Obituaries

Richard Rinehart, Sr.
Aug 1, 2008
Richard Raymond "Dick" Rinehart, Sr. of Grove, Oklahoma died at 5:35 p.m., Friday, August 1, 2008 at his home and surrounded by his wife and children. He was 64. Dick was born October 8, 1943 in Humboldt, Kansas to Albert and Mary (Williams) Rinehart. He attended grade school in Lawrence, Kansas and high school in Ottawa, Kansas. For over 40...
Brent Gill
Jul 30, 2008
Brent Gill, 44, of San Diego, California died Friday, July 18, 2008 at his home. He was born January 7, 1964 in Chillicothe, Iowa to Kenneth Gill and Ida Mae (Nix) Tanner. He had lived in California for ten years. In 1982 Brent was the Jay Public Schools' salutatorian. He attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater and graduated from the...

Braxton Jeffries
Jul 29, 2008
Braxton Havana Jeffries On Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at 11:00 PM, our lives were blessed with a beautiful 1lb. 10 oz baby girl, Braxton Havana Jeffries. Braxton was 12 inches in length, with a full head of dark hair. You just had to be with her a few minutes, and then you would know she was a feisty little girl....

Randolph James
Jul 27, 2008
Randolph James 80, of Lenapah fought a courageous battle and on Sunday July 27, 2008 he crossed the finish line. Randolph James was born on March 18, 1928 in Lenapah to Noah and Eula Mae (Shufeldt) James. He received his education from Lenapah Public School. Randy joined the Army in 1946; he served in World War II and the Korean...
Ruby May
Jul 26, 2008
Ruby Helen May was born on July 22, 1936 to Joe Grant and Rena Mae (Zink) Grant in Nowata, Oklahoma. She passed away on July 26, 2008 at her son and daughter-in-law's home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Ruby Helen was raised in Nowata and graduated from Nowata High School in 1954. Upon graduating, she worked in the medical field, working...

William Kirk
Jul 25, 2008
William V. "Billy' Kirk, 61, of Grove, Oklahoma died Friday, July 25, 2008 in Grove. He was born September 25, 1946 in Durant, Oklahoma to Lavern Ray and Sarah Jane (Crumley) Kirk. Billy married Marthella Crain in Denison, Texas in 1965. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve. He was a laborer at Simmons Poultry Company until this year. He...

Jackson Miller
Jul 25, 2008
Jackson Lee "Jack" Miller, 82, and longtime Zena-Dennis area resident passed away July 25, 2008 at the Circle of Life Hospice Center in Springdale, Arkansas following a short illness. He was born September 11, 1925 in Delaware County, Oklahoma to Robert Lee and Susie Hilderbrand Miller. Jack was a member of the Cherokee Nation and a direct descendent of Peter...
Orren Drake
Jul 22, 2008
Orren Bell Drake, 97-year-old Copan resident, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at her home. Funeral services for Mrs. Drake will be held at 2:00p.m., Friday, July 25, 2008 at the First United Methodist Church in Copan with Rev. Bill Wright officiating. Interment will follow in the Dewey Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at the funeral home from 6-7pm...
Brooks Spies
Jul 22, 2008
Brooks Wood Spies, 89-year-old Bartlesville resident passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at the Green Country Village in Bartlesville. A memorial service for Mr. Spies will be held at 11:00am, Saturday, July 26, 2008 at the St. Luke's Episcopal Church with Dr. T. Lee Stephens officiating. On-line condolences can be left for the family at www.honoringmemories.com. Services are under the...
James Layman
Jul 21, 2008
JAY: James "Jimmy" Ross Layman, age 45, passed away of a sudden illness in Tupelo, Mississippi Monday, July 21, 2008. Jim was born on February 15, 1963 in Jay, Oklahoma to Ross and Charlotte (Callus) Layman. He attended Grove public schools. He married Janet Bennett on May 1, 1996. Jim worked as a track hoe operator for a gas pipeline...
Luther Bliss
Jul 21, 2008
Luther Bliss, 69, a resident of Afton, OK, passed away at his home on Monday, July 21, 2008. Services are pending at Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove.
June Wilson
Jul 20, 2008
June Lavern Estes-Wilson, a sixty-nine year old Grove resident passed away at her home on Sunday, July 20, 2008. She was born on January 29, 1939 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Howard and Opal (Wilson) Estes. She worked as a secretary for public school systems in Texas before she moved to Oklahoma. June is preceded in death by her parents Howard...

Marshall Bubniak
Jul 17, 2008
Marshall Bubniak, 84, of Grove, Oklahoma died Thursday, July 17, 2008 at his residence at Grandwood Assisted Living Center in Grove, Oklahoma. He was born in Liskova, Czechoslovakia on April 13, 1924 to Adam Bubniak and Gabriella Minarchek and came to America with his mother when he was five years old. Marshall worked in foundries for thirty years after marrying...

Laura Shearhart
Jul 17, 2008
Laura Shearhart age 79 of Vinita, OK died Thursday, July 17, 2008 in the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK. The daughter of Bessie Lee ( Smith ) Millhollon and J. D. "Dick" Millhollon, she was born on July 12, 1929 west of White Oak, OK. She was the youngest of six daughters: Ida Stewart, Anna Hudson, Martha Adams, Willa...

Virginia Richardson
Jul 17, 2008
Virginia Deal Richardson, 76, of Afton, Oklahoma died Thursday, July 17, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital. She was born August 9, 1931 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma to Ulas Rowell and Willie Landers. She married Calvin E. Richardson at Shawnee, Oklahoma on January 16, 1949. Virginia worked in canneries during her years of employment. She is survived by her loving husband...

Everett George
Jul 17, 2008
Everett James George of Grove, Oklahoma died at 9:05 p.m., Thursday, July 17, 2008 at his home. He was 92. Everett was born June 22, 1916 in Delaware County, Oklahoma to William L. and Melissa (Kuykendall) George. On December 1, 1936, he married Willie Ernestine George in Fairland, Oklahoma. Everett was a life-long Delaware County resident. Everett was employed by...

Leslie Anderson
Jul 16, 2008
Leslie Ann Anderson, age 26, a resident of Bartlesville, died Wednesday July 16, 2008 at Jane Phillips Medical Center. Leslie is survived by her daughter, Brittany Anderson of the home, mother Angela Taylor of Enid, father Scotty Anderson of Tahlequah, two step fathers, Rick Sarcoxie of Skiatook and Marvin Polk of Bartlesville, grandparents George and Elizabeth Tate of Bartlesville and...

George Shaffer, Jr.
Jul 16, 2008
George J. Shaffer, Jr., 67, of Grove, Oklahoma died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital. He was born July 31, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri to George J. Shaffer, Sr. and Frances Medved Shaffer. He served his country in the Marines, married Charlene McClure in Nowata, Oklahoma in 1967 and was self-employed as a cattle rancher. He...

Leroy Abbott
Jul 14, 2008
LeRoy R. Abbott, 75, of Grove, Oklahoma died Monday, July 14, 2008 at Grand Lake Villa Nursing Center. He was born in San Pedro, California on July 2, 1933 to LeRoy Abbott and Mildred Smith Abbott. LeRoy served his country in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 until 1955. He was a computer programmer for the U.S. Government for 35...
Mildred Reynolds
Jul 11, 2008
Mildred Lee Reynolds, age 87, a lifetime resident of Vinita, OK died Friday July 11, 2008 at Rosewood Terrace in Vinita. She was born January 31, 1921, in Vinita the daughter of Willis E. Underwood and Flossie Seaman. She was reared and educated in Vinita and graduated high school. She and William "Don" Reynolds were united in marriage and made...