Obituaries

Feb 26, 2010

Eugene North Wood, Jr., age 73 of Afton, died Friday, February 26, 2010 at his home. North was born in Tulsa on October 13, 1936, the son of Eugene North Wood, Sr. and Blanche (Mullen) Wood. He graduated from Central High School in 1954. In 1958 he graduated from Harvard with a degree in Chemistry. He graduated from Notre Dame...

Feb 26, 2010

Vera Irene Fields, age 93 and longtime Vinita resident, died Friday, February 26, 2010. She was born in Alluwe, OK on January 19, 1917, the daughter of Gulley and Ida Finnell. Vera was a loving and devoted mother and grandmother. She was a very strong and independent woman with an amazing work ethic. Even after retirement she worked to get...

Feb 25, 2010

Ruth Ellen Massey, 86 died Thursday, February 25, 2010 at her home in Bartlesville. Ruth Ellen Massey was born to Mae Scott Wright and Hubert Carlton Wright in Hampton, Kentucky on December 23, 1923. After completing high school, she earned a degree in Home Economics at Murray State College in Kentucky. After graduation she taught home economics for one year...

Feb 25, 2010

Claudine D. Copenhaver, 84, died Thursday, February 25, 2010 at Heritage Villa Nursing Center. Claudine was born January 24, 1926 the daughter of Charlie Denison and Carrie (May) Denison in Breckenridge, Texas. While working for Phillips Petroleum Co. in Phillips Texas she met and married Bill Copenhaver. In 1954 they moved to Bartlesville and made their home. They received assignments...

Feb 25, 2010

Charles R. Hodge On February 25, 2010 Chuck Hodge age 77 of Grove went home to be with the Lord. He was born on September 16, 1932 in Perry, OK. A Veteran of the United Air Force, owner and founder of a successful business of fifty years - H & H Resistance Wielders & H & H Laboratory, he is...

Feb 24, 2010

Gene Loyd Foote, age 79 and lifetime Spavinaw resident, died Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at his home. Gene was born in Spavinaw on May 29, 1930, the son of William and Bonnie (Owens) Foote. He attended Spavinaw schools graduating in 1948 and later earned a Bachelors of Science Degree in Mathematics. In July of 1948, Gene enlisted in the United...

Feb 24, 2010

Lois Browning, 96 year-old Cleora resident, passed away at her home on Tuesday. She was born April 4, 1913 in Tuxedo, Texas to Flake and Dorthula Loretta "Etta" (Floyd) Williams. After high school Lois got her beauticians license, before her marriage to Charles Woodrow Browning on December 24, 1939 in Iradell, Texas. Charles preceded her in death on May 2,...

Feb 21, 2010

Dorothy Lou Watford, age 71 of Vinita, OK died Sunday February 21, 2010 at her home. She was born January 26,1939 in Shawnee Oklahoma the daughter of Willie Byron Neighbors and Evelyn Marie Rozell . Dorothy and Eugene Taylor were married Oct 12, 1954 at Miami, Oklahoma. She married John Watford August 21, 1987 in Muleshoe Texas, He preceded her...

Feb 21, 2010

Van Walter Owens, Grove resident, died Sunday February 21, 2010 at the age of 87. Van was born on November 18, 1922 in Bingen, Arkansas to his parents, John Walter Dona Bernice (Powers) Owens. Van served his country during WWII in the Army Air Force. He married the love of his life, Jean on December 22, 1943 in Independence, Kansas...

Feb 20, 2010

Feb 20, 2010

Betty L. Longan passed from this life into Heaven on February 20, 2010. Betty was born April 11, 1930 in Pleasant Valley, OK to Roy and Lula Robertson Barker. She married Robert Longan on January 17, 1948 in Wellington, Kansas. They lived in Stillwater, Oklahoma until moving to Grove in 1951. She was an accomplished artist. Her work included China...

Feb 20, 2010

Service Details

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 10:00am, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church

Interment Details

Memorial Park Cemetery Bartlesville

Feb 19, 2010

Debbie Marie Byfield, 56-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Friday, February 19, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Byfield was born in Chief Journeycake's house on July 25, 1953, the daughter of Franklin John Hash and Mary Grace Starns-Hash. Mrs. Byfield attended schools in Alluwe and later became employed with the Nowata County Sheriff's Office. She worked for the Sheriff's Office for...

Feb 17, 2010

Carus "Sonny" O'Neil McDonald, 53, a resident of Grove passed away in Round Rock, Texas on Wednesday, February 17, 2010. He was born on February 29, 1956 to Carus O'Neil McDonald II and Joan R. Ulmer in San Gabriel, California. He worked as a farmer, was a retired pipe fitter and worked as a Truck Driver and currently was working...

Feb 17, 2010

Mrs. Pauline Mae Rimel, 87 years old, died Wednesday February 17, 2010 in Houston, Texas. Pauline was born on December 16, 1922 the daughter of Carl Edwin Carlson and Victoria (Leugemors) Carlson. Her family settled in Borger, Texas where she meet and married Sidney Frank Rimel on May 29, 1943. From Borger they were transferred by Phillips Petroleum Company to...

Feb 16, 2010

Mr. H.D. (Doug) Hoskinson, 87 years old, died Tuesday February 16, 2010 at Jane Phillips Medical Center. Doug was born in Burrton, Kansas, March 16, 1922, the son of Clarence Douglas Hoskinson and Claytie (Jerome) Hoskinson. He was raised and educated in Burrton graduating from Burrton High School. Doug attended two years at Hutchinson Junior College before enlisting in the...

Feb 15, 2010

Harvey D. King Obit Harvey King age 71 of Grove, OK, died Monday February 15, 2010 at the Integris Grove General Hospital. The son of Charlie and Lydia Schuldice King, he was born on October 13, 1938 in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. Harvey married Jerldean Cox. They were truck drivers for CFI until he retired after 22 years in 2003. He...

Feb 12, 2010

Robert Gary McKinley Obit Rob McKinley was born February 8, 1951 to Arlen Leon and Betty Jane Stewart McKinley. McKinley was born in Tacoma Washington. He served in the United States Air Force. He married Annabell Proctor on May 17, 1997. He was a Musician and a talented artist. He loved the Lord, also talking about him to others. He...

Feb 12, 2010

Lifetime Vinita resident, Mary Emma (Reed) Witt, age 87, died Friday, February 12, 2010 at the Claremore Nursing Home. Mary Emma was born in Vinita April 16, 1922, the daughter of Dr. Willis Reed and Hope (Stanwaity) Reed. She graduated from Vinita High School and later attended Oklahoma A&M in Stillwater. On May 3, 1942 she was united in marriage...

Feb 12, 2010

Donald Gene Corley, 78, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma passed away Friday, February 12, 2010 at Jane Phillips Medical Center. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16th at First United Methodist Church with Pastor Kevin Tully officiating. Internment will be immediately following in Memorial Park Cemetery in Bartlesville. Viewing will be all day Monday and Tuesday morning at...