Obituaries
Dewey Buck
Oct 4, 2007
Dewey Eugene Buck, 72-year-old Nowata resident, passed away at 2:50a.m., Thursday, October 4, 2007 at his home. Dewey Eugene Buck was born October 13, 1934 in Lymon, Oklahoma to Edward Dewey Buck and Nettie Olga Rogers-Buck. He attended schools in Nowata and went on to attend Coffeyville Community College where he also played football. He later married Marilyn Sue Hudson...

Dennis Christensen
Oct 4, 2007
Dennis Leroy Christensen, 66, a resident of Jay passed away on October 4, 2007 at his home. Mr. Christenson worked as a contractor for many years. No services are planned at this time.

Jess Collins, Jr.
Oct 3, 2007
Jess Lee Collins, Jr. 87 year old Disney resident, died Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He was born September 24, 1920 in Oakman, Oklahoma to Jess Lee and Beulah (Sloane) Collins. Jess was a graduate of Sapulpa High School, Northeastern Oklahoma State University with a B.A. in education, and the University of Tulsa with...
Diane John
Oct 3, 2007
Grove, Ok. - Diane Lyn John, age 62, died Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at Grove General Hospital. Diane's passing was sudden and unexpected. She was born on June 10, 1945 in Chanute, Kansas to James H. and Doris (Breedlove) John. She touched many lives wherever she went. Diane was co owner of Grand Graphics Printing for 14 years. She had...
Billy Patrick
Oct 2, 2007
Vinita, OK - Billy Haskell Patrick, 71, died Tuesday morning, October 2, 2007 at the home of his sister, Patti. Billy was born October 13, 1935 at Cleora, Oklahoma to Haskell Patrick and Isabell (Cook) Patrick. He graduated from Cleora High School in 1954, a class of ten boys. Billy was the Salutatorian of the class. In 1958, he joined...

Kathleen Farley
Sep 29, 2007
Kathleen Greer Farley, 59 year-old Vinita resident, died early Saturday September 29, 2007 at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born March 30, 1948 in McComb, Illinois to Russell and Susan (Hermetet) Good. Kathy worked at Phoenix Coal Sales for over 12 years at Vinita, in administration and trucking dispatch. The family includes: her husband Hunt Farley of...

Ronald Quisenberry
Sep 28, 2007
Bluejacket, OK - Ronald R. Quisenberry, 49, died Friday, September 28, 2007 at Renown Medical Center, Reno, Nevada. Ron was born September 19, 1958 at El Paso, Texas to William Quisenberry and Jan (Edwards) Quisenberry. He was an independent trucker and had served in the Navy Seabees. Ron married Sharon Henry on September 17, 2007 and the couple made their...
Rev. Falling
Sep 26, 2007
Anderson, IN - Leroy passed to his heavenly home on Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at Bethany Point Health Campus in Anderson. He was born on a farm on Indian allotment land, in Craig County, OK (near Vinita) to Freddie E. and Elvina (Cook) Falling. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Betty Mae Spence; a granddaughter, Sarah...

Mildred Reeder
Sep 26, 2007
Mildred Lavonne Reeder Mildred Lavonne Reeder was born June 14, 1935, in Umpire, Arkansas, to James and Lavada (Crownover) Middlebrooks. She passed from this life at Nowata Nursing Center Wednesday, September 26, 2007 after reaching 72 years, 3 months, and 12 days. She was a Christian woman with a very strong belief in God. She enjoyed reading, playing bingo, and...

Lorena Greenhagen
Sep 25, 2007
Grove, Ok. - Lorena (Rena) B. Greenhagen, was born on May 26, 1940 at Kansas City, Kansas to David and Nellie (Smith) Beasley. She passed away September 25, 2007 after a long battle with MS and other complications at age 67 years, 4 months. Lorena worked several years as a clerk for the UP Railroad at Kansas City, Kansas. She...
Eulala Jenkins
Sep 23, 2007
Eulala O. Jenkins, age 86, a longtime resident of Bartlesville died Sunday, September 23, 2007 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Funeral services will be Monday October 1, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. in the Colonial Chapel in the Neekamp -Luginbuel Funeral Home with Rev. Owen Howell and Pastor Karl Ogans officiating with interment in the Memorial Park Cemetery in...

Wayne Mouse
Sep 23, 2007
Wayne Mouse, 42, a resident of Jay, OK passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2007 at his home. Mr. Mouse was born on March 13, 1965 to Cherokee Bill Mouse and Rosalee (Downing) Keener. Mr. Mouse was an OU fan and loved his grandchildren. Wayne was a member at White Water Baptist Church, he worked construction, and he drove a...
Thomas Dawson
Sep 22, 2007
Vinita, OK - Thomas Warren "Tommy" Dawson, 74, died Saturday morning, September 22, 2007 at Home of Hope Group Home of Vinita. Tommy was born September 19, 1933 at St. John Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Gerald R. Dawson and Elizabeth (Warren) Dawson. He grew up in Tulsa and became a resident of the Home of Hope over 30 years...
Woodrow Walker
Sep 22, 2007
Woodrow Floyd "Woody" Walker, 95 year-old rural Vinita (Pensacola) resident, died Saturday, September 22, 2007 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He was born August 8, 1912 in Eucha-Topsy area to James Buchanan Walker and Eliza Howdeshell Walker. Woodrow was married to Helen Mae Graham on December 2, 1935 in Jay, she preceded him in death on May 23,...

Samuel Bellamy
Sep 21, 2007
Samuel Allen Bellamy Graveside funeral services for life long Nowata resident Samuel Allen Bellamy will be held 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at Winganon Cemetery, Winganon, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Home, of Nowata. Samuel Allen Bellamy was born January 21, 1963, in Nowata, Oklahoma, to Bill and Anna Belle (Woolman) Bellamy. He passed from...
Mrs. Luvinia Siler
Sep 20, 2007
Luvinia Ruth Siler, 86 year old rural Vinita resident, died Thursday, September 20, 2007 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. She was born April 9, 1921 in Sapulpa, to Josh and Lucy (Blood) Lee. Oldest of nine children, she raised two brothers, after the early death of her parents. She married Charley Newton Siler on June 9, 1941 in...

Dot Epperson
Sep 19, 2007
Dot Louraine Epperson, 86 year-old Nowata resident, passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. Dot L. Epperson was born March 9, 1921 in Chandler, Oklahoma to Jack A. Pierce and Lizzie Josephine Stevens-Pierce. She attended schools in the Nowata area for several years and later went on to work as the manager for McClellan's...
Pauline Barnes
Sep 18, 2007
Pauline Marie Barnes 56 year-old Vinita resident, died Wednesday evening September 18, 2007 in Claremore, after an extended illness. She was born April 19, 1951 in Vinita to Lewis and Jean Marie (Galvin) Cass. Pauline was a graduate of Vinita High School. She worked as a sales representative for ITC for the past few years. Pauline was a member of...
Anita Marquis
Sep 18, 2007
Anita Gail Marquis, 47 year old Vinita resident, died Tuesday September 18, 2007 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was born June 10, 1960 in Muskogee to Kenneth Edward Bass and Juanita Deloris (Jones) Beck. Anita graduated from Vinita High School in 1978. She married Tony Marquis in Miami on May 8, 1983. Anita worked in food...

Joseph Biggerstaff
Sep 17, 2007
Joseph Edward "Joe" Biggerstaff Joseph Edward "Joe" Biggerstaff was born in Van Buren, Arkansas, March 2, 1939, to David Clay and Ellen Louise (Goings) Biggerstaff. He passed from this life Monday, September 17, 2007, at Hillcrest Hospital, in Tulsa after reaching 68 years, 3 months, and 2 days. His family moved to Nowata in the early 1940's and he graduated...