Obituaries
Tarleton Dick
Mar 20, 2009
Tarleton C Dick, 81, a longtime Grove resident passed away at Integris Grove General Hospital on Friday, March 20, 2009. Mr. Dick was born on November 19, 1927 in Eucha, Oklahoma to Isaac and Cleo (Sanders) Dick. He was a lifelong Delaware county resident except for the years he was working for USDA as a Program Administrator in Bristow, Coalgate,...
Patrica Morgan
Mar 20, 2009
Patricia (Jane)Morgan, age 62, a lifetime resident of the Vinita - Big Cabin area died Friday March 20, 2009. She was born October 14, 1946 in Big Cabin the daughter of Jack Shepherd and Sue Griffith Shepherd. Jane was raised and attended school in Big Cabin graduating high school in 1965. Upon graduation she attended the Bartlesville School of Cosmetology...
Alta Whitaker
Mar 20, 2009
Alta Kathyrn (Vammen) Whitaker, age 82, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2009, at the Inverness Village in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in the sanctuary of the Redeemer Lutheran Church with Pastor Mark Carter. Funeral arrangements and interment are under the direction of Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home. Visitation for Mrs. Whitaker...
Michael Shambles
Mar 18, 2009
Michal Roy "Mike" Shambles, 40, a resident of Grove passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at his home. Mike was born on August 14, 1968 in Bartlesville, OK to Robert "Bob" Shambles and Janice (Gay) Springer. Mr. Shambles attended First Assembly of God in Grove he attended Bartlesville Tabernacle while living in Bartlesville. Mike loved fishing and listening to...
Maydene Harmon
Mar 18, 2009
Maydene "Mary" Harmon, 88, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at her home in Jay. She was born on October 1, 1920 in Delaware County, Oklahoma to William Andrew and Bessie (Brisby) Alberty. She married Irl Lee Harmon on February 7, 1942 in Galveston, Texas. He preceded her in death in 1994. Mary was a member of Mt. Hermon Church and...
Ronald Ring
Mar 17, 2009
Ronald Wayne Ring, 61, of Fairland, Oklahoma died early Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at his home following a courageous two-year battle with multiple illnesses. Ronald was born November 20, 1947 in Hastings, Nebraska to Loren and Doris (Griffith) Ring. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in Hutchinson, Kansas. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War....
Pansy Johnson
Mar 17, 2009
Pansy June Johnson 71, of Nowata passed away at the OSU Medical Center in Tulsa on Thursday, March 17, 2009. She was born on July 06, 1937 in Vinita, Oklahoma to Casey Kenneth and Lorene Ruth (Rauston) Weaver. Pansy grew up in Vinita graduating from Vinita High School in 1955. She married Lloyd Johnson in Miami, Oklahoma on August 25,...
Ruby White
Mar 16, 2009
Ruby Marlene White 90 year-old rural Vinita resident, died Monday evening, March 16, 2009 at her home. She was born March 5, 1919 in Mena, Arkansas to Robert "Boyd" and Lula Elizabeth (Anderson) Bogle. Ruby was married to Eugene White on June 26, 1938 in Tulsa; Eugene preceded her in death on August 19, 2000. They moved to their home...
Lee Bennington
Mar 16, 2009
Lee Merle Bennington left this earth to go home with the Lord on March 16, 2009. He was born on March 1, 1918 in Craig County, Oklahoma to Bill and Nancy Runyon Bennington. His biological mother died when he was an infant and he was the youngest of six little boys, and two sisters. A biological aunt and uncle took...
Marlene Holland
Mar 16, 2009
Marlene Holland, 86, a resident of Jay passed away at Integris Grove General Hospital on Monday, March 16, 2009. She was born on August 21, 1922 in Prairie Grove, Arkansas to Isaac and Stella (Kevin) Bloyd. Mrs. Holland married Harry D. Holland; he preceded her in death January 31, 1996. Marlene was a housewife who loved to go to church...
Evert Rowan
Mar 15, 2009
Evert Eugene Rowan, 74, of Afton, Oklahoma went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, March 15, 2009 in McAllen, Texas. Evert was born June 4, 1934 in Ames, Oklahoma to Ralph Henry and Margaret (Kuschner) Rowan. Evert spent his early years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On April 20, 1956, Evert married Jean Ann Bowen in Welch, Oklahoma. They made...

Clarence Mattix
Mar 14, 2009
C.L. "Skeet" Mattix, 81, Independent Oil Producer and Nowata resident, died Saturday March 14, 2009 in Jane Phillips Medical Center. Honorary casket bearers will include Danny, Rusty, Randy, and Ron Mattix, Chester Grissom, Gerald Huntington, and Everett Sears. Skeet was born on August 12, 1927 in Cleveland, Oklahoma to Charles and Lessie Pearl Bingham Mattix. He attended Delaware, Adair, and...
Charles Stanley
Mar 14, 2009
Charles Wayne Stanley, 63, owner of Stanley Tire Shop and Nowata resident, died Saturday March 14, 2009 in the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. Charles Wayne Stanley was born the son of Mack Clayton Stanley and Leda Jane Campbell on April 24, 1945 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, The Family moved from Keota, Oklahoma to Broken Arrow where Charles graduated from the...
Rubye Stalnaker
Mar 13, 2009
Rubye E. Stalnaker, 94, formerly of Republic, Missouri died at 1:31 a.m., Friday, March 13, 2009 at Grand Lake Villa in Grove, Oklahoma. Rubye was born January 16, 1915 in Smithville, Mississippi to Tap X. and Evie (Hadaway) Parham. She attended schools in Smithville. On July 4, 1933, she married Louis Herbert Stalnaker in Smithville, Mississippi. He preceded her in...
Barbara Wood
Mar 11, 2009
Barbara S. Wood, 74 year old Cleora resident, died early Wednesday, March 11, 2009. She was born on September 3, 1934 in Tulsa to Charles W. and Lucille (Durkee) Frye. Barbara graduated from Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa. She married James W. Wood on April 7, 1955 in Tulsa; they lived in the Tulsa area until 1999 when they...
Lisa Davis
Mar 10, 2009
Lisa Renee Davis, 29, of Bartlett, Tennessee died March 10, 2009. Lisa was born July 23, 1979 at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital in Siloam Springs, Arkansas to Steve and Paula (McGlothlin) Davis. She attended grade school in Jay, Oklahoma and Southwest City, Missouri. Lisa attended McDonald County High School for one year and then finished her high school career in...
William Jackson
Mar 9, 2009
W.O. Jackson Zena, OK - W.O. Jackson passed away in his sleep, March 9, 2009 at 2:30 a.m. at his home in Zena, Oklahoma. He was the son of Orville and Minnie Marie (Beaty) Jackson. He was born at Council Cove, north of Grove on September 18, 1930. He was a truck driver for Will Rogers Turnpike out of Vinita,...
Harold Salyer
Mar 9, 2009
Harold E. "Eddie" Salyer, 62, a resident of Grove passed away at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Monday, March 09, 2009. He was born in Oklahoma City on August 11, 1946 to Harold H. and Dorothy (Todd) Salyer. Mr. Salyer served in the United States Marines during Vietnam. Mr. Salyer has lived in the Grove area...
Jay Fimple
Mar 7, 2009
Jay E. Fimple, Jr. passed away Saturday night, March 7, 2009 after a long battle with colon cancer. Jay was born on December 20, 1951 in Fairfax, Oklahoma to Jay E. Fimple, Sr. and Hilda Klein Fimple. In 1956 Jay moved with his family to Vinita, Oklahoma. Jay attended Sacred Heart Academy and Vinita Junior and Senior High school where...
Mark Mcelroy
Mar 6, 2009
Marcus Nelson McElroy, 72, retired Phillips Petroleum Company, died March 6, 2009 in Bartlesville. Mark McElroy was born in Chickasha Oklahoma on March 5, 1937 to Helen Hilsmeyer McElroy and Clarence McElroy. He graduated from Chickasha High School in 1955, and attended the University of Oklahoma where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Geology in 1959, followed by...