Obituaries
Francis Brinkmeyer
Dec 31, 2011
Francis M. "Brink" Brinkmeyer, age 77, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, December 30, 2011 at Jane Phillips Medical Center. He was born June 4, 1934 in Independence, KS, the son of Carl and Beulah (Booe) Brinkmeyer. Francis grew up in Independence,KS graduating as valedictorian of the Independence High School senior class of 1952. He attended Southern Methodist University...
Marion Bushyhead
Dec 31, 2011
Marion James "Jim" Bushyhead, 77 year-old well known Vinita businessman and civic leader, died Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. He was born August 2, 1934 in Claremore, Oklahoma; his parents were Rufus and Ivy (Beerline) Bushyhead. Jim went to school in Levelland, Texas and graduated from there. He later attended Oklahoma A&M for a...
Garland Jones
Dec 29, 2011
Garland "Buck" Jones, age 82 of Miami, died Thursday, December 29, 2011. Buck was born in Narcissa, OK on March 15, 1929, the son of Jack and Bernice (Burnett) Jones. Buck worked for numerous years as a welder for Lone Star Steel in Colorado before moving to Miami. He enjoyed fishing, guns, and collecting knives. Survivors include his sister Vera...
Victory Jenkins
Dec 26, 2011
Victory Ollie Jenkins, a long time Wyandotte resident, passed away at her home on Monday, December 26, 2011 at the age of 93. Victory was born on November 11, 1918 in Alluwee, Oklahoma to Charles G. and Grace O. (McKnight) Riggs. Mrs. Jenkins was a homemaker who loved to crochet and embroider, make dolls and work with her flowers. Victory...
Dorothy Allen
Dec 25, 2011
Dorothy Jean Allen, 79 year old, Grove, Oklahoma resident passed away Sunday December 25, 2011, following an extended illness. Dorothy was born on January 12, 1932 in Neosho, Missouri to Lloyd Edward Jeffers and Viola Esther (Land) Jeffers. Dorothy worked for many years at the Grove High School and was the supervising custodian. She also worked at Day Care Building...
Robert Higgins
Dec 24, 2011
Robert Higgins, 29 year old Cleora, Oklahoma resident passed away Saturday December 24, 2011 in Tulsa, Oklahoma Robert was born on January 9, 1982 in Jay, Oklahoma to Glenn Higgins and Donna Renee Boily. Robert worked construction on water towers for USA Tanks. He was an avid fisher who also enjoyed cooking (especially biscuits and gravy). Robert loved to be...
Mack Lancaster
Dec 24, 2011
Mack Conley Lancaster a resident of Grove died Saturday December 24, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona at the age of eighty-four. He was born March 16, 1927 in Lodi, California to Eugene and Helen (Garrison) Lancaster. He served in the United States Navy during WWII and retired from the California State Board of Equalization office in; Santa Rosa, California. He was...
Daniel Glass
Dec 24, 2011
Daniel Glass, 28, year old Oaks, Oklahoma resident passed away Sunday December 24, 2011 in Tulsa, Oklahoma following an extended illness. Daniel was born on November 15, 1983 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to LeRoy and Sharon (Davis) Glass, Daniel graduated from Oaks High School in 2003. Daniel enjoyed watching movies and television shows (especially Cops), attending parties, for any reason, and...
Carol Speer
Dec 23, 2011
Carol Lea Speer, a 72 year old lifetime Bluejacket resident died Friday December 23, 2011 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Miami. Carol was born at home in Bluejacket on April 5, 1939 to Hughie and Juanita Wallace Berry. Carol was raised and received her education graduating from Bluejacket High School in 1957. She was united in marriage to the...
Helen Daniels
Dec 20, 2011
Helen Mary Daniels, age 100, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2011 in Altamonte Springs, Florida. She was born June 9, 1911 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Mary (Kruczek) Hamerla and Kazimirz Hamerla. Helen married Carl Edward Daniels, Sr. on April 15, 1928 in Nowata, Oklahoma. They grew their family with a son, Carl, Jr. in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Helen attended St. John...
Thelma Randall
Dec 18, 2011
Born in Counsel Grove, Kansas, December 11, 1922 to Arthur William Woods and Myrtle Mae (Pierce) Woods; she resided there until she was one year old. In 1923, the family relocated to Lenapah, Oklahoma and lived there until Thelma was 4 years old. Her brother, George Wesley was born in 1924 and a second brother, Arthur Wayne was born November...
Blaine Snyder
Dec 17, 2011
Blaine B. Snyder: born March 9, 1932 passed Dec. 17, 2011 at the age of 79. Blaine was born in Winfield Kansas to Ralph & Omeda Snyder. He grew up in and around the Cedarvale and Sedan Ks. area, graduated from Cedarvale High then joined the Air Force. After he returned home he married and has 3 children working in...
Donzella Cochran
Dec 16, 2011
Donzella Cochran was born April 27, 1930 in Old Eucha to Dewey and Minnie Soldier-Teehee. Donzella passed away on December 16, 2011 at her home. She is preceded in death by her parents Dewey and Minnie Teehee, two sisters, Juanita Daugherty and Margie Runabout and three brothers, Houston Teehee, John Teehee, and Franklin Teehee. She is preceded in death by...
Kenneth Harrison
Dec 16, 2011
Kenneth Lee Harrison of Grove, Oklahoma, age 65, passed away Friday, December 16, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenneth was born on January 5, 1946 in Miami, Oklahoma to Leta Mae (Fields) and Kenneth Scott Harrison. He spent most of his first eight years of school in Texas as his father was stationed there in the...
John Seals
Dec 15, 2011
John W. Seals, 68, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma died Thursday, December 15, 2011 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville. John Wesley Seals was born September 6, 1943 in Bartlesville, OK the son of Bill and Juanita (Hobart) Seals. John grew up and received his education in Bartlesville, graduating with the Bartlesville High School Senior class of 1961. On April 13,...
Bernice Spalding
Dec 14, 2011
Bernice Ialene "Bea" Spalding, age 102, of Dewey, Oklahoma passed away December 14, 2011. Bea was born in Andover, New York on July 4, 1909 to John and Ruth Barrett. In 1912, she moved with her family to Dewey, where she received her education. Bea married Harold F. Spalding in 1930. She and Harold raised their six children in Dewey....
Diane Mathis
Dec 13, 2011
Diane (Bowen) Mathis, a resident of Grove passed away at a Tahlequah Hospital. She was sixty-one. Diane was born on August 7, 1950 in Miami, Oklahoma to E.O. "Huck" Bowen and Zelma Ballew. Diane loved looking out for others. She also enjoyed oil painting, animals. Her husband Terry Leon Mathis preceded Diane in death in November of 2009, a sister...
John Parker
Dec 13, 2011
John Meeks Parker, 85 year old Vinita resident, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on December 13, 2011 at the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Claremore. He was born on November 30, 1926 in Waurika, Oklahoma the third son of Columbus W. and Molly (Meeks) Parker. In 1944, at the age of 17 just a junior in...
Olivia Sanders
Dec 13, 2011
Funeral services for Olivia W. Sanders will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 19, 2011 at the Benjamin Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. Prady Thimmaiah officiating. Interment will follow at Sanders Cemetery. Olivia Sanders, 88, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at her home in Nowata. She was born on June 8, 1923 in Fairmount, West Virginia....
Barbara Hinton
Dec 12, 2011
Barbara Ann (Cearley) Hinton, 73, Grove resident, died December 12, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born June 19, 1938 in Big Cabin, Oklahoma to her parents, Charles Starr and Sylvia Agnes (Braggs) Cearley. Barbara attended Big Cabin schools. She married the love of her life, Clifford J. Hinton on September 17, 1955 in Big Cabin....
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