Obituaries

Oct 21, 2009

Wallace W. Taylor, 93 year-old Vinita resident, passed away, Wednesday October 21, 2009 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He was born May 16, 1916 northwest of Vinita at his homestead he still owns, to William "Bill" and Grace (Ager) Taylor. Wallace was a graduate of Ketchum High School and the Oklahoma University Electrical Science Engineering program. He worked...

Oct 20, 2009

Nadine "Rue" Newport, 95, a longtime Grove resident passed away at Integris Grove General Hospital on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Rue was born on November 6, 1913 to Lundy and Mayme (Shields) Hawkins. She married John M. Newport in 1931; he preceded her in death on July 12, 1978. Mrs. Newport graduated from Fairland High School, she worked for a...

Oct 20, 2009

Margaret Jean Smith, 81 years old, died Tuesday afternoon, October 20, 2009 at Saint John Medical Center in Tulsa. She was born February 21, 1928 in Berkshire County England to Albert H and Annie E (White) Butler. She left school at age 14 during WW2 to work in an aircraft defense plant. Margaret Jean met her future husband, John C...

Oct 19, 2009

LaVerne June Mitchell Acuff, age 90 of Grove, died Monday October 19, 2009. LaVerne was born in Collinsville, OK on June 15, 1919 the daughter of Roy and Sallie (Conway) Hurn. She was united in marriage to Walter T. Mitchell and together they raised one daughter Darla Mitchell. Years after Walter's passing she was re-married to Norbert Acuff. LaVerne was...

Oct 19, 2009

Victor Glenn Wilkins Victor Wilkins age 61 died Monday October 19, 2009 in the St Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK. The son of Glenn Wilkins and Lila Hall Wilkins, he was born on November 18, 1947 in the Clouds Creek area near Jay, OK Victor married Shirley Fraizer on October 22, 1988 in Hugo, OK. He had worked as a...

Oct 19, 2009

The city of Bartlesville has lost a dedicated leader of the community. William G. Creel was peacefully called back to the Lord while surrounded by his family in his home on October 19, 2009. Bill was born on February 19, 1929 in Bartlesville, OK and went on to attend Garfield Elementary School, Central Junior High and graduated from College High...

Oct 18, 2009

Minnie Pearl Barnes 67, of Kingfisher formally of Nowata passed away Sunday, October 18, 2009 in the Hospice Quality Care in Del City, Oklahoma. Minnie was born on February 21, 1942 in Alluwe, Oklahoma to Aaron Grambell Hall and Vera Pauline (Huckleby) Hall. She attended school in Alluwe but life's journey took her in another direction before graduating but in...

Oct 18, 2009

Charles Alan Cupp Alan Cupp age 54 of Grove, OK died Sunday October 18, 2009 in his home rural Grove. The son of Charles and Evelyn Cooper Cupp, he was born on August 21, 1955 in Joplin, MO. Alan had been a code welder traveling to inspect pipe for pipelines. Later he was involved in the manufacture of Wood Stove...

Oct 17, 2009

Dale G. Young 79 year-old Langley resident, died Saturday, October 17, 2009 at his home. He was born July 14, 1930 in Abilene, Texas to C. E. and Louise (Gordon) Young. He was married to Jo Mae (Reed), she preceded him in death on November 27, 2004. Dale was retired from McDonnell-Douglass Aircraft in Tulsa. He was a veteran of...

Oct 13, 2009

Sequoya Flechs, age 51, died Tuesday October 13, 2009 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Miami, OK. He was born October 10, 1958 in Galveston, Texas the son of W.D. Flechs and Betty V. Davis Flechs. He finished high school in Nebraska and moved to Oklahoma in the mid eighty's and attended OSU Okmulgee earning a degree in Computers. He...

Oct 12, 2009

Service Details

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 10:00am, First United Methodist Church Nowata

Interment Details

Memorial Park - Nowata

Oct 12, 2009

James Gordon Battige James Battige age 71 died at his home in Grove, OK, on Monday October 12, 2009. The son of Leonard and Laverne Lentz Battige, he was born on March 3, 1938 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served in the US Army. James married Barbara Phillipp on June 27, 1964. They moved to grove in 1999 from Shawnee OK....

Oct 11, 2009

Darrell Gene "Nick" Nichols, age 61, of Vinita, OK died at his home on Sunday October 11, 2009. He was born on October 20, 1947 in Ainsworth, NE the son of Lynn Spencer Nichols and Nila Faye Wellman Nichols. He graduated from Broken Bow, Nebraska High School in 1966. On May 9, 1976 he was united in marriage to Brenda...

Oct 11, 2009

Buford Dale Winters DVM Buford Dale Winters, age 91, Nowata resident died Sunday October 11, 2009 at his home surrounded by his family after being ill for quite some time. He was born August 15, 1918 in Blaine, Colorado to Harley Earl and Ina Pearl Winters. He graduated High School in Oswego Kansas, attended 2 years Parsons Junior College and...

Oct 11, 2009

Hattie Lee Prather 99, year old Vinita resident, passed away Sunday October 11, 2009 at Rosewood Terrace. She was born April 27, 1910 in Snyder, Texas to Henry S. and Cora (Davis) Hart. Hattie was married to Charlie Marion Prather; he preceded her in death on September 11, 1986. They moved to Vinita from Muleshoe, Texas in 1954 and were...

Oct 10, 2009

Ruth C. Spears, age 65 of Vinita, died Saturday October 10, 2009. Ruth was born in Farmsville, Virginia on April 4, 1944 the daughter of Edgar and Fredah (Swindle) Larkin. In 1962 Ruth joined the United States Marine Corp. She was proud to serve her country. She also worked as an accountant and bookkeeper for many years. Ruth loved her...

Oct 10, 2009

Elvin S. Barrier Elvin Shadrick Barrier Jr., age 82 of Grove, OK, died Saturday October 10, 2009 in the Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, MO. The son of Elvin and Ethel Mae Matthews Barrier, he was born on January 21, 1927 in Little Chief, OK. He married Marion White on November 6, 1948 in Sherman TX. Elvin owned and operated...

Oct 8, 2009

Kathalene Snider, 83 is walking the streets of gold as she left this world Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Grove Integris Hospital. She was born on April 17, 1926 to Arthur Jacobs and Maggie Opal Jacobs in Joplin, Missouri. Kathalene Jacobs was married to the love of her life John Eugene Snider on August 20, 1945 in Columbus, Kansas. They...

Oct 7, 2009

Lonnie Lenn "Butch" Nail, 64 year-old White Oak resident, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at the St. John Hospital in Tulsa. He was born July 19, 1945 to Ray Lenn and Juanita Margaret "Marge" (Leforce) Nail. Butch attended and graduated from White Oak Schools. He worked as a coal miner for many years, including,...

Oct 6, 2009

Lon Donavant Jr. 1918-2009 Lon Donavant Jr., 91, of Grove passed away October 6, 2009. Funeral Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Grove Methodist Church. Lon was born on Jan. 9, 1918, in Jefferson City, MO. He graduated from Cleora High School in 1936. He went to John Brown University and then Oklahoma State University to study electrical engineering...