Obituaries

Leeta Hanan
Aug 1, 2007
Big Cabin, OK - Leeta Brooks Hanan, 100, died early Wednesday morning at Rosewood Terrace, Vinita, Oklahoma. Leeta was born in Big Cabin, Indian Territory, November 7, 1906 to Henry Trout and Stella (Lauchner) Trout. Leeta grew up in Big Cabin and married Gerald Hanan on New Year's Eve, 1927 at Vinita. Stella would later marry Joe Cochrane She was...
Barbara Lafler
Jul 28, 2007
Barbara Ann Lafler Obituary Big Cabin, OK - Barbara Ann Lafler, 60, died Saturday evening, July 28, 2007 at her home near Big Cabin. Barbara was born October 23, 1946 at Penn Yan, New York to William Roum and Lucy (Smith) Roum. She grew up in upstate New York, graduated high school and lived there for much of her life....
Carolyn Crawford
Jul 27, 2007
Carolyn went to have lunch with Jesus, family and friends at noon, Friday, July 27, 2007, just ten days after her 57th birthday. She was born in the Bay Area of California, on July 17, 1950, to George and Alena Niday. Carolyn loved teaching. She taught Sunday school at a very early age and held a Masters degree in education...
Larry Pierce Ii
Jul 27, 2007
On July 27, 2007 the spirit of Larry D. Pierce II age 41 departed this earth for a better place . He was born on November 3, 1965 in Bartlesville, Ok to his proud parents Larry and Phyllis Pierce. The family moved to Hulah Lake in 1971. His early education was at Bowring School where he was very active in...

William Stover
Jul 27, 2007
William "Tootsie" Stover was born on May 2, 1938 in Rockyford, OK to Willie and Mary Stover. He went home to be with the Lord and Savior on July 27, 2007. He was sixty-nine years old. Tootsie was a man who always had a smile on his face and hello for anyone he ran across. No one was a stranger...

Leroy Toon
Jul 26, 2007
Leroy B. Toon, 72, died on Thursday, July 26, 2007 in Tulsa. He was born in Cooper, Texas in 1935 to U. B. and Mattie May Toon. He was the oldest of 4 children. Leroy graduated from Wichita Falls High and then went on to Texas A & M and Midwestern University, playing basketball for both schools. He was employed...
Thomas Williams
Jul 25, 2007
Thomas E. "Tom" Williams, 78 year old White Oak resident, died Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He was born January 14, 1929 in Estella, Oklahoma to O. B. and Anna M. (Cline) Williams. Tom served in the U. S. Army from April 1951 to April 1953. He married Lavonne Hoffman on November 25, 1954...
Ella Burns
Jul 25, 2007
Ella Mae Burns, age 88, a long time area resident died early Wednesday Morning, July 25, 2007 at Silver Lake Care Center in Bartlesville. She was born March 27, 1919 in near Lewisburg, West Virginia. The family moved to the Nowata and Alluwe, Oklahoma area where Ella Mae was reared and received her formal education. In 1943 she and Luther...
Virginia Hill
Jul 23, 2007
Virginia Lee Hill, passed away at her home in Fairland on Monday, July 23, 2007, she was 79. Mrs. Hill was born in Grove, to Clabe and Jewel (Drake) Fields. She attended Grove Public Schools and was a member of the United Methodist Church of Fairland. She was a homemaker and loved to fish, garden and was a fabulous cook....
Grace Young
Jul 22, 2007
Grace Fern Young, 95 year-old former Centralia resident, died Sunday, July 22, 2007 at the Silver Lake Care Center in Bartlesville. She was born September 14, 1911 in Vinita to John R. Reheard and Alice C. Stauffer Reheard. Grace attended Vinita area schools growing up. She married Edwin T. Young on October 8th 1927 in Vinita, they made their home...
Lexi Pender
Jul 21, 2007
Lexi Louise Pender, infant daughter of Brandon Pender and Hannah Eaton, died Saturday July 21, 2007 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. She was born June 20, 2007 in Tulsa. The family includes: her parents, grandparents, Debra McDonald of Ketchum, Amy and Jeremiah Dover of Langley, C.T. and Marty Akins of Covington, Georgia, great-grandparents, Albert and Jackie Clark, great-great-grandfather,...

Gervina Baldridge
Jul 19, 2007
Gervina Lavon Baldridge Obituary Vinita, OK - Gervina Lavon Baldridge, 77, died Thursday morning, July 19, 2007 at Rosewood Terrace of Vinita. Lavon was born January 14, 1930 at Strang, Oklahoma to Solamon Baldridge and Rosey (Parks) Baldridge. She was a life long resident of the area. Lavon was a member of United Missionary Baptist Church of Vinita. She loved...

Kathleen Belk
Jul 17, 2007
Kathleen (Rohman) Belk, 54, a resident of Grove passed away at St. John's Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Mrs. Belk was born on April 4, 1953 to Arthur Leonard and Jackie Lou (Lynch) Rohman. Kathleen attended Northeastern A&M College after high school. When she moved from Kansas City, MO to Grove in 1990 she worked at Kennedy's...

William Yockey, Jr.
Jul 14, 2007
William David Yockey Jr. Graveside funeral services for William David Yockey Jr. will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at Mt. Washington Cemetery, with Rev. Rick Thayer officiating. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Home, of Nowata. William David Yockey Jr. 85 year old Coffeyville resident passed from this life Saturday July 14, 2007 at his...
James Gottsponer
Jul 14, 2007
James Victor "Jimmy" Gottsponer Obituary Vinita, OK - James Victor "Jimmy" Gottsponer, 42, died early Saturday at his home in Vinita, after battling cancer. Jimmy was born September 9, 1964 at Hartford, Connecticut to Edward Adolph Gottsponer and Doris Evelyn (Mehlhorn) Gottsponer. He grew up in Vinita, Oklahoma and was a 1983 graduate of Vinita High School. Jimmy attended Northeastern...

Caleb Polk
Jul 13, 2007
Caleb Michael Lynn Polk Obituary Chetopa, KS - Caleb Michael Lynn Polk, infant son of Victor Lynn Polk and Beth Ann Moss, died Friday, July 13, 2007 at his home. Caleb was born March 7, 2007 at Miami, Oklahoma. His is survived by his mother and father; by his maternal grandfather, Timothy Moss of Bluejacket, Okalahoma; maternal grandmother, Christi Moss...
Norma Miller
Jul 12, 2007
Norma Novella Sullivan-Miller, 91-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2007 at the Nowata Nursing Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Miller will be held at 2:00p.m., Wednesday, July 18, 2007 in the First Presbyterian Church in Nowata with Ben Killion officiating. Interment will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Nowata under the direction of the Benjamin Funeral Home...
Peggy Vogel
Jul 12, 2007
Peggy M. Vogel, age 83, passed peacefully on Thursday, July 12, 2007 in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her family at her side. Peggy was born on June 28, 1924 to Dr. Roy C. and Marguerite E. (Bliven) Smith in Enid, Oklahoma. Her early education was in the Enid Public Schools and she graduated from Enid High School in 1942. She attended...
Lovevanna Wiedower
Jul 11, 2007
LoveVanna Wiedower, 76 year-old Vinita resident, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. Born February 13, 1931 in Vinita to Clarence and Irene (Watson) Heater. LoveVanna was a graduate of Sacred Heart in Vinita, as well as a beauty school graduate. She married John Wiedower on August 30, 1950 in Vinita. LoveVanna was a member...
Eunice Braswell
Jul 11, 2007
Eunice Octavia Braswell, 89 year old former Chelsea business person, died late Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. Eunice was born August 26, 1917 in Rose, Oklahoma to Floyd Candler Jessee and Leona Viola McLaughlin Jessee. She attended school at Glencoe Oklahoma, where her and her sister Eloise would walk 1 ½ miles to school...