Obituaries

Vol Faulkner

Nov 18, 2008

Clarence Vol Faulkner, age 86, of Vinita died November 18, 2008 at the Veterans Center in Claremore, OK. He was born August 22, 1922 in Little Rock, Arkansas the son of Charles B. Faulkner and Berdie Jeanette Tyler. The family lived in the Little Rock, AR area where Vol received his education and graduated high school. He enlisted in the...

Doris Mooney

Nov 17, 2008

Doris D. Mooney, 72 formerly of Pensacola, died Monday November 17, 2008 in Skiatook. She was born September 8, 1936 in Magazine, Arkansas to Roy I. and Ollie (Harris) Davis. Doris married Everett W. Mooney on June 6, 1960 in Guthrie, Oklahoma. She was retired from the Turley Bank and a housewife. Doris was a member of the Pensacola Baptist...

Debra Killion

Nov 17, 2008

Debra D. Killion, 50 year-old Vinita resident died Monday, November 17, 2008 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. She was born January 17, 1958 in Vinita to Sammie Charles and Zella (Morrison) Killion. Debra graduated from Afton Vo-tech as an LPN, she had lastly worked at the Home of Hope, and had also been a CPR instructor. Debra loved...

Jefferson Luginbuel, Jr.

Nov 16, 2008

Jefferson Peter Luginbuel Jr., 62, of Denver, Colorado passed away November 16, 2008 at Rose Medical Center. Jeff was born June 19, 1946 in Vinita, OK. He was the son of the Jefferson and Ruth Caldwell Luginbuel, also from Vinita, OK. He was survived by his wife Trudy Insalaco-Luginbuel. Jeff graduated from Columbia College with a degree in Management. He...

Willa Lay

Nov 14, 2008

Willa "Billie" Lay, age 75, a resident of Vinita died Friday November 14, 2008 at Craig General Hospital. She was born December 3, 1932 in Vinita the daughter of Claude Earl Ornder and Rosie (Fair) Ornder. She was reared and received her education at Sacred Heart Academy. She and Jim Lay were married and they continued to make their home...

Lloyd Cochran

Nov 14, 2008

Lloyd Hubert Cochran, 91, of Grove, Oklahoma died Friday, November 14, 2008 at Monroe Manor in Jay, Oklahoma. He was born January 21, 1917 in Morrow County, Ohio to George Washington Cochran and Mary Wolfe. Lloyd retired from Betty Zane Popcorn in Marion, Ohio where he worked as a foreman. He and his wife Mary moved to Phoenix, Arizona in...

Pamela Freeman

Nov 14, 2008

Pamela Jean Freeman 58, of Nowata went to be with the Lord on November 14, 2008. Funeral services for Pamela Freeman are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in the Trinity Full Gospel Church with Rev. John Wilson and Rev. Jim Winslow officiating. Final committal rites will be accorded Mrs. Freeman in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Nowata. Arrangements are under...

Charles Petty

Nov 13, 2008

Charles "Pee Wee" Petty, Sr. Obituary Grove, Ok. - Charles "Pee Wee" Petty, Sr., 83, died Thursday, November 13, 2008 at his home. He was born on January 18, 1925 to Clarence and Eura (Howard) Petty in Dennis, Oklahoma. Pee Wee was married to Anita Delores Scuggins. He was a member of Hickory Grove Church and enjoyed playing dominoes and...

Helen Haney

Nov 10, 2008

Helen Haney, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away Monday, November 10, 2008 at the age of ninety-one. She was born Helen Odett Campbell on February 2, 1917 in Big Cabin, the daughter of William Ernest and Maude (Lauchner) Campbell. She was a graduate of Big Cabin High School, and a lifetime Big Cabin resident. In 1935, she married...

Laurence Pickard

Nov 10, 2008

Laurence Kent "Larry" Pickard, 91, of Wilmington, Ohio (formerly of the Council House Community, near Grove, Oklahoma) died 9:20 AM, Monday, November 10, 2008 at Cape May Retirement Village, Wilmington, Ohio. His wife, Lucille Alice May Brotherton preceded him in death August 1999. They were married April 3, 1943. Mr. Pickard was born April 9, 1917 in Rowley, Massachusetts, son...

Geraldine Butcher

Nov 9, 2008

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008 2:00pm

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Fairland Lutheran Cemetery

John Carroll

Nov 9, 2008

John Henry Carroll, 89, died Sunday afternoon, November 9, in Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was born October 3, 1919, in Alluwe, Oklahoma, the only child of Leo W. and Anna Frisbie Carroll. In 1920, the family moved to Nowata, where he attended school, graduating from Nowata High School in 1937. John married Ruby Lloydene Wiley June 14,...

John Turowski

Nov 8, 2008

John J. Turowski, 85, a lifelong resident of Bartlesville, passed away Saturday, November 8, 2008 at his home. John was born to Stanley and Helen (Kazmierzak) Turowski on June 28, 1923 in Bartlesville. He was raised and educated in Bartlesville and enlisted in the U.S. Army-Core during his Senior year of High School. He served during World War II with...

Donald Kemper

Nov 8, 2008

Donald Willis Kemper, 83, died at his home in Jay, Oklahoma on November 8, 2008. He was born October 24, 1925 in Lingle, Wyoming to Willis and Violet Kemper. He served in the United States Army during WWII, and was stationed in the Philippines after completing basic training. He married Lillian Farewell August 3, 1946 in Lynn, MA, and then...

Albert Gottspooner

Nov 8, 2008

Albert Alfred Gottsponer Albert Alfred Gottsponer, age 97, a resident of Vinita, OK died early Saturday morning, November 8, 2008 at Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He was born February 18, 1911 in St. Vincent, Arkansas the son of Adolph Gottsponer and Elizabeth Zimmerman Gottsponer. He was the second oldest of 4 boys and 4 girls. He was reared and...

Harold Hensley

Nov 8, 2008

Harold Hensley, 73, of Afton, Oklahoma died at 5:20 a.m., Saturday, November 8, 2008 at his home. His body has been cremated and no services are planned.

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Lee Baxter

Nov 4, 2008

Lee Othneil Baxter, 80, of Grove, Oklahoma went home to be with his Heavenly Father at 8:14 a.m., Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, Missouri. Lee was born September 20, 1928 in Springfield, Missouri to Joseph and Pearl (Patterson) Baxter. He graduated in 1946 from Republic Senior High in Republic, Missouri. He was a machinist for Litton...

William Gordineer

Nov 3, 2008

William Gordineer, a 78 year old Zena resident passed away at his home on November 3, 2008. He was born June 4, 1930 in Afton, Oklahoma to John Henry and Calvie (Chandler) Gordineer. He worked for many years as a Handyman and Farmer in the area. He was a Veteran of the United States Army. Mr. Gordineer was preceded in...

Alvina Kahler

Nov 3, 2008

Alvina M Kahler, 90, a resident of Zena passed away at her home. She was born on May 1, 1918 in Brinsmaid, North Dakota to William and Martha (Muri) Trowbridge. Mrs. Kahler was a homemaker. Services are pending with Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove.

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Loeta Higeons

Nov 2, 2008

Loeta Jane (Killion) Higeons 88, formally of Nowata died Sunday November 2, 2008 in the Golden Living Center in Wellington, Kansas. Loeta Jane Killion was born on March 18, 1920 to Henry Clevaland and Eunice Arminta Killion in Nowata County, Oklahoma. She grew up on the family farm and attended Fairview Community Church and grade school. She was baptized at...