Norman David Van Dalsem
Sep 18, 2022
Norman "David" Van Dalsem passed from this life peacefully on September 18, 2022, after developing complications from a sudden illness during the summer. David was born on August 9, 1938, to Nathaniel Dow and Molly Gertrude Van Dalsem in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. His father worked as a hydroelectric plant operator, and the family moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas, Langley, Oklahoma, and...
Mark David Stokes
Sep 16, 2022
Mark David Stokes, age 69, of Tulsa, sadly passed away on September 16th, 2022. Mark lived a life of service to the community and his loss will be deeply felt. His contributions are too many to list but include significant gifts to the Tulsa Day Center, the Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, and Iron Gate. Mark and his wife Marti,...
Mary Margaret Miller
Sep 15, 2022
Mary Margaret Miller, 91, of Tulsa, passed away, Thursday, September 15, 2022. She was born July 23, 1931 in Tulsa to Roy and Opal Appleby. Margaret was a retired bank officer for F & M Bank and a homemaker. She enjoyed cooking and was very good at it! She had a wonderful sense of humor and was always checking on...
Betty Reading
Sep 14, 2022
Betty Reading, 93, of Tulsa, Oklahoma died on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at Baptist Village in Broken Arrow. She was born to Elmer Klein and Martha Girrard Klein on January 30, 1929 in South Bend, IN. She married William J. Reading who preceded her in death in 2005. Mrs. Reading was a 1st grade school teacher in Flint, Michigan for...
Frances Jean Colpitt
Sep 13, 2022
Frances Colpitt, renowned art historian, author, curator, feature writer and contributing editor for Art in America for over 20 years; teacher and mentor, died in her Fort Worth, TX, home September 12, 2022. Colpitt, who recently retired from her position as the Deedie Potter Rose Chair of Art History, Texan Christian University School of Art was working on a third...
Raymond Dudley Leach Iii
Sep 13, 2022
Raymond Dudley Leach, III passed away on September 13, 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 73. Dudley was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Raymond Leach Jr. And Mattie Pearl Wheat Leach on December 11, 1948. He graduated from Bartlesville Col-High. Dudley was employed by Reda Pump/ Schlumberger for over 40+ years. He is preceded in death by his...
Fred Sylvester Capps
Sep 12, 2022
Fred Sylvester Capps was born on Tuesday, May 20, 1924 in Hanna, OK to Will and Rena Pendley Capps. He served in the US Navy during WWII on the USS Platte. After serving, he came home and began his career as a barber, dedicating his life to raising his family focused to love God and one another. This confidence in...
Louise Sohl
Sep 12, 2022
Louise Sohl was born January 8, 1929 in Exeter, MO to William Randolph Edens and Mary Lucille Thomas Edens. She died on September 12, 2022 in Tulsa, OK. She worked as a draftsman after graduating from Webster High School. She met the love of her life, John Bob Sohl and they were soon married. They had two boys, John Randolph...
Marian M. O'Brien
Sep 12, 2022
Marian (Elizabeth) Murphy O'Brien was born on August 2, 1931 in Tulsa to Arthur and Ruth Davidson Murphy. She died September 12, 2022 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Marian graduated in 1949 from Marquette High School. Marian then attended the Draughon School of Business in Tulsa before working at American Airlines. On June 21, 1952 she married her high school...
Duane C. Buenzow
Sep 11, 2022
Duane C. Buenzow, age 82, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 11, 2022, at Porta Caeli House in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born on September 14, 1939 at his family home in Bremer County, IA to Alfred and Mercedes Buenzow. Duane graduated from Sumner High School in 1957 and later joined and served in the U.S. Army from 1959 to...
Loretta Cosse Stucke
Sep 11, 2022
Loretta Cosse Stucke passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2022 at the age of 73 years. Beloved wife of Kenneth J. Stucke for 33 years. Daughter of the late Wallace and Sara Hopkins Cosse. Loving Mother of Stephen M. Guidry (Beverly). Cherished Grandmother of Sarah Beth Webb (Drew), Joshua Lipko, and Christa Lee Outlaw (Shayne). Beloved Great-Grandmother of Carter Webb,...
Vernon Dale Stanton
Sep 10, 2022
Vernon "Vern" Dale Stanton passed away on Saturday, September 10th, 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, four days shy of his 94th birthday. Vern loved life, his family, his friends. He had an infectious passion for !ifelong knowledge, experiences, and especially connecting with others throughout each community and organization he was a part of. Vern never knew a stranger, as he made...
Robert Barton Philion
Sep 8, 2022
Robert Barton Philion, 52, of Owasso, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2022. He was born October 23, 1969 in Los Angeles, CA to James Robert and Beth Philion. Bart had worked at Hillcrest Medical Center and was a member of New Heights Church in Owasso. He enjoyed mustang cars, drag races, and movies, in particular Marvel and Star Wars. He...
Cheryl Lee Dooley
Sep 8, 2022
Funeral Service will be 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at Moore's Southlawn Chapel, 9350 E. 51st, Tulsa, OK. Moore's Southlawn 918-663-2233
Sharon Lee Dossey
Sep 7, 2022
Graveside Service will be 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at Memorial Park Cemetery, 5111 S. Memorial Drive, Tulsa, OK. Moore's Southlawn 918-663-2233
Barbara Ann Britten
Sep 6, 2022
Barbara Britten, 75, passed away on September 6, 2022, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was a life-long resident of Tulsa. Barbara was born on April 3, 1947, to Charles and Billee Britten in Tulsa. She was a 1965 graduate of Nathan Hale High School. For many years, she was an office manager for several businesses in the Tulsa area. Barbara was...
Truman C. Hale
Sep 6, 2022
Truman C. Hale "Bud" was born to Norman and Claudia Hale on February 6, 1946 in Bradford, Arkansas. He passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is survived by his wife Rebekah Hale and 4 children: Stephanie and Stephen Reinhart of Stuttgart, AR, John and JoBeth Hale of Scott, AR, Mandi and Stephen Dixon of Tulsa,...
James Michael Ratcliffe
Sep 5, 2022
James Michael "Mike" Ratcliffe, 67, Tulsa resident, passed away Monday, September 5, 2022. He was born March 29, 1955, to James and Dorothy (Gibson) Ratcliffe in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mike's vast knowledge of antiques and their history prompted him to become an antique appraiser. He was a member of the Battle Creek Church at Midtown, "Band of Brothers" and "National Appraiser...
Carolyn Banner Howell
Sep 5, 2022
Carolyn Howell, age 87, went home to be with her Jesus on Sept 5th. She started out this journey in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, aka, Mayberry, the small town where the Andy Griffith show was based. After meeting her beloved husband, Bobby Lee, they married and moved to Texas and then moved on to Tulsa. They were blessed with two...
Phyllis C. Bales
Sep 5, 2022
Phyllis Carey Bales (Hurley) was born on May 26, 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and laid to rest September 8, 2022. As Queen Elizabeth II of England was a matriarch to her people, so was Phyllis Carey Bales a matriarch to her people in the community, family and friends alike. She is survived by her three children, Jamie McCaslin Harry, Carla...
