Obituaries

Jul 14, 2006

Tina Sue Hesslen, 38, of Vinita, passed away on Friday, July 14, 2006 in Tulsa. Born on Aug. 18, 1967 in Stella, MO to Leon and Linda (Morgan) Hesslen. Tina had lived in the Vinita area since 1986 moving from Broken Arrow after graduating Broken Arrow High School. Tina is survived by her mother and step-father; Linda and Hallie Schoonover...

Jul 14, 2006

In the Beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth. On July 14th of 2006, Born into our hands on this earth is Jaxson Lee House; Born into Gods hands in heaven is Austin Cole House. Austin Cole House, Infant son of Justin and Amanda House passed away on Friday, July 14, 2006 in Rogers, AR at St. Mary's Hospital....

Jul 12, 2006

Dewey Edgar Ward Funeral services for Dewey Edgar Ward will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday July 15, 2006, at Benjamin Funeral Home, Nowata, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Dewey Edgar Ward, 52, of Bartlesville passed away on July 12th, 2006. He was born in Nowata, OK on May 16, 1954 to the late Earl Edgar (Pete)...

Jul 11, 2006

Wichita, KS - Beulah Belle (Snell) Powers, 86, died Tuesday night, July 11, 2006 at Presbyterian Manor, Wichita, Kansas. Beulah was born March 6, 1919 near Southwest City, Missouri to Alexander Snell and Rachel (Silversmith) Snell. She grew up on a farm near Southwest City and after high school, attended Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas. As a young woman, Beulah taught...

Jul 10, 2006

Dateline: Southwest City, MO Joe Dee Dennis, 71, the son of Jim and Ida Nix Dennis, was born May 11, 1935 in Delaware County, OK and died July 9, 2006 at his home in Southwest City, Mo., where he had lived for sixteen years. Mr. Dennis worked as a laborer, both on farms and later in a sawmill. Mr. Dennis...

Jul 10, 2006

Jay, Oklahoma R.H. "Cot" Robertson R.H. "Cot Robertson of Jay died Monday July 10, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Ok. He was 82. Cot was born September 26, 1923 at Topsy to W.H. and Ona (Haggard) Robertson. He attended the Mose Ridge School. He operated bulldozers for the Pipeline retiring in 1976 and he was a lifetime cattle...

Jul 9, 2006

Clara M. Shaffer, 85, of Vinita, passed away Sunday, July 9, 2006 in the Craig General Hospital of Vinita. Born on May 25, 1921 in Afton, OK to Alfred Barto and Maude Martha (Parks) Ingram. Mrs. Shaffer was a lifelong area resident and a homemaker. She and George Shaffer were married on June 6, 1953 in Vinita. She was preceded...

Jul 8, 2006

Elizabeth Darling Akright, 92, widow of James R. Akright, died at 6:15 p.m., July 8, 2006, at her residence in Bartlesville. Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the First Presbyterian Church, 505 SE Dewey, Bartlesville. Reverend Andrew Odom officiating. Interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery directed by Neekamp-Luginbuel...

Jul 6, 2006

Shirley Jean Morgan Shirley Jean Morgan, of Jay, died at her home Thursday July 6, 2006. She was 69. Shirley was born January 5, 1937, in Pueblo, Colorado to Raymond and Pearl (Phillips) Tanner. Shirley spent her working life as a homemaker and a mother to nine children. She married Melvin Morgan on November 5, 1952 in Zena, OK. They...

Jul 6, 2006

Phillip Lynn Alspach, 64-year-old Delaware resident, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2006 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Mr. Alspach was born on January 27, 1942 in his grandmother's house in Delaware, Oklahoma to Howard Alspach and Zelma Munnsinger-Alspach. Mr. Alspach attended schools in Chanute, Kansas through the fourth grade when his parents moved to the Delaware area....

Jul 5, 2006

Colcord, OK - Mya Nicole Tanner died Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at her home in Colcord, Oklahoma. She was two months and 16 days of age. Mya was born April 19, 2006 at Integris Grove General Hospital to Jason S. Tanner and Christina A. (Fencer) Tanner. She is survived by her parents, Jason and Christina, of the home; paternal grandparents,...

Jul 4, 2006

Donald Keblish of Eucha died Tuesday July 4, 2006 at Broken Arrow, Ok. He was 70. Donald was born November 5, 1925 to Stephen and Matilda Keblish at Whitestone, NY. He graduated from the Sparton Aeronautic School in Tulsa and worked as a Techinical Writer working for several companies including Boeing, NASA, and Rockwell. He married Sally Sunday July 14,...

Jul 4, 2006

Margaret Madison Margaret Christine Madison died Tuesday July 4, 2006 at the Integris Grove General Hospital. She was 86. Margaret was born December 8, 1919 the only child to August H. and Anna (Fresener) Kohlscheen at the farm home east of Hancock, Iowa. She graduated from Walnut High School and attended a Business College. Margaret worked in the Light and...

Jul 4, 2006

Lavena M. Lundy, 90, of Miami, passed away July 4, 2006 in Miami. Born on Nov. 3, 1915 in Welch, OK to Leonard L. and Stella (Highsmith) Davis. Mrs. Lundy was a lifelong area resident and retired from being a bus driver for the schools. She is survived by daughter-Barbara Cribbs of Santa Rosa, CA Son-Thomas Lundy of Jacksonville, FL...

Jul 3, 2006

Grove, OK - Kay Clement "K.C." Tompers, 86, died Friday, June 16, 2006 at Grand Lake Villa, Grove, Oklahoma. K.C. was born April 28, 1920 at Duluth, Minnesota to Theo C. Tompers and Kathryn (McCrossin) Tompers. He served his country during World War II as a member of the U.S. Navy "Seabees" as an Electricians Mate 1st Class. Following his...

Jul 3, 2006

Grove, OK - Linda Suzanne Haas Jordan, 58, died Monday, July3, 2006, at St. John's Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Linda was born October 24, 1947 at Indianapolis, Indiana to William and Miriam Sue (Cassaday) Haas. She spent her working life as a Licensed Practical Nurse, and was the Director of Nursing at the Medico Lodge North. She also volunteered many...

Jul 2, 2006

Richard L. Martin, age 66, a resident of Bartlesville died Sunday July 2, 2006 at Bartlesville Care Center. Mr. Martin is survived by two brothers and one sister, Don Brookshire of Collinsville, Oklahoma, Fred Martin and his wife Paulette of Bartlesville, Wanda Sullivan of Bartlesville and six nephews. A memorial has been established with the Dewey First Freewill Baptist Church...

Jul 1, 2006

Ethel May Trantham, long time Craig County resident passed away in Altus, OK at the English Village Nursing Home on Saturday, July 1, 2006. Services are Pending wth the Luginbuel Funeral Home in Vinita, OK.

Service Details

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006 2:00pm, Luginbuel Funeral Home

Interment Details

Jun 30, 2006

Allen Dee Powell, Sr. Vinita resident passed away at Harris Methodist HEB Hospital in Bedford, TX on Friday, June 30, 2006. Mr. Powell was born on October 9, 1933 in Pedernal, NM to Lee Allen and Beatrice Taylor Powell. One June 21, 1958 he married his wife Sandra Sue Jarvis. Allen worked for Northrup Drummond (Vought) until his retirement in...

Jun 28, 2006

Our beloved son and brother, Garrett Tyler Edward Elliott, age 7, died Wednesday June 28, 2006 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Garrett was born November 5, 1998 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma the son of Rorry and Amy Elliott. He attended Kindergarten at Copan Schools and was a member of Rose Hill Baptist Church where Vacation Bible School was special...