Obituaries

Patricia Sharp

Patricia Sharp

Nov 1, 2014

Graveside services for Patricia Lee Sharp are 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at Ball Cemetery with Rev. Rick Thayer officiating. There will be a family visitation 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, November 8, 2014 at the First...

Dewayne Franks

Dewayne Franks

Nov 1, 2014

Luginbuel Funeral Home - Vinita - 918-256-5555........ DeWayne Franks, 79 year old, prominent business man of Big Cabin, passed away at his home on November 1, 2014. He was surrounded by his family. Mr. Franks owned and operated Travel Plaza Service Center, first in Ft. Smith, Arkansas then for forty-six years as Big Cabin Travel Plaza in Big Cabin as...

Bonnie Birkes

Bonnie Birkes

Oct 31, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK....918-786-2261....Bonnie L. Birkes, 89 year old, Grove, Oklahoma resident, passed away Friday, October 31, 2014 at the Grove Nursing Center. Bonnie was born on May 13, 1925 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Park F. and Hazel I. (Wills) Powell. Bonnie graduated from Central High School in Tulsa, OK and then attend John Brown University for a couple...

Lawrence Brown

Lawrence Brown

Oct 31, 2014

Lawrence William "Larry" Brown, 66, of Claremore, OK and former Bartlesville resident, died Friday at Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m., Monday, Nov. 3 at Bartlesville Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home. Military rites will be accorded Mr. Brown by the Honor Detail...

Gary Dick

Gary Dick

Oct 31, 2014

Luginbuel Funeral Home - Vinita - 918-256-5555........ Gary Dwayne Dick, 53 year old Vinita resident, died Friday, October 31, 2014. Gary was born in Dallas, TX on October 10, 1961 to Herman and Helen (Whitetree) Dick. In 1980 he graduated from Grand Prairie High School in Grand Prairie, TX. Following graduation he served four years in the United State Navy....

Irene Evans

Irene Evans

Oct 29, 2014

Irene Mizell was born March 21, 1924 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, to Floyd and Viva (Smith) Mizell. There were seven children in her family. She married Stephen M. Evans, Jr., in April of 1942, also in Okmulgee. Of this union, two daughters were born, Donna Sue Evans Perry and Shirley Ann Evans Merkey. Irene loved the Lord first and served in...

Roger Regan

Roger Regan

Oct 29, 2014

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, 918-256-5555 Roger Warren Regan, 84 year old resident of Vinita, passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 in Tulsa at the St. Francis Hospital. He was born on April 10, 1930 in Highgate, Vermont to Rosmond and Beverly (Start) Regan. Roger served his country in the United States Army. He married Beverley Corey on November...

Anthony Grippando

Anthony Grippando

Oct 28, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, OK.....918-253-3222....There is no services planned or Obituary at this time.

Service Details

No Services Planned

Interment Details

Cremation

Barbara Watkins

Barbara Watkins

Oct 28, 2014

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita - 918-256-5555, Barbara A. Watkins, 93 year old Chelsea resident, died early Tuesday morning, October 28, 2014, at the Heartsworth Nursing Center in Vinita. She was born on December 14, 1920 in Chelsea to John Richard Beard Parks and Anne (Waldrop) Parks. Barbara was a graduate of Chelsea High School and attended OSU secretarial school...

Bret Acree

Bret Acree

Oct 28, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK....918-786-2261....There is no service or obituary planned at this time.

Service Details

No Services Planned

Interment Details

Cremation

Carl Smith, Jr.

Carl Smith, Jr.

Oct 27, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, OK.....918-253-3222....Cornelius Carl "Bolo" Smith, Jr., Kenwood resident, passed away on Monday, October 27, 2014 in Grove, OK at the age of 54 years. Bolo was born on August 5, 1960 in Tahlequah, OK to the late Cornelius Carl Smith, Sr. and Betty Jean (Vann) Tagg. He was raised in Kenwood and attended Little Kansas for school....

John Smith Sr.

John Smith Sr.

Oct 25, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK 918-786-2261 --- John Leslie Smith Sr. 64 year old Miami, OK resident passed away on Saturday, October 25, 2014, in Joplin, MO. John was born on December 5, 1949, in Afton, OK, to Willie Louis and Ada Grace (Baulch) Smith. He graduated from Afton High School and received a Bachelors' degree from Missouri Southern State...

William Smith

William Smith

Oct 24, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, OK - 918-253-3222 --- William F. (Bill) Smith 78 year old, Jay, Oklahoma resident, passed away at his home on Friday October 24, 2014. Bill was born January 5, 1936 in Southwest City, MO, to Roscoe and Pearl (Pearson) Smith. He received a Bachelors' degree from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, MO. Bill married Deanna...

Alice Swartz

Alice Swartz

Oct 22, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, OK....918-786-2261....The services and obituary are pending at this time.

Service Details

PENDING

Interment Details

Cremation

Violet Lovejoy

Violet Lovejoy

Oct 21, 2014

Service Details

Friday, October 24th, 2014 2:00pm, Sunnyside Cemetery

Interment Details

Sunnyside Cemetery

Norma Lafremier

Norma Lafremier

Oct 21, 2014

Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, OK Funeral services for Norma Alene Lafremier are 2:00 P.M., Thursday, October 23, 2014 at the First Baptist Church in Nowata with John McKinney officiating. Interment will follow at Ball Cemetery in Childers. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Memorials in Norma's name may be...

Allene Merritt

Allene Merritt

Oct 21, 2014

Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma Graveside services for Allene Howell Estlin Merritt are 11:00 A.M., Friday, October 24, 2014 at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery with Ben Killion officiating. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences maybe left at www.honoringmemories.com. In lieu of flowers, family suggests contributions to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. Allene Merritt...

Sherlene Sanders

Sherlene Sanders

Oct 20, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, OK - 918-253-3222 - Sherlene Russell Sanders was born May 1, 1954 in Tahlequah, OK to Roscoe Russell and Maude (Raven) Russell. She left this world to start her journey in heaven at 7:44 am on Monday, October 20, 2014 at the age of 60 years, 5 months and 19 days. She was raised in small...

Stanley Miller

Stanley Miller

Oct 20, 2014

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral home, Grove, OK 918-786-2261 ---Stanley A. Miller, age 66, died on October 21, 2014 in Grove, Oklahoma. Stanley was born on June 27, 1948 in Iola, Kansas to father Samuel A. Miller and mother Freda Del Miller. Stanley was preceded in death by his father in 1985 and mother in 2000, and a twin brother Steven A. Miller...