Oklahoma Deaths: Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008
Published: December 28, 2008
ALINE
Wallace, Tula Pearl (White), 66, homemaker, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Followers of Christ Church, northwest of Ringwood (Lanman, Helena).
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ARDMORE
Mixon, Velta L., 58, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Milo Cemetery, Milo (Craddock, Ardmore).
Rush, Dwight Wayne, 59, lawn care worker, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church (Craddock, Ardmore).
ATOKA
Jones, Kathy Stella, 37, homemaker, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, General Assembly and Church of the First Born (Atoka, Atoka).
BARTLESVILLE
Hunt, Bates Jr., 83, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, East Cross Methodist Church (Walker-Brown, Bartlesville).
Saltzman, Betty, 78, homemaker, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church (Walker-Brown, Bartlesville).
BENNINGTON
McCalip, Frances "Lou,” 71, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church (Coffey-Murray, Durant).
BUFFALO
Blue, Gerald Warren, 80, died Friday. Services Tuesday in Ashland, Kan. (Myatt, Ashland, Kan.).
CHICKASHA
Troutt, Roy, 87, former president of USAO, died Friday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday, USAO Chapel (Ferguson, Chickasha).
CLEMSCOTT
Garison, Wilma Jean (Hart), 76, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Dudley, Waurika).
CLINTON
Stockton, Leo W., 55, handyman, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday (Stanley-Lee, Clinton).
COPAN
Young, Betty Joe (Brumley), 77, died Thursday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, United Methodist Church (Arnold Moore, Dewey).
CUSHING
Pilgrim, Lois, 87, homemaker, died Thursday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Fairlawn Cemetery (Palmer Marler, Cushing).
DUNCAN
Rowe, Clarence Eugene, 76, construction worker, died Saturday. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday (Don Grantham, Duncan).
Savage, Marietta Belle, 61, homemaker, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday (Don Grantham, Duncan).
EDMOND
Adair, Marcus L., 90, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Cathedral of the Hills (Matthews, Edmond).
ENID
Thompson, Sheila Ann, 34, died Dec. 21. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Anderson-Burris, Enid).
FAIRVIEW
Felder, Janet Elizabeth (Lane), 69, died Friday. Vigil 6 p.m. today and Mass 10 a.m. Monday, St. Anthony Catholic Church, Okeene (Wilkinson, Okeene).
FAXON
Scherler, Carol Sue, 60, died Tuesday. Services were Saturday (Lawton Ritter Gray, Lawton).
FREDERICK
Griffith, Bob, 71, truck driver, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Monday (Gray Gish, Frederick).
GUTHRIE
McCoy, Betty, 76, retired assembly worker, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday (Smith-Gallo, Guthrie).
Nelson, Gary Dale, 54, oil-field worker, died Friday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Summit View Cemetery (Smith-Gallo, Guthrie).
GUYMON
Pace, Sharon Sue, 61, homemaker, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, First Apostolic Church (Henson-Novak, Guymon).
HEAVENER
Martinez, William J. "Billy,” 61, retired from Navy, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Monday (Dowden, Heavener).
INDIANOLA
Annis, Eudora, 87, beautician, died Dec. 22. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church (Brumley-Mills, McAlester).
LAWTON
Boice, Louie C., 93, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Lawton Ritter Gray, Lawton).
Garrett, Robert, 81, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Monday (Becker, Lawton).
Godwin, Faye Good, 85, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Assembly of God (Becker, Lawton).
Lansing, Marie A., 81, plumber, died Thursday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sunny Lane Cemetery, Del City (Advantage South Chapel, Oklahoma City).
Raburn, James Winston, 82, died Tuesday. No services (Lawton Ritter Gray, Lawton).
Shepard, Mildred, 93, died Dec. 20. Services were Saturday (Lawton Ritter Gray, Lawton).
Spurlin, Florence, 93, died Dec. 22. Graveside services 9 a.m. Tuesday, Post Cemetery, Fort Sill (Becker, Lawton).
MARLOW
Kovacs, Latricia Ann, 65, died Wednesday. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday (Becker, Lawton).
Sharp, Opal, 92, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Callaway-Smith-Cobb, Marlow).
Shipman, Mabel L., 98, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Marlow Church of Christ (Callaway-Smith-Cobb, Marlow).
MAYSVILLE
Southard, Kathleen, 83, homemaker, died Saturday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Monday, Maysville Cemetery (Winans, Maysville).
MEAD
Green, Ronny Dean, 62, business owner, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. today (Brown’s, Durant).
MIDWEST CITY
Wilkerson, Kathleen "Kathy,” 89, business owner, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Barnes & Friederich, Midwest City).
MOORE
McClendon, Ronnie, 61, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday (John M. Ireland, Moore).
MULDROW
Cherry, D.C., 85, factory worker, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Agent, Muldrow).
MUSKOGEE
Belvin, Dollie M., 79, homemaker, died Thursday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, Greenhill Cemetery (Bradley, Muskogee).
Evington, Billy C., 77, died Friday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson (Foster-Petering, Muskogee).
Francis, Joyce, 75, accountant, died Dec. 23. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday (Foster-Petering, Muskogee).
NASHOBA
Womack, Doyle Ray, 55, business owner, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Monday, Nolia Assembly of God (Clayton, Clayton).
NORMAN
Means, Matthew Jay, 25, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday (Havenbrook, Norman).
Russell, Alvin L., 81, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Lakeside Church of God (Havenbrook, Norman).
Sites, Elaine Marie, 57, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Crosspointe Church (Havenbrook, Norman).
Wilhite, Jeffrey Don, 44, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Alameda Baptist Church (Havenbrook, Norman).
OKESA
Tayrien, Freddie Edward, 84, retired plumbing contractor, died Tuesday. No services (Stumpff, Bartlesville).
OKLAHOMA CITY
Adams, Robert, 62, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, Northeast Church of Christ (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City).
Brooks, Donnis Joyce, 80, died Friday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Monday, Sunny Lane Cemetery, Del City (John M. Ireland, Moore).
Bruce, Earl G., 83, died Wednesday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Moore City Cemetery, Moore (Resthaven, Oklahoma City).
Higgins, Robert Leon, 52, died Wednesday. Services 10 a.m. Jan. 2 (Bill Eisenhour NE, Oklahoma City).
Hott, Opal C., 97, died Thursday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Resthaven Memory Gardens (Resthaven, Oklahoma City).
Knesek, Charles, 93, engineer, died Thursday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday (Smith & Turner, Yukon).
Lynch, Timothy M., 58, driver, died Friday. Vigil 7 p.m. Monday. Mass 10 a.m. Tuesday, Epiphany of the Lord Catholic Church (Buchanan, Oklahoma City).
McClure, Jessie Selean, 87, homemaker, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Monday (Bill Eisenhour SE, Del City).
Norman, Donald M., 68, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery (Advantage South Chapel, Oklahoma City).
Rogers, Willie Mae, 80, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday (Wilson, El Reno).
Shell, Retha, 88, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, The Bridge Assembly of God (McNeil’s, Mustang).
Terry, Eugene, 90, retired sand blaster, died Thursday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday (Pollard, Oklahoma City).
Tietjen, Marie, 87, died Wednesday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Monday, Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery (Advantage South Chapel, Oklahoma City).
Tyson, Joe Louis, 84, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday (Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper, Oklahoma City).
Waters, Ruel E., 81, retired salesman, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Matthews, Edmond).
Woodson, Margaret Louise, 93, died Dec. 21. Memorial services 11 a.m. Friday, South Minister Presbyterian Church (Advantage South Chapel, Oklahoma City).
PAULS VALLEY
Harris, Jesse E. Jr., 65, baker, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Stufflebean-Coffey, Pauls Valley).
PONCA CITY
Cheek, James "Jim,” 84, retired civil engineer, died Wednesday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Community Christian Church (Trout, Ponca City).
Crisp, Onita, 86, retired accountant, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church (Trout, Ponca City).
Hittle, Bill, 84, retired accountant, died Dec. 26. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Henninger-Hinson, Enid).
PURCELL
Hendricks, Mary Cathe, 60, died Friday. Wake 7 p.m. Monday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church (Eisenhour, Blanchard).
QUINTON
Pryor, Meredithe Joy, 73, business owner, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Mallory-Martin, Stigler).
SALLISAW
Ford, Frank, 80, mechanic, died Friday. Services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday (Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw).
Wilson, Jimmy Ray, 57, retired assembly line worker, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Agent, Sallisaw).
SEMINOLE
Pulliam, Agnes F., 93, homemaker, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Cheyarha Presbyterian Church, east of Seminole (Swearingen, Seminole).
SHAWNEE
Williams, Patricia E., 73, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Brendle Corner, east of Norman (Cooper, Tecumseh).
SPIRO
Nelson, Robert Lee, 88, farmer, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Monday (Mallory-Martin, Spiro).
SULPHUR
Brown, Janice, 64, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Midway Hill Baptist Church (DeArman’s Clagg, Sulphur).
TAHLEQUAH
Hixson, Hazel Faye, 90, plant worker, died Thursday. Services 9 a.m. Monday (Agent, Muldrow).
Perry, Helen, 50, died Thursday. Services 1:30 p.m. today, New Life Church, Stilwell (Hart, Tahlequah).
TECUMSEH
Bryant, Virginia, 91, died Wednesday. Graveside services 11 a.m. Tuesday, New Hope Cemetery, Meeker (Cooper, Tecumseh).
Sears, Verma, 90, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Cooper, Tecumseh).
TULSA
Mizell, Beverly, 65, postal worker, died Friday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday (Mallory-Martin, Stigler).
YALE
Weaver, Thomas Keith, 53, manufacturing engineer, died Friday. Services pending (Cremation Society, Tulsa).
YUKON
Ratliff, Rose Mary, 81, homemaker, died Dec. 23. Graveside services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard (Yanda & Son, Yukon).

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