All Obituaries

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700.... Judy Sue Bolton, (Garrison), age 55 of Livingston, TX died April 18, 2021 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, OK.  (With her husband and family by her side)   The daughter of William F Garrison (deceased) and Peggy Sue (Morrow) Quintero of Coffeyville.     Judy was raised in South Coffeyville and attended elementary school in South Coffeyville, high school in Lenapah, and received her Associates...

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700....   Sherry Joel (Inman) Diamond, 74, of Nowata, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully in her home on April 14th, 2021, surrounded by her family. Sherry was born June 15, 1946, in Nowata, Oklahoma, to Joel “Jay” ElKanah Inman and Sherlotta “Lottie” Virginia (Hendricks) Inman. She attended and graduated from Nowata High School with the class of 1964. Sherry married Jerry Diamond in October of 1964 in Miami,...

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700....   Barbara June Benigar, 89, of Nowata, Oklahoma passed away at The Journey Home Hospice House in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on April 10, 2021. Barbara was born January 26, 1932, in Skiatook, Oklahoma to Theodore Griggs and Anna Zora (Fletcher) Griggs. She attended Skiatook High School until the ninth grade. She married the love of her life Carl Benigar Sr. on January 22, 1950, in Skiatook, Oklahoma. Barbara and Carl made...

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700.... Donald Milton Bates,86, of Nowata, passed away at The Journey Home Hospice House in Bartlesville on March 29, 2021.  Mr. Bates was born June 29, 1934 in Altamont, Kansas to Carl Harrison Bates and Ethel Mae (Sterling) Bates. He attended Chetopa, Kansas High School and continued his education for one year at Coffeyville Junior College and one year at Farriers College, in Sperry, Oklahoma. Mr. Bates Joined the United States Air...

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700....     Billy George Barnes, 89, of Nowata passed away at his home Tuesday, March 9, 2021. He was born June 19, 1931 in Nowata County, Oklahoma to William Edward and Marguerite (Moore) Barnes. Billy was a 1949 graduate of Childers High School.  He excelled in basketball and baseball.  On July 29, 2002, Billy married the love of his life Gaynelle Wickliffe in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Billy enjoyed fishing,...

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700.... Ruth was born Nov 6, 1941 in Marshall Missouri to Eugene Daniel North and Alice Christina Paxton North. She was a gift of an angle with her child like mind, loving heart, and the apple of her father’s eye. Ruthie as she was known to her family never knew what heartache or despair was in her lifetime for she was gifted to remain child like her entire life. For this reason, she required 24-hour care and for her own protection...

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700.... Steven Ovoyd Damron, 68, of Guthrie, Oklahoma and former Talala resident, passed away Tuesday morning, February 16, 2021 at Integris Health Hospital in Edmond, OK. Steven was born in Corona, California, on October 13, 1952, to Odie and Jean Damron.   The family lived in California while his dad was in the army. After the army they resided in Pawhuska on the Mullendore Ranch and then over 60 years ago made their...

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700.... Robert James Allen Jr., 80, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2021 in Nowata, Oklahoma. He was born on October 13, 1940 in Delaware, Oklahoma to Robert James “Bud” and Georgia Mae (Teufel) Allen. At an early age him and his two brothers was members of First Church of God. Robert was a 1959 graduate of Nowata High School. While in school Robert played the trombone in the band. While in high school Coach Brown recruited...

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE  NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700.... Jeanette Irene (Martin) Vaughan, 84, went to her heavenly home on Thursday, February 11, 2021.    Jeanette was born March 1, 1936, in Alluwe, OK, to Robert and Ruth (Smith) Martin. She was one of seven siblings of the home. She married her high school sweetheart, Thomas William Vaughan on January 25, 1953, in Alluwe, OK. They cherished over fifty years together until his passing in 2003. She enjoyed being a...

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLHAOMA 918-273-2700....  Gayle Edna (Callison) Murphy, 91, went home to live eternally with the Lord on Wednesday, February 10, 2021.  She was born on February 13, 1929 in Nowata, Oklahoma to Charley and Josephine (Hutton) Callison. She grew up and attended school at Nowata. Gayle married the love of her life, LeRoy Murphy on December 20, 1942 in Bartlesville, OK. They enjoyed 46 years of marriage on this earth before LeRoy’s passing...