Death notices for August 9 (2024)

TULSA

Chancellor, Patricia Karlene (Elmore), 82, dry cleaner, died Wednesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church, Catoosa. Serenity.

Couch, Gayle Marie Glassner, 62, died Sunday. Service 3 p.m. Saturday, Believers Church.

Dodson, Dixie Jean, 81, paralegal and secretary, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stanleys.

Hartung, William R., 85, automotive dealership manager, died Wednesday. Services pending. Moore's Memory.

Hester, James Alfred, 54, carpenter and woodworker, died Thursday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Saturday, Passageway Ministries, Bixby. Mark Griffith-Westwood.

Marrs, Henry L. "Pete," 95, truck driver and mechanic, died Wednesday. Service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa.

Morton, Virgil J., 88, welder, died Wednesday in Claremore. Service 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa.

Phelps, Merrill A. "Red" II, 92, retired Postal Service methods and standards analyst, died Wednesday. Rosary 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home, Sand Springs, and funeral Mass 1 p.m. Friday, St. Patrick Catholic Church, Sand Springs.

Phillips, Annie Mae, 63, Oral Roberts University housing secretary, died Tuesday. Visitation 4-7 p.m. Friday, Schaudt's Funeral Home, Glenpool. No services planned.

Schreier, Barbara, 82, real estate sales worker, died Thursday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Ivy.

STATE/AREA

Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.

Bartlesville - Aleen Evangeline Molz, 92, retired teacher, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff.

Bixby - Alice Colleen Cercy, 86, retired registered nurse, died Monday in Little Rock, Ark. Service noon Saturday, Pleasant Valley Church of Christ, Little Rock. Schaudt's, Glenpool.

Broken Arrow - Sherrill Ray Green, 80, tool and die maker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven.

Coweta - Oscar "Tyree" Sampson, 34, cook, died Monday in Broken Arrow. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Wright-Brown.

Enid - Kenneth G. Ball, 82, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Presbyterian Church. Brown-Cummings.

Fort Smith, Ark. - Nyla M. Shepherd, 92, bookkeeper, died Wednesday. Funeral Mass 11 a.m. Friday, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Evans & Miller, Poteau.

Haskell - Juan Ramirez, 62, truck driver, died Tuesday. Service 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Assembly of God. Dowdy.

Henryetta - Gwendelyn Blythe Hansen, 15, student, died Monday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Hope Church, Oklahoma City. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.

Mannford - Arlayne Ella Rogers, 79, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.

McAlester - Ronald Gene "Ronnie" Young, 59, Young's Auto Repair owner and Pittsburg County commissioner, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Bishop Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Southeast Expo Center.

Miami - Virginia Marie (Miller) Casto, 97, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home Chapel.

- Bonnie Fern Varner, 91, cafeteria manager, died Wednesday in Commerce. Services pending. Brown-Winters.

Muskogee - Harold Cecil Aldridge Sr., 95, retired Moton High School principal and basketball coach, died Monday in Taft. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Friday, Ragsdale Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Taft Resource Center, Taft.

- Geneva Warrior, 82, Checotah Water Department clerk, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, St. Mark Baptist Church. Keith D. Biglow.

- Jasper Youngblood, 71, farmer, died Aug. 1. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Divine Love Christian Fellowship.

Oaks - William Lee Cearley, 42, automotive worker, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Grand Lake Funeral Home, Jay, and graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Mount Hermon Cemetery, Jay.

Okay - Rosa Lee Parnell, 54, homemaker, died Aug. 1. Service 1 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church. Shipman's, Muskogee.

Okmulgee - Wendell Deneer Baird, 50, construction worker, died Tuesday in Midwest City. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 11 a.m. Monday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home Chapel, Okmulgee.

- John F. "Red" Perry, 49, died Thursday in Purcell. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.

Ponca City - Lisa A. Cross, 54, homemaker, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Central Baptist Church. Grace.

Pryor - Brandie (Smith) Marlin, 41, Vinita Public Schools teacher, died Aug. 5. Memorial service 10 a.m. Monday, First Church of God. Stephens.

Salina - Rebecca Stevens, 55, restaurant cook, died July 30. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Chouteau Bend Recreation Area, Chouteau. Hart, Tahlequah.

Sand Springs - Jerry Wayne Lawrence, 62, telecommunications supervisor, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church, Sapulpa. Serenity, Tulsa.

Sapulpa - Linda Faye Beller, 81, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Schaudt's Funeral Home Chapel, Glenpool.

- Juanita McVey, 80, died Wednesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Green Hill Memorial Gardens. Green Hill.

- Donald Wayne Quinton, 59, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel.

Shidler - Gale Ann Fish, 65, homemaker, died Monday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Saturday, Shidler United Methodist Church. Grace, Ponca City.

Skiatook - Donald Lee O'Rourke, 83, pipeliner, formerly of Skiatook, died Tuesday in Greeley, Colo. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Sien-Shelton Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Osage Garden.

Sperry - Jeremiah Jason Smith, 23, personal trainer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Serenity, Tulsa.

Stillwater - Debbie Dyann Standage, 51, Walmart deli lead associate, died Aug. 6 in Tulsa. Memorial service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Strode Funeral Home Chapel.

Stilwell - Billy Noblin, 80, heavy-equipment operator, died Tuesday in Tahlequah. Services pending. Hart, Tahlequah.

Tahlequah - Martha Louise Catron, 97, rancher, died Monday in Sedan, Kan. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Freewater Cemetery, Stilwell. Hart.

- Brandie Dawn Thomas, 27, certified medical assistant, died Aug. 5. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Stilwell.

Wagoner - Willard Carey, 80, roofer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Shipman.

Wewoka - Victor P. Steele, 80, pharmacist, died Tuesday. Service 1:30 p.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

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