Obituaries

Harold Lay
Jul 27, 2011
Harold (Bud) David Lay was born February 1, 1947, in Nowata, Oklahoma, to Virgil Harold Lay, and Stella Mae (Huggs) (Lay) Payton. He passed from this life at Bartlesville Care Center, in Bartlesville, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Bud attended Nowata Schools and later served twelve and a half years in the United States Army. In 1968 he married Judy Wilcox....
Walter Palmer
Jul 26, 2011
WALTER GLENN PALMER 1918 - 2011 Walter Glenn Palmer reached the end of life's journey on July 26, 2011. He was born on April 5, 1918 in the small community of Newburg, Iowa to Walter Alden Palmer and Pearl Wickham Palmer. The sixth of eight children, he grew up attending Newburg Consolidated School and working with his father in the...
Don Whitney
Jul 26, 2011
Don Elmer Whitney, age 57, Grove resident, died surrounded by his family on Tuesday July 26, 2011. He was born May 26, 1954 in Wichita, Kansas to his parents, Lamar Henry and Mildred Arlene (Jones) Whitney. Don grew up in Kansas and Colorado, moving to Oklahoma in the late 1970s. Don enjoyed the outdoors, fishing, riding motorcycles, spending time with...
Joe Price
Jul 25, 2011
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 10:00am, Lone Elm Cemetery
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Lone Elm Cemetery
Lajaunta Mayes
Jul 24, 2011
LaJaunta Sue Mayes 55 year old resident of Welch; passed away Sun., July 24, 2011, at her parents' home. Mayes was born Nov. 28, 1955, in Miami, Okla., to Nancy Sue (Goins) and Carroll Elton "Kato" Mayes. Mayes graduated high school in Riverbank, Calif., and earned her Bachelor's Degree at Fresno State University and Master's degree at California State University...
Randy Brogman
Jul 24, 2011
Randy R. Brogden, age 57 passed away suddenly at Memorial Hospital in Rensselaer New York. He was born in Torrance, CA. Randy was a partner in the Brogden family construction business in Southern California, and moved on in 1992 to become the Facilities Manager for the Antares Alliance group, a computer software company located in Dallas, Texas. In 2000, Randy...

Woodrow Jordan
Jul 23, 2011
Woodrow Oliver Jordan, 93 year old Nowata resident passed away Saturday, July 23, 2011 at the Nowata Nursing Center. He was born June 9, 1918, in Purcell, Oklahoma, to William and Hattie Jordan. On August 28, 1941 he married Dorles Huff in Nowata. Woodrow loved to raise animals including horses, goats, and chickens. He loved the outdoors and talked about...
Rayma Harchar
Jul 23, 2011
Former Principal at Larkin Bailey Elementary in Owasso, OK, and Superintendent at Sperry Public Schools, Dr. Rayma Lea Adams Harchar, 59, recently of Hammond, Louisiana, died on July 23, 2011 in a car accident. Assistant Professor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Kaplan University. She is survived by her husband, John Harchar, her father and mother, Boyd and June...
Adeline Buzzard
Jul 23, 2011
Adeline Buzzard, age 69, died on Saturday July 23, 2011 at her residence in Jay, Oklahoma. Adeline was the daughter of Willie and Mary (Cummings) Stover; she was born on May 12, 1942. Adeline graduated from Oak Mission School. She was united in marriage to Grover Buzzard on December 16, 1977 in Miami, Oklahoma Adeline liked crafting, cooking, going to...
W. Janzen
Jul 22, 2011
W. Rudie Janzen, retiree of Phillips Petroleum Company, at the age of one hundred three and three-fourths years, passed away July 22, 2011 at Sterling House South in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
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Sunday, July 24th, 2011 1:00pm - 9:00pm
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 10:00am, First United Methodist...
Robert Hinman Jr.
Jul 22, 2011
Robert P. Hinman, Jr., 87 years old, passed from this earth and joined his Heavenly Father on Friday, July 22, 2011 in Grove, Oklahoma. He was born in Evansville, Indiana to Robert P. and Dorthea (Scheller) Hinman and was the oldest of four children. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters Mary and Barbara. Bob spent...
Edith Hale
Jul 20, 2011
Edith Faye Hale 1936 - 2011 Edith Faye (Morgan) Hale died Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at Grand Lake Village in Grove, Oklahoma. She was born June 18, 1936 in Vinita, Oklahoma to Clint and Opal (Hoodenpyle) Morgan of Big Cabin, Oklahoma. Edith attended schools in Council Grove and Vinita, graduating from Vinita High School in 1954. She then worked for...
Glenda Hipp
Jul 20, 2011
Glenda L. (Wolfe) Hipp, age 73, resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away at her home on Wednesday, July 20, 2011.
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Sunday, July 24th, 2011 1:00pm - 9:00pm, Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home
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Monday, July 25th, 2011 10:00am, Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home
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...Virginia Hahner
Jul 19, 2011
Virginia Josephine" Jo" or "JoJo" Hahner, 90 year old, Grove Oklahoma resident died Tuesday evening July 19, 2011. Jo was born on October 19, 1920 in Kansas City, Kansas to her parents, Rudolph and Matilda (Rosberg) Bade. She graduated from Rosedale High School in Kansas City and married the love of her life, Virgil Lee Hahner on May 30, 1941...

Bobby Russell
Jul 19, 2011
Bobby Joe Russell, age 57, Colcord area resident, died at his home July 19, 2011. Bobby was born in Gower, Missouri on June 30, 1954 to his parents, Theron Ray Russell and Hazel Lillian (Botts) Russell. He graduated from Colcord High School and married Anita L. Dick on May 27, 1975 in Colcord. Bobby loved to hunt and fish, spend...
Martha Lawson
Jul 15, 2011
Martha Christine (McDonough) Lawson, age 80 of Vinita died Friday, July 15, 2011. Christine was born in Vinita on October 18, 1930, the daughter of Alva William and Elvina Marie (Nelson) McDonough. In 1948 she graduated from Vinita High School. She was united in marriage to Lloyd Lawson on June 28, 1949. For years she ran Christine's Antique Mall. She...
Clyde Miller
Jul 15, 2011
Clyde Russell "C.R." Miller, 70, resident of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma died Friday, July 15, 2011 at his home. C.R. was born April 27, 1941 in Craig County, Oklahoma son of Russell Raymond "Bob" Miller and Erma Lee (Woodall) Miller. C.R. grew up in Nowata County, graduating from Lenapah High School. C.R. furthered his education, receiving training in auto body repair....

Aiden Kingfisher
Jul 14, 2011
Aiden Joe Kingfisher, Infant son of Danita and Johnny Kingfisher Jr. passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2011. Graveside serivces for Aiden will be Friday at 2:00 PM at the Long Prairie Cemetery in Kansas, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of the Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Jay, Oklahoma.
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Friday, July 15th, 2011...
Marjorie Lawson
Jul 14, 2011
Marjorie E. (Hickman) Lawson, age 92, passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2011, in the Bartlesville Care Center. Marjorie Ellen Hickman was born September 19, 1918 in Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Blake Hickman and Nellie (Duding) Hickman. She was raised and attended school in Union City, Oklahoma City, Prague and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Marjorie and S....
Wilson Patterson
Jul 13, 2011
Patterson, Wilson D. (Pat), 80, Langley, OK. resident passed away Wednesday, July 13th, 2011. Pat was born on February 18th, 1931 in Stokes, Ohio to the late John & Olive Patterson. Pat graduated from Wilbur Wright High School in 1950 where he met and married his best friend and love of his life, Janeana (Tallman) Patterson. They had been happily...