Obituaries
Lindsey Marsh
May 9, 2019
Lindsey Blaine Marsh 59-year old Vinita, OK resident passed away at his home May 9, 2019. Lindsey was born April 28, 1960 in Miami, OK the son of Charles Franklin Marsh and Doris Elaine (Speer) Marsh. Lindsey lived in Afton until the age of 4, he then moved to Sand Springs, then to Jay, and in 1985 he moved...
Janet Rice
May 7, 2019
Janet L. Rice, age 73 and resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on May 7, 2019 in St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Janet Lynne Means was born on August 25, 1945 in Iola, Kansas. She was the daughter of Frank Means and Edna Simmons. She grew up in Iola where she graduated high school in...
Mable Kennedy
May 7, 2019
WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME - JAY, OKLAHOMA - 918-253-3222. Mable Belle Kennedy, 96 year old resident of Jay, Oklahoma, passed away on May 7, 2019.
Mable was born on October 2, 1922 in rural Delaware County. She was the loving daughter of Ben and Ethel (Cooper) Howe. Mable Belle had many nick names, DooDoo and Bud and Nanny....
Earl Sass
May 7, 2019
Earl W. Sass joined our Lord and Savior Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
He was born on May 9, 1920 to Will and Martha Sass, in Port Huron, Michigan.
He served our country in the US Army during World War II and the Korean War.
Upon his return...
Ursula Daniels
May 6, 2019
Ursula E. Daniels, age 84, a homemaker, passed away on Monday morning, May 6, 2019, at her home in Bartlesville. After a long and difficult struggle with Parkinson’s and chronic heart failure, she answered a call from her sister, mother and father to join them in Heaven.
Ursula Erna Daniels was born on March 6, 1935 in...
Alyene Martin
May 6, 2019
WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME - JAY, OKLAHOMA - 918-253-3222. Edna “Alyene” Martin, 72, passed away on May 6, 2019 in Jay, Oklahoma.
Alyene was born on September 9, 1946 in Leach, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Richard Martin and Florence Arminda (Cowan) Martin. Alyene attended the First Assembly of God Church in Jay. She...
Sue Thompson
May 6, 2019
“Sue” Katherine Thompson, age 83 and resident of Bartlesville, passed away on May 6, 2019 at her home.
Sue Katherine Parker was born on August 25, 1935 in Bartlesville. She was the daughter of ClarencePparker and Ahniwake Leona (Horner) Parker.
Sue was raised in the Bartlesville area. She attended Labadie Heights...
Eddie Coats
May 4, 2019
WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME - JAY, OKLAHOMA - 918-253-3222. Eddie Gene Coats, born June 3, 1941, passed from this life on May 4, 2019 with his family at his bedside.
Eddie was born in Vinita, Oklahoma. He leaves behind the love of his life, his wife Avenell Buchanan Coats with whom he was married to for over 60...
Wanda Wolfe
May 3, 2019
WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME, GROVE, OKLAHOMA, 918-786-2261. Wanda Lee Wolfe, age 88, formerly of Joplin, Missouri, more recently of Grove, OK, passed away Friday, May 3, 2019 at Grove Nursing Center, Grove.
She was born December 7, 1930 in Joplin, to the late John Clark Colson and Betsy Irene Stotts Colson.
Wanda married Fredrick Eugene Wolfe...
Claire Eighmy
May 3, 2019
Claire A. Eighmy, age 88 and resident of rural Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2019 at her residence.
Claire Albina Proulx was born on November 16, 1930 in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Edward Proulx and Anna (Poirier) Proulx. She was raised in the North Attleboro community where she...
Nadine Winters
May 1, 2019
BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE 918-273-2700...……….Nadine Mae Winters, 98, of Nowata passed away 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at her home in Nowata. Funeral service for Nadine will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday, May 11th at Nowata United Methodist Church, 109 West Shawnee Ave., Nowata Oklahoma with Pastor Jeffrey Rickman officiating. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. ...
Teddie Skinner
Apr 30, 2019
Teddie (Smoke) Clifton Skinner, 82-year-old Vinita resident, passed away at his home Tuesday, April 30, 2019. He was born on April 30, 1937, in Filer, Idaho, to Willie Earl and Eva Clara (Hammond) Skinner. Ted attended school in Ketchum and on September 7, 1957 he married Betty Brownlee Edwards in Vinita. He was a painter by trade and...
Claude Rainwater Jr.
Apr 30, 2019
BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE 918-273-2700...……. Claude Harrison Rainwater Jr., better known as “Harry or Fuzz” went to be with the Lord Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Nowata, OK. Harry was born February 24, 1927 in Lawrence, KS to Annette Bell Clements and Claude Harrison Rainwater Sr.,
Harry grew up at Coodys Bluff with his folks. He received his...
George Walker
Apr 29, 2019
Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita, OK (918) 256-5555......George Andrew Walker passed away on Monday, April 29, 2019 following a short bout with cancer. George was born February 12, 1941. He was the ninth child of a family of eleven children born to Charles Cary and Luella Pearl Walker. George attended school at Shanahan through the eighth grade, then attended White...
Euvonne Medley
Apr 28, 2019
WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME - JAY, OKLAHOMA - 918-253-3222. Euvonne May Masters Medley was born December 17, 1931 in Delaware County, Oklahoma, near Piney; and passed from this life on April 28, 2019, at home in Jay, Oklahoma. As a young girl, Euvonne lived in Detroit, MI during WWII, then moved with her family to back to Delaware County, Oklahoma,...
Barbara Croft
Apr 27, 2019
Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita, OK (918) 256-5555.....Barbara Croft was born on August 25, 1947 and passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at home surrounded by family. Barbara was a loving wife, mother, nana, sister and aunt. She was well known for her cooking. She was the happiest when feeding her family, driving the boat (which she ran over...
Idella Mcgaughey
Apr 26, 2019
Idella Flora McGaughey 98, passed away on April 26, 2019 in Tulsa, OK. Idella was born on November 19, 1920 in Adair, OK to Floyd and Ada (Parsons) Briggs.
Idella was of the Christian faith and worshipped at South Grand Lake Christian Church. She loved quilting, sewing and working in the yard, but mostly enjoyed spending time...
Donna Thomas
Apr 25, 2019
WORLEY-LUGINBUEL FUNERAL HOME, GROVE, OKLAHOMA, 918-786-2261. Donna Lucille Thomas, 86 year old Monkey Island resident, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019. Donna was born n Selman, Oklahoma on January 14, 1933 to Lyle and Matta (Hendren) Stewart. On July 2, 1954 she was united in marriage to the love of her life, Alan Thomas. Donna was known for being...
Ralph Richardson Jr.
Apr 24, 2019
ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK (918) 336-5225 - Ralph John Richardson, Jr. or "Booney" as most knew him, was a 73-year-old resident of Bartlesville and formerly of Nowata, who passed away Wednesday night, April 24, 2019 at Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville. Booney was born June 25, 1945 at Delaware, Oklahoma to Ralph Richardson, Sr. and Opal...

Beatrice York
Apr 24, 2019
BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE...............Beatrice Velva York 88, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, April 24, 2019. Beatrice was born in Whittenburg, TX on January 19, 1931 to Walter and Dessie (Spears) Martin. She grew up in Childers, Ok and attended Childers School system where she received her education. On August 26, 1956, she married the love of her life Lloyd...