Obituaries
James Grapevine
Sep 4, 2012
James Andrew Grapevine, age 45, left this world on September 4, 2012 as a result of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Needlessly shot and killed, he leaves behind a loving daughter, Heather Dawn Grapevine, of the home and wife, Melody Kralichek Grapevine of Pryor, OK. He was born on September 16, 1966 in Peoria, Illinois to...
Preston Chandler Jr.
Sep 4, 2012
Preston "Skip" Chandler, Jr., 46 year old Ketchum resident, died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 in Disney. He was born September 10, 1965 in Afton, Oklahoma to Johana (Browning) and Preston Abe Chandler. Skip attended school in Adair, was the owner of the Full Moon Saloon and worked for Grand Lake Termite and Pest Control out of Cleora. He was married...
Susie Bark
Sep 3, 2012
Susie Bark, 87, year old, Kenwood Oklahoma resident passed away, Monday Spetember 3, 2012. Susie was born on May 15, 1925 in Delaware County to William and Maggie (King) Chumalooky. She was a homekaer most of her life, and enjoyed puzzle books, embroidery and quilting, bust most of all she loved spending time with her grandchildren. Susie was preceded in...
Harvey Garrett
Sep 3, 2012
Harvey A. Garrett, passed away at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK, on Monday, September 3, 2012 at the age of 93. Harvey was born March 18, 1919 in Durant, OK, the son of the late Harvey Garrett and Kathrine (Roller) Garrett. Harvey grew up in the Durant area. After high school, Harvey went to business school for a...
Thomas Lester
Sep 2, 2012
Thomas Arthur Lester 1927 - 2012 Former resident of Grove, OK; Pittsburg, KS; Atchison, KS; Caldwell, KS; and Drumright, OK. Thomas Lester, 85, of Grove OK, passed away Sunday, September 2, 2012, in the comfort of family and friends in Overland Park, KS. He suffered a stroke at his home on June 29, had been hospitalized in Grove and Overland...
Robert Fromeyer Sr.
Sep 2, 2012
Robert William Fromeyer, Sr. passed away at St. John's Medical Center in Tulsa, OK on Sunday, September 2, 2012 at the age of 48. Robert was born on November 26, 2012 in Culver City, CA, the son of Joel Glen Fromeyer and Carolyn Sue (Tyra) Fromeyer. Robert grew up in Hemet, CA and attended school there until he joined the...
Michael Mcginnis
Sep 2, 2012
Funeral services for Michael Wade McGinnis will be held 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 6, 2012 at Benjamin Funeral Service Chapel. Burial will follow at the Scott Cemetery, Craig County, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service, of Nowata. Michael Wade McGinnis, 70, of Nowata, passed from this life Sunday September 2, 2012 at Jane Phillips Nowata Health...
Tony Addington
Aug 31, 2012
Tony Gene Addington, 68 years old, passed away Friday August 31, 2012. Tony was born on April 8, 1944 in Jay, Oklahoma to Houston and Thelma (Earp) Addington. He was a graduate of Jay High School. Tony served in the United States Army from 1966 - 1968. During his service time, he made 30 plane jumps and 3 helicopter jumps....
Roy O'Dell
Aug 31, 2012
Roy O'Dell, 60 year old Grove resident, passed away Friday August 31, 2012 with his family by his side. Roy was born on January 3, 1952 in Bokoshe, Oklahoma to Robert Lee and Erma Lee (Morgan) O'Dell. He graduated from Stigler High School in 1970 and from East Central University in 1974. Roy married Ellen Faye (Rust) on June 7,...

M. Moreland
Aug 31, 2012
M. Joline Moreland, passed away at St. Johns Medical Center in Tulsa, OK, on Friday, August 31, 2012 at the age of 85. Joline was born November 12, 1926 Around Graham, TX, the daughter of the late Merritt Stewart and Hazel (Wilcox) Stewart. Joline grew up in Texas and New Mexico. While working for the Phillips Petroleum Company, Joline meet...

Mickey Huggins
Aug 29, 2012
Mickey Joe Huggins, passed away at the Betty Ann Nursing Home in Grove, OK, on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at the age of 57. Mickey was born February 10, 1955 in Fairland, OK the son of the late Edgar Joe Huggins and Alice Ruth Huffaker. Mickey grew up in the Hickory Grove area and worked for the airline manufacturing industry...

Jack Blevins Jr.
Aug 28, 2012
Jack Blevins, Jr., age 85 of Tiajuana, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012. Jack was born in Vinita on February 22, 1927 to Jack and Nancy (Looney) Blevins. He worked for numerous years as an electrician. Jack was a socialite who never met a stranger. His favorite hobby was fishing. Survivors include his daughter Rhonda Harper and husband Ernie, grandchildren: Justin...
Ellsworth Fromm
Aug 28, 2012
Ellsworth Hubbard "Hub" Fromm, age 100, passed away on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, in the Forrest Manor Nursing Center, Dewey, Oklahoma. Born August 14, 1912, in Chillicothe, Ohio, Hub has vivid memories of events that most of us only have read about. Just six years old in 1918 as World War I was winding down, he still remembers the global...
Sandra Davenport
Aug 27, 2012
Sandra Ann (Hildebrand) Davenport 73 year old Vinita resident, passed away Monday, August 27, 2012 at her home. She was born November 22, 1938 in Miami, Oklahoma to Charles Owen Hildebrand and Nellie Irene (Shaw) Hildebrand. Sandra attended school and graduated from Centralia in 1956. On August 10, 1956 she married Duane Davenport in Welch, they had just celebrated 56...
Troy Porter
Aug 25, 2012
Troy James Porter, 61 year old, Jay, Oklahoma resident passed away Saturday, August 25, 2012. Troy was born on February 20, 1951 in Kansas City Kansas to Arthur and Addie (Gilbreath) Porter. Troy has several occupations but had most recently worked as a janitor for Grand Lake Casino. He was an avid OU fan, and enjoyed bingo as well as...
Charles West
Aug 25, 2012
Charles Ward West, age 77, went to be with his Lord and Savior, while surrounded by his family, on Saturday, August 25, 2012 in Grove, Oklahoma. Charles was born March 14, 1935, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Everette Rolley and Louise Ellen (Hogan) West. After graduating from Tulsa Central High school in 1953, Charles proudly served and eventually retired as a...
Mary Beal
Aug 25, 2012
Mary Elizabeth Beal, 86, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2012, at Betty Ann Nursing Center in Grove, Oklahoma, with her family at her side. Mary "Liz" was born November 10, 1925, to James Jackson and Nancy (Casper) Jackson, in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. She was the tenth born of 13 children. Mary grew up in the Grove area attending Ketcher School...
Rebecca Cook
Aug 25, 2012
Rebecca Lynn Cook, 57 year old Vinita resident lost her battle with cancer on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at the St. Francis Hospital Tulsa. She was born February 2, 1955 in Bakersfield, California to Joyce (Coleman) and Raymond Dale Goss. Rebecca loved God, she read her bible daily and was a peace with her fate. Rebecca main concern was her...
Annabelle Battles
Aug 25, 2012
Annabelle Florence "Ann" Sherrick-Battles was born in Strang, Oklahoma on May 21, 1921 to Oliver and Hattie (Baker) Sherrick. She went to be with the Lord on August 25, 2012. She lived her life with dignity and grace. She did not lose the battle, she won the race. Her formal education was earned in the Avant, Oklahoma school system. Admiringly...