Obituaries

Margaret Plut
May 24, 2008
Margaret A. Plut obituary Margaret A. Harper (Reed) Plut died on May 24, 2008 at Grand Lake Village in Grove, Oklahoma. She was born on February 28, 1917 in Joplin, Missouri. She was raised in Kansas but lived in Grove for nearly 50 years. Margaret enjoyed fishing, bowling, and traveling. She was preceded in death by her parents Augustus and...

Donna Reese
May 23, 2008
Donna Marie Reese, age 74, a longtime resident of Bartlesville went home to be with the Lord Jesus on Friday May 23, 2008 with her family at her side. Donna was born December 30, 1933 near Salina, Kansas, the second of three children born to Olof Pearson and Nelia Pearson. After graduating high school, Dick and Donna Pearson were united...
Jane Coffey
May 23, 2008
Jane Coffey, a resident of Grove passed away at her home on Friday evening, May 23, 2008. Mrs. Coffey was born June 24, 1947 in Cassville, Missouri to Ralph Sidney and Etries (Hopper) Quick. She married her husband of eighteen years, Richard Coffey on May 25, 1990 in Coffeyville, Kansas. Jane lived in Coffeyville from 1982 until 2001 when she...
Kenneth Wagner
May 22, 2008
Kenneth Wagner, 78-year-old Talala resident, passed away Thursday, May 22, 2008 in Broken Arrow. Kenneth Wagner was born October 10, 1929 in Dawson, Oklahoma to Arnold Wagner and Anna Glover-Wagner. He attended schools in Talala where he graduated and then went on to attend Oklahoma A&M College in Stillwater. He graduated there with his Bachelor's degree in Animal Science. On...

Smith Speakman
May 21, 2008
Smith Steven Speakman, 69, of Grove, Oklahoma died Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at his residence. He was born April 15, 1939 in Lebanon, Missouri to Smith E. Speakman and Della Cornelison. He married his wife Marianna on June 19, 1976 in Miami, Oklahoma. He served his nation in the National Guard and earned a degree of Bachelor of Science from...
Margaret Wickham
May 19, 2008
Obituary Notice Luginbuel Funeral Home Wednesday 05/21/2008 Margaret "Louise" Wickham passed away May 19, 2008 at her home after a extended illness. She was born September 13th, 1924 at Lenna, Oklahoma in McIntosh County to Robert Thomas and Laura(Perry) King. In 1929 the family moved to Calumt, OK where she spent her first years going to a small country school...

Lavonia Berry
May 16, 2008
Lavonia Berry, 79, went to be with the Lord May 16, 2008 at Grove, oklahoma. Before moving to Grove she was a member of Central Hillcrest Baptist Church in oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Lavonia was the devoted wife of Guy Berry for 62 years after being married on July 11, 1943 in Wanette, Oklahoma. She loved traveling , visiting family and...

Buddy Riner
May 13, 2008
Buddy Lee Riner Graveside funeral services for Buddy Lee Riner will be held 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 16, 2008, at Memorial Park Cemetery, Nowata, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Home, of Nowata. Buddy Lee Riner, seventy two year old Nowata resident, was born in Nowata County February 16, 1936 to George C. and Mary Taressa (Harney)...

Emma Boothe
May 13, 2008
Emma Lou Boothe, 57, of Grove, Oklahoma died Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. She was born April 21, 1951 in Fremont, Nebraska to Ralph E. Waage and Floy P. Neil Waage. Emma was working as office manager for the Rockman Youth Center at the time of her death. She loved gardening and fishing and...

Maybell Carey
May 13, 2008
Maybell Carey passed away at 5:05 p.m. on May 13, 2008 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Maybell (Webster) was born in Welch, Oklahoma on June 16, 1923 to James Alfred and Lillie Mae (Parmer) Webster. She was educated in Picher Schools and Miami Business College. She and James H. Carey, Jr. were married on April 11, 1945 at Columbus, Kansas. She worked...
Rilla Crawford
May 12, 2008
Rilla Juanita Crawford, 96 year-old Cleora resident, went to be with her Lord on May 12th, 2008 at her home. She was born May 17, 1911 in Zena to Albert and Ora (Waldroop) Smith. Rilla was married to Charles R. Crawford on August 14, 1930 at Bentonville, Arkansas. They made their home on a farm at Cleora and remained there...
Julia Haynes
May 12, 2008
Julia Elizabeth (Galvin) Haynes, age 64, a resident of Tulsa, OK died Monday May 12, 2008 at Clarehouse in Tulsa. Julia was born August 12, 1943 in Vinita, OK the daughter of Raymond Anthony Galvin Sr. and Lucy May "Big Knife" Galvin. After graduating the Sacred Heart Academy she attended the Draughn School of Business in Tulsa, NEO A&M in...

Carol Newby
May 10, 2008
Carol Jean Newby of Grove, Oklahoma went home to be with her Lord at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital. Carol was born January 15, 1932 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma to Raymond Peter George and Madeline (Gosselin) Flindt. She graduated from Pawhuska High School and then attended Northeastern State University in Tahlequah where she received her...

Lori Hogshooter
May 8, 2008
Lori Lu Hogshooter of Jay, Oklahoma went home to be with her Lord at 5:15 a.m., on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at Monroe Manor in Jay. Lori was born November 14, 1967 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Billy Joe Wolfe and Dayna Hogshooter. She was a proud member of the Cherokee Nation. She had worked as a laborer for Peterson's Poultry...
Eula Transue
May 8, 2008
Eula Pauline "Diddi" Transue, 89, a resident of Fairland, OK passed away on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital. She was born on May 27, 1918 to William Mitchell and Della Mae (Tovey) Gillespie in Nowata County. She married Aaron Transue in November of 1941; he preceded her in death on August 14, 1990. Diddi started working...
Robert Reusser
May 5, 2008
ROBERT E. REUSSER Robert E. "Bob" Reusser, 89, longtime resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, May 5, 2008, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Olathe, Kansas. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday, May 9 at Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Bartlesville. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, at First United Methodist Church, Bartlesville. Additional services to be...

Helen Pettinato
May 5, 2008
Helen D. Pettinato, age 90, died Monday May 5, 2008 at her home. Helen Deloris Pettinato was born on May 24, 1917, to Caroline and Albert Gladoski, in Lambert, Montana. She was raised and educated in eastern Montana and attended Eastern Montana State University, followed by ten years as an elementary school teacher. Helen married Russel Pettinato in 1949. They...
Ronnie Watkins
May 4, 2008
Ronnie Lee Watkins, 66 year-old rural Vinita resident, died early Sunday morning, May 4, 2008 at his home, after an extended illness. He was born August 19, 1941 in Vinita to Orville Dallas "Jack" Watkins and Lima Lee (Lay) Watkins. Ronnie was a graduate of White Oak High School. He married Billye Giles on June 29, 1962 at the Bunker...

James Koburi
May 4, 2008
James Koburi of Grove, Oklahoma died at 1:45 a.m., Sunday, May 4, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove. He was 78. Mr. Koburi was born July 15, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois to James and Aida (Colletti) Koburi, Sr. He grew up and attended schools in Chicago, Illinois. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the...
Charlotte Carter
May 4, 2008
Charlotte V. Carter, age 80, a longtime resident of Vinita Died Sunday May 4, 2008 at Cedar Ridge Assisted Living Center in Broken Arrow, OK. Charlotte was born March 26, 1928 in Catoosa, OK the daughter of Newton Foster and Erma Powers Foster. Charlotte was married to M. L. Avant. Later she and Homer Carter were united in marriage on...