Obituaries

William Brooks

Sep 18, 2011

William Brooks, age 44, died on September 18, 2011 at his residence in Jay, Oklahoma. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are under the directions of Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove, Oklahoma. Online condolences by be left at www.honoringmemories.com.

Service Details

NONE

Mary Johnson

Sep 17, 2011

Mary Elizabeth Johnson, "Ma" 94, Afton, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday September 17, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. at home in Afton surrounded by her family. Mary was born in Mankato, Minnesota, on October 30, 1916 to John Wesley Hinkle and Mary (Rottink) Hinkle. Mary married Bill H. Johnson in Kansas City, Missouri in 1942, he passed away on March 19,1973. Mary...

Hazel Barnett

Sep 17, 2011

Hazel Nadine Barnett, 86-year old "Grove Icon," passed away September 17, 2011 at home and surrounded by her loving family. Hazel was born December 4, 1924 to Karl and Anna Belle Flickinger. She graduated high school in Ft. Scott, Kansas in 1942 and also attended junior college and worked in Wichita, KS helping with the war effort by welding on...

Peggy Price

Sep 17, 2011

Peggy Louise Price, seventy eight year old resident of Bernice, OK died Saturday September 17, 2011 at Grove Integrals General Hospital. She was born May 11, 1933 in Wetumka, OK the daughter of Herman Bryan and Iva Swapshire Bryan. She and Tom Price were united in Marriage on January 6, 1956 in Wetumka and moved to the lake area in...

Nancy Paulding

Sep 17, 2011

Nancy "Carol" Paulding passed away on September 17, 2011. Carol was born to Walter and Nancy Cly on April 10, 1929 in Vinita. She was a graduate of Vinita High School and attended NEO A&M in Miami. Carol married A.D. "Buck" Paulding in 1951. Buck preceded her in death in October 2003. She was a member of the First Christian...

Jean Violanti

Sep 16, 2011

Emma Jean Violanti Jan. 8, 1922 - Sept.16, 2011 Emma Jean Violanti, 89, of Grove, Oklahoma, formerly of Monroe, Michigan, died Friday, September 16, 2011, in Integris Grove General Hospital. A graduate of Russell High School in Russell, Kentucky, she was born January 8, 1922, in Russell, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Lawrence I. and Lois E. (Cameron) Walker,...

Ray Albert

Sep 15, 2011

Ray was born East of Nowata on May 19, 1936 to Lewis Wesley and Margaret Elizabeth (Maggie) (Barnes) Albert, the youngest of four siblings. He passed away on September 15, 2011 in the Bartlesville Health & Rehab Center. He grew up in a Seventh Day Adventist household and later embraced the Southern Baptist faith. Like Father, like Son, Ray was...

Claud Guffey

Sep 15, 2011

Claude Robertson Guffey, 71 year old Spavinaw resident died Friday September 15, 2011 at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. He was born April 8, 1940 in Bartlesville, OK the son of Claude Floyd Guffey and Qunnie Agnes Robertson Guffey. He was raised and educated in Bartlesville and was a truck mechanic with Tulsa Spring. He moved to the lake area...

Everette Martin

Sep 14, 2011

Lifetime resident, Everette Franklin Martin, age 77, died on September 14, 2011 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. Everette was the son of Earl Hubert and Elizabeth Irene (Durham) Martin; he was born on February 11, 1934 in Grove, Oklahoma. Everette graduated from Grove High School and worked in the Auto Body repair business. He enjoyed shooting his...

Bonnie Perez

Sep 14, 2011

Bonnie Ruth Blackfox (Martinez) (Perez), age 75, went to Heaven on September 14th at Jane Phillips Hospital, Bartlesville, after a battle with health complications. Born October 5, 1935 in Strang, Oklahoma, to Ike and Julia (Grass) Blackfox. Bonnie married Robert (Bob) Alfonso Martinez, Sr. on July 5, 1955 at Washington County Courthouse in Bartlesville, Ok. Bob preceded her in death...

Virginia Elliott

Sep 13, 2011

Virginia R. Elliott, 73 year old Vinita resident died early Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. She was born December 15, 1937 in White Oak to Clifford and Mildred F. (Wallace) Copeland. Virginia was a graduate of White Oak High School. She married Carl J. Elliott on October 19, 1957 in Miami; Carl preceded her...

Billy Bond

Sep 13, 2011

Billy D. Bond, 72 years old Jay Oklahoma resident passed away on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, following a sudden illness. Billy was born on December 26, 1938 to John Elmo and Edna Bell (Easley) Bond. He served in the United States Army from 1959 - 1965 during the Berlin Crisis. Billy had several occupations of the years working for Franklyn...

Theodore Tiffany

Sep 13, 2011

Theodore Lee Tiffany was born on July 11, 1932 in Georgetown, New York to Lois Margaret Van Avery and Rev. Fred Robert Tiffany. He passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2011 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Theodore lived in Watertown, New York and New York City, and graduated from high school in Pontiac, Michigan. He graduated from Kalamazoo College in Michigan, and received...

Howard Slocter

Sep 12, 2011

Howard Raymond Slocter, 88, of Nowata, OK. passed away at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, OK. on Monday, September 12, 2011. He was born on October 2, 1922 to Ernest Andrew and Lena Mae (Ketchum) Slocter in Winganon, OK. Howard spent all of his life in the Nowata area. He was the last graduating class from Winganon High School...

Dale Litchfield, Jr.

Sep 11, 2011

Dale Irven Litchfield, Jr. 49 year-old resident of Claremore, passed away on September 11, 2011. Dale was born September 2, 1962 to Dale Irven and Mary Jane (Brooks) Litchfield. Dale was an apprentice in the Masonic Lodge, an avid fisherman and enjoyed online gaming, skydiving and riding his BMW motorcycle. Much of his adult life was dedicated to caring for...

Richard Blair

Sep 10, 2011

Richard Deal Blair, 79, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma passed away September 10, 2011 at his home. He was born October 2, 1931 in the Post Oak community to Lloyd Victor and Rose Eva (Turvey) Blair. He was raised and educated in the Bartlesville community, graduating from College High School in 1949. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1952 where...

Richard Klein

Sep 8, 2011

Richard I. Klein, 75, a resident of Grove, Oklahoma passed away at the Integris Grove General Hospital on Thursday, September 8, 2011. He was born on December 6, 1935 in Las Angeles, California to Harold and Eliza (Gaskill) Klein. Richard was a veteran of the United States Navy and a graduate of Cal Poly. He worked at his families printing...

Etta Harrison

Sep 6, 2011

Etta Wathena Harrison, 93, of Nowata, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at the Claremore Indian Hospital. Etta was born on May 25, 1918 to Clyde and Bertha (Colston) Sanders in Wimer, OK. Etta was married to John (Sam) Harrison on October 25, 1935 in Bartlesville, OK. After WWII, they moved to California where she was employed as a private...

Wilma Brown

Sep 5, 2011

Lifetime resident of Oklahoma, Wilma Lee Brown, age 90, died on Monday September 5, 2011 at the Grove Nursing Center. Wilma was the daughter of William C. and Lillie (Nix) Watkins; she was born on September 10, 1920 in Oilton, Oklahoma. She graduated from Fox High School, and then in 1938, was united in marriage to Oscar Shoupe in Healton,...

Roger Foster

Sep 5, 2011

Roger Blake Foster, 55, of Nowata, OK passed away at his home on September 5, 2011. He was born to Charles and Lela (Gooch) Foster on May 16, 1956 in Nowata. Mr. Foster graduated from Delaware High School. He joined the Air Force in December of 1975 and later was married to Lisa Pattison. He worked as an electrician for...