Obituaries

May 15, 2019

Henry Lee Jefferson, age 63 and Bartlesville resident, passed away on Wednesday in Jane Phillips Medical Center.

May 9, 2019

Lindsey Blaine Marsh 59-year old Vinita, OK resident passed away at his home May 9, 2019. Lindsey was born April 28, 1960 in Miami, OK the son of Charles Franklin Marsh and Doris Elaine (Speer) Marsh. Lindsey lived in Afton until the age of 4, he then moved to Sand Springs, then to Jay, and in 1985 he moved...

May 9, 2019

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Florence “Ellen” Newman 64, went to be with the Lord Thursday, May 9, 2019. Ellen was born in Bartlesville, OK on September 8, 1954 to Sam and Florence Ellen (Barnhart) McGonigal. She grew up in Nowata, Ok and attended Nowata Public School system where she received her education. In 1975 she...

May 7, 2019

Janet L. Rice, age 73 and resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on May 7, 2019 in St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Janet Lynne Means was born on August 25, 1945 in Iola, Kansas.  She was the daughter of Frank Means and Edna Simmons.  She grew up in Iola where she graduated high school in...

May 7, 2019

WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME - JAY, OKLAHOMA - 918-253-3222. Mable Belle Kennedy, 96 year old resident of Jay, Oklahoma, passed away on May 7, 2019.

Mable was born on October 2, 1922 in rural Delaware County.  She was the loving daughter of Ben and Ethel (Cooper) Howe.  Mable Belle had many nick names, DooDoo and Bud and Nanny....

May 7, 2019

Earl W. Sass joined our Lord and Savior Tuesday, May 7, 2019.

He was born on May 9, 1920 to Will and Martha Sass, in Port Huron, Michigan.

He served our country in the US Army during World War II and the Korean War.

Upon his return...

May 6, 2019

Ursula E. Daniels, age 84, a homemaker, passed away on Monday morning, May 6, 2019, at her home in Bartlesville. After a long and difficult struggle with Parkinson’s and chronic heart failure, she answered a call from her sister, mother and father to join them in Heaven.

Ursula Erna Daniels was born on March 6, 1935 in...

May 6, 2019

“Sue” Katherine Thompson, age 83 and resident of Bartlesville, passed away on May 6, 2019 at her home.

Sue Katherine Parker was born on August 25, 1935 in Bartlesville.  She was the daughter of ClarencePparker and Ahniwake Leona (Horner) Parker.

Sue was raised in the Bartlesville area.  She attended Labadie Heights...

May 6, 2019

WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME - JAY, OKLAHOMA - 918-253-3222. Edna “Alyene” Martin, 72, passed away on May 6, 2019 in Jay, Oklahoma.

Alyene was born on September 9, 1946 in Leach, Oklahoma.  She was the daughter of Nathaniel Richard Martin and Florence Arminda (Cowan) Martin.  Alyene attended the First Assembly of God Church in Jay.  She...

May 4, 2019

WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME - JAY, OKLAHOMA - 918-253-3222.  Eddie Gene Coats, born June 3, 1941, passed from this life on May 4, 2019 with his family at his bedside.

Eddie was born in Vinita, Oklahoma.  He leaves behind the love of his life, his wife Avenell Buchanan Coats with whom he was married to for over 60...

May 3, 2019

WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME, GROVE, OKLAHOMA, 918-786-2261. Wanda Lee Wolfe, age 88, formerly of Joplin, Missouri, more recently of Grove, OK, passed away Friday, May 3, 2019 at Grove Nursing Center, Grove.

She was born December 7, 1930 in Joplin, to the late John Clark Colson and Betsy Irene Stotts Colson.

Wanda married Fredrick Eugene Wolfe...

May 3, 2019

Claire A. Eighmy, age 88 and resident of rural Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2019 at her residence.

Claire Albina Proulx was born on November 16, 1930 in North Attleboro, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of Edward Proulx and Anna (Poirier) Proulx.  She was raised in the North Attleboro community where she...

May 1, 2019

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE  918-273-2700...……….Nadine Mae Winters, 98, of Nowata passed away 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at her home in Nowata. Funeral service for Nadine will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday, May 11th at Nowata United Methodist Church, 109 West Shawnee Ave., Nowata Oklahoma with Pastor Jeffrey Rickman officiating. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service.  ...

Apr 30, 2019

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE 918-273-2700...……. Claude Harrison Rainwater Jr., better known as “Harry or Fuzz” went to be with the Lord Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Nowata, OK. Harry was born February 24, 1927 in Lawrence, KS to Annette Bell Clements and Claude Harrison Rainwater Sr.,

Harry grew up at Coodys Bluff with his folks. He received his...

Apr 30, 2019

Teddie (Smoke) Clifton Skinner, 82-year-old Vinita resident, passed away at his home Tuesday, April 30, 2019. He was born on April 30, 1937, in Filer, Idaho, to Willie Earl and Eva Clara (Hammond) Skinner. Ted attended school in Ketchum and on September 7, 1957 he married Betty Brownlee Edwards in Vinita. He was a painter by trade and...