Obituaries
Allen Powell
Jun 30, 2006
Allen Dee Powell, Sr. Vinita resident passed away at Harris Methodist HEB Hospital in Bedford, TX on Friday, June 30, 2006. Mr. Powell was born on October 9, 1933 in Pedernal, NM to Lee Allen and Beatrice Taylor Powell. One June 21, 1958 he married his wife Sandra Sue Jarvis. Allen worked for Northrup Drummond (Vought) until his retirement in...
Garrett Elliott
Jun 28, 2006
Our beloved son and brother, Garrett Tyler Edward Elliott, age 7, died Wednesday June 28, 2006 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Garrett was born November 5, 1998 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma the son of Rorry and Amy Elliott. He attended Kindergarten at Copan Schools and was a member of Rose Hill Baptist Church where Vacation Bible School was special...
Ernest Harkins
Jun 27, 2006
Ernest Marion Harkins Funeral services for Ernest M. Harkins will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 30, 2006, at Benjamin Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Restlawn Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kansas. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Home of Nowata. Ernest Marion Harkins was born December 18, 1923, in Grove, Oklahoma, to Thomas Oliver and Florence (Coons) Harkins....
Juanita Johnson
Jun 27, 2006
Juanita Cherokee Johnson, 94, of Vinita, passed away late Tuesday evening at Craig General Hospital in Vinita. Born on Sept. 27, 1911 in Estella, OK to Zeno and Emma (Beck) Cox. She was married to Harold Johnson in 1957. . She and her husband moved to Vinita from Wichita, KS in 1957 and was a member of the Church of...
Boyd Talley
Jun 25, 2006
Boyd Talley Boyd Gayle Talley of Tulsa died Sunday June 25, 2006 at the Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove. He was 82. Boyd was born March 16, 1924 to Harvey and Myrtle (Tregemba) Talley at Windom, Ks. He graduated from Overbrook Ks. High School in 1942 then enrolled at the University of Kansas on a football scholarship. His education...
Shirley Shipley
Jun 21, 2006
Shirley Geraldine Shipley, a resident of Nowata was born August 10, 1929 in Delaware, Oklahoma to Vivian and LeRoy Lewis. She passed away June 21, 2006 at Nowata, Oklahoma at the age of 76 years 10 months and 11 days. Mrs. Shipley attended schools in Delaware, Oklahoma where she graduated with the Class of 1947. She was soonafter married to...
Randall Pound
Jun 21, 2006
Randall Pound 49 year-old resident of Langley died Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at the Southcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. He was born March 13, 1957 in Northridge, California to Wilbur Pound and Lindy (Perry) Pound Cates. Randall worked as a Plumbing Contractor. The family includes: his wife LaVonne of the home, his mother, Lindy Cates of Langley, two sons, Nicholas...
William Daugherty
Jun 19, 2006
William "Hoggie" Daugherty Hoggie went to be with the Lord on Monday June 19, 2006 at the Monroe Manor in Jay, OK He was 77. Hoggie was born April 14, 1929 to Charlie and Ive (Turner) Daugherty at Jay, OK. He worked at Simmons Foods in Jay. Hoggie was very artistic, he loved to make wood carvings, draw, fox hunt,...
Orville Rathjen
Jun 19, 2006
Dr. Harry Rathjen Dr. Orville "Harry" Rathjen died Monday June 19, 2006 at the Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Ok. He was 85. Dr. Rathjen was born January 10, 1921 to Harry and Laura (Tromerhauser) Rathjen in Marengo, Iowa. He married Bette Jean Fortner January 10, 1944 in Oklahoma City. He joined the United States Air Force, and served...
Charles Goforth
Jun 19, 2006
Charles E. Goforth Vinita resident passed away at Craig General Hospital in Vinita, OK on Monday, June 19, 2006. Born in Saint Louis, Missouri on November 9, 1935 to George and Fannie Rose (Bateman) Goforth. Mr. Goforth worked as a mental health aide at Eastern State Hospital and was a member of the Masons in Vinita. He is preceded in...
Gerald Vandyke
Jun 18, 2006
Grove, Ok. - Gerald R. VanDyke was born October 1, 1926 in St. Francis, Kansas. He passed away June 18, 2006 in Freeman Hospital, Neosho, Missouri at the age of 79 years. Gerald served in the United States Army Paratroopers during World War II. After World War II, he lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois for twenty-five years. He lived...
James Fortney
Jun 17, 2006
James William Fortney Vinita resident passed away at Claremore Indian Hospital in Claremore, OK on Saturday, June 17, 2006. He was born on July 7, 1959 in Bishop, California to James Ottis and Sylvia (Daughtery) Fortney. He worked as an Oilfield worker for many years. Mr. Fortney was preceded in death by his nephew, Aaron J. Kollars, his sister Serritta...
Edith Swanson
Jun 16, 2006
Edith Swanson, longtime Bartlesville resident, died on June, 16 , 2006, at United Hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota following a fall in her apartment on June 9th. Edith Elizabeth Brewer was born near Durant, Oklahoma on March 25, 1911. She completed a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Southeastern College in Durant. Her first job was teaching high school music...
Lorraine Glass
Jun 13, 2006
Peewee (Lorraine Mary Jane) Glass was born on November 2, 1945 in Highland Park, Michigan to Leslie Vern and Dorothy Glass. Peewee started life as a very special person and on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 she has gone home to the heaven above. Peewee grew up in Apperson, Oklahoma. Like Mama, she always saw the brighter side of life in...
Jimmy Walker
Jun 13, 2006
Jimmy Ray Walker, 29, of Vinita passed away Tuesday in Vinita. Born on June 3, 1977 in Claremore to Bruce Perry and Brenda Heard Walker. Jimmy was a lifelong area resident. He had been a driveway attendant for Cherokee Truck Stop. Jimmy was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents; Ralph and Louise Heard and his paternal grandfather-Thomas Leroy Walker...
Mildred Dart
Jun 13, 2006
Mildred Twylo Frauenberger Dart Mildred Twylo Frauenberger Dart, 90, died Tuesday morning, June 13, 2006, at Nowata Jane Phillips Medical Center Funeral Services for Mrs. Dart are scheduled for Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at 2:00 p.m., in the Nowata Church of the Nazarene, 141 S. Pine. Mrs. Dart was born at her parent's home in Coody's Bluff, Oklahoma on October...
Vera Newkirk
Jun 12, 2006
Vera Katherine Newkirk Longtime Vinita resident passed away at her home in Vinita, OK on Monday, June 12, 2006. She was born in Craig County on April 16, 1911 to Ottie Simpson and Gertie Ethel (Brown) Dye. She married Charley Newkirk on October 11, 1952 in Bentonville, Arkansas. She worked in the Laundry Department at the State Hospital. She was...
Bion Hunt
Jun 11, 2006
Bion Lee Hunt, of Vinita, passed away Sunday, June 11, 2006 at his home. He was 99 years, 7 months and 24 days old. Born on October 17, 1906 in Swan, Iowa to Chester E. and Nancy (Brewer) Hunt. He lived in the Swan area until 1952 when he moved southeast of Vinita to the Carselowey Community where he lived...
Wayne Buckett
Jun 11, 2006
Wayne "Peekie" Buckett Wayne died Sunday June 11, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Ks. at the age of 70. Wayne was born July 19, 1935 to Grover and Gladys (Quallate) Buckett at Grove, Ok. He married Edna Sue Beard December 20, 1958 at Miami, Ok. Wayne worked at Vulcan Chemical Plant in the maintenance department for over 30...
Mary Meek
Jun 9, 2006
Mary Jean Meek, a resident of Bartlesville, passed away at 3:35p.m., Friday, June 9, 2006 at her daughter's home in Bartlesville at the age of 49 years 8 months and 19 days. Mrs. Meek was born September 21, 1956 in Nowata, Oklahoma to Jacqulyn and Clarence Brannan. She grew up and attended schools in the Bartlesville area. Mrs. Meek worked...
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