Obituaries

Jan 27, 2010

Rufus Eugene Randall, 89-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center in Nowata. Rufus was born September 2, 1920 in Crestline, Kansas to Clarence Benjamin Randall and Mamie Martin-Randall. On January 12, 1937, she married Nora Lee Hull in Joplin, Missouri. She preceded him in death. He was the owner of Randall...

Jan 25, 2010

Marion Claude Bowers obit Marion Bowers age 91 of Grove died Tuesday January 25, 2010 at the Grand Lake villa. The son of James L. and Floria Young Bowers, he was born on May 26, 1918 in Texas. Marion was a barber by trade. He moved to the Grove area in 1972 from Bentonville, AR. He loved to fish and...

Jan 23, 2010

Patsy Ruth Russell, age 75, of Adair, OK died early Saturday morning at her home on Saturday January 23, 2010. She was born August 22, 1934 in Adair, OK the daughter of William Thomas Frazier and Lena Marie (Wilson) Frazier. She was raised and received her formal education in Adair graduating high school in 1952. Patsy and Douglas F. Russell...

Jan 23, 2010

Grace Cora Hulsey, Grove resident, died Saturday January 23, 2010 at Integris Grove Hospital at the age of 95 years. Grace was born February 2, 1914 at home near Flint in southern Delaware County to her parents Edgar G. Moyer and Ollie (Pifer) Moyer. Grace was a member of the 1932 graduating class Sand Springs High School in Sand Springs,...

Jan 21, 2010

Leonard I Vickers, 71, a resident of Jay passed away at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa on Thursday, January 21, 2010. Services are Pending with Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Jay, Oklahoma.

Service Details

No Services Planned

Jan 20, 2010

Roger Bogle, 80, a resident of Grove passed away at his home on Wednesday, January 20, 2010. He was born on March 4, 1929. His wife Wilma Bogle survives of the home. No Services are planned.

Service Details

No Services Planned

Interment Details

Cremation

Jan 18, 2010

Michael Dale Buzzard, former Jay resident, died Monday at a Tulsa hospital at the age of 56 years. Michael was born on August 4, 1953 in Amarillo, TX to his parents, Paul and Jean Buzzard. He attended Gray school near Disney during his junior high years then transferred to Jay High School where he graduated in 1971. He was active...

Jan 18, 2010

Thomas Earl Lewis, 54, passed away Monday, January 18, 2010 in Nowata, OK. He was born on May 2, 1955 in Nowata to Carl and Beverly (Lilburn) Lewis. Tommy was united in marriage to Barbara Howard on January 16, 1987 In Miami, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his father, Carl "Tuff" Lewis, and a daughter, Kiley Jones. Survivors...

Jan 14, 2010

Velma Jean Harvey, 81, passed away Thursday, January 14, at her home in Nowata. She was born in Nowata on June 8, 1928, the daughter of Leo and Nettie (Lemmons) Dick. Velma was a homemaker, attended the Nowata Nazarene Church. She did embroidery, cross word puzzles, had beautiful handwriting, and kept wonderful records of events. Velma was united in marriage...

Jan 14, 2010

Chester John Lewandoski, 90, a resident of Homelake, Colorado passed away on January 14, 2010 at the Del Norte Hospital. Chester was born September 23, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois the son of Anthony and Anna (Kumicz) Lewandoski. He served in the United States Navy and was a veteran of World War II. Chester was preceded in death by his parents...

Jan 8, 2010

Philip Jesse Beisly, Jr. 75 year-old Vinita resident, died Friday, January 08, 2010 at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was born January 20, 1934 in Vinita to Philip Jesse and Bessie Ann (Thomas) Beisly and was a graduate of Centralia Schools. Philip married Aline Ketchum on March 3, 1961 at the Bunker Hill Baptist Church. He was a...

Jan 7, 2010

Audrey D. "Rabbit" Hare, 82, a longtime resident of Grove passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2010 at the Integris Grove General Hospital. He was born on April 27, 1927 in Amarillo, Texas to Lamont and Ruby (Adams) Hare. Mr. Hare married Virginia Howell. Rabbit served his country in the United States Air Force. He was a Fighter Pilot in...

Jan 7, 2010

Louise Allen Rucker Connor was born on June 20, 1938 in Chicago, IL to Dr. Ralph Weller and Laura Allen Rucker. Her family moved to Bartlesville in 1939, and except for two years in Wichita Falls, TX while Dr. Rucker was in the Air Force, Louise lived nearly her entire life in Bartlesville. She graduated from Bartlesville College High School...

Jan 6, 2010

James R. (Jim) Edwards, age 49, of Eucha, OK, died Wednesday January 6, 2010 at Freeman Healthcare Systems in Joplin. He was born July 17, 1960 in Bartlesville, OK the son of James R. and Connie (Bible) Edwards. He was raised and received his education in Dewey, OK graduating from Dewey High School. He moved to the lake area two...

Jan 6, 2010

Pat L. Lair, 70 year old well known Vinita resident, died early Wednesday, January 06, 2010 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. He was born December 10, 1939 in Vinita to Joe L. and Millie Iona (McGehee) Lair. Pat graduated from Vinita High School in 1958. He married Darlene Kirk on March 14, 1963 at her parent's home in...

Jan 5, 2010

Lloyd Edward Bauer, 86, a resident of Vinita passed away at his home on Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Mr. Bauer was born on March 3, 1923 in San Francisco, California to Robert L. and Bessie (Maines) Bauer. He lived most all of his life in the Grove area. He joined the United States Army; he was honorably discharged as a...

Jan 4, 2010

Robert John Baker Robert John Baker age 70 of Grove, OK died Monday January 4, 2010 at his home in Grove, OK. The son of Edward and Cecelia Wisnieski Baker, he was born on March 8, 1939 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. Robert married Sue Warden on November 1, 1969 in Joplin, MO. They moved to Grove in 1982 He had worked...

Jan 3, 2010

Service Details

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 10:00am, First Baptist Church - Nowata

Interment Details

Martin Cemetery

Jan 2, 2010

Our Precious "Lil man" Malachi Edward Robert Robison, blessed us with his presence on Dec. 29, 2009 at 9:18 p.m., at St. Francis Hospital of Tulsa. He was welcomed into this world by his mommy Stephanie Gibbins, Auntie Heather Gibbins and Grandma Terri Gibbins, all of Vinita. Malachi was a fighter and fought for his life for 3 1/2 days...

Jan 2, 2010

Dallas Sammer, 94, died Saturday, January 2, 2010 in Dewey, OK. Dallas was born in Woodward Oklahoma to Fred and Laura Sammer August 10, 1915. He and his brother Andy and sister Mervene lived on a farm where their father farmed broomcorn. They later moved to Blackwell Oklahoma. The family made it through the Depression on meager supplies. After high...