Obituaries

Apr 15, 2010

DeWitt Richard Ballard, 77-year-old former Nowata resident passed away Thursday, April 15, 2010 at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Merriam, Kansas. Mr. Ballard was born January 13, 1933 in Nowata, Oklahoma to Jack Ballard and Delva Mae McMains-Ballard. He attended schools in Nowata where he played quarterback for the Ironmen football team and graduated with the Class of 1952....

Apr 14, 2010

Kirk G. McGee, 48, a former resident of Grove passed away in Jay, Oklahoma on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. He was born on August 7, 1961 in El Dorado, Kansas to George G. and Oleta K. (Flinn) McGee. Mr. McGee worked for Boeing Aircraft as a site director; Kirk had worked for Boeing for thirty-one years. He graduated from Grove...

Apr 13, 2010

Mary Joyce Henderson Mary Joyce Henderson, age 72 of Grove, OK, died Tuesday April 13, 2010, at her home in Grove, OK. The daughter of Leroy Ing and Rosie Mae Baggerman Ing, she was born on December 25, 1937 in Hedley, TX. Mary Joyce married Harold Henderson on August 12, 1956 in Hale Center, TX. She taught school in Sunray...

Apr 13, 2010

Vada Margarette Robinson, 89-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. Mrs. Robinson was born February 21, 1921 in rural Nowata County, Oklahoma to James Layfette Inman and Ethel Evelyn Tatum-Inman. Mrs. Robinson grew up and attended schools in the Diamond Point and Bugscuffle area. Mrs. Robinson married Herbert Lee Robinson on...

Apr 12, 2010

Rose Mary Coppedge, age 84, a resident of Vinita died Monday April 12, 2010 at OSU Medical Center in Tulsa. She was born February 4, 1926 in Vinita the daughter of Glenn Corlett and Cathrine Chandler Corlett. She was raised and educated in Vinita graduating from Vinita High School and attended NSU at Tahlequah. Rose was a nursing assistant and...

Apr 12, 2010

Robert Kennedy, 81, a resident of Grove passed away at Betty Ann Nursing Center on Monday, April 12, 2010. Robert was born on June 24, 1928. Services are Thursday, April 15, 2010 with Chaplain Lonnie Sanders officiating. Memorial Services are under the direction of the Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home of Grove. Friends and family may leave online condolences at www.honoringmemories.com.

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Apr 11, 2010

Murial Denney Murial Denney age 62 of Grove, OK, died Sunday April 11, 2010 in the Integris Grove General Hospital. The daughter of Joseph Lemon and Ruth Cadue Lemon, she was born on April 17, 1947 in Perry, OK. While living in Perry she was disabled in an accident in 1980. After that she was moved to Norman Nursing home...

Apr 11, 2010

Walter Leonard "Buss" Simmons, 95 year old Vinita resident, died Sunday, April 11, 2010 at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was born January 1, 1915 in Strang to Mack Cloud and Bertha Louvina (Holt) Simmons. Buss married Lelah Mae Mozell Kay on November 26, 1936, she preceded him in death on February 4, 2003, later Buss was married...

Apr 10, 2010

Cleo O. Pattison, 91, born October 9, 1918 in Chelsea,OK, passed away April 10. 2010 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cleo was raised and educated in Northeast Oklahoma. He was a combat veteran of WW2, retired from Douglas Aircraft CO. (Boeing CO). He was an active member and leader of The Church of God Holiness in Nowata, OK and Coweta, OK. In...

Apr 9, 2010

John Edward Downing Obit John downing age 78 of Grove, OK died Friday April 9, 2010 at the Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, OK. The son of Charley and Lillie Downing, he was born on January 30, 1932 in Grove, OK. John married Dorothy Mosby on July 2, 1956 in Miami, OK. She died on March 25, 2010. John...

Apr 9, 2010

William (Bill) Albert Myles Jr., age 85 of Ketchum, died Friday, April 9, 2010. William was born in Pindall, Arkansas on February 24, 1925 the son of William and Gertrude (Huddleston) Myles. He graduated high school from Moberly, MO. At age 17, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving during WWII in the Armed Guard. He worked at McDonald...

Apr 8, 2010

Lahoma Flotha Caliman, 98-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Thursday, April 8, 2010 at the Osage Nursing Center in Nowata. Mrs. Caliman was born July 24, 1911 in Boynton, Oklahoma to Lewis J. Hutton and Salina E. Wilson-Hutton. She married Charles Caliman on November 15, 1930 in Independence, Kansas. Mrs. Caliman was a domestic homemaker for several households in Nowata for...

Apr 6, 2010

Madison Paige Belcher, infant daughter of Scotty and Miranda Belcher, passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. Madison was born March 29, 2010 in Tulsa. She is survived by her parents; by two sisters, Savanna and Cheyenne Belcher; by four brothers, Wrangler, Hagan, Gunner, and Hunter Belcher; by maternal grandparents, Tonya and Kevin Lewis...

Apr 4, 2010

Jewel Lucille Hale, long time Grove resident, died early Sunday morning April 4, 2010 at the Integris Grove General Hospital. She was born in Grove on October 15, 1921 to her parents Fred and Alberta Naomi (Nichols) Tomlinson. Jewel married the love of her life, James E. Hale, on August 10, 1940 in Pine Bluff, MO and they celebrated 47...

Apr 3, 2010

Dean L Murrow, "Jiggs" of Grove, Oklahoma, died on April 3, 2010 at his home on Grand Lake. He was surrounded by his family following a short but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Dean was born on January 21, 1923 to Lottie and Harry Murrow. Dean attended Phillips University for a year prior to serving as a Naval officer in...

Apr 3, 2010

James Arthur Lee, 62, a resident of Delaware County passed away at his home on Saturday, April 3, 2010. He was born on August 28, 1947 in Los Angeles, California to Leonard Wilbur and Hazel Maxine (Robitaille) Lee. Mr. Lee worked at installing machinery for factories. While in the United States Army he was a Gunner on a Helicopter. He...

Apr 3, 2010

George William Hicks, age 66, died Saturday April 3, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was born May 14, 1943 in Mountainburg, Arkansas the son of Raymond Hicks and Myrtle Purdue Hicks. The family moved to Bristow, OK, then in 1946 they moved to Langley where he started school, and later moving to the Jay area where George...

Mar 31, 2010

Paul Edward Vestal, Sr., age 81, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma September 11, 1928 left this earth to be with his Savior March 31, 2010. A long-time Tulsa attorney, Paul most recently served as the Grove City Prosecutor where he lived for the past 15 years. He graduated from Union Consolidated School in 1946 and the University of Tulsa School of...

Mar 30, 2010

George Wilkerson Copeland, age 74 of Vinita, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010. George was born in Vinita on October 23, 1935, the son of Wilkinson Soloman Copeland and Flora Mae (Culver) Copeland. He loved to fish, watch westerns, and play his guitar. He worked as a roofer for several years. George is survived by two daughters Teresa and Karen Copeland...

Mar 30, 2010

Dakota Lea Sweet, sixteen year old resident of the Ketchum area died Wednesday March 30, 2011. Dakota was born March 3, 1995 in Tulsa, OK to Brenda Sweet and Fred Helm. The family moved to the area in 2000 from Tulsa and was attending school at Ketchum. He was a member of the Cleora Baptist and First Southern Baptist Church...