Obituaries

Joy Lindsey
Sep 14, 2013
Joy Jo Alford Lindsey was born in Cleveland, Oklahoma on December 29, 1936 to George Leslie and Mary Best Alford. She died in Stilwell on September 14, 2013. She is survived by her children: James Kenneth and Katy Lindsey of Yukon, Oklahoma, Janna and Clarence Preston of Oklahoma City and Karole and Mike Romero of West Pueblo, Colorado. She...

Joel Bunyard
Sep 12, 2013
Joel John Isaac Bunyard, son of David John and Martha Serratt Bunyard, was born on October 5, 1923 in Christie, Oklahoma and departed this life on Thursday, September 12, 2013 in Westville, Oklahoma at the age 89 years, 11 months and 7 days. Joel served our country proudly and bravely during World War II. He saw action in Ardennes,...

Annabell Henson
Sep 9, 2013
Annabell Henson was born on July 8, 1927 in Westville, Oklahoma to Grover and Katie Weaver Hamilton. She departed this life to be with her Lord in heaven on Monday, September 9, 2013 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma at the age of 86 years, 2 months and 1 day. She helped provide for her family as a line worker at Franklin...

Michael Ketcher
Sep 6, 2013
Michael Ketcher, 64, of Oologah, Oklahoma, departed this life to be with the Lord on Friday, September 6, 2013. He was born on September 20, 1948 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Ralph Ketcher and Alyene Hogner. Michael graduated from Stilwell High School with the class of 1966. He furthered his education at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma where he played...

Wesley Bird
Sep 4, 2013
Wesley Sonny Bird, son of John Betty Smith Bird, was born on June 18, 1949 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and departed this life to be with our Lord on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at home in Bunch, Oklahoma at the age of 64 years, 2 months and 17 days. He enjoyed his life, spending time with his brothers and sisters,...

Sophia England
Sep 2, 2013
Sophia Lorraine England, daughter of Ralph Archie and Ethel Handle England, was born on April 24, 1965 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and passed from this life on Monday, September 2, 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 48 years, 4 months and 9 days. She lived her life for her family. She loved and cherished her children and grandchildren....

Jessie Mccaleb
Sep 2, 2013
Jessie L. McCaleb, born to Roy Edna Morgan McCollum at Vian, Oklahoma on January 8, 1923, passed from this life on Monday, September 2, 2013 at 09:43 pm in Westville, Oklahoma. Jessie was raised at Stilwell, Oklahoma where she attended school and later attended beauty college. She gave her heart to the Lord at an early age and was...

Madeline Sylvester
Sep 2, 2013
Madeline Corky Sylvester, daughter of Wosker Rome and Willie Lee Rutherford Ross, was born on August 20, 1930 in Chance, Oklahoma and passed from this life on Monday, September 2, 2013 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma at the age of 83 years and 13 days. Madeline supported her family working as a Nurse Aide in the Healthcare industry. She loved her...

Watie Vann
Sep 1, 2013
Watie Jug Vann was born on March 3rd, 1956 to Bill and Katie Beaver Vann and departed this life on Sunday, September 1, 2013 at the age of 57 years, 5 months and 29 days. Watie was preceded in death by his parents: Bill and Katie Vann, his paternal grandparents: James W. Vann and Lila Hardbarger, his maternal grandparents:...

Lolita Shannon
Sep 1, 2013
Lolita Shannon, daughter of William and Lillian Weaver Thirsty, was born on July 2, 1954 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and departed this life on Sunday, September 1, 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 59 years, 1 month and 29 days. Lolita was a very family oriented person. Her family came first. She loved them deeply and cherished time...

Jack Steele
Aug 25, 2013
Jack Wallace Steele, son of Wallace Hubert and Blanche Mae Lemler Steele, was born on August 6, 1928 in Picher, Oklahoma and departed this life to be with his Lord on Sunday, August 25, 2013 in Springdale, Arkansas at the age of 85 years and 19 days. Jack enjoyed the outdoors and liked to hunt and fish. He worked...

Jackie Jones
Aug 22, 2013
Jackie Floyd Jones a beautiful baby boy born August 20th, 1935 in rural Oklahoma to Robert and Opal Scott Jones went home to be with his Lord on August 22, 2013 at his home in the Rocky Mountain Community located just west of Stilwell, Oklahoma, surrounded by his loving family at the age of 78 years 2 days. Floyd...

Katherine Fourkiller
Aug 21, 2013
Katherine Madalene Pebworth Fourkiller was the daughter of James Arthur Pebworth and Bertha Pauline McCurtain, both citizens of the Choctaw Nation. She was the oldest of three sisters Geraldine Farra Pebworth Wyatt, and Francis Louise Pebworth Johnson. Katherine known by her family as Kitty, and her sisters were granddaughters of Greenwood McCurtain and Kate Kitty Springs McCurtain and born...

Ivan Hart
Aug 20, 2013
Ivan Eugene Hart, son of Clarence Wilbur and Iva Laura Lewis Hart, was born on July 19, 1935 in Ava, Missouri and passed from this life on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at the age of 78 years, 1 month and 1 day. Ivan lived most of his life in Adair County. He was honored to serve in the Oklahoma...

Jennings Girdner
Aug 19, 2013
Jennings Bryan Girdner, son of Jennings Bryan and Jewell Stilwell Girdner was born July 20, 1952 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma and departed this life on August 19, 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 61 years and 29 days. Jennings drove a school bus for 23 years working for Cave Springs School and Indian Capital Vo Tech. He was...

Brenda Chance
Aug 18, 2013
Brenda Chance, daughter of Allen and Winnie Hale, was born on March 3, 1954 in East Prairie, Missouri and passed from this life on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma at the age of 59 years, 5 months and 15 days. Brenda was a loving, considerate woman. She loved her family and friends. She supported her...

Ellouise Hardbarger
Aug 16, 2013
Ellouise Center Hardbarger was born on July 4th, 1926 to Mace Center and Mary Asbill Center. She was of the Holiness Faith. She was married to Albert Hardbarger on June 27, 1946 and to this union was born 4 sons and 1 daughter. They made their home in the Greasy Community until 1978 at which time they moved to...

Owen Snyder
Aug 15, 2013
Owen Junior Snyder, son of Ernest and Phoebe Morris Snyder, was born on June 3, 1929 in Clovis New Mexico and passed from this life on Thursday, August 19, 2013 in Lowell, Arkansas at the age of 84 years, 2 months and 12 days. Owen was a longtime resident of the area. He was known and liked by all...

Odessa Tuttle
Aug 13, 2013
Odessa Faye Tuttle, daughter of Alton and Linnie Parrish Beard, was born on September 15, 1927 in Westville, Oklahoma and departed from this life to be with her Lord on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 in Springdale, Arkansas at the age of 85 years, 10 months and 29 days. Faye married Hurshel Tuttle on August 8, 1946 and they were...