Obituaries

Laramie Moffett

Oct 5, 2018

Benjamin Funeral Service Nowata, Oklahoma 918-273-2700.................................................................... Laramie Jayne Moffett, 16 years old went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 5th 2018. She was born August 14, 2002 to Jeramie and Amanda (Fields) Moffett. Laramie always had a smile on her face. She loved all animals mostly her horses, show calves. She was an accomplished rider in rodeo. She...

Mary Osten

Oct 5, 2018

Luginbuel Funeral Home Vinita, 918-256-5555…..Mary Lois Osten, age 91 years passed away at her home near Vinita on Friday, October 5, 2018 surrounded by her family. Lois was born in a farm house near Bushyhead on June 19, 1927 to Thomas and Flora Mae Cowan who preceded her in death along with her husband Jesse Louis Osten, sister Lula Mae...

Nancy Mceldowney

Oct 4, 2018

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma 918-786-2261. Nancy Irene McEldowney, 72 year old resident of Grove, Oklahoma, passed away on October 4, 2018 at the Grandwood Assisted Living Center. Nancy was born on May 21, 1946 in El Reno, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Raymond E. and Ida Irene (Slimp) Baker. Nancy was united in marriage to the love of...

Antonino Vargas

Oct 2, 2018

ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK (918) 336-5225 - At the age of 89, Antonino "Tony" Vargas, a longtime resident of Dewey, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully into the arms of our Lord on October 2, 2018. Tony was born in Dewey to Juanita Heredia Vargas and Remeigio Cortez Vargas on January 3, 1929. He attended and graduated from...

Lowell Coon

Oct 1, 2018

ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK (918) 336-5225 - Lowell Leslie Coon passed away peacefully at home on October 1, 2018, following a lengthy illness. He was born on July 19, 1922 to Judson McClain and Ethel Lillian (Evans) Coon in a five room farm house, one and one half miles east of Spickard, Missouri, where he was...

Herbert Roach

Oct 1, 2018

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma, 918-786-2261. Herbert Wesley Roach, 84 year old Grove resident, passed away Monday, October 1, 2018. Herbert was born in Hickory Ridge, AR on July 3, 1934 to William Kelly Roach and Jewel (Ramsey) Roach. He was united in marriage to Rosemary Goddard on July 17, 1956. Herbert served in the United States Air Force working...

Paul Witty

Oct 1, 2018

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700............. NO SERVICES PENDING AT THIS TIME. Paul Freeman Witty Born June 13, 1935 to Robert Witty and Mabel (Waller) Witty in Rio Honda Texas. Raised on cattle ranches in Texas and Oklahoma attending most of his schooling in Lenapah, Ok. Until the age of 14 when he left home to make his own way,...

Jerry Kendall

Sep 30, 2018

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-270-2700............... NO SERVICES PENDING AT THIS TIME.

Norma Cordill

Sep 28, 2018

ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK (918) 336-5225 - Norma Jean Cordill, 87, passed through the Holy Gates of Heaven to meet her Saviour on Friday, September 28, 2018. She was born at home on April 28, 1931 in Kansas City, Kansas and was the third child of Leonard Reuben and Minnie Alice Franklin. She graduated from Argentine...

Luke Warren

Sep 28, 2018

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma, 918-786-2261. Luke Tyler Warren, 19 year old Grove resident, passed away Friday, September 28, 2018. Luke was born in Grove on August 25, 1999 to Stand Watie Warren and Kristy Oliphant. Luke was a man of many things: honest and sincere, a hard worker, a jokester, a protector, and proud and grateful Cherokee. He had...

Iva Harrison

Sep 27, 2018

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700............... Iva June Harrison, 62, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2018 at her residence in Nowata, Oklahoma. She was born April 19, 1956 to Ivan Dean Reeves and Nancy J. Reeves (Black) in Nowata, Oklahoma. She received her education from Nowata School District, where she was a graduate of the Class of 1974. On May...

Carl Leach

Sep 27, 2018

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, Oklahoma, 918-253-3222. Carl Gene Leach, Sr., 72 years old, Cherokee elder, Spavinaw resident, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2018. Carl was born in Claremore on February 9, 1946 to Levi and Beatrice (Lawhead) Leach. He bravely served in the United States Army during Vietnam War as a Crew Chief and Door Gunner on the UH -...

Ted Gregory

Sep 25, 2018

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700..................... Ted Wesley Gregory passed away Tuesday September 25, 2018 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was born August 10, 1924 to Clair Raymond Gregory Sr. and Mable Ellen (Hill) Gregory in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. Ted received his education from Barnsdall School District where he graduated and continued his education at the...

Hazel Martin

Sep 23, 2018

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma, 918-786-2261. Hazel Belle Hall Martin, soon to turn 103 years on October 10, 2018, transitioned peacefully in her home in Grove, Oklahoma on Sunday evening, September 23 at 9:23 p.m. Hazel was born October 10, 1915 in Hamlin, Texas to parents John Ernest Hall and Sallie Belle Brown Hall. Hazel was surrounded by many of...

Vinita Mooney

Sep 21, 2018

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma, 918-786-2261. Vinita "Nita" Louise Mooney, 78, former resident of Jay, passed away on September 21, 2018 at her residence in Grove, Oklahoma. As to Nita's wishes, no services are scheduled.

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John Krouse Jr.

Sep 20, 2018

Benjamin Funeral Service Nowata, Oklahoma,918-273-2700................................................................... John B. "Bunky" Krouse Jr., 85, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2018 at Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center in Nowata, Oklahoma. He was born on February 25, 1933 to John B. Krouse Sr. and Lorene Tatum in Nowata, Oklahoma. John attended school in the Nowata Public School system where he graduated in 1953. John married...

Darlene Edwards

Sep 19, 2018

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma 918-786-2261. Darlene Beatrice (Hager) Edwards, 93 passed away on September 19, 2018 at her residence in Grove, Oklahoma. Darlene was born on September 14, 1925 in Bakersfield, Missouri. She was the daughter of Joseph Hager and Hazel (Tackett) Hager. Services are scheduled for 2:00 pm, Saturday, September 22, 2018 at the Church of Christ with...

James Hittle

Sep 18, 2018

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral, Grove, Oklahoma, 918-786-2261. James Patrick "Pat" Hittle, 52 year old resident of Kansas, Oklahoma, passed away on September 18, 2018 after an 8 year long hard battle with cancer. James was born on October 18, 1965 in Kansas City, Kansas. He was the loving son of Harold Hittle and Violet (Davis) Hittle. James grew up in Grove, Oklahoma....

Reeves Gentry

Sep 17, 2018

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay, Oklahoma 918-253-3222. Reeves "Rusty" Edward Gentry, 78 year old resident of Jay, Oklahoma, passed away on September 17, 2018 at McDonald County Living Center in Anderson, Missouri. Rusty was born on July 25, 1940 in Vian, Oklahoma. He was the son of Vincent Eugene and Ethel (Scantlin) Gentry. During his childhood, Rusty traveled with his family...

John Daniel

Sep 17, 2018

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICES NOWATA, OK 918-273-2700.......................... John Edward Daniel passed away Monday September 17, 2018 in Delaware, Oklahoma. He was born June 6, 1940 to Bruce Daniel Jr. and Grace Sanders Fussell in Childers, Oklahoma. John was raised by his grandparents Bruce and Georgia Daniel of Childers, Oklahoma. He received his education from Childers School District where he graduated. In...