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Shirley Ann Rossiter

Shirley Ann Rossiter

Mar 27, 2016

Memorial service will be 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at Moore's Southlawn Chapel, 9350 E. 51st, Tulsa, OK 74145. Moore's Southlawn 918-663-2233

Barbara Jane Myers

Barbara Jane Myers

Mar 27, 2016

Myers, Barbara Jane, 79, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2016 in Tulsa, OK. Born July 13, 1936 in Muskogee, OK to Fredrick Lyle Edwards and Mary Jane (Stewart) Johnson. Member of Boston Avenue United Methodist Church. She volunteered at St. John Women's Auxiliary, and RSVP for the Tulsa International Airport. She enjoyed her home, sewing, her dogs, watering flowers, feeding...

Betty Shorter

Betty Shorter

Mar 26, 2016

Viewing will be 10AM til 8PM, Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at Moore's Southlawn, 9350E. 51st, Tulsa, OK. Service will be 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at Moore's Southlawn Chapel. Moore's Southlawn 918-663-2233

Doris Soost

Doris Soost

Mar 26, 2016

Doris Mae Soost returned to her Heavenly home on the morning of March 26, 2016, having celebrated her 97th birthday that same month. Doris was born in Henryetta, Oklahoma on March 8th, 1919. She was the first child of Earl and Edna Pittman. All who knew Doris, remember her as an excellent cook. She derived great pleasure from cooking for...

Bernice M. Vaverka

Bernice M. Vaverka

Mar 26, 2016

Bernice M. Vaverka, 95, of Tulsa, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016. She was born October 10, 1920 in Daisy, Ark to Joe and Emaline Meeks. She moved to Tulsa to work at Spartan Aircraft during World War II. She married Theodore Vaverka in 1946 and together they raised three children. She was an active member of St. Pius X...

Ruth B. Turner

Ruth B. Turner

Mar 25, 2016

TURNER, Ruth B., 85, passed away Friday, March 25, 2016 in Broken Arrow, OK. Born July11, 1930 in Haskell, OK to Edward Brittenham and Elizabeth (Young) Brittenham. Ruth attended the University of Tulsa and Northeastern State University receiving her Bachelor and Master Degrees in education. She was an elementary school teacher in the Bixby School System. Member of the 29th...

Gene Monteith

Gene Monteith

Mar 25, 2016

Kenneth Gene Monteith was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 1, 1942 to Gene and Charlotte Monteith. He was their first child. He was raised in Covington, Kentucky until the age of five when they moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a teenager he managed a paper route. At age sixteen he started working at Jitney Jungle Grocery Store as a...

James O. Allen

James O. Allen

Mar 25, 2016

James "Jim" Otto Allen, long time resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma and most recently Inverness Village died Friday March 25, 2016, at the age of 95. Jim was born in Arkadelphia, Arkansas on November 28, 1920 to parents James Otto Allen, Sr. and Martha Andrews Allen. Jim's siblings include Faye Kincaid (Wilfred), Walter E. Allen, (Jinx) and Dorothy Powell, (Glen), who...

Evelyn Bensen Royal

Evelyn Bensen Royal

Mar 24, 2016

Evelyn Bensen Royal, 91, of Tulsa, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016. She was born August 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York to Greswald and Borghild Bensen of Norway. After graduation from high school in 1942, she volunteered as an air raid warden in the New York area. In 1949, she moved to St. Joseph, MO where she met and...

John Wesley Brown

John Wesley Brown

Mar 24, 2016

John Wesley Brown, 27, passed away Thursday, March 24th, 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born to William Robert and Regina (Coonhead) Brown on April 15th, 1988 in Claremore, Oklahoma. After graduating from Kellyville, John got married, had a son, joined the Marines then had a daughter. After the Marines he became a sandblaster. One of the proudest moments of...

Virginia Lee Blackstock Wise

Virginia Lee Blackstock Wise

Mar 23, 2016

Virginia Blackstock Wise was born on July 2, 1917 in Bixby, OK to Joe A. and Winifred Lundy Lowman. She passed away peacefully on Mar 23, 2016 at Saint Simeon Senior Community in Tulsa, OK after a brief illness. She is survived by her five children: Craig Blackstock and Trena Blackstock of Tulsa, Lore Mitchell of Fort Worth, TX, Priscilla...

Helen Irene Ellington

Helen Irene Ellington

Mar 23, 2016

Helen Irene Ellington, 89, of Tulsa, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016. She was born April 11th, 1926 to LoDessa and Frank Adler in Maramec, OK. She was retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone after 32 years of service. Irene was a member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church. She was a founding member of "The Bunko Bunch", playing monthly games...

Alma Jean Cheshewalla

Alma Jean Cheshewalla

Mar 23, 2016

Alma Jean Cheshewalla, 86, of Tulsa, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016. She was born May 21, 1929 in Barnsdall, OK to Roy Allen and Dora Alley Hilton. She was retired from the accounting department for Hale-Halsell and was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. She enjoyed Bunko and Green Country Poker. Alma is survived by her daughter, Gloria...

Marilou Ann Richards

Marilou Ann Richards

Mar 23, 2016

Service will be 2:00 P.M., Monday, March 28, 2016 at Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel, 5111 S. Memorial Drive, Tulsa, OK. Moore's Southlawn 918-663-2233

Philip Stephen Carleton

Philip Stephen Carleton

Mar 23, 2016

Philip (Phil) Stephen Carleton, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend to many died on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 at Brookdale Cedar Ridge Senior Living Community in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He was born in Santa Rosa, California on March 19, 1945 to Robbie Lee and Gus Carleton. He grew up in Shawnee, Oklahoma and has resided in Tulsa for the last...

Michael D. Richardson

Michael D. Richardson

Mar 22, 2016

Michael D. Richardson, 58, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born to Charlie Harlan and Mary Zola (Jack's) Richardson on January 17, 1958 in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Michael was preceded in death by his parents; son, Christopher; and brother, Wayne Richardson. He is survived by his wife, Malinda; children: Michael Don, Calvin, Chris and Christyl; fourteen...

Ella Ruth Kammeyer

Ella Ruth Kammeyer

Mar 22, 2016

Ella Ruth Kammeyer passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 in Allen, Texas, at the age of 91. Born on November 21, 1924 in rural Alma, Missouri, Ella was the daughter of the late Herman J. Bargfrede and Amanda Elizabeth (Kiehl) Bargfrede. Ella grew up on a farm and was the 8th of 10 children, 5 boys and 5 girls....

Billie Eng

Billie Eng

Mar 22, 2016

Billie Eng captured the hearts of all who had the opportunity to know her. She was born in Kilgore, TX on July 14, 1931. She fell in love with and married Eugene Eng in 1946. Billie's legacy lives on through her children Eileen Ong, Shirley Bomhoff, Linda Webster, Eugene Eng Jr, and Janet Rock and is preceded in death by...

Debra Jean Smith

Debra Jean Smith

Mar 21, 2016

Debra Jean Arno Smith, 61, of Tulsa, passed away Monday, March 21, 2016. She was born September 4, 1954 in Okmulgee, OK to Dora Jean Arno and Jack Alexander. She was a bar tender at The Bounty Lounge and a member of Big Cussetah United Methodist Church. She loved spending time with family and friends and her guilty pleasure was...

Kenneth Larry Nix

Kenneth Larry Nix

Mar 21, 2016

Funeral service will be 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at Moore's Southlawn Chapel, 9350 E. 51st, Tulsa, OK. Moore's Southlawn 918-663-2233

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