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Clinton C. Hays
Mar 30, 2016
Clinton C. Hays, 84, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 with family by his side. Clint was born July 3, 1931 in Enid, OK, to Cecil Clifford and Opha Mabel (Ivey) Hays. He was a 1949 graduate of Enid High School in Enid, OK. After high school Clint joined the 45th Infantry Division of the Oklahoma Army National Guard,...
Robert George Hale
Mar 29, 2016
Robert "Boots" Hale, "You Know This Guy," 73, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away March 29, 2016. Boots was born August 13, 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Delmar and Moline Hale. He retired from the Tulsa Fire Dept. in 1991 after 25 years of service. During the '60's and '70's he enjoyed stock car racing and has always been known for...
John Avery Speed
Mar 28, 2016
Visitation will be 6-8 P.M., Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at Moore's Southlawn, 9350 E. 51st, Tulsa, OK. Service will be 2:30 P.M., Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Moore's Southlawn Chapel. Moore's Southlawn 918-663-2233
Steven R. Tate
Mar 27, 2016
Memorial service will be 3:00 P.M., Friday, April 1, 2016 at Moore's Southlawn Chapel, 9350 E. 51st, Tulsa, OK. Moore's Southlawn 918-663-2233
Judith Ann Burtner
Mar 27, 2016
Judith A. Burtner was born in Logan County, Oklahoma on December 23, 1941. She graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1960. Judith married Paul Burtner in Tulsa in 1963 and they moved to Northbrook, Illinois where they lived for several years during which time their daughter and son were born. After divorcing, she moved back to Tulsa in the...
Laurine H. Brown
Mar 27, 2016
Brown, Laurine Ruth Hoppe (Brown) left this world peacefully on Easter Sunday March 27, 2016 with family by her side. She was born to Lydia Schonhorst (Hoppe) and John David Hoppe on April 8th, 1923 in Ankeny, Iowa. She was raised on a farm in Iowa. She attended Iowa State College (now Iowa State University) and graduated with a Bachelor...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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