Obituaries
Paul Risman
Oct 25, 2009
Paul Dustin Risman, age 86 of Langley, died Sunday October 25, 2009 at his home. Dustin was born in White Oak, OK on September 12, 1923 the son of Eddie "Dandy" Risman and Rachel (McCabe) Risman. He graduated high school from White Oak then attended two years of welding school. On April 8, 1950 he was united in marriage to...

Edith Ross
Oct 24, 2009
Edith Blanch Ross, 88-year-old, life long Lenapah resident, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2009 at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Coffeyville, KS. Mrs. Ross was born in Lenapah, Ok on November 5, 1920 the daughter of Murry Smith and Geneva Grubbs Smith. She was raised and educated in Lenapah and attended school at Douglas High School. Mrs. Ross stayed at...
Kathryn Davis
Oct 24, 2009
Kathryn Marie Davis, 81, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2009 with her husband Bob by her side. She was born on October 10, 1928 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Samuel J. and Della Allen (Goldman) Johnson. She attended the Oklahoma College for Women until she married the love of her life Bob Davis, on December 25, 1950. She was a...
Stanley Williams
Oct 24, 2009
Stanley Wayne "Stan" Williams, age 57, of Vinita died Thursday October 22, 2009 in Vinita. He was born July 24, 1952 in Vinita the son of Eldon (Red) Williams and Margaret Gilbert Williams. Stan attended Vinita schools and was a carpenter working in the Vinita area. He spent seven years as the caretaker of Cedar Coves at Grove. Stan loved...
Wilma Walker
Oct 23, 2009
Wilma Leola (Miller) Walker passed from this life into Heaven on October 23, 2009 at the Integris Grove General Hospital six days before her 99th birthday. Wilma was looking forward to celebrating her 100th birthday next year. She was born on October 29, 1910 in Fairland, Oklahoma to James C. Miller and Ella Mae (Dennis) Miller. She was united in...

Alberta King
Oct 23, 2009
Alberta Lynn King, 41, a resident of Little Kansas, Oklahoma passed away at her home on Friday, October 23, 2009. She was born on April 22, 1968 in Waynoka, Oklahoma to Herman Leon and Raylene Joyce (Brown) King. She worked as caretaker and in home health. Ms. King likes to go camping and swimming and listening to country music. She...
Jonas Baker
Oct 22, 2009
Baker - Jonas, S. (Joe) died Thursday afternoon, October 22, 2009 at the Oklahoma Veteran's Center in Claremore, at the age of 88 years. Joe was born on January 24, 1921 in Pawhuska, OK. As a young man Joe worked as a stonemason helper. He enlisted in the US Army in July of 1940, serving in WWII with Headquarters Battery...

Mae Nigh
Oct 22, 2009
Mae Leticia (Metcalf) Nigh, age 83 passed away in Hamilton, Ohio on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Mrs. Nigh was born at Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on November 8, 1925 to Edward Crew and Della Margaret (Nutt) Metcalf. She received her education in Bartlesville and graduated from College High School in 1943. She was first employed in the office of the NuWay Laundry....
Wallace Taylor
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...
Robert Kanmore
Oct 21, 2009
Robert Wayne Kanmore, age 65 of Big Cabin, died October 21, 2009. Robert was born in Webb City, Missouri on May 26, 1944 the son of Vernis and Flossie (Broadway) Kannmore. He served in the United States Army from 1964-1969. He worked as a parts salesman for many years and enjoyed working on his farm. He was a handyman who...
Nadine Newport
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...
Margaret Smith
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...

Laverne Acuff
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...

Victor Wilkins
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...
William Creel
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...

Charles Cupp
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...
Minnie Barnes
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...

Dale Young
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...
Sequoya Flechs
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...

James Battige
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....