Obituaries

Dec 7, 2007

Catherine Louise (Glaze) Lilburn passed away on Friday December 7, 2007, in Nowata, Oklahoma. She was born in Ada, Oklahoma on July 25, 1928 and moved with her family to Nowata in 1939. She graduated from Nowata High School in May 1946 and Married World War II veteran Jack H. Lilburn on August 11, 1946. Louise and her husband attended...

Dec 6, 2007

Luella Frances Chuculate 86 year-old Vinita resident, died Thursday, December 6, 2007 at her home. She was born August 5, 1921 in Delaware County, Oklahoma to Silas and Mary (Gourd) Bohanan. Frances was married to W. B. Chuculate on October 19, 1948 in Delaware, County, he preceded her in death. She worked as a patient aide at Eastern State Hospital...

Dec 6, 2007

Robert M. Childress, 80-year-old South Coffeyville resident, passed away on December 6, 2007 at his nieces home in Nevada, Missouri. Robert M. Childress was born October 9, 1927 in Nowata, Oklahoma to Robert E. Childress and Margaret Slape-Childress. Mr. Childress served his country in the United States Air Force as a mechanic during the Korean Conflict. He later worked for...

Dec 5, 2007

JAY -Jeffrey James (Bodie) Jumper, 43, of Jay, Oklahoma, left this earthly life to fly with the eagles on December 5, 2007 at his home. He was born a full blooded Cherokee on April 5, 1964 at Claremore, Oklahoma to Jesse and Mary Jumper. Bodie's love for fishing and playing music reflected his love for life and his family. He...

Dec 3, 2007

Grove, Ok. - Warren A. Francisco, 87, died Monday, December 3, 2007 at Grand Lake Villa in Grove. He was born on September 25, 1920 in Turkey Ford, Oklahoma to James and Nellie (McElhaney) Francisco. Warren was a veteran of World War II serving in the United States Army. He was married to Evelyn M. Mathis and she preceded him...

Dec 2, 2007

Claudine Evelyn (Evans) Stumbo, 89, a resident of Grove passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2007 at Integris Grove General Hospital. She was born on May 17, 1918 in Sarcoxie, Missouri to Claud and Pearl (Thornhill) Evans. She graduated from Nevada High School in 1935 and then from Cottey College in Nevada, MO in 1937. Claudine married Ralph Stumbo in...

Dec 1, 2007

GROVE - John W. Lloyd, 66, of Grove, Oklahoma, died on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at Integris Grove Hospital. He was born in Columbus, Kansas on March 28, 1941 to Carl E. Lloyd and Vala B. Schutt. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. John worked as a builder in the construction industry and built many of the docks...

Nov 30, 2007

Vernon R. "Barney" Barnes Obituary Centralia, OK - Vernon passed away, Friday night, November 30, 2007, at his home in Centralia, after an extended illness; surrounded by his family and friends. Vernon was born August 13, 1935 at Gardener, New York to Howard L. Barnes and Easter Madeline (Gulbrandson) Barnes. He was a devoted husband to his wife, Charlotte. They...

Nov 30, 2007

Monkey Island - Cleora Adelle (Price) Harris, age 85, died November 28, 2007 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. Cleora was born January 21, 1922 to Walter M. and Georgiana (Blakely) Price in Tulsa. She attended Union High School & graduated from Tulsa University with a music major. She married Oscar Bedford Harris on August 31, 1942 in...

Nov 30, 2007

Keeling T. McGaughey, 83 year-old resident of Langley died November 8, 2008 at the Southcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. Keeling was born in Tulsa on November 12, 1925 to Frank and Gertrude (Scott) McGaughey. He attended school in Tulsa until his family moved to Disney, Oklahoma. When Keeling was a sophomore in high school, the bus driver became ill, and...

Nov 29, 2007

Elbert Earl Walls, 81, of Vinita, died Thursday, November 29, 2007 at the Claremore Veterans' Center. Earl was born April 12, 1926 in Estella, OK to John and Bessie (Williams) Walls. Earl attended school in Estella, where he completed the tenth grade. He has lived in Vinita since 1968 when he moved from Bartlesville. He enjoyed fishing, especially for bass...

Nov 29, 2007

Carl Page Griffey was born November 11, 1941, in Hominy, Oklahoma, to Francis E. and Mildred K. (Page) Griffey. He passed from this life November 29, 2007 at his home in Lenapah after a hard fought battle with cancer. He was 66 years old. Carl graduated from Will Rogers High School, in Tulsa. He joined the United States Army serving...

Nov 28, 2007

Kenneth Teel, passed away on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. There will be Graveside services on Friday, November 30, 2007 at 11:00 AM at the Southwest City Cemetery in Southwest City, Missouri. Services are under the direction of the Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove.

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Nov 28, 2007

JAY - Phillip Ray Bowles, age 64, went to be with the Lord November 28, 2007 at St. Mary Rogers Memorial Hospital in Rogers, Arkansas. Phillip was born on February 22, 1943 to Byron and Ida (Durham) Bowles in Maysville, Oklahoma. He graduated from Jay High School, and received a Masters degree. He married Reda Goins in 1973. Phillip worked...

Nov 27, 2007

Susan Kay Johnston, 45 of Vinita passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at her home following an extended illness. Susan was born January 30, 1962 in Norfolk, Nebraska to Bob and Jane (Zach) Rankin. She graduated from Vinita High School in 1980. Susan married Keith Johnston on October 25, 1981 in Miami, Oklahoma. The "Job" Susan found most rewarding was...

Nov 27, 2007

Cleo L. Hulsey passed away at the Grove Nursing Center on November 27, 2007, at the age of 95 years and four days. She was born in Oaks, OK to Joseph A and Grace (Perry) Russell on November 23, 1912. She attended schools at Tuskhoma Grove and graduated from Haskell Indian School in 1934. United in marriage to James "Odell"...

Nov 26, 2007

Howard Alvin "Wolf" Shipley, 83-year-old long-time Nowata area resident, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2007 at his home. Howard Alvin "Wolf" Shipley was born September 12, 1924 in Centralia, Oklahoma to William Perry Shipley and Mamie Martin-Harrison. He attended school in Childers. Mr. Shipley later went on to serve his country in the United States Navy during World War II...

Nov 26, 2007

Bob Allensworth, 70, of Afton, died Monday, November. 26, 2007 at Craig General Hospital in Vinita. Bob was born February 27, 1937 in Bristow, OK to Robert and Eva (Harkins) Allensworth. Bob graduated from Bristow High School, where he achieved honorable mention all-state honors in football. He attended the University of Oklahoma on a wrestling scholarship and later graduated from...

Nov 24, 2007

Evelyn L. Hatcher, 82 year-old Langley resident, died Saturday, November 24, 2007 at Rosewood Terrace in Vinita. She was born October 17, 1925 in Olney Springs, Colorado to Oscar F. and Anna (Kohlmann) Schroeder. She married Charles Marion Hatcher on November 3, 1989 in Ketchum, Oklahoma. She was previously married to Harold H. Sharpe, who preceded her in death in...

Nov 23, 2007

Ethel Irene Lemmons, 91, of Nowata died on Friday afternoon November 23, 2007, at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Nowata, Ok, where she had been a patient for several weeks. On July 2. 1916, She was born to Joseph Ira and Minnie (Hoffman) Smith, on a farm near South Coffeyville, Ok. She was formerly married to Bertie L. Purdon,...