Obituaries
Sue King
Jan 13, 2013
Sue Ann Shepherd-King passed into the presence of our Lord on January 13, 2013, at Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas, after a long illness. Sue was born in Chanute, Kansas on May 16, 1946. She was preceded in death by her mother, Eva Lou and her father, Conner H. Shepherd. She is survived by her daughters, Candice Tucker, of...

Clydella Martino
Jan 12, 2013
Service Details
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 2:00pm, Church of Christ - Jay
Interment Details
Mount Hermon Cemetery
Karen Copeland
Jan 12, 2013
Karen Lee Copeland, age 45 of Vinita, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013. Karen was born in Vinita on June 17, 1967 to George and Ann (Woolman) Copeland. Karen had a lifelong battle with cerebral palsy and was wheelchair bound since the age of 15. She enjoyed watching westerns, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen movies, being outdoors, children, and animals....
John Bell Jr.
Jan 12, 2013
John Reed Bell II, 60 year old resident of Strang died Saturday January 12, 2013 at his home. He was born September 17, 1952 in Pryor, Oklahoma, the son of John Reed Bell and Nellie Goins Bell. He was raised and educated in Ketchum, graduating from Ketchum High School. John was a carpenter and a member of the Strang United...
Charles Hatcher
Jan 12, 2013
Charles Marion Hatcher, age 80 of Langley, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013. Charles was born in KS on September 7, 1932 to Earnest and Emma Marie (Collier) Hatcher. Charles was a kind hearted, generous, giving man who never met a stranger. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed hunting, fishing, yard work, and feeding hummingbirds. He also enjoyed the lake...
Charlene Souders
Jan 11, 2013
N. Charlene Souders, Grove resident, formerly of Bartlesville, died early Friday morning January 11, 2013 at the age of 89 years. Charlene was born on March 1, 1923 in Gilbert, AR to her parents, Joseph and Beryl (Nicholson) Sanderson. She graduated from Sperry High School and attended business school after graduating. Charlene married the love of her life, Lewis Souders,...
Afton Harrison
Jan 11, 2013
Afton Harrison, 93 year old resident of Vinita, went to be with the Lord on Friday, January 11, 2013 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He was born on May 29, 1919 in Ketchum to Ode and Ethel (Vaughn) Harrison. Afton was united in marriage to Nadine Dobbs on March 3, 1941 in Lebanon, Missouri. He served his country...
Vicki Forrest
Jan 10, 2013
Vicki Jo Forrest, age 63, and longtime resident of Copan, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2013, in the Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Vicki Jo Edwards was born on January 30, 1949 in Bartlesville. She was the daughter of Gaston Dale Edwards and Ruth Ann (Brown) Edwards. She was raised and received her education in the Copan...
Ernest Odell
Jan 9, 2013
Ernest Dalby "Ernie" Odell, age 91, and former resident of Ochelata, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2013, in the Medicalodge of Dewey where he had been a resident. Ernie was born on August 19, 1921 in Ramona, Oklahoma. He was the son of Turner Odell and Annie (Elliott) Odell. He was raised in the Ramona area where he...
Billy Minson
Jan 9, 2013
Billy F. "Bill" Minson, 86, of Watertown, SD, passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown. Visitation will be from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 12, 2013, at Crawford Funeral Chapel in Watertown. The family will receive friends from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday January 15, 2013 at the Luginbuel Chapel...
Andy Russell
Jan 9, 2013
Andy Russell, age 65 of Big Cabin, passed away suddenly Wednesday, January 9, 2013. Andy was born in Healton, OK on March 27, 1947 to Willard and Geneva (Ponder) Russell. He joined the Marine Corp in 1965 serving in the Vietnam War. On February 14, 1970 he was united in marriage to Phyllis Durst and together they raised two daughters....
Ralph Parman
Jan 9, 2013
Ralph M. Parman, 85 year old Adair resident, died Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at the Colonial Terrace Nursing Center in Pryor. He was born November 6, 1927 in Craig County to Benjamin C. and Betty G. (Waldrop) Parman. Ralph married his first wife Rosemary in 1947, they had a Dairy Farm in Knapp, Wisconsin, they later divorced. He married Betty...

Herbert Wilkinson
Jan 9, 2013
Herbert Loyd Wilkinson, 86 year old Nowata resident died January 9, 2013 at his home. He was born August 15, 1926 in Nowata to Albert L. Wilkinson and Ethel Carter Wilkinson. After graduating Nowata High School, Herb served two years in the US Army. On completion of his enlistment he returned to Nowata and worked as a television service repairman....
Jim Gilmore
Jan 9, 2013
Jim Ericson Gilmore, 53 year old Big Cabin resident, died early Wednesday, January 09, 2013, at his home. He was born December 16, 1959 in Nowata to Joe Ericson and Arthie Mae (Arning) Gilmore. Jim was a graduate of Big Cabin High School. He was a farmer and custom hay baler all his life. Jim enjoyed fishing, trapping and going...

Cynthia Foote
Jan 7, 2013
Cynthia (Axe) Foote, age 65, former resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2013 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Cindy, the daughter of Nelson and Mary Axe was born on October 18, 1947, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma where she lived until she left to attend Oklahoma State University after her high school graduation in 1967. Cindy received her bachelor...
Raymond Blevins
Jan 5, 2013
Raymond "Ray" Lee Blevins, age 74, of Nowata, Oklahoma, died at 4:00 a.m., Saturday, January 05, 2013, at Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center, in Nowata, Oklahoma. He was born in McAlester, Oklahoma, on November 6, 1938, to Frank and Grace (Johnson) Blevins. He attended Blue School, west of McAlister. On August 18, 1980, he married Maggie Nichols, in Claremore, Oklahoma....
Hazel Corrigan
Jan 5, 2013
Hazel Jenny Corrigan, Grove resident, age 97 years, died Saturday morning January 5, 2013. Hazel was born September 3, 1915 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan Canada to her parents, Robert and Josie (Sears) MacIntosh. She married the love of her life, Charles Corrigan in 1939 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They moved through Charles' pro hockey career. Upon moving to California, Hazel...
Elsie Weston
Jan 5, 2013
Elsie Marie (Giyer) Smith Weston, 81 year old White Oak resident, died Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the Southcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. She was born May 19, 1931 on Monkey Island in Delaware County to John B. and Ollie O. (Morgan) Giyer. Elsie worked for many years in Vinita at Munsingwear, Sequoyah Bedding and lastly TRW Cinch where she...
Nancy Dishinger
Jan 5, 2013
Nancy Joan Dishinger, 83 year old former Vinita resident, died Sunday, January 6, 2013 at her home in Elk City, Oklahoma. She was born June 25, 1929 in Big Cabin to Finis Wayne and Ida Josephine (Williams) Hemphill. Nancy was a 1947 graduate of Vinita High School and attended college at University of Tulsa, she was also a former Miss...