Obituaries
Doyle Gene Cobb
Jan 20, 2017
Doyle Gene Cobb, 65, of Claremore, OK, passed away Friday, January 20th at his home in Claremore. Doyle was born in Hayward, CA on June 2, 1951to Verna (Smith) and Carl Niel Cobb. He graduated 1969 from Mt. Eden High School in Bay Area, California. He was the husband of Lori Ann (Rasmussen) Cobb. They were together for a total...
Jacqueline Lewis
Jan 19, 2017
Jacqueline Lewis, 86, died on January 19, 2017. She was born August 9, 1930, in Clarence, MO, to CW and Virginia Mitchell. Jackie worked many jobs, including Boeing in Seattle, WA, and Triangle Company in Tulsa, OK. She also volunteered at Holland Hall Primary School in Tulsa. Jackie enjoyed gardening, cooking, reading the Bible, raising chickens in her backyard, watching...
Jeff T. Boucher, Jr.
Jan 18, 2017
On January 18, 2017, Jeff T. Boucher Jr., husband, father, engineer, veteran, and master punster, died in Tulsa, OK. He was born in Tulsa to Jeff T. Boucher Sr. and Lucie Hassel Boucher December 27, 1928. He married Sandra Godbold June 9, 1979. Jeff graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1947 and Tulsa University with degrees in Petroleum Engineering...
Eureka Allen
Jan 16, 2017
Eureka lost her battle with cancer and now is with the Lord. She was a loving and devoted wife and mother. Eureka enjoyed spending her time taking cruises to Alaska, traveling by train, reading a good book, and her most precious time was spent with her family. She leaves behind her husband and love of her life; Thomas Allen, son;...
Hyla J Vanmeveren
Jan 16, 2017
Hyla J. VanMeveren, 52, of Okmulgee, OK, passed away Monday, January 16th, at Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa. Hyla was born in Dubois, PA on July 10, 1964, the daughter of Stella (Biven) and the late Phillip Lamar Thorn Sr. She was a member of Jubilee Christian Center Okmulgee. She worked as a Truck Driver and enjoyed spending time with her...
Joe Wayne Kinsey
Jan 16, 2017
Joe Wayne Kinsey was a man who lived for his family. He loved his wife, Terrie Kinsey. He loved his four sons, Joshua, Ethan, Noah, and Adam. But it was his grandchildren that gave him the most joy in life: Leeann Kinsey, Kyler Kinsey, Makenna Kinsey, and Connor Kinsey. The family often told him he was “born to be a...
May Gregory Wynn
Jan 15, 2017
May Gregory Wynn, 82, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2017 in Tulsa. May was born on December 27, 1934. She is the daughter of the Eddie May (DeWees) and Lon Vess Stephens Gregory. May was born and raised in Tulsa. She attended Holland Hall Elementary, graduated from Central High School in 1951 and attended two years at the University of...
Connie Jay Joyner
Jan 14, 2017
Connie Jay Joyner was born June 9, 1940, the eldest of 10 children in Farmville, North Carolina, to the late Ecclesiastes and Laura Mae Bullock-Joyner. Connie Jay graduated from H.B. Sugg High School in Farmville, NC and moved on to New York City, NY, where he later met and married his first wife Barbara Ann Parker-Joyner (deceased). They had two...
Linda A. Bowen
Jan 13, 2017
Linda A. (Hudspeth) Bowen passed away January 13, 2017. Linda was born in Parsons, KS on January 11, 1954. She worked as a Driver License Examiner for DPS of OK. She is preceded in death by her brother Dave Crockett. Linda is survived by her mother Shirley (Crockett) Anderson of Tulsa, one son, Rick Hudspeth of Muskogee, one daughter, Kelly...
Sam No-Se Proctor
Jan 13, 2017
Sam Proctor, 83, of Okmulgee, OK, passed away Friday, January 13th, 2017 at Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma surrounded by his loving family. Sam was born in Hanna, OK on April 14, 1933, a son of the late Maggie (Beaver) and Johnson Proctor. He enjoyed playing bingo, was very involved and a cultural activist for Creek Nation. Sam served as...
Donelle Stephens
Jan 12, 2017
Donnelle Stephens, formerly of Oklahoma City, died peacefully Thursday evening January 12, 2017 in Tulsa, OK at the age of 84 years. She was born October 14, 1932 in Oklahoma City, OK. Donnelle grew up in Oklahoma City area. She enjoyed spending time with her many friends, playing tennis, Mahjong, and was very active in her church. She was a...
Wilma Sue Towry
Jan 12, 2017
Wilma Sue Towry, 77, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, OK. Wilma was born in McAlester, Oklahoma on March 9, 1939, daughter of the late Harriet Elizabeth Ruth (Adams) and Charles Othel Newton. She was a Legal Assistant. There are no services planned at this time.
Oleta Faye Hayes
Jan 12, 2017
Oleta Faye Hayes, 76, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017 at her home in Owasso. She was born November 25, 1940 to Clarence C. and Alta Mae (Toon) Davis in Cushing, Oklahoma. Oleta was a cashier for a convenience store. Oleta is preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Leon Hayes; son, Christopher Shaun Hayes; father, Clarence C. Davis; mother,...
Billy Ray Hyden
Jan 10, 2017
Billy Ray "Bill" Hyden, 93, of Tulsa, passed away on January 10, 2017. A beloved brother, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, A.F. and Alma Hyden; brother, John Hyden; and former wife of many years, Darline Hyden. He is survived by his sister, Marguerite Cunningham; brother, Alsie Hyden; five children: Becky, Patti (Coppock), Randy,...
Carol Dee Meeks
Jan 7, 2017
Carol Dee Meeks, daughter of Gearl and Gladys G. (Mitchell) Luckett, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017 in Tulsa. She was born August 9, 1944 in Stanley, New Mexico. Carol attended college at Oklahoma Christian College in Oklahoma City. She worked as a bookkeeper for Brewer Oil Company. Carol was the 2004, 2005 and 2007 New Mexico Senior Poet Laureate...
Walter Forrest Johnson, Jr
Jan 6, 2017
Walter Forrest Johnson, Jr., 87, of Tulsa Oklahoma, went to be with the Lord on January 6th, 2017. Walter was born on October 13th, 1929 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, toWalter Forrest Johnson, Sr. and Clara Mae Sherman (Rainsberger)Johnson. Walter graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and after graduation he attended the University of Oklahoma on a baseball...
Diana Rae Holsten
Jan 6, 2017
Diana Rae Holsten, daughter of Norman Arthur and Elizabeth Ann (Stempel) Mandehr, passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at her home in Tulsa. She was born October 26, 1957 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Diana graduated from Madison West High School in Wisconsin. She received an Associate's Degree in Dental Hygiene from Madison Tech, a Bachelor's Degree from the University of...
Ruth Ann "Pinky" Bailey Irwin
Jan 6, 2017
Ruth Ann "Pinky" Bailey Irwin, daughter of Donald and Virginia (Schofield) Bailey, passed away Friday, January 6th. Her soul is now with God in heaven, free of pain and suffering. She was born January 30, 1940 in Gary, Indiana. Ruth was raised in Bridgeport, Illinois. She graduated from Bridgeport Township High School in 1958 were she met her husband Sam...
James Porter
Jan 5, 2017
James Everett Porter, son of R.O. Porter and Letty LaRue (Williams) Sherrill, passed away, Thursday, January 5, 2017 in Tulsa. He was born in Tulsa on April 10, 1947. James graduated from Owasso High School in 1965. He served in the United States Army from 1967 through 1970 in the Vietnam War. James retired in 2011 as a Mechanical Engineer...
Doyle Gene Cobb
Jan 20, 2017
Doyle Gene Cobb, 65, of Claremore, OK, passed away Friday, January 20th at his home in Claremore. Doyle was born in Hayward, CA on June 2, 1951to Verna (Smith) and Carl Niel Cobb. He graduated 1969 from Mt. Eden High School in Bay Area, California. He was the husband of Lori Ann (Rasmussen) Cobb. They were together for a total...
Jacqueline Lewis
Jan 19, 2017
Jacqueline Lewis, 86, died on January 19, 2017. She was born August 9, 1930, in Clarence, MO, to CW and Virginia Mitchell. Jackie worked many jobs, including Boeing in Seattle, WA, and Triangle Company in Tulsa, OK. She also volunteered at Holland Hall Primary School in Tulsa. Jackie enjoyed gardening, cooking, reading the Bible, raising chickens in her backyard, watching...
Jeff T. Boucher, Jr.
Jan 18, 2017
On January 18, 2017, Jeff T. Boucher Jr., husband, father, engineer, veteran, and master punster, died in Tulsa, OK. He was born in Tulsa to Jeff T. Boucher Sr. and Lucie Hassel Boucher December 27, 1928. He married Sandra Godbold June 9, 1979. Jeff graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1947 and Tulsa University with degrees in Petroleum Engineering...
Eureka Allen
Jan 16, 2017
Eureka lost her battle with cancer and now is with the Lord. She was a loving and devoted wife and mother. Eureka enjoyed spending her time taking cruises to Alaska, traveling by train, reading a good book, and her most precious time was spent with her family. She leaves behind her husband and love of her life; Thomas Allen, son;...
Hyla J Vanmeveren
Jan 16, 2017
Hyla J. VanMeveren, 52, of Okmulgee, OK, passed away Monday, January 16th, at Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa. Hyla was born in Dubois, PA on July 10, 1964, the daughter of Stella (Biven) and the late Phillip Lamar Thorn Sr. She was a member of Jubilee Christian Center Okmulgee. She worked as a Truck Driver and enjoyed spending time with her...
Joe Wayne Kinsey
Jan 16, 2017
Joe Wayne Kinsey was a man who lived for his family. He loved his wife, Terrie Kinsey. He loved his four sons, Joshua, Ethan, Noah, and Adam. But it was his grandchildren that gave him the most joy in life: Leeann Kinsey, Kyler Kinsey, Makenna Kinsey, and Connor Kinsey. The family often told him he was “born to be a...
May Gregory Wynn
Jan 15, 2017
May Gregory Wynn, 82, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2017 in Tulsa. May was born on December 27, 1934. She is the daughter of the Eddie May (DeWees) and Lon Vess Stephens Gregory. May was born and raised in Tulsa. She attended Holland Hall Elementary, graduated from Central High School in 1951 and attended two years at the University of...
Connie Jay Joyner
Jan 14, 2017
Connie Jay Joyner was born June 9, 1940, the eldest of 10 children in Farmville, North Carolina, to the late Ecclesiastes and Laura Mae Bullock-Joyner. Connie Jay graduated from H.B. Sugg High School in Farmville, NC and moved on to New York City, NY, where he later met and married his first wife Barbara Ann Parker-Joyner (deceased). They had two...
Linda A. Bowen
Jan 13, 2017
Linda A. (Hudspeth) Bowen passed away January 13, 2017. Linda was born in Parsons, KS on January 11, 1954. She worked as a Driver License Examiner for DPS of OK. She is preceded in death by her brother Dave Crockett. Linda is survived by her mother Shirley (Crockett) Anderson of Tulsa, one son, Rick Hudspeth of Muskogee, one daughter, Kelly...
Sam No-Se Proctor
Jan 13, 2017
Sam Proctor, 83, of Okmulgee, OK, passed away Friday, January 13th, 2017 at Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma surrounded by his loving family. Sam was born in Hanna, OK on April 14, 1933, a son of the late Maggie (Beaver) and Johnson Proctor. He enjoyed playing bingo, was very involved and a cultural activist for Creek Nation. Sam served as...
Donelle Stephens
Jan 12, 2017
Donnelle Stephens, formerly of Oklahoma City, died peacefully Thursday evening January 12, 2017 in Tulsa, OK at the age of 84 years. She was born October 14, 1932 in Oklahoma City, OK. Donnelle grew up in Oklahoma City area. She enjoyed spending time with her many friends, playing tennis, Mahjong, and was very active in her church. She was a...
Wilma Sue Towry
Jan 12, 2017
Wilma Sue Towry, 77, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, OK. Wilma was born in McAlester, Oklahoma on March 9, 1939, daughter of the late Harriet Elizabeth Ruth (Adams) and Charles Othel Newton. She was a Legal Assistant. There are no services planned at this time.
Oleta Faye Hayes
Jan 12, 2017
Oleta Faye Hayes, 76, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017 at her home in Owasso. She was born November 25, 1940 to Clarence C. and Alta Mae (Toon) Davis in Cushing, Oklahoma. Oleta was a cashier for a convenience store. Oleta is preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Leon Hayes; son, Christopher Shaun Hayes; father, Clarence C. Davis; mother,...
Billy Ray Hyden
Jan 10, 2017
Billy Ray "Bill" Hyden, 93, of Tulsa, passed away on January 10, 2017. A beloved brother, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, A.F. and Alma Hyden; brother, John Hyden; and former wife of many years, Darline Hyden. He is survived by his sister, Marguerite Cunningham; brother, Alsie Hyden; five children: Becky, Patti (Coppock), Randy,...
Carol Dee Meeks
Jan 7, 2017
Carol Dee Meeks, daughter of Gearl and Gladys G. (Mitchell) Luckett, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017 in Tulsa. She was born August 9, 1944 in Stanley, New Mexico. Carol attended college at Oklahoma Christian College in Oklahoma City. She worked as a bookkeeper for Brewer Oil Company. Carol was the 2004, 2005 and 2007 New Mexico Senior Poet Laureate...
Walter Forrest Johnson, Jr
Jan 6, 2017
Walter Forrest Johnson, Jr., 87, of Tulsa Oklahoma, went to be with the Lord on January 6th, 2017. Walter was born on October 13th, 1929 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, toWalter Forrest Johnson, Sr. and Clara Mae Sherman (Rainsberger)Johnson. Walter graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and after graduation he attended the University of Oklahoma on a baseball...
Diana Rae Holsten
Jan 6, 2017
Diana Rae Holsten, daughter of Norman Arthur and Elizabeth Ann (Stempel) Mandehr, passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at her home in Tulsa. She was born October 26, 1957 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Diana graduated from Madison West High School in Wisconsin. She received an Associate's Degree in Dental Hygiene from Madison Tech, a Bachelor's Degree from the University of...
Ruth Ann "Pinky" Bailey Irwin
Jan 6, 2017
Ruth Ann "Pinky" Bailey Irwin, daughter of Donald and Virginia (Schofield) Bailey, passed away Friday, January 6th. Her soul is now with God in heaven, free of pain and suffering. She was born January 30, 1940 in Gary, Indiana. Ruth was raised in Bridgeport, Illinois. She graduated from Bridgeport Township High School in 1958 were she met her husband Sam...
James Porter
Jan 5, 2017
James Everett Porter, son of R.O. Porter and Letty LaRue (Williams) Sherrill, passed away, Thursday, January 5, 2017 in Tulsa. He was born in Tulsa on April 10, 1947. James graduated from Owasso High School in 1965. He served in the United States Army from 1967 through 1970 in the Vietnam War. James retired in 2011 as a Mechanical Engineer...
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