Obituaries
Ivan Reeves
May 13, 2007
Ivan Dean Reeves passed away on the morning of May 13, 2007 at the Jane Phillips, Nowata Health Center after a brief illness at the age of 77. Mr. Reeves was born in Coffeyville, Kansas on April 29, 1930 to Truman and Izza Reeves and was the 12th of 13 children. Ivan grew up in Nowata County and remained in...
Andrew Turner
May 11, 2007
Andrew W. Turner, 90-year-old Nowata resident, passed away at 4:30a.m., Friday, May 11, 2007 at the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. Andrew W. Turner was born August 19, 1916 in Savannah, Oklahoma to Wm. Turner and Catharine Jo Hoke-Turner. In 1925, the family moved to the Nowata area from Checotah. Mr. Turner attended Nowata schools and graduated with the Class...
Eva Hall
May 11, 2007
Jay, OK -- Eva Lee Hall, 58, a resident of Jay, Oklahoma, passed away May 11, 2007 at Tulsa Regional Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Eva Hall was born in Claremore, Oklahoma on February 18, 1949. She was one of fourteen children born to Henry and Mary (Grass) Tagg, Sr. Eva is survived by her companion of many years, Phillip Jim Martin....
Lloyd Taylor
May 11, 2007
Lloyd Taylor, 84-year-old Nowata resident, passed away at 8:00p.m., Friday, May 11, 2007 at the Nowata Nursing Center. Lloyd Taylor was born February 19, 1923 in Marshall, Oklahoma. He served in the United States Navy in World War II in the Phillipines. He married Beulah Mae Glover on March 29, 1947 in Independence, Kansas. He retired from the City of...
Roland Allen
May 9, 2007
Afton, Oklahoma Roland O. "Bud" Allen Roland O. "Bud" Allen of Afton, OK. died Monday May 8, 2006 at his home in Tulsa, Ok. He was 68. Bud was born September 20, 1930 at Bell California. to Oliver and Zola (Holt) Allen. He married Wilma Barnes on January 21, 1983. For thirty-six years, Bud earned his living caring for property...
Dwight Bratcher
May 9, 2007
Dwight Stephenson Bratcher of Grove, OK., died Wednesday May 9, 2007 at his home in Grove, Ok. He was 91. Dwight was born January 10, 1916 at Nash, Oklahoma, to Emmett and Myrtle (Stephenson) Bratcher. He married Ruby Yotter on October 5, 1947. He earned his living as a Construction Superintendent, working for Chalmers -- Borden. Dwight served his country...
Avenell Jones
May 6, 2007
Avenell (Bryant) Jones, 81 year-old Bernice resident, died late Sunday, May 6, 2007 at the Grove Integris Hospital. She was born May 20, 1925 in Cleora to Thomas V. and Locky Mae (Young) Trimble. Avenell graduated from Cleora High School. She married Carl Bryant on May 13, 1942; he preceded her in death in 1993. Avenell later married Elmer E....
Jason Lafremier
May 6, 2007
Jason Scott LaFremier, 37-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Sunday afternoon, May 6, 2007 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Rogers County. Jason Scott LaFremier was born January 15, 1970 in LaMiranda, California to Henry LaFremier and Norma Ridenhour-LaFremier. Mr. LaFremier's family moved to the Nowata area when he was 7 months old. He grew up and attended schools...
Dixie Alf
May 6, 2007
Dixie Lee Alf, age 81, a resident of Bartlesville died Sunday, May 6, 2007 at her home in Bartlesville. Dixie Lee Alf was born in Grand Junction, Colorado, September 27, 1925, the daughter of Carl A. Hoffman and Evalyn (Walker) Hoffman. She was raised and educated in Denver, Colorado graduating from East High. She received her bachelor's degree in chemistry...
Charles Cook
May 6, 2007
Charles F. Cook died on May 6, 2007 at his home after living a fine fulfilling life and courageously surviving Parkinson's disease for a number of years. He demonstrated passionate perseverance through the challenges of the disease that ultimately took his life. Charles was born December 21, 1928 in Jonesboro, Arkansas of Dolores (Falk) and Walter G. Cook and was...
William Raines
May 5, 2007
William Benjamin "Bill" Raines, well known Vinita resident and former businessman, passed away at the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Claremore early Saturday, May 5, 2007. He was born November 12, 1921 in Vinita to George Merton Raines and Lela Jessiman Frazier Raines, they preceded him in death, as well as four siblings: Josephine Mercer, Lela Harris, G. M. (Bud) Raines...
Edwin Gantenbein
May 4, 2007
Edwin J. Gantenbein, 95, a resident of Grove, Oklahoma passed away at Integris Grove General Hospital on May 4, 2007. Mr. Gantenbein was born on January 9, 1912 in Dillon, Kansas to Ulrich and Frieda (Tobler) Gantenbein. Ed graduated from Hope, Kansas High School in 1930, he graduated in 1935 from Kansas State University with a Bachelors Degree in Horticulture,...
Carol Brown
May 4, 2007
Las Vegas, NV -- Carol Ann Brown, 51, of Las Vegas, Nevada and formerly of Vinita, Oklahoma, died Friday, May 4, 2007 in Las Vegas as the result of a motorcycle accident. Carol was born December 5, 1955 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma to John J. Fry and Brenda (Cracknell) Fry. She was a construction worker and a member...
Virginia Mandlebaum
May 3, 2007
Virginia Murle Mandlebaum, age 89, a former resident of Bartlesville died Thursday May 3, 2007 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Virginia Murle Mandlebaum was born in Drew, Mississippi, August 5, 1917, the daughter of Webb Brock and Lora Lee (Holland). She was raised and educated in Drew, Mississippi. She received her bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the University of Mississippi. Virginia Murle...
Faye Trippett
May 2, 2007
Frances Faye Trippett, age 90, a resident of Bartlesville died Wednesday May 2, 2007 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Mrs. Frances Faye Trippett is survived by one brother H. Wayne Cox of Bartlesville; one sister Mildred Hays of Drumright, Ok and one nephew Richard Trippett of Beaver, Ok. Graveside services will be held 3:00 p.m. Friday, May...
Loretta Robison
Apr 30, 2007
Loretta Robison of Grove, Oklahoma died Monday April 30, 2007 at the Grove Nursing Home at the age of 80. Loretta was born July 10, 1926 to Francis and Ruth Weston at Afton, Oklahoma. She graduated from Jay High School, and had lived in the area most of her life. Loretta married Truman Robison January 20, 1945 at Vancouver, Washington,...
Ransom Dick
Apr 29, 2007
Grove, OK -- Ransom Frank Dick, 88, died Sunday, April 29, 2007 at Integris Grove General Hospital, Grove, Oklahoma. Ransom was born October 7, 1918 in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, to Frank William and Saphronia Lee (Mingo) Dick. Ransom moved to Grove in 1987 from Juneau, Alaska. He became a member of the Independent Baptist Church in Grove in 1989. Ransom...
Wanda Riley
Apr 29, 2007
WANDA LEE RILEY Wanda Lee Riley, 81, of Vinita, Oklahoma passed away on April 29, 2007 at Craig General Hospital with her family by her side. She was born June 3, 1925 in Cushing, Oklahoma to Calvin Berry, Sr. and Sallie Benson Berry and was the 3rd eldest of 8 children. She was employed as a nurse's aide at Eastern...
Mary Reed
Apr 28, 2007
Grove, OK -- Mary Jane Reed, 84, died Saturday, April 28, 2007 at Integris Grove General Hospital, Grove, Oklahoma. Mary Jane was born October 2, 1922 at Grove, Oklahoma, to Robert Berry and Wilmuth (Walker) Berry. She spent most of her life living in Grove. She was a deeply devoted Christian, and was an active member of the First Baptist...
James Secor
Apr 25, 2007
Disney, OK - James Kenneth Secor, 87, died Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Kenneth was born October 25, 1919 on White River, near Lowell, Arkansas to Arthur James Secor and Grace (Stanley) Secor. He grew up on the White River and began farming, there. Kenneth married Virginia Mae Rogers at the Methodist Church in...
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