie Nichols
Oct 29, 2013
Susie Nichols, 74 years, former owner of Grove Tag Agency, died Tuesday October 29, 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Susie was born in Vinita, Oklahoma on April 4, 1939 to her parents, Raymond Young Graham and Helen Strode Graham. Upon graduating from Grove schools, she attended Stephens College and then graduated University of Arkansas in 1960. Susie obtained her Masters Degree...
John Benge
Oct 28, 2013
John Steven Benge, 52 year old, lifetime Grove area resident, passed away Monday, October 28, 2013 in Grove, Oklahoma. John was born on July 15, 1961 in Grove, Oklahoma to Earl and Nancy Katherine (Melton) Benge. John attended Grove high school. He loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He was an avid motorcycle rider and a member...
Ronald Page
Oct 28, 2013
Ronald Lewis "Ronnie" Page, 67 year old life time Vinita resident, died, Monday evening, October 28, 2013 at the Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born on October 17, 1946 in Vinita to William Ernest and Francis Virginia (Bell) Page. Ronnie was a 1964 graduate of Vinita High School. He served his country in the United States...
Linda Chandler
Oct 28, 2013
Linda Darlene Chandler, age 61 of Vinita, passed away Monday, October 28, 2013. Linda was born in Claremore on December 13, 1951 to William Dick Sr. and Ruby (Secondine) Dick. Her hobbies included crocheting, working crossword puzzles, watching soap operas, doing traditional dance, and spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church....
Earl Grumbein
Oct 27, 2013
Earl Lavern Grumbein, 78 year old Vinita resident died at his home on Sunday October 27, 2013. He was born on February 11, 1935 in Brownell, Kansas to Merle and Bertha (Sunley) Grumbein. Earl attended and graduated from Cleora Schools. Earl served his country in the United States Army in Germany for two years. He married Gwen Drake on March...
Betty Tagg
Oct 27, 2013
Betty Jean Tagg, passed away at her home in Kenwood, OK on Sunday, October 27, 2013 at the age of 68. Betty was born January 5, 1945 in Tahlequah, OK, the daughter of the late Sam Vann and Katie (Snell) Vann. After Betty attended school, she married Cornelius "Cornbread" Smith in the late 1950's and to this union six children...
James Whitfield
Oct 26, 2013
James Franklin "Jimmy" Whitfield 73 year old Vinita resident, died Saturday, October 26, 2013. He was born on March 22, 1940 in Vinita to Henry Whitfield, Sr. and Dora (Han) Whitfield. He married Marilyn Gayle (Stafford) Whitfield on April 14, 2000 in Eureka Springs Arkansas. Jimmy moved back to Vinita in 1996 from Tulsa, He went to work for the...
Martha Maddux
Oct 25, 2013
Martha Ann (Chappell) Maddux, 87, of Nowata died at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on Friday, October 25, 2013. She was born December 20, 1925 to Judge Glenn H. and Maude E. Chappell in Nowata, Oklahoma. She graduated from Nowata High School in 1942 and attended Oklahoma A&M College and Oklahoma College for women. She married Bill Maddux...
Judith Bale
Oct 23, 2013
Judith Elaine "Judy" Bale, age 68, and former resident of Dewey, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at her home in Dallas, Texas. Judy was born August 20, 1945 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of John T. Bale and Sylvia Audrey (Bonham) Bale. She was raised in the Dewey community where she attended school, graduating from...
Howard Chrisco
Oct 22, 2013
Howard Leroy Chrisco, 90 year old longtime Vinita resident, died Tuesday evening, October 22, 2013 at the Medical Lodges in Dewey. He was born on April 5, 1923 in Vinita to Otis Leroy and Gladys Opal (Arms) Chrisco. Howard was a graduate of Bluejacket High School and was a Veteran of the U. S. Army. In the Army He was...
Argie Hayes
Oct 20, 2013
Former Vinita resident, Argie Mae Hayes, age 87 passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013. Argie was born in Francis, OK on July 25, 1926 to Roy and Elizabeth Cable. In January 1951 she was united in marriage to Edward Hayes. She was a long time employee of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and the Vinita Senior Center. She was a...
Leroy Ross
Oct 19, 2013
LeRoy completed his education in Lenapah public schools. He married Ruby Cherry and to that union a daughter, Constance Ross, was born. LeRoy later married Willa Mae Palmer and was a devoted husband for 25 years upon his death. LeRoy served in the military during World War II where he received an honorable discharge. He later joined Westside Baptist Church...
Curtis Reeves
Oct 17, 2013
Curtis K. Reeves, 64, of Nowata, went to be with our lord and savior, Thursday, October 17, 2013, at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Curtis was born June 27, 1949 to Imogene Owens, and Floyd Reeves in Lockwood, Missouri. Early Childhood years were spent growing up in Greenfield, Missouri. Curtis and siblings later moved to Nowata, Oklahoma, where...
Thelma Bonner
Oct 16, 2013
Thelma L. Bonner, 87 of Grove, OK passed away Wed., Oct. 16, 2013 at the Grove Nursing Center. She was born October 6, 1926 on a farm south of Kellerton, Iowa. Thelma was the daughter of Forrest N. and Opal (Ordway) Osborn. She attended Woodland Elementary school and then attended and graduated from Mt. Ayr High School in Mt. Ayr,...
Jane Hiddle
Oct 14, 2013
Jane Faye (Gibson) Hiddle, 59 year old Miami resident, died Monday, October 14, 2013 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. She was born June 8, 1954 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas to Julian Riley Gibson and Ivy (Adams) Gibson. Jane was of the Christian faith and had lived in the Miami area for several years. The family includes: Donald Hiddle...
Carol Stephenson
Oct 14, 2013
Carol Stephenson, 75 year old Grove resident, passed away Monday, October 14, 2013 at Grove Nursing Center in Grove, OK. Carol as born on December 1, 1937 in Denver, CO, to Edward Everett Dietrich and Catherine Ann Rahner. Carol moved to Grove from Colorado in 1984. She was a housekeeper for Shangri La. Carol enjoyed gardening, ceramics and painting figurines....
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