Obituaries

Daryl Gray

Daryl Gray

Nov 13, 2007

Grove - Daryl Duane Gray passed away November 13, 2007 at Freeman Hospital after an extended illness. He was born in Anderson, Missouri on May 14, 1933, to William Wilbur and Elta Pearl (Betts) Gray. He graduated from Grove High School in 1953 and enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served in the Korean War as a Mess Sergeant....

Reverend Campbell

Reverend Campbell

Nov 13, 2007

Reverend Paul Jonathan Campbell was born May 3, 1934, in Nowata, Oklahoma to Rev. Francis Mead Campbell, and Viola Maude (Clement) Campbell. He graduated from Nowata High School in 1952 and continued his education at Oklahoma State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1965. He served his country as a pilot for the United States Air...

Richard Zajic

Richard Zajic

Nov 12, 2007

Richard McCoy Zajic, 80, of Grove passed away at Integris Grove Regional Hospital on Monday, November 12, 2007. He was born on July 15, 1927 in Miami, OK to Frank and Letha (McCoy) Zajic. He married Karen Hinman in Bismarck, ND. They had been married for Forty-Six years. Mr. Zajic worked as a Petroleum Geologist for Gulf and then independently....

Lucian Grissom

Lucian Grissom

Nov 11, 2007

Lucian Charles "L. C." Grissom 76 year-old Afton (Gran Tara) resident, died early Sunday morning November 11, 2007 at the St. John Medical Center in Joplin. He was born January 2, 1931 in St. Louis, Oklahoma to Lonzo Holley Grissom and Carrie Belle (Smithson) Grissom. He married Mary Louis Wright on October 9, 1950 in Oklahoma City. L. C. had...

Jami Helm

Jami Helm

Nov 11, 2007

Big Cabin, OK - Jami Tala Helm, 31, died Sunday, November 11, 2007 at her home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jami was born September 27, 1976 at Miami, Oklahoma to Dwight Helm and Lisa J. (Franks) Helm. She grew up in Big Cabin and began her education in the Big Cabin Schools. Jami was a graduate of Adair High School and...

Willis Koon

Willis Koon

Nov 11, 2007

Willis Davis "Bill" Koon, 86 year-old Vinita resident went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 11, 2007 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita, after a long illness. Bill was born July 6, 1921 in Gordo, Alabama to M. M. and Dulia Ann Koon. He was raised in Pickens County, Alabama and attended Gordo Schools. Bill came to...

Robert Nigh

Robert Nigh

Nov 10, 2007

Robert Delmont Barton Nigh (D.B., also known as Bob), age 90, passed away in the Jane Phillips Medical Center on Saturday November 10, 2007. Mr. Nigh was born in rural Bluejacket, Oklahoma, on October 9, 1917, to John William Robert (Bob) ad Eva Judith (Mitchell) Nigh. He received his education in the Craig County, Oklahoma schools. Mr. Nigh farmed and...

Timothy Galvin

Timothy Galvin

Nov 8, 2007

Timothy Christopher Galvin Meeks, 18 year old Ketchum resident, passed away Thursday November 8, 2007. Timmy was a PVT 2, with Bravo Company, 120th Engineer Battalion, Army National Guard Unit of Pryor, Oklahoma. On May 11, 2007, He had graduated from basic training for Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon at the Army Maneuver Support Center in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He...

Dorothy Woods

Dorothy Woods

Nov 5, 2007

Strang, OK - Dorothy M. Woods, 83, died early Monday, November 05, 2007 at Integris Mayes County Regional Medical Center, Pryor, Oklahoma. Dorothy was born December 10, 1923 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Howard Carpenter and Jess (Nichols) Carpenter. She grew up in Old Alluwe, Oklahoma, and had been a resident of Ketchum, Oklahoma since 1967. She married Doyle Woods on...

Opal Faulconer

Opal Faulconer

Nov 4, 2007

Vinta, OK - Opal M. Faulconer, 82, died Sunday, November 4, 2007 at Craig General Hospital in Vinita. Opal was born September 18, 1925 at White Oak, Oklahoma to Leroy "Roy" Bennett and Jewell Agnes (Williams) Bennett. She grew up in White Oak and lived most of her life there. She married Willard Elmer Faulconer, Sr. in 1942 at Vinita,...

Ruth Faulkner

Ruth Faulkner

Nov 4, 2007

Mrs. Ruth Ann (Mason) Faulkner, 84, widow of the late Jack C. "Perk" Faulkner, died at 6:46 p.m., Sunday, November 4, 2007 in the Jane Phillips Nowata Hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. Faulkner will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday in the First Christian Church, 211 S. Pine St., Nowata, Oklahoma, with Reverend Rob Crawford officiating, and Deacon Dean Draper...

John Sunday

John Sunday

Nov 2, 2007

Vinita, OK - John J. Sunday, 94, died late Friday, November 2, 2007 at Veterans Regional Medical Center, Muskogee, Oklahoma. John was born August 27, 1914 at Eucha, Oklahoma to Levi Sunday and Charlotte A. "Sallie" (Cochran) Sunday. He grew up in the Eucha area and resided there most of his life. In 1941, John enlisted in the U.S. Army,...

David Tracy

David Tracy

Oct 31, 2007

David Tracy, 73, a resident of Grove passed away at his home on October 31, 2007. Mr. Tracy was born on February 21, 1934. He worked as a laborer that worked different construction type jobs through his life. Survivors include a son Charles "Chuck" Mays of Lewisville, TX. A Graveside service for Mr. Tracy was held on Tuesday, November 13,...

Ardell Warren

Ardell Warren

Oct 31, 2007

Ardell Warren, 77, a resident of Grove passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at Grand Lake Villa. She was born in Bloomsfield, Missouri on September 30, 1930 to Albert and Vema (Ruth) Mullinix. Mrs. Warren worked as a cook all around this area in nursing centers and restaurants. She married Troy Warren in 1984. Together they worked in his music...

Dora Deppe

Dora Deppe

Oct 31, 2007

Grove, Ok. - Dora L. "Dee" Deppe, 74, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at Integris Grove General Hospital. She was born on January 1, 1933 in Abilene, Texas to Ross Thomas Wright and Viola Elizabeth (Zimmerman) Gibbs. Dee was the owner of Dee's Liquor Store in Grove. Dee enjoyed music, singing, dancing, playing the organ, traveling and fishing. She was...

Ralph Ramseyer

Ralph Ramseyer

Oct 29, 2007

Jay- Ralph Eugene Ramseyer "Corky", 49, died October 29, 2007 in Grove, Oklahoma at Integris Grove General Hospital. Corky was born May 29, 1958 in St. Louis Missouri to Roy Sr. and Mary Alice (McMonigle) Ramseyer. Ralph served eight years in the Army National Guard. Ralph married Rosie SourJohn February 7, 1981 in Jay, Oklahoma. He worked for Simmons Foods...

Rita Hoyt

Rita Hoyt

Oct 29, 2007

Langley, OK - Rita Angela Hoyt, 72, died Monday, October 29, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Rita was born August 11, 1935 at Oppollo, Arkansas to Albert Gottsponer and Josephine (Nagel) Gottsponer. Early in her childhood, Rita's family moved to Laken, Kansas. She grew up and attended school in Laken, but moved to Vinita, Oklahoma her senior year,...

Clarence Caywood

Clarence Caywood

Oct 28, 2007

Clarence Caywood, 95, died October 27, 2007 in Grove, Oklahoma. He was born October 2, 1912 to Saul and Annie Caywood. He married Cherokee Mathison in June of 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas. He worked at Union Station Train Terminal transferring mail from train to train. Mrs. Caywood worked there for years along with Clarence. They loved to travel and...

Patricia Hendrix

Patricia Hendrix

Oct 28, 2007

Patricia Hendrix 72 year-old Vinita resident, died late Sunday evening at her home in Vinita. She was born November 10, 1934 in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania to Lewis George Brill and Iola (Atkins) Brill. Patricia moved to the Vinita area in 1976 from Alabama, she worked several jobs in the area including Eastern State Hospital and cleaning homes. Patricia really enjoyed being...

Tracy Williams

Tracy Williams

Oct 27, 2007

Tracy J. Williams, 52 year-old lifetime Vinita resident, died on Saturday October 27, 2007 at the Craig General Hospital. He was born May 23, 1955 in Vinita to Eldon and Margaret (Gilbert) Williams. Tracy was a graduate of Vinita High School. He married Judi Grayson on April 8, 1977 at the First United Methodist Church in Vinita. Tracy was an...

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