Obituaries

Wilma Charles

Wilma Charles

Feb 16, 2014

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita - Wilma Lorene Charles, 97 year old Vinita resident, died on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at the Heartsworth Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on June 16, 1916 in Depew, Oklahoma to Richard Calaway Fielden and Jessie Ann (Sullivan) Fielden. Wilma attended school in Pryor. On November 8, 1933 she married Stephen Harlton Charles...

Neva Huffman

Neva Huffman

Feb 16, 2014

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita - Neva Mae (Dunbar) Huffman, 78 year old Vinita resident, died Sunday morning, February 16, 2014 at the Heartsworth Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on September 2, 1935 in Vinita to James E. and Faye (Stotts) Dunbar. Neva was a graduate of Bluejacket High School, where she was a standout basketball player. She...

Elizabeth King

Elizabeth King

Feb 16, 2014

Funeral services for Elizabeth Ann (Allen) King are 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at the First Baptist Church in Lenapah with Ray Witty officiating. Interment will follow at MT. Hope Cemetery in Independence, Kansas. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Memorials in Elizabeth's name may be sent to the First Baptist Church in Lenapah. Elizabeth Ann (Bennett) (Allen)...

Donald Ward

Donald Ward

Feb 16, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove - Donald Lee Ward, 84, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2014, at Grove Nursing Center in Grove, Oklahoma, where he had resided since 2011. Don was born October 31, 1929, in St. Paul, Kansas to Add Ward and Elsie (Holding) Ward. He was raised in St. Paul and later moved to Scotia California. Don worked for...

Kenneth Robinson

Kenneth Robinson

Feb 16, 2014

Funeral services for Kenneth Darrell Robinson are 10:00 A.M., Thursday, February 20, 2014 at the Benjamin Funeral Service Chapel with Van Longbons officiating. Interment will be 2:00 P.M., the same day at Fairfax Cemetery. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Kenneth Darrell Robinson passed away Sunday, February 16, 2014 at the Hays House in Nowata. He was born January...

Thomas Barr

Thomas Barr

Feb 14, 2014

Thomas Michael (Mike) Barr, resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away in his home on February 14, 2014, at the age of 59. Services are under the direction of Arnold Moore-Neekamp Funeral Home. Mike was born on February 2, 1955, in Borger, TX to William E. and Phyllis Barr. Until age 11 he lived in the extraordinary community of Phillips, TX....

Clarence Brannan

Clarence Brannan

Feb 12, 2014

Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata - Lifelong Nowata resident Clarence Frederick (Fred) Brannan (88) passed away Saturday, April 12, at the VA Nursing Center in Claremore, Oklahoma. He was born January 11, 1926 in Nowata to Cecil and Vernie (Young) Brannan. Fred attended Nowata Schools and was drafted into the United States Army during World War II. He served in...

Ivan Brown

Ivan Brown

Feb 10, 2014

Graveside services for Ivan Dale Brown are 2:00 P.M., Saturday, February 15, 2014 at MT. Washington Cemetery in Lenapah with Chaplain Clint Kastler officiating. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Memorials in Ivan's name may be made to the Lenapah Fire Department. Ivan Dale Brown, 90, of Lenapah, passed away Monday,...

Bonnie Wickham

Bonnie Wickham

Feb 8, 2014

ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK - Bonnie L. Wickham, age 70 and resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, February 8, 2014 in the Jane Phillips Medical Center. Bonnie Lorene Lowe was born on September 24, 1943 in Bartlesville. She was the daughter of Lawrence Lowe, Sr. and Geraldine (Dittman) Lowe. Bonnie spent several years in...

Tommy Graves

Tommy Graves

Feb 4, 2014

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita -918-256-5555 Thomas "Tommy" Lyle Graves, 59, born to Ralph and Thelma Graves in Vinita, Ok on March 4, 1954, passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Tommy was a long time employee of Hornets Corner in Vinita. He was preceded in death by his parents, stepmother Marie Graves, his brother Garland Graves, sisters Mary Buchanan...

Donald Nelson

Donald Nelson

Feb 4, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK 918-786-2261 Born 4/6/1937 to Victor L Nelson and Effie A Harris in Shawnee, OK. Don was married to Linda K Powell on 3/3/62 in Oklahoma City. After graduating from Shawnee High School Don became an Aggie at Oklahoma A & M where he played on the varsity tennis team and earned a Bachelor of Science...

Wilmajeane Gabriel

Wilmajeane Gabriel

Feb 2, 2014

Lifelong Nowata resident WilmaJeane Gabriel (89) passed from this life at Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center Sunday, February 2, 2014. She was born January 7, 1925, to George N. and Laura Ann (Richter) Gabriel. She is a 1942 graduate of Nowata High School. Soon after graduation she took a job at Akright Insurance Agency where she worked for fifty eight...

Sherrie Brooks

Sherrie Brooks

Feb 2, 2014

Sherrie Dee (Brown) Brooks, 51 year old Oklahoma City resident, died Sunday, February 2, 2014 after a long battle with cancer. Sherrie was born in Chicago on January 7, 1963. In July of 2004 she was united in marriage to Richard Brooks. Graveside services will be held 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at the Big Cabin Cemetery. Services are...

Michael Hanley Sr.

Michael Hanley Sr.

Feb 1, 2014

Michael William Hanley, Sr., 56 year old Vinita resident, died Saturday, February 1, 2014. Michael was born in Albany, NY on February 19, 1957 to William and Shirley Hanley. He worked as a farmer/rancher and loved every minute of it. He also enjoyed fishing, skiing, riding horses, and gardening. He adored his family but most of all he loved the...

Michael Hodson

Michael Hodson

Feb 1, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, Oklahoma- Michael Scott Hodson, age 29, passed away on February 1, 2014. Michael was born on August 1, 1984 in Claremore, OK. He is survived by his wife Caroline Edwards Hodson of Jay, OK, his parents, Jennifer and Steve Hodson of Kenwood, OK, one sister, Arrow and husband Zeke Olivarez of Lincoln, Arkansas, one brother, Russell...

Helen Stroud

Helen Stroud

Feb 1, 2014

Helen Lucille Stroud, 84 year old lifelong Nowata resident passed away February 1, 2014, at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. She was born November 26, 1929, in Nowata to A.V. and Oweda (Graves) Hensley. Helen attended Nowata schools and worked several jobs around Nowata. She ran the Wallace Café for several years. On October 21, 1974 she married Laverne...

Raymond Wilson

Raymond Wilson

Jan 30, 2014

Raymond Claude Wilson, 86, Nowata resident formerly of Delaware, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2014 in Bartlesville. He was born December 27, 1927 in Kinta, Oklahoma to Susie (Shrepshire) and Claude W. Webber. Ray was a World War II South Pacific veteran serving in Japan. His occupations consisted of working in the oil fields, managing H.E. Ketchum Hardware in Delaware...

James Brewer

James Brewer

Jan 30, 2014

James Gordon Brewer, Jr. was born July 26, 1944 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was the son of James Gordon Brewer, Sr. and Betty Jean (Watson) Brewer. He grew up in Bartlesville where he attended College High School, graduating with the Sr. Class of 1962. After high school, Jim joined the U.S. Air Force, retiring after 22 years. In July...

Christopher Hudson

Christopher Hudson

Jan 29, 2014

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita 918-256-5555 Christopher Dean Hudson, 52 year old resident of Claremore, (formerly of Big Cabin) died on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. He was born on August 11, 1961 in Vinita to Curtis and Elizabeth (Trundle) Hudson. Christopher attended and graduated from Big Cabin Schools. He had lived Big Cabin,...

Lois Speer

Lois Speer

Jan 28, 2014

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita 918-256-5555: Lois Evelyn Speer, 94 year old Bluejacket resident, died on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. She was born on September 8, 1919 in Bluejacket to Joseph and Rose (Weston) Mays. Evelyn was married to J. O. Speer, who preceded her in death on July 1, 1972. She was...