Obituaries

Jul 4, 2006

Donald Keblish of Eucha died Tuesday July 4, 2006 at Broken Arrow, Ok. He was 70. Donald was born November 5, 1925 to Stephen and Matilda Keblish at Whitestone, NY. He graduated from the Sparton Aeronautic School in Tulsa and worked as a Techinical Writer working for several companies including Boeing, NASA, and Rockwell. He married Sally Sunday July 14,...

Jul 4, 2006

Margaret Madison Margaret Christine Madison died Tuesday July 4, 2006 at the Integris Grove General Hospital. She was 86. Margaret was born December 8, 1919 the only child to August H. and Anna (Fresener) Kohlscheen at the farm home east of Hancock, Iowa. She graduated from Walnut High School and attended a Business College. Margaret worked in the Light and...

Jul 4, 2006

Lavena M. Lundy, 90, of Miami, passed away July 4, 2006 in Miami. Born on Nov. 3, 1915 in Welch, OK to Leonard L. and Stella (Highsmith) Davis. Mrs. Lundy was a lifelong area resident and retired from being a bus driver for the schools. She is survived by daughter-Barbara Cribbs of Santa Rosa, CA Son-Thomas Lundy of Jacksonville, FL...

Jul 3, 2006

Grove, OK - Kay Clement "K.C." Tompers, 86, died Friday, June 16, 2006 at Grand Lake Villa, Grove, Oklahoma. K.C. was born April 28, 1920 at Duluth, Minnesota to Theo C. Tompers and Kathryn (McCrossin) Tompers. He served his country during World War II as a member of the U.S. Navy "Seabees" as an Electricians Mate 1st Class. Following his...

Jul 3, 2006

Grove, OK - Linda Suzanne Haas Jordan, 58, died Monday, July3, 2006, at St. John's Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Linda was born October 24, 1947 at Indianapolis, Indiana to William and Miriam Sue (Cassaday) Haas. She spent her working life as a Licensed Practical Nurse, and was the Director of Nursing at the Medico Lodge North. She also volunteered many...

Jul 2, 2006

Richard L. Martin, age 66, a resident of Bartlesville died Sunday July 2, 2006 at Bartlesville Care Center. Mr. Martin is survived by two brothers and one sister, Don Brookshire of Collinsville, Oklahoma, Fred Martin and his wife Paulette of Bartlesville, Wanda Sullivan of Bartlesville and six nephews. A memorial has been established with the Dewey First Freewill Baptist Church...

Jul 1, 2006

Ethel May Trantham, long time Craig County resident passed away in Altus, OK at the English Village Nursing Home on Saturday, July 1, 2006. Services are Pending wth the Luginbuel Funeral Home in Vinita, OK.

Service Details

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006 2:00pm, Luginbuel Funeral Home

Interment Details

Jun 30, 2006

Allen Dee Powell, Sr. Vinita resident passed away at Harris Methodist HEB Hospital in Bedford, TX on Friday, June 30, 2006. Mr. Powell was born on October 9, 1933 in Pedernal, NM to Lee Allen and Beatrice Taylor Powell. One June 21, 1958 he married his wife Sandra Sue Jarvis. Allen worked for Northrup Drummond (Vought) until his retirement in...

Jun 28, 2006

Our beloved son and brother, Garrett Tyler Edward Elliott, age 7, died Wednesday June 28, 2006 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Garrett was born November 5, 1998 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma the son of Rorry and Amy Elliott. He attended Kindergarten at Copan Schools and was a member of Rose Hill Baptist Church where Vacation Bible School was special...

Jun 27, 2006

Ernest Marion Harkins Funeral services for Ernest M. Harkins will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 30, 2006, at Benjamin Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Restlawn Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kansas. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Home of Nowata. Ernest Marion Harkins was born December 18, 1923, in Grove, Oklahoma, to Thomas Oliver and Florence (Coons) Harkins....

Jun 27, 2006

Juanita Cherokee Johnson, 94, of Vinita, passed away late Tuesday evening at Craig General Hospital in Vinita. Born on Sept. 27, 1911 in Estella, OK to Zeno and Emma (Beck) Cox. She was married to Harold Johnson in 1957. . She and her husband moved to Vinita from Wichita, KS in 1957 and was a member of the Church of...

Jun 25, 2006

Boyd Talley Boyd Gayle Talley of Tulsa died Sunday June 25, 2006 at the Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove. He was 82. Boyd was born March 16, 1924 to Harvey and Myrtle (Tregemba) Talley at Windom, Ks. He graduated from Overbrook Ks. High School in 1942 then enrolled at the University of Kansas on a football scholarship. His education...

Jun 21, 2006

Shirley Geraldine Shipley, a resident of Nowata was born August 10, 1929 in Delaware, Oklahoma to Vivian and LeRoy Lewis. She passed away June 21, 2006 at Nowata, Oklahoma at the age of 76 years 10 months and 11 days. Mrs. Shipley attended schools in Delaware, Oklahoma where she graduated with the Class of 1947. She was soonafter married to...

Jun 21, 2006

Randall Pound 49 year-old resident of Langley died Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at the Southcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. He was born March 13, 1957 in Northridge, California to Wilbur Pound and Lindy (Perry) Pound Cates. Randall worked as a Plumbing Contractor. The family includes: his wife LaVonne of the home, his mother, Lindy Cates of Langley, two sons, Nicholas...

Jun 19, 2006

William "Hoggie" Daugherty Hoggie went to be with the Lord on Monday June 19, 2006 at the Monroe Manor in Jay, OK He was 77. Hoggie was born April 14, 1929 to Charlie and Ive (Turner) Daugherty at Jay, OK. He worked at Simmons Foods in Jay. Hoggie was very artistic, he loved to make wood carvings, draw, fox hunt,...

Jun 19, 2006

Dr. Harry Rathjen Dr. Orville "Harry" Rathjen died Monday June 19, 2006 at the Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Ok. He was 85. Dr. Rathjen was born January 10, 1921 to Harry and Laura (Tromerhauser) Rathjen in Marengo, Iowa. He married Bette Jean Fortner January 10, 1944 in Oklahoma City. He joined the United States Air Force, and served...

Jun 19, 2006

Charles E. Goforth Vinita resident passed away at Craig General Hospital in Vinita, OK on Monday, June 19, 2006. Born in Saint Louis, Missouri on November 9, 1935 to George and Fannie Rose (Bateman) Goforth. Mr. Goforth worked as a mental health aide at Eastern State Hospital and was a member of the Masons in Vinita. He is preceded in...

Jun 18, 2006

Grove, Ok. - Gerald R. VanDyke was born October 1, 1926 in St. Francis, Kansas. He passed away June 18, 2006 in Freeman Hospital, Neosho, Missouri at the age of 79 years. Gerald served in the United States Army Paratroopers during World War II. After World War II, he lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois for twenty-five years. He lived...

Jun 17, 2006

James William Fortney Vinita resident passed away at Claremore Indian Hospital in Claremore, OK on Saturday, June 17, 2006. He was born on July 7, 1959 in Bishop, California to James Ottis and Sylvia (Daughtery) Fortney. He worked as an Oilfield worker for many years. Mr. Fortney was preceded in death by his nephew, Aaron J. Kollars, his sister Serritta...

Jun 16, 2006

Edith Swanson, longtime Bartlesville resident, died on June, 16 , 2006, at United Hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota following a fall in her apartment on June 9th. Edith Elizabeth Brewer was born near Durant, Oklahoma on March 25, 1911. She completed a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Southeastern College in Durant. Her first job was teaching high school music...