Obituaries

Lucille Gillespey

Oct 12, 2009

Service Details

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

Interment Details

Memorial Park - Nowata

Hattie Prather

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...

Buford Winters

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...

Darrell Nichols

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...

Elvin Barrier Jr.

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...

Ruth Spears

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...

Kathalene Snider

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...

Lonnie Nail

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,...

Lon Donavant Jr

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...

Susan Angel

Oct 4, 2009

Susan Gail Angel, 51, a resident of Grove passed away at her home on Sunday, October 4, 2009. She was born on July 16, 1958 to William Ira Angel II and Sabre Ann Yates in Kansas City, Missouri. Ms. Angel worked as a Certified Nurses Aide with Grand Lake Villa Nursing Home in Grove. She loved her work at the...

Dovie Rogers

Oct 3, 2009

Dovie "Aunt Ree" Marie Rogers , age 87, a longtime Vinita resident died Saturday October 3, 2009 at Rosewood Terrace Nursing Home in Vinita. She was born July 3, 1922 in Harrison, Arkansas the daughter of James N. Thompson, and Nerva Alice Watson Rogers. The family moved to Vinita where she was raised and educated. She and Lee Rogers were...

Judy Carlisle

Oct 3, 2009

Judy Kay (Reddick) Carlisle, wife of Don Carlisle went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday October 3, 2009 at her home in Bartlesville, Ok. A true gift in our lives, she had so much love to give and life to live and left us too soon. She will truly be missed by all that knew her. There...

Linda Bradley

Oct 3, 2009

Linda Carol Bradley, 57 year old Big Cabin resident and a Third grade teacher at Will Rogers Elementary School, died Saturday, October 3, 2009, due to injuries from an accident. She was born January 18, 1952 in Bakersfield, California to William Ernest and Rose (Begley) Brannan. Linda graduated high school from Stoutland, Missouri and attended college at NSU in Tahlequah...

Shirley Wiley

Oct 1, 2009

Shirley Lee Wiley 72, of Nowata passed away on October 1, 2009 in the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Shirley was born on March 18, 1937 in Nowata to Bill and Mamee (Hensley) Graves. She attended Nowata Public Schools and graduated in 1956. Shirley loved to shop on the QVC network. She enjoyed browsing estate sales and garage sales...

Jay Spencer

Oct 1, 2009

Jay Spencer age 73 of Grove, OK died Thursday October 1, 2009 in the Integress Grove General Hospital in Grove, OK. He was born on July 17, 1936 in Nebraska. Jay had been living in the Betty Ann Nursing Home He was buried in the Hickory Grove Cemetery at 1 PM on Thursday October 1, 2009 The services was directed...

Richard Murphy

Sep 30, 2009

Richard Daniel Murphy, 62, Senior Master Sergeant, Richard D. Murphy (Dan), U.S. Air Force, Retired, age 62, of Universal City, TX passed away September 30, 2009 at the Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Dan retired from the Air Force after many years of service as a jet engine mechanic. His passion for art drove him to...

Beatrice Johnston

Sep 30, 2009

Beatrice A. Johnston, a longtime resident of Grove passed away at Integris Grove General Hospital on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at the age of 89. Beatrice who was known to family and friends as Button was born on March 7, 1920 in Jay, Oklahoma to Jeff and Cleo (Sanders) Dick. Button graduated from Jay High School and NEO A&M College....

Olen Bryant

Sep 29, 2009

Olen Gene Bryant, age 80 a resident of Disney, OK died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at Ketchum, OK. He was born May 13, 1929 in Stonewall, OK the son of Pleasant L. Bryant and Helen Lavinia Thompson Bryant. He was raised and educated education at Jay, OK. Olen and Hildred Erwin were married on October 28, 1949 in Tulsa, OK...

Loetta Landers

Sep 28, 2009

Loetta P. Landers, 71-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Monday, September 28, 2009 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Mrs. Landers was born December 8, 1937 in Weatherford, Oklahoma to Leo Hamburger and Bertha Marie Traudt-Hamburger. She grew up and attended schools in Weatherford. She furthered her education when she attended the nursing program at the Enid Baptist Hospital...

Delbert Slack

Sep 27, 2009

Delbert C. Slack, 86, died Sunday morning September 27, 2009 in the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. Delbert C. Slack was born September 9, 1923 to Benjamin Frank Slack and Clara E. Hyde in Kaw City, Oklahoma. In 1937 Delbert moved to Nowata to work with Palen Dairy until it closed in the 1950's since that time he continued to...