Obituaries

Martha Carey
Nov 22, 2008
Martha A. Carey, 86, of Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma departed this life at 9:05 a.m. on November 22, 2008 in Monticello, Illinois. She was the last of 10 children. Martha was born April 24, 1922 in Bentonville, Arkansas to James and Gertrude (Kelly) Melton. She was retired from the food service industry. She enjoyed fishing, crocheting, and quilting. She was a...
Betty Tuggle
Nov 22, 2008
Betty Davis Williams Moore Tuggle 79 year-old Vinita resident, died Saturday evening November 22, 2008 at her son's home in Vinita. Betty was born on July 10, 1929 in Anderson, Missouri to Leroy and Aretta (Freeman) Davis. She graduated from Anderson High School as Valedictorian or her class. Betty formerly worked at First National Bank in Vinita and retired from...

Jennifer Ames
Nov 21, 2008
Mrs. Jennifer Elizabeth Ames, 43 years old, died Friday November 21, 2008 at St. Johns Hospital in Tulsa. Funeral services for Mrs. Ames will be held 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 28, 2008 at the Living Word Church in Nowata, Ok. Rev. Jim Winslow of the Living Word Church will preside over the services, with interment to follow in the Mt....
Patricia Wood
Nov 20, 2008
Patricia Stewart Wood passed away at Silver Lake Care Center on November 18, 2008. Patricia was born in Sand Springs, Oklahoma on December 4, 1921 to Harold and Kathryn Stewart. She attended Tulsa Central High and the University of Arkansas where she was president of her sorority, Chi Omega. Pat married James (Jim) Q. Wood and moved to Bartlesville in...

Norman Rayl
Nov 19, 2008
Norman Eugene "Gene" Rayl, 74 year-old resident of Sportsman Shores (Langley) Oklahoma resident, died early November 19, 2008. He was born March 16, 1934 in Warrensburg, Missouri to Norman and Nell Irene (Siron) Rayl. Gene was married to Doris Earline Hubbs on March 28, 1970 in Independence, Missouri. They had lived in the Grand Lake area for the past four...

Clemon Lewis
Nov 19, 2008
Clemon Doyle Lewis, 86, a resident of Grove passed away on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at Grand Lake Villa. Mr. Lewis's services are pending with the Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home of Grove. Friends and family may send online condolences at www.honoringmemories.com.
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Vol Faulkner
Nov 18, 2008
Clarence Vol Faulkner, age 86, of Vinita died November 18, 2008 at the Veterans Center in Claremore, OK. He was born August 22, 1922 in Little Rock, Arkansas the son of Charles B. Faulkner and Berdie Jeanette Tyler. The family lived in the Little Rock, AR area where Vol received his education and graduated high school. He enlisted in the...

Doris Mooney
Nov 17, 2008
Doris D. Mooney, 72 formerly of Pensacola, died Monday November 17, 2008 in Skiatook. She was born September 8, 1936 in Magazine, Arkansas to Roy I. and Ollie (Harris) Davis. Doris married Everett W. Mooney on June 6, 1960 in Guthrie, Oklahoma. She was retired from the Turley Bank and a housewife. Doris was a member of the Pensacola Baptist...
Debra Killion
Nov 17, 2008
Debra D. Killion, 50 year-old Vinita resident died Monday, November 17, 2008 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. She was born January 17, 1958 in Vinita to Sammie Charles and Zella (Morrison) Killion. Debra graduated from Afton Vo-tech as an LPN, she had lastly worked at the Home of Hope, and had also been a CPR instructor. Debra loved...
Jefferson Luginbuel, Jr.
Nov 16, 2008
Jefferson Peter Luginbuel Jr., 62, of Denver, Colorado passed away November 16, 2008 at Rose Medical Center. Jeff was born June 19, 1946 in Vinita, OK. He was the son of the Jefferson and Ruth Caldwell Luginbuel, also from Vinita, OK. He was survived by his wife Trudy Insalaco-Luginbuel. Jeff graduated from Columbia College with a degree in Management. He...
Pamela Freeman
Nov 14, 2008
Pamela Jean Freeman 58, of Nowata went to be with the Lord on November 14, 2008. Funeral services for Pamela Freeman are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in the Trinity Full Gospel Church with Rev. John Wilson and Rev. Jim Winslow officiating. Final committal rites will be accorded Mrs. Freeman in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Nowata. Arrangements are under...

Willa Lay
Nov 14, 2008
Willa "Billie" Lay, age 75, a resident of Vinita died Friday November 14, 2008 at Craig General Hospital. She was born December 3, 1932 in Vinita the daughter of Claude Earl Ornder and Rosie (Fair) Ornder. She was reared and received her education at Sacred Heart Academy. She and Jim Lay were married and they continued to make their home...

Lloyd Cochran
Nov 14, 2008
Lloyd Hubert Cochran, 91, of Grove, Oklahoma died Friday, November 14, 2008 at Monroe Manor in Jay, Oklahoma. He was born January 21, 1917 in Morrow County, Ohio to George Washington Cochran and Mary Wolfe. Lloyd retired from Betty Zane Popcorn in Marion, Ohio where he worked as a foreman. He and his wife Mary moved to Phoenix, Arizona in...
Charles Petty
Nov 13, 2008
Charles "Pee Wee" Petty, Sr. Obituary Grove, Ok. - Charles "Pee Wee" Petty, Sr., 83, died Thursday, November 13, 2008 at his home. He was born on January 18, 1925 to Clarence and Eura (Howard) Petty in Dennis, Oklahoma. Pee Wee was married to Anita Delores Scuggins. He was a member of Hickory Grove Church and enjoyed playing dominoes and...

Laurence Pickard
Nov 10, 2008
Laurence Kent "Larry" Pickard, 91, of Wilmington, Ohio (formerly of the Council House Community, near Grove, Oklahoma) died 9:20 AM, Monday, November 10, 2008 at Cape May Retirement Village, Wilmington, Ohio. His wife, Lucille Alice May Brotherton preceded him in death August 1999. They were married April 3, 1943. Mr. Pickard was born April 9, 1917 in Rowley, Massachusetts, son...
Helen Haney
Nov 10, 2008
Helen Haney, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away Monday, November 10, 2008 at the age of ninety-one. She was born Helen Odett Campbell on February 2, 1917 in Big Cabin, the daughter of William Ernest and Maude (Lauchner) Campbell. She was a graduate of Big Cabin High School, and a lifetime Big Cabin resident. In 1935, she married...

Geraldine Butcher
Nov 9, 2008
Service Details
Saturday, November 15th, 2008 2:00pm
Interment Details
Fairland Lutheran Cemetery

John Carroll
Nov 9, 2008
John Henry Carroll, 89, died Sunday afternoon, November 9, in Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was born October 3, 1919, in Alluwe, Oklahoma, the only child of Leo W. and Anna Frisbie Carroll. In 1920, the family moved to Nowata, where he attended school, graduating from Nowata High School in 1937. John married Ruby Lloydene Wiley June 14,...