Obituaries
Dorotha Barton
Jun 22, 2007
Dorotha Ann Stanbery Barton was born in Granby, MO. on September 4, 1915 where she lived on a farm with her parents Ollie Ann & William Stanbery. At the age of 8 she moved to Quapaw, OK. with her family where she attended the Quapaw school system until she graduated from high school as Valedictorian of her class. She maintained...
Junior Daugherty
Jun 22, 2007
Junior Walter "Chuck" Daugherty, 71 year-old Chelsea resident, died early Friday June 22, 2007 at the Grand Lake Villa Nursing Center in Grove. He was born July 11, 1935 in Vinita to Joshua and Amy Cornell Daugherty. Chuck married Jo Ann Byrd on January 20, 1961 in Oklahoma City. He worked as a barber for many years in Colorado and...
Ethel Griffin
Jun 20, 2007
Grove, OK - Ethel Lina Griffin, 90, died early Wednesday morning at Integris Grove General Hospital, Grove, Oklahoma. Ethel was born February 11, 1917 at Row, Oklahoma to Dr. T.W. Linam and Cecil (Leachman) Linam. She married G.R. Griffin in September of 1936 at Miami, Oklahoma. The Griffins lived in several different communities, following Mr. Griffin's job in school administration....
Clifford Tharp
Jun 20, 2007
Ross Tharp Graveside funeral services for Ross Tharp will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 25, 2007, at Mt. Washington Cemetery, Lenapah, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Home, of Nowata. Clifford Ross Tharp was born April 17, 1924, in Lenapah, Oklahoma, to Clifford Ernest and Gertrude (Ross) Tharp. He passed from this life Wednesday, June 20,...
Wanna Curtis
Jun 19, 2007
Wanna A. (Reno) Curtis 83 year-old resident of Mimosa Assisted Living Center in Owasso, died late Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Wanna was born September 7, 1924 to W.L. and Alma (Smith) Reno. She attended Baker School for 8 years, then went to high school and graduated from Cleora. She also attended Business College in Miami. Wanna worked many years for...
Carolyn Coburn
Jun 17, 2007
GROVE, OK - Carolyn Martha Coburn, 94, passed away on June 17, in Grove, Oklahoma, due to cancer. She was born in Elgin, Illinois, March 19, 1913, to Arthur and Helen Scheele. She graduated from Elgin High School and attended MacPhail School of Fine Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she pursued a career in modeling and acting. Carolyn and Roswell...
James Tyner
Jun 17, 2007
James W. Tyner, 95 year-old Chouteau resident, died Sunday, June 17, 2007 at the Meadowbrook Nursing Center in Chouteau. He was born September 13, 1911 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to James A. and Grace B. (Young) Tyner. James married Maxine Helen Paquette on June 1, 1946 in Gallup, New Mexico, she preceded him in death on January 12, 2002. He was...
B. Sanders
Jun 16, 2007
Grove - Benjamin Kelly Sanders, lovable and loving spouse, father and son, was born in 1970 to Tom and Nancy Sanders, sharing his dad's birthday of October 15th in Enid Oklahoma. Thirty-six years old, Kelly died Saturday, June 16, 2007, at the home of his parents in Grove Oklahoma. Kelly is survived by his wife Jan, daughter Shawna, and two...
Reba Wilkins
Jun 16, 2007
Vinita, OK - Reba Shirley Wilkins, 68, died early Saturday, June 16, 2007 at her home in Vinita. Shirley was born December 9, 1938 at Tulsa, Oklahoma to Delbert Brady and Ruby (Weatherby) Brady. She grew up in Tulsa and on May 25, 1956, Shirley married Marvin Wilkins. She was a hairdresser and operated her own salons in Vinita and...
Billy Tarter
Jun 15, 2007
Billy "B.J." Tarter, age 45, a resident of Bartlesville, died Friday June 15, 2007 at Marshall County Medical Center in Madill, Oklahoma. He was born May 5, 1962 in Ft. Scott, Kansas the son of James L. Tarter and Bonny Simhiser. The family moved to Pittsburg, KS where he was reared and received his formal education graduating from Pittsburg High...
Alvin Conway
Jun 14, 2007
Alvin R. Conway, 78, a resident of Grove, Oklahoma passed away Thursday, June 14, 2007 at Integris Grove General Hospital. Mr. Conway was born in Elgin, OK to Tim and Clara (Schettler) Conway. Alvin moved to Oakley, Kansas in 1947. He married Julie Ann Fehring on October 1, 1949. Alvin worked as a dairyman and farmer for forty-four years. He...
Jaxon Haddock
Jun 13, 2007
Grove, Ok. - Jaxon Dakota Haddock died Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at the OSU Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born in Tulsa on June 10, 2007 to Joyce Ann Thompson and Daniel Lee Haddock. Survivors include his parents; one sister, Riley Haddock; maternal grandparents, William Donald Thompson, Brenda K. Thompson, Robert Wesley Betts, and Patricia Betts; paternal grandparents,...
James Shelton
Jun 12, 2007
James A. Shelton Obituary Pryor, OK - James A. Shelton, 83, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at Oklahoma Veterans Center in Claremore. Jim was born April 6, 1924 at Yonkers, Oklahoma to Robert Jackson Shelton and Della (Crail) Shelton. He served during World War II as a member of the US Army's 5th Cavalry. Upon his honorable discharge, Jim returned...
Bill Trenary
Jun 11, 2007
Grove - Bill Elvin Trenary, age 73, passed away June 9, 2007, after a valiant battle with cancer. A life-long Grove resident, Bill was born August 12, 1933, in Grove, Oklahoma. He graduated from Grove High School in 1954. While in school, Bill became known throughout the area for his athletic ability; whether football, basketball, or baseball. He was even...
Paul Lodes
Jun 11, 2007
Vinita, OK - Paul Joseph Lodes, 75, died Sunday night, June 11, 2007 at Rosewood Terrace, Vinita, Oklahoma. Paul was born January 11, 1932 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. At a very young age, he moved to Vinita, where he grew up and graduated from Sacred Heart Academy. Upon graduation, Paul became a member of the U.S. Army. He was stationed...
Phyllis Kirby
Jun 10, 2007
Jay - Phyllis Kirby 61 of Jay, OK died Sunday June 10, 2007 in the Grove General Hospital. Phyllis was born Dec. 10, 1945 in Claremore, OK the daughter of Raymond and Anita Petty. Phyllis married Roy Kirby, Jr. on Feb. 19, 1962 in Miami, OK. She was a homemaker, loving mother and grandmother. Survivors: Spouse: Roy Kirby, Jr. of...
Katherine Harris
Jun 8, 2007
Katherine (Ponder) Harris Katherine (Ponder) Harris was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on November 5, 1924 to David and Annie M. Ponder. She was the second child of their seven children. She is preceded in death by two brothers, Alex Ponder and John Leroy Ponder, one daughter, Mae Francis (Johnson) Ishem, grandson, Vachel Johnson, and sister-in-law, Joann Ponder, wife of Richard...
Freddy Cates
Jun 8, 2007
Freddy Joe Cates, 76, of Langley, passed away on Friday, June 8, 2007 at Rosewood Terrace in Vinita, OK. Born on Jan. 3, 1931 in Parsons, Kansas to George and Ruth Cates. Freddy had lived in the area since 2003, moving from California. He retired after 41 years as an engineer for Santa Fe Railroad. Veteran of WWII serving in...
Katherine Lipp
Jun 7, 2007
Katherine B Lipp, 74, of Tulsa, passed away, Thursday, June 7, 2007 at Maplewood Care Center of Tulsa where she had resided for several years. Born in Centralia, Oklahoma to Ora B. and Alma Leforce. After schooling in Centralia, then Bluejacket, she attended Draughon's School of Business in Tulsa. She enjoyed employment with Douglas Aircraft and Mid Continent Oil Co....
Lora Tunnell
Jun 6, 2007
Grove, Ok. - Lora Emmaline Tunnell, 85, died Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at Betty Ann Nursing Home in Grove, Oklahoma. She was born on October 9, 1921 in Turkey Ford, Oklahoma to Robert L. and Lora E. (Jones) Johnson. Lora was married to Marvin B. Tunnell and he preceded her in death in 2005. She was a lifelong area resident...
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