Obituaries
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...

Mark Criger
Apr 24, 2007
Mark Lee Criger, 52, a resident of Grove, OK passed away at St John's Hospital in Joplin, MO after a short battle with cancer. Mark was born on November 21, 1954 in Powell, WY to James R. "Dick" and Betty L. (Robirds) Criger. Mr. Criger graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelors Degree in Horticulture this helped make him...

Linda Walker
Apr 24, 2007
Langley, OK - Linda Zoe Walker, 55, died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Linda was born March 26, 1952 at Pasadena, California to Elwaine Lewis Walker and Rose Ruth (Walker) Walker. She moved from California to Texas at an early age and lived in various locations, as her family followed her father's work with...

Thomas Anderson
Apr 24, 2007
Jay, OK - Thomas Edgar Anderson, 77, died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at Integris Grove General Hospital, Grove, Oklahoma. He was seventy-seven years old. Tom was born March 10, 1930 at Westville, Oklahoma, to Les and Susan (Black) Anderson. He lived in Jay for nearly all of his life. He was married to Barbara Anderson, and she survives him. He...

Melvin Hill
Apr 23, 2007
Melvin Le Roy Hill, 69, of White Oak, passed away Monday, April 23, 2007 at his residence. Born On Oct. 31, 1937 in Madera, CA to Roy and Ruth Couch Hill. Mr. Hill was a retired welder, veteran of US Coast Guard, raised horses and had recently moved to the White Oak area from Foyil. He was married to Geraldine...

Bazil Gaut
Apr 22, 2007
Vinita, OK - Bazil Washington Gaut, 93, passed away April 22, 2007 at his home in Vinita. Bazil was born February 28, 1914 at Sprague, Washington to William B. Gaut and Ione Belle (Ferguson) Gaut. He attended several schools due to the ill health of his mother. He graduated from Wann, Oklahoma High School. Bazil married Lorene Beisly on October...

Ruth Bland
Apr 22, 2007
Salina, KS - Ruth Mary Bland, 70, died Sunday, April 22, 2007 at her home in Salina, Kansas. Ruth was born September 26, 1936 at Vinita, Oklahoma to Frederick Thomas Cowardin and Nina Ruth (Smith) Cowardin. She grew up in Vinita and was a graduate of Vinita High School. Ruth spent much of her life in Vinita, before moving to...