Obituaries

Oct 10, 2008

Rena June Gilbert, 98-year-old, longtime resident of the Disney area passed away Friday October 10, 2008. For the last 3 years, she had been residing with her daughter in Washington State. She was born June 12, 1910, to Claud P. Mitchell and Lula A (Mendenhall) Mitchell. They moved to the Ripley area in Oklahoma when she was a few months...

Oct 10, 2008

Sally Miller, 61, resident of Alluwe, Oklahoma died Friday in Chelsea Ok. Sally was born on June 5, 1947 in Bartlesville Ok, the daughter of Elmer Ross Seals and Ellen Florence (Bass) Seals. She was raised and educated in the Nowata area graduating from Alluwe High School. She later attended Tri County Tech Vocational School. Sally was married to Gary...

Oct 9, 2008

Grove, Ok. - Twila J. Richardson, 91, died Thursday, October 9, 2008 at Grove Nursing Center. She was born on April 18, 1917 in Simco, Missouri to Andy and Tressie T. (Weems) Boswell. Twila was a good seamstress and enjoyed crocheting. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include her son, Tommy Perkins; grandchildren Krystle Perkins of...

Oct 9, 2008

Gerald Dean Courtney, 72, died Thursday, October 9, 2008 at Grove General Hospital. He was born on November 19, 1935 in McCune, Kansas to William and Lottie (Suttles) Courtney. Gerald was a veteran of the United States Army. He was maintenance supervisor for Rainbow Mental Health. Gerald enjoyed woodworking, carvings, model airplanes and helping at the Christian HELP Center food...

Oct 8, 2008

Steven Kyle Chidester, age 50 a resident of Vinita died Wednesday October 8, 2008 at Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He was born March 6, 1958 in Miami, Oklahoma the son of Don Chidester and Patsy "Moore" O'Brien. He was reared and attended Fairland School. In the Seventies he moved to the Home of Hope in Vinita and has been...

Oct 8, 2008

Martha "Ann" Hill, age 62, a lifetime resident of the Strang, Langley area died Wednesday evening October 9, 2008 at her home. She was born September 2, 1946 in Pryor, OK the daughter of John Bell and Nellie (Goins) Bell. She was reared and educated in Strang where she graduated high school then attended and earned her Masters in Education...

Oct 8, 2008

Grove, Ok. - Zoe Alice Simpson Major died Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at Grove Nursing Center after a battle with bone cancer. She was born on June 26, 1918 in Hockerville, Kansas to Elmer Joe and Chlora Viola (Anderson) Simpson. Zoe graduated from Barnsdall High in 1936, then attended a year of college at Tonkawa OK Junior College. Zoe was...

Oct 7, 2008

Ted Eugene Baer of Jay, Oklahoma died at 4:15 p.m., Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. He was 60. Ted was born July 20, 1948 in Laporte, Indiana to Roy and Evelyn (Thompson) Baer. After he graduated from Chisholm Trail Academy High School in Keene, Texas, he completed three years of college in Texas....

Oct 7, 2008

Marguerite Moffitt, age 95, died early Tuesday morning October 7, 2008 at her residence in Zena, Oklahoma. Marguerite was born in Burns, Kansas in 1913. To Jacob Brenzikofer and Emma Schupbach Brenzkofer, who were natives of Switzerland. She was married to Alva V Moffitt for fifty-six years. They had one daughter, JoAnn Moffitt Hale. Marguerite served the Lord with her...

Oct 7, 2008

Robert "Bob" Eugene Hamm, Sr. died early Tuesday morning October 7, 2008 from cancer. He was born in Denison, IA to John and Agnes (Dooley) Hamm. As a teenager he enlisted in the Marines, serving in the Korean War and was awarded a purple heart. He was employed with McDonald Douglas Aircraft in Tulsa, OK for more than 40 years...

Oct 6, 2008

Grove - Donald Andriole Miler, age 68, died October 6, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma Donald was born on November 19, 1939 in Perry, Oklahoma to Ester Miller. His grandparents Elsea and William Penn Miller of the Hickory Grove Community adopted Don as an infant. He was the "apple of his Grandma's eye". At the age...

Oct 6, 2008

Vivian Marguerite Remington, a sixty-six year old Grove resident passed away at her home on Monday, October 6, 2008. She was born in Richland Kansas on October 14, 1942. Vivian worked at the Kansas Army Ammunitions Plant as an inspector. She was very involved in the Elks and Moose. No funeral services are planned at this time. Cremation arrangements are...

Oct 6, 2008

William (Jack) Dillon, native of Vinita, passed on Monday, October 6, 2008 at St. Joseph Hospital West, Lake St. Louis, Missouri. He was born April 16, 1926, the first son of William O. Dillon, Sr. and Virginia Puckett Dillon. He was brought up in Vinita and received his early education there. He attended High School and graduated from Oklahoma Military...

Oct 5, 2008

Dora Jean (Karn) Caudill, 80, of Grove, Oklahoma went to be with her savior on Sunday, October 5, 2008. Dora was born in Newberg, Oregon on January 22, 1928 to Lewis and Wilma Karn. She was raised in southeast Colorado until she met a curly haired cowboy named Jim Caudill. They were married December 28, 1951 in Olympia, Washington and...

Oct 4, 2008

Helen Ruth Taylor, 70, of Grove, Oklahoma died Saturday, October 4, 2008 at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born June 3, 1938 in Paris, Texas to George Chote and Loretta Konkle. Helen was a homemaker who loved her family and enjoyed reading. She is survived by her husband Fred Taylor of the home, her mother Loretta Konkle...

Oct 3, 2008

Barbara Coursey, 71, of Independence, Kansas died on Friday, October 3, 2008 at Continuous Care Hospital in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was born January 21, 1937 in Zena, Oklahoma to Sam White and Lucinda Whitfield . In 1970 she married Jerry Dewayne Coursey who will be joining her in heaven. Barbara loved her family and gospel music. She enjoyed sewing and...

Oct 3, 2008

Service Details

Monday, October 6th, 2008 9:00am, Graveside

Interment Details

Neodesha City Cemetery

Oct 3, 2008

John Carl Bartsch, 55, a resident of Monkey Island, OK passed away at the Grand Lake Villa Nursing Home. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 4, 1953 to Reverend Robert and MaryAnn (Tichich) Bartsch. Mr. Bartsch worked as a furniture Refinisher for many years. His dog Cosmo was his buddy that was with him through his illness. Survivors...

Oct 2, 2008

J.C. Scott, age 81, a resident of Vinita, passed away Thursday, October 2, 2008. He was born January 6, 1927 to Earl and Anna Lee (Cloud) Scott. Mr. Scott worked on the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle missions at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. He retired from Rockwell International in 1982. He was a 32nd. Degree mason and Shriner and member...

Sep 30, 2008

Juanita Pearl Crawford 90, of Nowata passed away at 4:35 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 in the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Nowata. Juanita was born on March 16, 1918 in Webb City, Missouri to Harry and Blanche (Adkins) Samson. Juanita worked for Phillips Petroleum Company as an accounting clerk for 34 years before her retirement. She married John...