Obituaries

Mary Muncy

Mary Muncy

Aug 4, 2007

Mary Eloise Muncy, 91 year-old Vinita resident, died at her home on Saturday, August 04, 2007. She was born May 30, 1916 in Vinita to Robert and Virginia (Rhinehart) Thompson; they had come to Oklahoma in 1915. Her family was engaged in farming and worked with an old time thrashing machine for many years. Eloise attended grade school at Kelso...

Viola Nichols

Viola Nichols

Aug 4, 2007

Viola Marie Nichols Obituary Viola Marie Nichols died August 4, 2007, in Grove, Oklahoma. She was born in Southwest City, Missouri, September 2, 1919 to Bennie Francis and Nora Frances ( Gann ) Provance. She was married to Herman Houck from 1937 to 1966. Viola married James R. ( Dick ) Nichols September 15, 1969. He preceded her in death...

Kimberly Wallace

Kimberly Wallace

Aug 4, 2007

Kimberly Ann Wallace, 30 year-old former resident of Vinita, was killed in an automobile accident Saturday, August 4, 2007 in Tucson, Arizona. She was born July 3, 1977 in Jay, Oklahoma to Jeffrey Lewis Berry and Sherryl (Veach). Kim was a Lab Tech for Community Blood Mobile in St. Josephs, Missouri. She married Shane Wallace on September 8, 2006 in...

Terry Watkins, Jr.

Terry Watkins, Jr.

Aug 4, 2007

Terry Lynn Watkins, Jr., 70-year-old Lenapah resident, passed away Saturday, August 4, 2007 at the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. Terry Watkins was born May 27, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first of four children born to Terry Lynn and Anna Katherine Watkins. Terry was a graduate of Severne Prep. School in Annapolis, Maryland. He served three years...

David Tanner

David Tanner

Aug 3, 2007

GROVE - David Gerald Tanner, 33, died August 3, 2007 at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. David was born September 7, 1973 to Edward Lee and Margaret (Morgan) Tanner in Gravette, Arkansas. David graduated from Grove High school in 1992. During high school, he was involved in the Future Farmers of America, and proudly wore the #33 Jersey...

Robert Lippert

Robert Lippert

Aug 3, 2007

Robert Russell Lippert, age72, a resident of Bartlesville died on Friday August 3, 2007 in the Jane Phillips Medical Center. Bob was born June 15, 1935, in Oklahoma City, Okla.., to Russell A. and Mary L. (Mitchell) Lippert. They moved to Bartlesville, Okla., when he was 2 years old. He attended College High where he was a spring board diver...

Vernon Ross

Vernon Ross

Aug 2, 2007

Benjamin Funeral Service Nowata, OK..........................Funeral services for Big Cabin resident, Vernon Clay Ross, 74, will be held 2:00P.M., at the First Baptist Church, Talala, Oklahoma, Monday, August 6, 2007, with Rev. Dennis Gunderson officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery, Talala. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Home, of Nowata. Vernon Clay Ross was born November 3, 1934,...

Leeta Hanan

Leeta Hanan

Aug 1, 2007

Big Cabin, OK - Leeta Brooks Hanan, 100, died early Wednesday morning at Rosewood Terrace, Vinita, Oklahoma. Leeta was born in Big Cabin, Indian Territory, November 7, 1906 to Henry Trout and Stella (Lauchner) Trout. Leeta grew up in Big Cabin and married Gerald Hanan on New Year's Eve, 1927 at Vinita. Stella would later marry Joe Cochrane She was...

Frances Kjellander

Frances Kjellander

Aug 1, 2007

Frances Kjellander, 64 year old Grove resident died, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at Grand Lake Villa in Grove, Oklahoma. She was born on February 26, 1943 in Lawrence, Kansas to Walter and Zelma Bayless. She married Jon P. Kjellander in 1961 when they were eighteen and have been best friends ever since. Jon is a retired Lt. Commander in the...

Barbara Lafler

Barbara Lafler

Jul 28, 2007

Barbara Ann Lafler Obituary Big Cabin, OK - Barbara Ann Lafler, 60, died Saturday evening, July 28, 2007 at her home near Big Cabin. Barbara was born October 23, 1946 at Penn Yan, New York to William Roum and Lucy (Smith) Roum. She grew up in upstate New York, graduated high school and lived there for much of her life....

Larry Pierce Ii

Larry Pierce Ii

Jul 27, 2007

On July 27, 2007 the spirit of Larry D. Pierce II age 41 departed this earth for a better place . He was born on November 3, 1965 in Bartlesville, Ok to his proud parents Larry and Phyllis Pierce. The family moved to Hulah Lake in 1971. His early education was at Bowring School where he was very active in...

William Stover

William Stover

Jul 27, 2007

William "Tootsie" Stover was born on May 2, 1938 in Rockyford, OK to Willie and Mary Stover. He went home to be with the Lord and Savior on July 27, 2007. He was sixty-nine years old. Tootsie was a man who always had a smile on his face and hello for anyone he ran across. No one was a stranger...

Carolyn Crawford

Carolyn Crawford

Jul 27, 2007

Carolyn went to have lunch with Jesus, family and friends at noon, Friday, July 27, 2007, just ten days after her 57th birthday. She was born in the Bay Area of California, on July 17, 1950, to George and Alena Niday. Carolyn loved teaching. She taught Sunday school at a very early age and held a Masters degree in education...

Leroy Toon

Leroy Toon

Jul 26, 2007

Leroy B. Toon, 72, died on Thursday, July 26, 2007 in Tulsa. He was born in Cooper, Texas in 1935 to U. B. and Mattie May Toon. He was the oldest of 4 children. Leroy graduated from Wichita Falls High and then went on to Texas A & M and Midwestern University, playing basketball for both schools. He was employed...

Thomas Williams

Thomas Williams

Jul 25, 2007

Thomas E. "Tom" Williams, 78 year old White Oak resident, died Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He was born January 14, 1929 in Estella, Oklahoma to O. B. and Anna M. (Cline) Williams. Tom served in the U. S. Army from April 1951 to April 1953. He married Lavonne Hoffman on November 25, 1954...

Ella Burns

Ella Burns

Jul 25, 2007

Ella Mae Burns, age 88, a long time area resident died early Wednesday Morning, July 25, 2007 at Silver Lake Care Center in Bartlesville. She was born March 27, 1919 in near Lewisburg, West Virginia. The family moved to the Nowata and Alluwe, Oklahoma area where Ella Mae was reared and received her formal education. In 1943 she and Luther...

Virginia Hill

Virginia Hill

Jul 23, 2007

Virginia Lee Hill, passed away at her home in Fairland on Monday, July 23, 2007, she was 79. Mrs. Hill was born in Grove, to Clabe and Jewel (Drake) Fields. She attended Grove Public Schools and was a member of the United Methodist Church of Fairland. She was a homemaker and loved to fish, garden and was a fabulous cook....

Grace Young

Grace Young

Jul 22, 2007

Grace Fern Young, 95 year-old former Centralia resident, died Sunday, July 22, 2007 at the Silver Lake Care Center in Bartlesville. She was born September 14, 1911 in Vinita to John R. Reheard and Alice C. Stauffer Reheard. Grace attended Vinita area schools growing up. She married Edwin T. Young on October 8th 1927 in Vinita, they made their home...

Lexi Pender

Lexi Pender

Jul 21, 2007

Lexi Louise Pender, infant daughter of Brandon Pender and Hannah Eaton, died Saturday July 21, 2007 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. She was born June 20, 2007 in Tulsa. The family includes: her parents, grandparents, Debra McDonald of Ketchum, Amy and Jeremiah Dover of Langley, C.T. and Marty Akins of Covington, Georgia, great-grandparents, Albert and Jackie Clark, great-great-grandfather,...

Gervina Baldridge

Gervina Baldridge

Jul 19, 2007

Gervina Lavon Baldridge Obituary Vinita, OK - Gervina Lavon Baldridge, 77, died Thursday morning, July 19, 2007 at Rosewood Terrace of Vinita. Lavon was born January 14, 1930 at Strang, Oklahoma to Solamon Baldridge and Rosey (Parks) Baldridge. She was a life long resident of the area. Lavon was a member of United Missionary Baptist Church of Vinita. She loved...

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