Obituaries
Carolyn Faye Ford
Mar 11, 2017
Celebrating….Carolyn Faye Her Life Carolyn Taulbert Ford, the daughter of Mary Morgan Taulbert and Moses Taulbert Jr. was born in Glen Allan, Mississippi on September 26, 1952 surrounded by a host of loving aunts, uncles and cousins. Carolyn spent most of early years with her Great-Aunt, Elna Peters Boose affectionately known by all as Mama Ponk. As her siblings before...
Alva Edward Rigney
Mar 9, 2017
Alva Edward Rigney, 87, of Okmulgee, OK, passed away early Thursday morning, March 9, 2017, at Highland Park Manor in Okmulgee. Alva was born in Checotah, OK on November 20, 1929, a son of the late Sarah Elizabeth (Berry) and Claude Rigney. He married the love of his life, Juanita Emma McDonald, on May 29, 1954 in Shady Grove, Oklahoma....
Robin Denise Kemp
Mar 8, 2017
Robin Denise Kemp Robin Denise Kemp, age 47 of Warner, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Eastar Health System, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Robin was born in San Angelo, Texas on August 12, 1969, she was the daughter of Vicky Joy Eckert and the late Douglas Martyn Kemp. She is preceded in death by her father, Douglas Martyn...
Karen Chalk
Mar 7, 2017
Karen Frances Chalk Karen Frances Chalk, 69, of Glenpool, Oklahoma, passed away on March 7, 2017 at St. John Medical Center, in Tulsa, Oklahoma surrounded by her loved ones. Karen was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 11, 1947. She was the daughter of the late Maxine (St. Clair) Chalk and Clayton Chalk. Her vocation was in the factory at...
Chester William O'Steen
Mar 7, 2017
Chester "Chuck" William O'Steen, 75, of Broken Arrow, OK, passed away on Tuesday, March 7th, at his residence. He was born March 1, 1942 in Madill, OK to Robert William and Annie Bernice (Root) O'Steen. He married Frances Marie (Graap) O'Steen on May 14, 1977 in Castro Valley, CA. Chuck retired from O'Steen's Body Shop as an Auto Body Proprietor...
Cheryl Kay Mabry
Mar 7, 2017
Cheryl Kay Mabry, 71, of Tulsa, OK. passed away on Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 in Tulsa, OK. She was born March 10, 1945, in St. Joseph, MO to Daniel and Margaret (Brown) Whittaker. After 33 years, she retired as an Office Manager for Nabisco in 1997. She enjoyed hand crafting, knitting and crocheting. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, daughter...
Ferry Hans Winokan
Mar 5, 2017
Ferry was born in the city of Jakarta on December 29, 1960, to Edward Winokan and Corry Irooth. He graduated from his alma mater, Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL, in 1986. In 1991, he married Ms. Silvy Sofjan in Jakarta. One year later they gave birth to their dear son, Brian Winokan. In 2003, he married Ms. Rantian Djunas in...
Veena Gagan Jairamani
Mar 3, 2017
Veena Gagan Jairamani, 60, died on Friday, March 3, 2017 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born in Ahmedabad, India to Laxmi (Barhroo) and Murlidhar Gurnani. She graduated high school in India. She married Gagan Tanumal Jairamani on November 21, 1980 in Ahmedabad, India. The two of them moved to the United States in 1981. Veena enjoyed spending time with family...
Richard Adrian Hernandez
Mar 3, 2017
Richard Adrian Hernandez, 68, died on Friday, March 3, 2017 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born in Chicago, Illinois to Louis and Connie (Gamino) Hernandez. He graduated from the University of Southern Illinois with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology. He met and married the love of his life, Belgica (Calcagna) Hernandez, in Las Vegas, Nevada. They lived there for...
William Lee Vowels
Mar 1, 2017
William Lee Vowels, 57, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in Tulsa. He was born December 28, 1959 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Juanita Mae (McDowell) Vowels and Ted Ray Vowels, Sr. Bill worked as a Paint Room Operator at Ford Glass for seven years and as a independent contractor for several different companies. Bill is preceded in death by his...
Denise Lou Bunch
Feb 28, 2017
Denise Lou Bunch, 59, of Glenpool, OK, passed away early Tuesday morning, February 28, 2017, at Hillcrest South Hospital in Tulsa. She was the wife of Thomas Richard Bunch, II. They have celebrated over 23 years of marriage. They were married at Lorraine's Wedding Chapel in Miami, OK on June 11, 1993. Denise was born in Des Moines, IA on...
Delfina Pinedo
Feb 25, 2017
Delfina Pinedo Delfina Pinedo, 94, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017 at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Delfina was born in Los Angeles, California on August 17, 1922, daughter of the late Isabel (Diaz) and Antonio Pinedo. She was a homemaker and never married. She is preceded in death by her parents; Isabel and Antonio...
Zachary Ryan Murphy
Feb 25, 2017
Zachary Ryan Murphy left this Earth on February 25, 2017, at the age of 14, after a lifelong battle with Hunter Syndrome. Zach was a fighter and lived his life courageously. Zach enjoyed socializing with friends and family and touched the life of each person he met. Zach's huge heart and big smile changed lives; just knowing him affected his...
Melvin Michael Kelough
Feb 24, 2017
Melvin Michael Kelough, 60 of Okmulgee, went to be with the Lord February 24th, 2017. Melvin was born in the old Okmulgee Hospital on April 11, 1956 to Betty Louise (Castleberry) and Arthur Melvin Kelough. He attended school at Hitchita and Okmulgee, graduating from Okmulgee High School in 1974. He attended college at East Central University. Melvin loved sports and...
Marlene Kay Neve`
Feb 23, 2017
Marlene Kay Neve' passed away at her home with family by her side, on February 23, 2017. She was 81 years old. Marlene was born September 6, 1935 in Zanesville, Ohio to Leonard Laverne and Lillian Ada (Riggle) Wilson. Marlene lived in Alaska from 1955-1984 in Anchorage, Seward, Fairbanks, and Juneau. In 1969, she became the COPE (Committee on Political...
Carolyn Faye Ford
Mar 11, 2017
Celebrating….Carolyn Faye Her Life Carolyn Taulbert Ford, the daughter of Mary Morgan Taulbert and Moses Taulbert Jr. was born in Glen Allan, Mississippi on September 26, 1952 surrounded by a host of loving aunts, uncles and cousins. Carolyn spent most of early years with her Great-Aunt, Elna Peters Boose affectionately known by all as Mama Ponk. As her siblings before...
Alva Edward Rigney
Mar 9, 2017
Alva Edward Rigney, 87, of Okmulgee, OK, passed away early Thursday morning, March 9, 2017, at Highland Park Manor in Okmulgee. Alva was born in Checotah, OK on November 20, 1929, a son of the late Sarah Elizabeth (Berry) and Claude Rigney. He married the love of his life, Juanita Emma McDonald, on May 29, 1954 in Shady Grove, Oklahoma....
Robin Denise Kemp
Mar 8, 2017
Robin Denise Kemp Robin Denise Kemp, age 47 of Warner, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Eastar Health System, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Robin was born in San Angelo, Texas on August 12, 1969, she was the daughter of Vicky Joy Eckert and the late Douglas Martyn Kemp. She is preceded in death by her father, Douglas Martyn...
Karen Chalk
Mar 7, 2017
Karen Frances Chalk Karen Frances Chalk, 69, of Glenpool, Oklahoma, passed away on March 7, 2017 at St. John Medical Center, in Tulsa, Oklahoma surrounded by her loved ones. Karen was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 11, 1947. She was the daughter of the late Maxine (St. Clair) Chalk and Clayton Chalk. Her vocation was in the factory at...
Chester William O'Steen
Mar 7, 2017
Chester "Chuck" William O'Steen, 75, of Broken Arrow, OK, passed away on Tuesday, March 7th, at his residence. He was born March 1, 1942 in Madill, OK to Robert William and Annie Bernice (Root) O'Steen. He married Frances Marie (Graap) O'Steen on May 14, 1977 in Castro Valley, CA. Chuck retired from O'Steen's Body Shop as an Auto Body Proprietor...
Cheryl Kay Mabry
Mar 7, 2017
Cheryl Kay Mabry, 71, of Tulsa, OK. passed away on Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 in Tulsa, OK. She was born March 10, 1945, in St. Joseph, MO to Daniel and Margaret (Brown) Whittaker. After 33 years, she retired as an Office Manager for Nabisco in 1997. She enjoyed hand crafting, knitting and crocheting. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, daughter...
Ferry Hans Winokan
Mar 5, 2017
Ferry was born in the city of Jakarta on December 29, 1960, to Edward Winokan and Corry Irooth. He graduated from his alma mater, Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL, in 1986. In 1991, he married Ms. Silvy Sofjan in Jakarta. One year later they gave birth to their dear son, Brian Winokan. In 2003, he married Ms. Rantian Djunas in...
Veena Gagan Jairamani
Mar 3, 2017
Veena Gagan Jairamani, 60, died on Friday, March 3, 2017 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born in Ahmedabad, India to Laxmi (Barhroo) and Murlidhar Gurnani. She graduated high school in India. She married Gagan Tanumal Jairamani on November 21, 1980 in Ahmedabad, India. The two of them moved to the United States in 1981. Veena enjoyed spending time with family...
Richard Adrian Hernandez
Mar 3, 2017
Richard Adrian Hernandez, 68, died on Friday, March 3, 2017 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born in Chicago, Illinois to Louis and Connie (Gamino) Hernandez. He graduated from the University of Southern Illinois with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology. He met and married the love of his life, Belgica (Calcagna) Hernandez, in Las Vegas, Nevada. They lived there for...
William Lee Vowels
Mar 1, 2017
William Lee Vowels, 57, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in Tulsa. He was born December 28, 1959 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Juanita Mae (McDowell) Vowels and Ted Ray Vowels, Sr. Bill worked as a Paint Room Operator at Ford Glass for seven years and as a independent contractor for several different companies. Bill is preceded in death by his...
Denise Lou Bunch
Feb 28, 2017
Denise Lou Bunch, 59, of Glenpool, OK, passed away early Tuesday morning, February 28, 2017, at Hillcrest South Hospital in Tulsa. She was the wife of Thomas Richard Bunch, II. They have celebrated over 23 years of marriage. They were married at Lorraine's Wedding Chapel in Miami, OK on June 11, 1993. Denise was born in Des Moines, IA on...
Delfina Pinedo
Feb 25, 2017
Delfina Pinedo Delfina Pinedo, 94, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017 at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Delfina was born in Los Angeles, California on August 17, 1922, daughter of the late Isabel (Diaz) and Antonio Pinedo. She was a homemaker and never married. She is preceded in death by her parents; Isabel and Antonio...
Zachary Ryan Murphy
Feb 25, 2017
Zachary Ryan Murphy left this Earth on February 25, 2017, at the age of 14, after a lifelong battle with Hunter Syndrome. Zach was a fighter and lived his life courageously. Zach enjoyed socializing with friends and family and touched the life of each person he met. Zach's huge heart and big smile changed lives; just knowing him affected his...
Melvin Michael Kelough
Feb 24, 2017
Melvin Michael Kelough, 60 of Okmulgee, went to be with the Lord February 24th, 2017. Melvin was born in the old Okmulgee Hospital on April 11, 1956 to Betty Louise (Castleberry) and Arthur Melvin Kelough. He attended school at Hitchita and Okmulgee, graduating from Okmulgee High School in 1974. He attended college at East Central University. Melvin loved sports and...
Marlene Kay Neve`
Feb 23, 2017
Marlene Kay Neve' passed away at her home with family by her side, on February 23, 2017. She was 81 years old. Marlene was born September 6, 1935 in Zanesville, Ohio to Leonard Laverne and Lillian Ada (Riggle) Wilson. Marlene lived in Alaska from 1955-1984 in Anchorage, Seward, Fairbanks, and Juneau. In 1969, she became the COPE (Committee on Political...
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