Obituaries
Flora Bardsley
Mar 2, 2015
Luginbuel Funeral Home - Vinita - 918-256-5555.... Flora Louise Bardsley, 92 year old Vinita resident, went to be with the Lord Monday, March 2, 2015. Flora was born in Chetopa, KS on February 2, 1923 to Walter and Ethel (Allen) Emert. On December 31, 1946 she was united in marriage to Neil Bardsley. Flora was an avid reader, enjoyed needle...
Janice Carder
Mar 1, 2015
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home Jay, Oklahoma (918) 253-3222 --- Janice Lou Carder, 58 year old, Colcord, Oklahoma resident passed away, Sunday, March 1, 2015 with her family by her side. Janice was born on April 28, 1956 in Socorro, New Mexico to Benjamin and Lou Ella (Tanner) Edwards. She worked for many years as an L.P.N. in the healthcare industry. Janice...
Carolyn Phillips
Mar 1, 2015
Carolyn Ann Phillips, age 78, passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at Grandwood Assisted Living in Grove, Oklahoma. Carolyn was born on February 7, 1937 in Akron, Ohio. She was the daughter of Sylvester and Miriam (Cook) Ulm. Carolyn graduated from the St. Johns Nursing School in Springfield, Missouri as a Registered Nurse. She was a supervisor for the...
Benny Morrison
Feb 27, 2015
Lugnbuel South Grand Lake Funeral Home - Langley - 918-782-4400..... Benny Carrol Morrison, 79, born to the late August and Velma Morrison on October 14, 1935 in Indianola, Oklahoma, passed away February 27, 2015 in Joplin, Missouri. Benny grew up on a farm in Indianola, OK where they grew cotton, peanuts and corn. He had an older brother Vernon Morrison...

Karen Brown
Feb 27, 2015
Karen Rene' Brown, age 69, died on February 27, 2015 of natural causes at her home in Bartlesville. Karen was born 23 April 1945 in Bartlesville. She graduated from College High and attended Cottey College in Missouri and various universities in Oklahoma. She was married briefly to Jim Eppler of Bartlesville, and later to Joe Milton Greenwood of Dewey. She...
Stanton Embree
Feb 27, 2015
Stanton Dee Embree, 66, of Nowata, left this physical life to live his eternal life with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on February 27th, 2015. Dee was born to Dorothy Ellen Merrell Embree and Leonard Scott Embree on July 29, 1948. He was born in a house that is still standing, on 327 W. Choctaw. Dee attended school in...
William Hopwood
Feb 26, 2015
Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555 --- William Lee "Billy" Hopwood, 61, passed away on Thursday, February 26, 2015 in Vinita. He was born on June 2, 1953 in Osceola, Nebraska to Kenneth L. and Margery (Schneider) Hopwood. Billy graduated from Vinita High School in 1971. He lived in Tulsa for many years, where he worked at the Tool Box...

Lola Spees
Feb 26, 2015
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK.....918-786-2261....Lola Grace Spees, passed away at the Grand Lake Villa in Grove, OK on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at the age of 94. Lola was born on August 20, 1920 in Henriette, MN, the daughter of the late Lloyd Crom and Lois (Westfall) Crom. Lola and her family moved to West Allis, WI during her teen...

Walter Bryant
Feb 25, 2015
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, OK....918-253-3222....Walter Joe Bryant, age 75, passed away at Landmark Hospital in Joplin, MO on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Walter was born on April 9, 1939 in Shattuck, Oklahoma, the son of the late U.B. Bryant and Flora (Shelton) Bryant. Walter attend and graduated from Gravette High School in Gravette, AR. Walter served his country in the...
Joann Hoffman
Feb 23, 2015
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK....918-786-2261....JoAnn L. Hoffman, passed away at her home in Grove, OK on Monday, February 23, 2015 at the age of 83. JoAnn was born on May 16, 1931 in Wardner, ID, the daughter of the late Wilbur Jack Harris and Ruby Roma (Rummerfield) Harris. JoAnn was married to James Hoffman for 45 wonderful years. She will...
Betty Christie
Feb 22, 2015
Luginbuel Funeral Home - Vinita - 918-256-5555......... Betty Louise Christie, 86 year old Ketchum resident, passed away Sunday, February 22, 2015. Betty was born in Bakersfield, CA on October 22, 1928 to W. B. (Buck) and Gladys (Cooper) Thurston. She lived most of her life in Purcell, OK, moving to Ketchum in 1989. Betty was a strong believer of hard...
Dr. Pope
Feb 22, 2015
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK....918-786-2261....Dr. Frank D. Pope, 68, passed away directly following the Daytona 500 on Sunday, February 22, 2015 in Daytona Beach, FL. He was attending the race with his wife in order to fulfill another item on his bucket list. Dr. Pope was a man who gave of himself generously, whether serving his country in the US...
Ida Guthrie
Feb 21, 2015
Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma.................... Ida Margaret (Hodges) Guthrie (age 95) entered into heaven on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 9:51 AM. She was loved very much and will be missed terribly by her family and her friends. Ida was born June 27, 1919, in Mountain View, Oklahoma, which was Indian Territory at that time. Her parents were John...
Melba Powel
Feb 21, 2015
Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma............................... Francine Powell, 80, of Nowata, went to be with her lord and savior on Saturday February 21, 2015. She was surrounded by her family when she left this earth, and what a legacy she leaves behind. Born Melba Francine Forehand on March 3, 1934 in Earle, Arkansas, she was a beloved mother, grandmother and...
James Hogan
Feb 20, 2015
Luginbuel Funeral Home - Vinita - 918-256-5555.................... James Charles Hogan, 38 of Miami, Oklahoma, passed away on February 20, 2015 as a result of illness. He was born September 24, 1976 in Miami, Oklahoma, the son of Glen Hogan and Charlotte (Hogan) Buttram. He loved fishing and helping run Charlotte's Collectibles. James is survived by his father Glen Hogan, of...
Barbara Taylor
Feb 19, 2015
Barbara Jean (Jeans) Taylor, 59 - year-old lifetime Vinita resident passed away on Thursday February 19, 2015 at OSU Medical Center in Tulsa, Okla. She was born in Joplin, MO on April 21, 1955 to De Jean and C. Rex Jeans. She was united in marriage to Leonard J. Taylor Jr. on June 23, 1979 and raised four children. Survivors...
Wanda Pearsall
Feb 19, 2015
Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma.............................. Wanda Lee (Pruett) Pearsall passed away Thursday, February 19, 2015 at her home in Nowata. She was born March 27, 1927 in Vinita to Charley and Grace (Smith) Pruett. They lived in the Childers area and they owned the Twin Bridge Store. She graduated from Childers School in 1944 and began her employment at...
John Wendt
Feb 19, 2015
Benjamin Funeral Service ~ Nowata, OK Funeral services for John Ed Wendt, 77, of Nowata, are 2:00 P.M., Monday, February 23, 2015 at the First Presbyterian Church in Nowata with James R. Allen officiating. Interment will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Memorials in John's...
Pearl Matthews
Feb 18, 2015
Benjamin Funeral Service ~ Nowata, Oklahoma........ On January 13, 1939 a baby girl was born to Isaias and Johnnie (Edwards) Urbina, in Tampico, Mexico. Later, the family relocated from Old Mexico to Houston, Texas and eventually to Bristow, Oklahoma. Pearl was a 1957 graduate of Lincoln High School, in Bristow, Oklahoma. She married Louis Matthews Jr. in Tulsa, Oklahoma on...
Shirley Joyce
Feb 17, 2015
Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK (918) 786-2261 --- Shirley A. Joyce, 80 of Grove, Oklahoma, passed from this life on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. She is survived by her sister Jackie Whitenker of Panama, Oklahoma, three children, Susie Couch of Springdale, Arkansas, Rick Joyce of Ozark, Arkansas and Michael Joyce of Grove, Oklahoma, four beautiful granddaughters, four great granddaughters one...