Jennifer Holmes
Nov 28, 2013
The life of Jennifer Lea Holmes began on August 26, 1956 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was the third child of Carlynne L. Holmes and Burt B. Holmes. She grew up walking the footbridge to Carnegie, then went on to Nimitz and graduated from Memorial High School. There, she discovered her knack for foreign language and began to master French. She...
Teddie Holmes
Nov 27, 2013
Teddie Mae Holmes 84, passed away Wednesday, November 27, in her home in Maple Ridge addition. Born in Locust Grove, OK. She was a proud member of the Cherokee Nation. At age 20 married Forb Phillips Sr. They founded and operated Phillips Transfer Co. until his passing in 1959. She then worked in Tulsa as an accountant for various companies...
Chiyo Woods
Nov 26, 2013
Woods, Chiyo Suzuki, 40 of Tulsa passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2013. She worked in fitness facility maintenance at a country club. Survived by husband Eddie Woods, children Tookie Toshio Woods, Sylah Woods, Eilee Woods, Mother Chikako, sister Chizuko Suzuki, two brothers and friends Shinko and Uri .
Bill Mcmains
Nov 26, 2013
Billy Dean "Bill" McMains 76, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away on November 26, 2013 of natural causes. The burial service is scheduled for 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 30, 2013 at Memorial Park Cemetery with a memorial service at 11:00 A.M. followed by a reception immediately after at Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church. All services are open to all...
Clarence Knippa
Nov 26, 2013
The Rev. Dr. Clarence W. Knippa, Pastor Emeritus of Grace Lutheran Church, peacefully departed this life on November 26, 2013. His abiding faith was the foundation of his long and fruitful life of service to his church, family and community. Born August 19, 1913 in Fayette Co., Texas to Otto and Frances (Schmedt) Knippa, he was raised in Austin. He...
V. Leenetta
Nov 23, 2013
V. Leenetta King, daughter of Marvin and Emily Laughlin, born November 27, 1922 in Van Buren County, IA, left this earth on Saturday, November 23, 2013. She graduated from Lockridge High School in 1940 and attended the Ottumwa Beauty Academy. Following graduation from the beauty academy she opened a beauty shop in Fairfield, IA, where she lived until moving to...
Keith Carver
Nov 23, 2013
Keith Alan Carver, 46, of Tulsa, Oklahoma died November 23, 2013 in his home surrounded by his wife, children, mother, and granddaughter after a long battle with Frontotemporal Dementia, aka Pick's Disease. He was born February 24, 1967 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He married Lisa Montgomery on December 10, 2010 in Fayetteville, Arkansas in a ceremony performed by his Mother. Survivors...
Louis Endsley
Nov 22, 2013
Endsley, Louis Ferral Endsley, 78 of Tulsa passed away Friday, November 22, 2013. He was born September 30, 1935 in Richmond, MO to Louis Elmer and Elma Endsley. He was the executive director of design and construction for the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Tulsa, was a Second Degree Mason and Shriner,...
Cherry Kempe
Nov 21, 2013
KEMPE, Cherry Natalie, 83, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013 in Jenks, OK. She was born at home in West Tulsa, OK on June 20, 1930 to John Monroe and Ruth May McDonald. She moved with her family to Bremerton, WS in 1938, and graduated from Bremerton High, returning to Tulsa in 1951, Cherry moved to be with her sister...
Nancy Swindler
Nov 21, 2013
Nancy Mae (Conley) Swindler was born December 26th, 1929 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Nellie Maude (Phillips) Conley and Carl Allen Conley. Nancy was the youngest of 7 children and is survived by her husband, James Swindler; three daughters, Dorothy Swindler, Vickie Swindler Sanborn, and Shirley Bennett; her sister, Shirley Godwin; four grandchildren, Marsha Spencer, Allen Sanborn, Sara Bennett, and Robbie...
Billie Mendenhall
Nov 21, 2013
Billie Jean Mendenhall, age 90, died peacefully on Nov. 21 st, 2013 . She will be greatly missed by daughters Pat Wells (Elvin), Pam Swan (Mark), Chris Foster and daughter-in-law Deanna Mendenhall along with 9 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Billie was born in Bristow, Ok, to William and Margaret Callahan. After graduating from Rogers High School in Tulsa, she...
William Aciel Wilbanks
Nov 20, 2013
WILLIAM "BILL" A. WILBANKS, 78,of Independence Kansas formally of Tulsa, Oklahoma died Wednesday at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:oo a. m., Monday, November 25, 2013 at the Moore's Memory Chapel, 1403 South Peoria Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma with Police Chaplain Danny Lynchard officiating. Burial will follow in the Ethel Reese...
Philip Wood
Nov 20, 2013
Auditor Philip Warren Wood, CFA, CIA, the longest serving elected official in the in the history of Tulsa, 88, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather,World War II Veteran, graduate of Princeton University died at St. John Medical Center from complications of lymphoma on November 20, 2013. His was a life well lived. He won eleven elections. He was Tulsa City...
