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Betty Louise Christian

Betty Louise Christian

Apr 18, 2016

Betty Louis Christian passed away Monday, April 18, 2016 at the Forest Hills Care Center in Broken Arrow, Ok. Betty was born February 5, 1928 to Grant and Catherine (Pitts) Cline in Eureka Springs, AR. She graduated from Eureka Springs High School in 1946, graduated from Chillicothe Business College in Missouri. She married Charles O. Christian on September 18, 1949...

Ronald Lee Carpenter

Ronald Lee Carpenter

Apr 17, 2016

Ronald Lee Carpenter Ronald Lee "Pops" Carpenter, age 72 passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016 at his Glenpool residence surrounded by his loving family members. Ron was born in Wichita, Kansas on February 27, 1944 to Wayne Carpenter and Betty (Collier) Carpenter. He served his country in the United States Army. Ron, also known as "Pops", worked in the fuel...

Katherine Asberry Sayles

Katherine Asberry Sayles

Apr 16, 2016

Katherine Asberry Sayles was born in Haskell, Oklahoma on April 12, 1929 to Ennis Asberry and Pinky Lee Goree. Katherine attended school at W.T. Vernon School in Taft, Oklahoma . Katherine met William Murray Sayles in Bartlesville, OK in 1954. She was a strong and powerful mother who became the matriarch of her family due to the unexpected death of...

Douglas Ray Lewis

Douglas Ray Lewis

Apr 16, 2016

Douglas Ray Lewis, age 67, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2016 at his Glenpool, Oklahoma residence. Doug was born on May 10, 1948 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Robert Oren Lewis and Fancy Violet (Lee) Lewis. He enlisted into the United States Air Force and served his country for four years. He received his Bachelor's of Science Degree from Tulsa University...

Cheri Beth King

Cheri Beth King

Apr 15, 2016

Cheri Beth King passed away Friday, April 15, 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cheri was born May 1, 1951 in Niagara Falls, NY to Jack and Bernice (Oliver) Browning. Cheri was a devoted caregiver at Mercy Hospital in Berryville. She loved caring for people throughout her career. Some of her hobbies are painting ceramics, scrapbooking family pictures and cuddling up in...

Dianne Quick Kornmiller

Dianne Quick Kornmiller

Apr 15, 2016

Services arrangements will be private.

Karl Edward  Pierz

Karl Edward Pierz

Apr 10, 2016

Karl Pierz passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016. He was born on February 7, 1948, the son of Harold and Bernice Pierz. Karl was a quiet man with a big heart for helping others. He was a wonderful Husband, Father, Father-in-law, Grandpa, Son and Brother. He never asked for much in life. After spending 42 years working for Union Pacific...

Kenneth W. Elliott

Kenneth W. Elliott

Apr 10, 2016

Kenneth W. Elliott age 82 passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2016 at his Tulsa residence. Ken was born May 5, 1933 in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma to Walter Elliott and Arlie (Lyles) Elliott. He graduated from Pleasant Grove High School . He married the love of his life, Ruth E. Canaday, in Cromwell, Oklahoma. Ken worked as a union carpenter...

Charles Karl Tencer

Charles Karl Tencer

Apr 10, 2016

Charles Karl Tencer passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 at Arbor Village Nursing Home in Sapulpa. No services will be planned.

Twila Gail Organ

Twila Gail Organ

Apr 9, 2016

Twila Gail Organ passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016 in Tulsa. Twila was born December 27, 1946 in Arkansas City, KS to Garold Hall and Betty Jane (Guntharp) Parsons. Twila graduated from McClain High School 1964. She worked in accounting most of her career as a bookkeeper for Sun Oil, Fair Meadows and Warehouse Market. Twila also, worked for Tulsa...

John Edward Miller

John Edward Miller

Apr 9, 2016

John Edward Miller age 76 passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Hillcrest South Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. John was born June 19, 1939 in Sylvania, Georgia . He married Shirley Jean Binnicker in Augusta, Georgia. John enlisted into the United States Navy in 1955 and was honorably discharged. He worked in the maintenance department of various schools throughout his...

Judith Ragaly

Judith Ragaly

Apr 7, 2016

Judith Ragaly passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016 at her home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Judith was born to Istvan and Ilona (Barcal) Raglay on November 28, 1929 in Yugoslavia. She was a dress seamstress. Judith was survived by her niece, Judith E. Horvath of Tulsa. There are no services planned at this time.

Leonard Warder, Jr.

Leonard Warder, Jr.

Apr 7, 2016

Leonard Warder, Jr. age 79 passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma surrounded by his loving family members. Born March 22, 1937 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Leonard was the son of the late Leonard Warder, Sr. and Hazel (Adams) Warder. He graduated from Little Kansas High School. At the age of 19 on May 23,...

Ida Faye "Ruth" Sanders

Ida Faye "Ruth" Sanders

Apr 6, 2016

Ruth (Ida Faye) Sanders was born July 4, 1926 in Jenks, Oklahoma, to Leroy Gardner and Mary (Crabtree). She passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 89 years. Ruth graduated from Lowell High School in Tulsa and has lived several places in Oklahoma and lived in Nashville from 2001 to 2012. Ruth had...

Joe Bill Hill

Joe Bill Hill

Apr 5, 2016

Joe B. Hill, 73, passed away after a short illness on April 5, 2016. He was born in Texarkana, TX on June 7, 1942, and spent most of his childhood in Borger, TX. He graduated from high school in Farmington, NM and went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Ft. Lewis A & M College in...

Karen Rochelle Leith

Karen Rochelle Leith

Apr 5, 2016

Karen Rochelle Byars Leith of Mayflower, Ark., formerly of North Little Rock, Ark., died April 5. She was born Nov. 30, 1939 to Bessie Rozella and John Roger Byars in Tulsa, Okla. Karen retired from a nursing career at Baptist Memorial Hospital in North Little Rock where she worked in the emergency department for many years before moving to behavioral...

Don Russell Schochler

Don Russell Schochler

Apr 5, 2016

Don Russell Schochler, passed away on April 5, 2016, 7:45 PM at Rolling Hills Nursing Home in Catoosa, Oklahoma, after an extended illness. He was 82 years old. Russell was born March 3, 1934, in Alto, Texas, to Janie Irene (Genene) Schochler and Joseph Cullen Schochler. Russell grew up in East Texas, and joined the Navy in 1952, traveling the...

Virginia Kathleen  Swanson

Virginia Kathleen Swanson

Apr 2, 2016

Virginia Swanson of Webb City passed on to her eternal rest on April 2, 2016. Virginia was born on January 30, 1933 in Eugene, OR to Audie and Blanche Mahan. Virginia grew up in the Mt. Vernon, Missouri area and graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in 1950. She attended college at SMSU in Springfield, Missouri where she was a...

Randy Ashton Doss

Randy Ashton Doss

Mar 26, 2016

Randall Ashton "Randy" Doss, 64, died peacefully March 26th, 2016 at home after a battle with lung cancer. He was born October 11th, 1951, in Tulsa to Jack and Lucile (Ashton) Doss. He grew up in Tulsa, Durango, CO, and Los Angeles. He joined the Air Force and was stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany, when he married Kathleen (Kemm) Doss on...

Betty Louise Christian

Betty Louise Christian

Apr 18, 2016

Betty Louis Christian passed away Monday, April 18, 2016 at the Forest Hills Care Center in Broken Arrow, Ok. Betty was born February 5, 1928 to Grant and Catherine (Pitts) Cline in Eureka Springs, AR. She graduated from Eureka Springs High School in 1946, graduated from Chillicothe Business College in Missouri. She married Charles O. Christian on September 18, 1949...

Ronald Lee Carpenter

Ronald Lee Carpenter

Apr 17, 2016

Ronald Lee Carpenter Ronald Lee "Pops" Carpenter, age 72 passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016 at his Glenpool residence surrounded by his loving family members. Ron was born in Wichita, Kansas on February 27, 1944 to Wayne Carpenter and Betty (Collier) Carpenter. He served his country in the United States Army. Ron, also known as "Pops", worked in the fuel...

Katherine Asberry Sayles

Katherine Asberry Sayles

Apr 16, 2016

Katherine Asberry Sayles was born in Haskell, Oklahoma on April 12, 1929 to Ennis Asberry and Pinky Lee Goree. Katherine attended school at W.T. Vernon School in Taft, Oklahoma . Katherine met William Murray Sayles in Bartlesville, OK in 1954. She was a strong and powerful mother who became the matriarch of her family due to the unexpected death of...

Douglas Ray Lewis

Douglas Ray Lewis

Apr 16, 2016

Douglas Ray Lewis, age 67, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2016 at his Glenpool, Oklahoma residence. Doug was born on May 10, 1948 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Robert Oren Lewis and Fancy Violet (Lee) Lewis. He enlisted into the United States Air Force and served his country for four years. He received his Bachelor's of Science Degree from Tulsa University...

Cheri Beth King

Cheri Beth King

Apr 15, 2016

Cheri Beth King passed away Friday, April 15, 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cheri was born May 1, 1951 in Niagara Falls, NY to Jack and Bernice (Oliver) Browning. Cheri was a devoted caregiver at Mercy Hospital in Berryville. She loved caring for people throughout her career. Some of her hobbies are painting ceramics, scrapbooking family pictures and cuddling up in...

Dianne Quick Kornmiller

Dianne Quick Kornmiller

Apr 15, 2016

Services arrangements will be private.

Karl Edward  Pierz

Karl Edward Pierz

Apr 10, 2016

Karl Pierz passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016. He was born on February 7, 1948, the son of Harold and Bernice Pierz. Karl was a quiet man with a big heart for helping others. He was a wonderful Husband, Father, Father-in-law, Grandpa, Son and Brother. He never asked for much in life. After spending 42 years working for Union Pacific...

Kenneth W. Elliott

Kenneth W. Elliott

Apr 10, 2016

Kenneth W. Elliott age 82 passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2016 at his Tulsa residence. Ken was born May 5, 1933 in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma to Walter Elliott and Arlie (Lyles) Elliott. He graduated from Pleasant Grove High School . He married the love of his life, Ruth E. Canaday, in Cromwell, Oklahoma. Ken worked as a union carpenter...

Charles Karl Tencer

Charles Karl Tencer

Apr 10, 2016

Charles Karl Tencer passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 at Arbor Village Nursing Home in Sapulpa. No services will be planned.

Twila Gail Organ

Twila Gail Organ

Apr 9, 2016

Twila Gail Organ passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016 in Tulsa. Twila was born December 27, 1946 in Arkansas City, KS to Garold Hall and Betty Jane (Guntharp) Parsons. Twila graduated from McClain High School 1964. She worked in accounting most of her career as a bookkeeper for Sun Oil, Fair Meadows and Warehouse Market. Twila also, worked for Tulsa...

John Edward Miller

John Edward Miller

Apr 9, 2016

John Edward Miller age 76 passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Hillcrest South Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. John was born June 19, 1939 in Sylvania, Georgia . He married Shirley Jean Binnicker in Augusta, Georgia. John enlisted into the United States Navy in 1955 and was honorably discharged. He worked in the maintenance department of various schools throughout his...

Judith Ragaly

Judith Ragaly

Apr 7, 2016

Judith Ragaly passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016 at her home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Judith was born to Istvan and Ilona (Barcal) Raglay on November 28, 1929 in Yugoslavia. She was a dress seamstress. Judith was survived by her niece, Judith E. Horvath of Tulsa. There are no services planned at this time.

Leonard Warder, Jr.

Leonard Warder, Jr.

Apr 7, 2016

Leonard Warder, Jr. age 79 passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma surrounded by his loving family members. Born March 22, 1937 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Leonard was the son of the late Leonard Warder, Sr. and Hazel (Adams) Warder. He graduated from Little Kansas High School. At the age of 19 on May 23,...

Ida Faye "Ruth" Sanders

Ida Faye "Ruth" Sanders

Apr 6, 2016

Ruth (Ida Faye) Sanders was born July 4, 1926 in Jenks, Oklahoma, to Leroy Gardner and Mary (Crabtree). She passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 89 years. Ruth graduated from Lowell High School in Tulsa and has lived several places in Oklahoma and lived in Nashville from 2001 to 2012. Ruth had...

Joe Bill Hill

Joe Bill Hill

Apr 5, 2016

Joe B. Hill, 73, passed away after a short illness on April 5, 2016. He was born in Texarkana, TX on June 7, 1942, and spent most of his childhood in Borger, TX. He graduated from high school in Farmington, NM and went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Ft. Lewis A & M College in...

Karen Rochelle Leith

Karen Rochelle Leith

Apr 5, 2016

Karen Rochelle Byars Leith of Mayflower, Ark., formerly of North Little Rock, Ark., died April 5. She was born Nov. 30, 1939 to Bessie Rozella and John Roger Byars in Tulsa, Okla. Karen retired from a nursing career at Baptist Memorial Hospital in North Little Rock where she worked in the emergency department for many years before moving to behavioral...

Don Russell Schochler

Don Russell Schochler

Apr 5, 2016

Don Russell Schochler, passed away on April 5, 2016, 7:45 PM at Rolling Hills Nursing Home in Catoosa, Oklahoma, after an extended illness. He was 82 years old. Russell was born March 3, 1934, in Alto, Texas, to Janie Irene (Genene) Schochler and Joseph Cullen Schochler. Russell grew up in East Texas, and joined the Navy in 1952, traveling the...

Virginia Kathleen  Swanson

Virginia Kathleen Swanson

Apr 2, 2016

Virginia Swanson of Webb City passed on to her eternal rest on April 2, 2016. Virginia was born on January 30, 1933 in Eugene, OR to Audie and Blanche Mahan. Virginia grew up in the Mt. Vernon, Missouri area and graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in 1950. She attended college at SMSU in Springfield, Missouri where she was a...

Randy Ashton Doss

Randy Ashton Doss

Mar 26, 2016

Randall Ashton "Randy" Doss, 64, died peacefully March 26th, 2016 at home after a battle with lung cancer. He was born October 11th, 1951, in Tulsa to Jack and Lucile (Ashton) Doss. He grew up in Tulsa, Durango, CO, and Los Angeles. He joined the Air Force and was stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany, when he married Kathleen (Kemm) Doss on...