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1960
SMITH RITES MONDAY
Smith, James Thomas
Services for James Thomas (Shorty) Smith, 58, a Vinita resident for 40 years who died Thursday in a local hospital, will be conducted at 2:30 pm Monday in Luginbuel Brothers Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Tom Parker will officiate. Interment will be in the Military Cemetery. (Note: This is west of Ketchum, Ok and southeast of Vinita.)
[Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
April 1960
CURNUTTE RITES TODAY
Curnutte, T. G.
Services for T. G. Curnutte, 91-year-old Craig county retired farmer who died Wednesday night in a Miami (Ok) hospital, will be conducted at 2:30 pm today in the First Methodist Church, Welch. Luginbuel Brothers Funeral home will be in charge of interment in the GAR cemetery, Miami (Ok). [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
1971
BRADY PATTON DIES SUDDENLY
Patton, Brady Lee
Brady Lee Patton, 35, died suddenly at his home in Big Cabin shortly after midnight from an apparent heart attack. He was born July 6, 1935 in Marble City, Okla. Survivors include his widow, Mary, of the home; one son, Brady Lee, Jr., of the home; five daughters, Edith Marie, Connie Lou, Charlean Francis, Catherine Ann and Janet Louise, all of the home; his father, James Henry Patton, Grande, Mo; two brothers, John of Neosho, Mo., and Alvin, of Pawnee and three sisters, Mrs. Leona Randolph, Claremore, Mrs. Daisy Walker, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mrs. Minnie Wingate, Oregon. Services will be at
2 pm Saturday in the Big Cabin Baptist Church with Rev. Jay Murphy officiating. Burial will be in the Big Cabin Cemetery under direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Chapel. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
1971
HALLETT SERVICES
Hallett, Reginald
Services for Reginald Hallett, who died unexpectedly Tuesday, will be held at 2 pm Friday in the Burckhalter Memorial Chapel. Rev. Olen F. Gilliam of the Seventh Day Adventist Church will officiate. Interment will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Chetopa, Kan., under direction of the Burckhalter Funeral Home of Vinita. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
1971
Heart Attack fells C. A. Huyser
Huyser, Corneal A.
Corneal A. Huyser, 65, was dead on arrival at a local hospital at about 10:30 am today with an apparent heart attack suffered at his home of 438 North Second. Survivors include his widow, Maxine, of the home; two sons, Ronald, of Antioch, Calif; and Gayle, Van Buren, Ark., one daughter Mrs. Barbara Andrews, Independence, Mo; one brother, Ira, of Tucson, Ariz., and nine grandchildren. He was a retired employee of Eastern State Hospital and was a 30-year resident of Craig County, living in Centralia until about seven years ago. Services are pending and will be announced later by the Luginbuel Funeral Service of Vinita. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
1971
HUYSER SERVICE
Services for Corneal A. Huyser, who died Monday, will be held at 1:30 pm Thursday in the Luginbuel Funeral Chapel with Rev. Charles McBee, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Martin Cemetery near Centralia, under direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Service. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
March 12, 1972
DEATH CLAIMS OVEL STANISLAUS
Stanislaus, Ovel
Ovel Stanislaus, 73, died at 2:20 pm Wednesday, at a local hospital following an illness of about three months. He was a long-time hay and grain dealer and owned and operated the Stanislaus Hay and Grain Co., and the Stanislaus Implement and Hardware Store before his retirement in 1964.
Stanislaus had been a resident of Vinita for about 60 years. He had been a member of the Federal Housing Administration board and had been active in civic affairs. He was a member of the Vinita Chamber of Commerce, Vinita Rotary Club, the Knife and Fork club and a member of the First Baptist Church of Vinita. He came to Vinita about 60 years ago and began work for Copple and Yeates by driving a hay wagon. From this beginning he developed his hay, feed and farm machinery business. His son, Doyle, was formerly manager of the Grand River Dam Authority. He was born Dec. 6, 1898 in Houston, Mo. He was married to Ina A. Smith Jan. 16, 1919 and they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1969. He was preceded in death by a son, Dale Stanislaus who was killed in 1944 while in action during World War II. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ina A. Stanislaus, of the home at Rt. 1, Vinita; four daughters, Mrs. Bill Waller of 818 West Halsell Ave., Mrs. Joyce Sparks of 301 1/2 E. Canadian Ave., Mrs. Sonny Chase of 716 N. Brown St., and Mrs. Tom Clanton, from east of Vinita; one son, Doyle Stanislaus, of Tulsa; six sisters, Mrs. Hilda buckingham, of Van Nuys, Calif., Mrs. Lela Ponder, of Santa Monica, Calif., Mrs. Essie Dillard, of Pueblo, Colo., Mrs. Macie Bell, of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Lottie Rorebeck, of Vinita, and Mrs. Pearl Hamm, of Chouteau; 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Friday in the First Baptist Church. Dr. J. Harvey Scott of Corpus Christi, Tex., and Rev. Charles McBee will officiate. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of the Burckhalter Funeral Home of Vinita. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
March 12, 1972
MRS. HARPER (note: should be Mrs. ADAIR)
Adair, Vernie Harper
Mrs. Vernie Harper Adair, 57, died Tuesday in a Tulsa hospital. She was born March 17, 1914 near Afton and was a former resident of Afton and Miami.
Survivors include her widower, Clint Adair, of the home at 7854 E. King St., Tulsa; one son, Jimmy Hyatt, of Ponca City; one daughter, Patricia Hyatt, of Tulsa; one brother, Leo Harper, of Afton; four sisters, Mrs. Lelia Culver, of Afton; Mrs. Annabell Hamilton, of Altamont, Kan., Mrs. Dorothy Harshaw, of Fredonia, Kan., and Mrs. Fannie Foust, of Bluejacket, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1 pm Thursday at the Mindi Funeral Home in Tulsa. Burial will be in the Sixkiller Cemetery, near Afton, at 3 pm under the direction of the Mindi Funeral Home of Tulsa. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
March 15, 1972
MRS. FRANKLIN
Franklin, Lillian
Mrs. Lillian Franklin, 87, died about noon Tuesday at Albuquerque, N.M. She was the widow of George W. Franklin, a rancher who died March 16, 1955. Mrs. Franklin was a longtime former Vinita resident before moving to Albuquerque about eight years ago. She was born Oct. 4, 1894 in Indiana and was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, George W. Franklin III, of Kansas City, Mo; one daughter, Mrs. Henry Davis, 1505 Gracia N.E., Albuquerque; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services are pending and will be announced later by the Burckhalter Funeral Home. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
April 4, 1972
Dr. J.M. McMillan Succumbs Monday
McMillan, J. M.
Dr. J. M. McMillan, 68, well known Vinita physician died Monday in Tulsa’s St. Francis Hospital . He came to Vinita in 1938 to serve on the staff at Eastern State Hospital. In 1942 he began private practice and established an office in Vinita. Dr. McMillan was born in Atlee, Ark., Nov. 28, 1904. He was the son of The Rev. G.O. McMillan, a Methodist minister. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister. His only son, Lt. James M. McMillan, Jr., was killed in combat in Vietnam April 1, 1970. The survivors are his widow, the former Clarice Hadsell, of Norman, now at the home; two daughters, Carole Ann (now Mrs. Don Duffield) and Nancy (Mrs. Robert Ahrens), four grandchildren; a niece, Mrs. Jim Strange, and a nephew, Dr. Ray Motley. Graveside services and interment will be held in Fairview Cemetery at 4 pm Wednesday. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
about April 7, 1972
Carlock, Anna
ANNA CARLOCK
Anna M. Carlock born April 21, 1874, passed away April 6 at 10:55 in the Arkansas City Hospital, Arkansas City, Kansas. She had made her home there with her sister, Ruth Burns the last three to four years. Both had previously lived northeast of Vinita in the West Cabin and Shanahan districts. She was preceded in death by a husband, two children, seven brothers and one sisters. She was a school teacher for several years before entering (do not have the end of the article). [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
April 7, 1972
STELLA CROUCH
Stella E. Crouch, 85, died in a local hospital at 8:50 am today after an illness of about three weeks. She was a native Craig Countian, born on the same farm she’s lived her entire lifetime, Rt. 3, Vinita, in the Carselowey district. She was born Jan. 23, 1887. Mrs. Crouch was the author of a book, “The Story of the Cherokee Indians,’ written in 1967. Mrs. Crouch attended the Female Seminary at Tahlequah, which was part of the Cherokee Nation Schools. When she was 17, she married Henry L. Crouch, a Kentuckian and a saddle horseman. The Crouch’s brought the first carload of registered saddle horses in the Indian Territory from Bourbon, Ken. Survivors include one son, Max, of Rt. 3, Vinita; a daughter-in-law, Lizzie Crouch; three grandchildren, Mrs. Raymond Pope, Rt. 2, Vinita; Mrs. Robert Dockery and Mrs. Sue Jane Long, both of Miami; five great-grandchildren, and two brothers, Mack Carselowey, of 403 N. Gunter St., and C. V. Carselowey, of Miami. Services are planned for 3 pm Sunday from the Foursquare Gospel Church at Carselowey with Rev. Howard Mayberry and Rev. John Bechtold officiating. Interment will be in Carselowey Cemetery. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
June 23, 1972
ROSCOE THORPE
Roscoe Marion Thorpe, 67, passed away at 10:15 am Thursday in a Joplin, Mo. hospital. He was born Aug. 10, 1904 in Belmont, Indian Territory and had been an Afton area resident for the past 45 years. He was a member of the Sac-Fox Indian tribe and a half-brother to Jim Thorpe, the famous athlete. Thorpe retired two years ago from school bus driving. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Afton. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Eva Thorpe, of the home in Afton; three sons, Marion Thorpe, of San Diego, Calif; Jim Thorpe, of Newport, Ore., and Don Thorpe, of Joplin, Mo., and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Saturday in the Afton Assembly of God Church with Rev. Charles Talbert officiating. Interment will be in the Sixkiller Cemetery south of Afton under the direction of the Birks Funeral Home of Afton. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 1972
Lewis W. JORDAN
Lewis W. Jordan, 53, of Orange, Calif., died at 1:20 pm Wednesday at his home after a long illness. He was born May 16, 1919 in Vinita. His mother, Mrs. Mabel Jordan, preceded him in death one month ago. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Monnie Jordan, of the home and two sisters, Mrs. Richard Breshears and Mrs. Frank Spaulding, both of Vinita. Funeral services and burial will be held in California. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 1972
MRS. FOSTER
Hallie Foster
Funeral services for Mrs. Hallie Foster, who died Thursday, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Big Cabin United Methodist Church. Rev. Jay Murphy will officiate. Interment will be in the Big Cabin Cemetery under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Service of Vinita. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
February 1973
Mrs. Abbott
Letha Vera Abbott
Funeral services for Mrs. Letha Vera Abbott, who died Friday, were conducted at 2 p.m. today at the Burckhalter Memorial Chapel. Rev. Lloyd Crawford, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jay, officiated. Interment was in the Bluejacket Cemetery under the direction of the Burckhalter Funeral Home of Vinita. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
February 1973
Eugene L. CATLIN
Funeral services for Eugene L. Catlin, who passed away Friday, were held at 3:30 p.m. today in the Luginbuel Funeral Chapel with Rev. Charles McBee officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Service of Vinita. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 1973
McMILLAN, Clarice H.
Mrs. Clarice H. McMillan, 64, passed away in a Tulsa hospital at about 10 am Saturday. She was the widow of the late Dr. J.M. McMillan, long-time Vinita physician who preceded here in death April 3, 1972. Mrs. McMillan was born July 7, 1908, at Norman. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Carole Ann Duffield, and Mrs. Nancy Ahrens, one brother, John Hadsell, and four grandchildren. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
October 11(?), 1973
Ferdnanc RAY
Ferdnanc (Fritz) Ray, born Dec. 28, 1911 in Arkansas. widow, Mrs. Edith Ray, daughters, Mrs. Shirley Norris, and Mrs. Rhonda Huddleston, ; one son, Loyd Ray, one brother, Edward Ray. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
1974
HARRY COGHILL
Harry L. (Roy) Coghill, 69, Rt. 1, Big Cabin, died Wednesday evening of an apparent heart attack. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Born April 15, 1905 in Columbus, Kan., he had lived in Lakin, Kan. and Ulysses, Kan., before moving to the home near Big Cabin four years ago. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during World War II and a retired employee of the Kansas State Highway Department. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Viola Marie Coghill, of the home; three brothers, Earl Coghill, Phoenix, Ariz., Sam Coghill, Lake, Kan., and Frank Coghill, Gonzales, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Esther Florentin, Gonzales, Calif. Services will be held at 2 pm Monday in the Luginbuel Funeral Chapel. Rev. D. R. Prather, of the Pentecostal Church of God will officiate. Burial will be in Carsolowey Cemetery under the direction of Luginbuel Funeral Service, Vinita. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
1974
MISS PARRISH
Georgia Adelia Parrish, 18-year-old Vinita resident, died Wednesday afternoon as a result of injuries suffered Sunday morning in an automobile accident near North Foreman Street and Tahlequah. She was born March 17, 1956 in Claremore and graduated from Ketchum High School. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Mary June Parrish, 446 N. Second St; a brother, George Parrish, of the home; three sisters, Nancy Parrish, Lottie Parrish and Julie Parrish, all of the home; and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chavalis, Ft. Gibson. Services will be conducted at 2 pm Saturday in the Foursquare Gospel Church with Rev. John N. Bechtold officating. Interment will be in the Carselowey Cemetery under the direction of Luginbuel Funeral Service of Vinita. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
January 30. 1974
HARTSOCK
Lula Opal Hartsock
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Opal Hartsock, 60-year-old Welch resident, will be held at 1 pm Thursday in the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel in Welch. Rev. L. N. Eatherly and Rev. Manuel Thalin will officiate. (Last part unreadable.) [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
March 4, 1974
R. WALKER
Robert Lawrence Walker
Robert Lawrence (Balley) Walker, 81, Welch, died at 7:20 pm Saturday in a Miami nursing home after a long illness. He was born March 17, 1892 in Fayetteville, Ark., and came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Walker, to Indian Territory by wagon train in 1899 when he was seven years old. They settled in Welch. He married Mary Bell Kinnison, June 15, 1913 in Chetopa, Kan. They lived in Welch until 1939, when they moved to Burbank, Calif. They returned seven years later to their home 10 miles west of Welch in the Kinnison district. In 1962, Mr. and Mrs. Walker moved into Welch. Mrs. Walker died Feb. 17, 1969. Walker, a retired carpenter and cabinetmaker, also did some farming. He was a member of the Welch Christian Church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Bernadine Tunnell, Rose, (Oklahoma); Mrs. Helen Cornog, Welch and Mrs. Norma Babst, Oklahoma City; nine grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2:30 pm Tuesday in the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel, Welch. Rev. Harold Neal will officiate and burial will be in the Walker Cemetery west of Welch. The family will meet at the home of Mrs. Helen Cornog, 4 ½ miles east of Welch. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
April 19, 1974
F. Dupree
Fred L. Dupree, 78, a native of Vinita, died Sunday night in Carson, Calif., following a heart attack. He had been in ill health for some time. Born Aug. 20, 1896, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dupree, pioneer Vinitans. He attended Vinita schools and in 1916 married Miss Winnie Scott, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Scott of Vinita. He was employed in the old Sinclair refinery here and later worked at Coffeyville, Kan., and Tulsa Sinclair plants before moving to California in the 1940s. Injuries sustained in a refinery accident there forced his retirement several years later. Survivors include his widow, of the home; four sons, Robert, Jim and Gene, all of the Los Angeles area and John, Sacramento; three sisters, Mrs. H. J. Hill of Vinita, Mrs. D. E. Hall of Englewood, Colo., and Mrs. Foster Smith of Eagle, Colo. Services and burial will be Thursday in San Pedro, Calif. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
May 22. 1974
I. STAUDER
Irwin E. Stauder
Graveside services for 72-year-old Vinitan Irwin E. Stauder will be held at 11 am Thursday in Fairview Cemetery, with Rev. Ray C. Newman officiating. The Luginbuel Funeral Service of Vinita is in charge of arrangements. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 9, 1974
J. Parkison
James Parkison, 64, Independence, Kan., brother of two Vinita residents, passed away at his home Wednesday. He was born July 14, 1910 in Lincolnville and moved to the Centralia area with his parents as a small child. He had lived in Independence, Kansas since 1927. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Oma Parkison, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Bill Taylor, Fredonia, Kan.; four sisters, Mrs. Lennie Ellis and Mrs. Leota Richardson, both of Vinita, and Mrs. Helen Sharpton and Mrs. Becky Trimble, Tulsa; and three grandsons. Another daughter preceded him in death in 1972. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Potts Funeral Home in Independence, Kan., and interment will be in the Independence Cemetery. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
September 18, 1974
MRS. LOLLAR
Mrs. Cecil Lollar, 62, El Dorado Springs, Mo., died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. She was born Nov. 14, 1911, in Craig County and was a 1930 graduate of Vinita High School. She formerly taught school at Ketchum and Pensacola. Mrs. Lollar had been a teacher for 45 years and had taught school on the day of her death. Survivors include her husband, Claude Lollar, of the home in El Dorado Springs, Mo.; a son, C. E. Lollar, who lives in Colorado; a daughter, Claudine Reynolds, El Dorado Springs; five sisters, Jackie Grubbs and Donna Lipe, both of Tulsa, Betty Davis, Catoosa, Margaret Catlin, San Antonio, Tex., and Maxine Scroggins, Las Vegas, Nev.; and three brothers, Noble Howard, Rt. 2, Vinita, Wendell Howard, Rt. 2, Afton, and Harold Howard, Montague, Calif. Services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday in El Dorado Springs, Mo., with interment in a cemetery there. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
October 9, 1974
Lester Adams
Lester Adams, 82, a former Joplin, Mo., resident, died at 12:15 p.m. in a Tulsa hospital, following an extended illness. Born May 31, 1892 in Lebanon, Mo., he had lived in Tulsa for three years. He was a retired railroad employee and a member of the Joplin Heights Baptist Church. He is survived by one stepson, Charles W. Benton, Tulsa, and a niece, Mrs. Mary Trippitoe, Neosho, Mo. Services were planned for 1:30 p.m. today in Joplin, with burial in Highland Park Cemetery at Pittsburg, Kan., under the direction of Thomas Funeral Home of Welch. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
November 15, 1974
HENRY HOOD
Henry Hood, 93-year-old Vinitan, passed away Thursday afternoon in a local nursing home. Born Oct. 15, 1881, in Rolla, Mo., he was married to Edith Inman on Jan. 1, 1905, in Salem, Mo. He came to Vinita in 1909. Mrs. Hood died in 1968. Mr. Hood was a retired carpenter and farmer and held membership in the Southside Church of Christ. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Elsie Byrd, Grantie City, Ill., Mrs. Elizabeth Strickland, Bakersfield, Calif., and Mrs. Jeanette Lomax, 338 S. Scraper St.; a sister, Mrs. Sidney Barrow, Wood River, Ill.; 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Luginbuel Funeral Chapel with Mr. __y Miller officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Service of Vinita. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
December 20, 1974
George Ahrens
George C. (Pat) Ahrens, 59, 611 Pecan St., Chetopa, Kan., passed away at 6:55 a.m. today in a Joplin medical center. He had been ill for six months.
He was born Nov. 19, 1915, on Rt. 2, Chetopa, northwest of Welch, and married Ora Brown on Jan. 21, 1939 in Norman. He was employed by the Chetopa Implement Company until last August when poor health forced his retirement. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ora Ahrens, of the home; two sons, George C.Ahrens, Jr., Chetopa, and Claude M. Ahrens, stationed with the U.S. Navy in Tokyo, Japan; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Broyles, Neosho, Mo.; one stepson, Woody McMahan, Houston, Tex.; five brothers, Jewell Ahrens, Fullerton, Calif., Neville Ahrens, Picher, John E. Ahrens, Glendale, Calif., Dennis Ahrens, Paris, Calif., and Delta Ahrens, Chetopa. Others surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Pearl Manford, Grandview, Mo., Mrs. Ruby Rometti, San Francisco, Calif., Mrs. Nona Houck, Pierce City, Mo., and Mrs. Roberta Anderson, Norman; three grandchildren and two step-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced later by the Thomas Funeral Home of Welch. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
1975 (no date written on it)
EX-VINITAN FOUND DEAD AT CLAREMORE
Betty Easling
A former Vinita woman was found dead in Claremore Lake Tuesday. Betty Easling, 1408 N. Choctaw Ave., Claremore (Ok), was floating face down in the lake on the west end of the Claremore Lake spillway in about 10 feet of water when her body was discovered at about 11:30 am by her son-in-law, Chuck Overgard. Overgard waded into the water, pulled the body to shore and notified Claremore police, according to the police report. Her family had been searching for her that morning, Claremore Police Chief Buck Johnson said. Foul play was not suspected, the investigating officer stated. Her husband, H. L. Easling, formerly owned Easling’s clothing store at 136 S. Wilson St., in Vinita. He now owns and operates a men’s clothing shop in Claremore. An autopsy will be conducted at a Tulsa hospital, Johnson reported. Mrs. Easling had been dead about two hours when discovered, according to Dr. Paul Mobley, physician on duty at the Claremore Health Center. Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Sharon Overgard; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Macon, Vinita, and two grandchildren. Services are pending with Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Service at Claremore. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
February 1975
Dolly Byroad
Mrs. Dolly Byroad, 55-year-old former Craig Countian, died Wednesday in Huron, S.D., hospital after a long illness. She was born Jan. 16, 1920 in Craig County and attended school at Kelly and White Oak. Survivors include her husband, Edward Byroad, of the home in St. Lawrence, S.D.; her mother, Mrs. J. D. Millhollon, 547 N. Gunter St.; four sisters, Mrs. Anna Hudson, Omaha, Neb., Ida Love, Claremore; Willa Millhollon, Denver, Colo.; and Laura Shearhart, 407 N.Gunter St. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced later by Rick Funeral Home, Miller, S.D. Interment will be in St. Lawrence. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 1975
JOSIE RAULSTON
Services for Josie Raulston who passed away Thursday. Services were conducted that Saturday in the Luginbuel Funeral Chapel. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 6, 1975
MILDRED COX
Mrs. Mildred Cox, 63-year-old Welch resident, passed away at 12:15 am today in the Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital in Tulsa. She had been ill for three years. Born Jan. 12, 1912 in the Fields district northwest of Welch, she had lived in the Welch area most of her life. She was employed at Eastern State Hospital prior to her illness. She was a member of the First Baptist church, Columbus, Kan., and belonged to the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Welch. Surviving are her husband, Joe Cox of the home; two brothers, Bertis Miles, Anacortes, Wash., and Eldon Miles, Clovis, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Lela Beggs, Columbus, Kan., six stepdaughters, Mrs. Martha Coppedge, Cardin, Mrs. Jowilla Harper, Miami, Mrs. Delores Owens, Mrs. Judy Kessler and Mrs. Linda Mae Cox, all of Lakin, Kan., and Mrs. Geraldine Hope, Larned, Kan. She is also survived by four stepsons, Jack Cox, St. Louis, Mo., Don Cox, Miami, Gary Cox, Lakin, Kan., and Daniel Cox, Chetopa, Kan., several step-grandchildren and several step-great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced later by the Thomas Funeral Home in Welch. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 7, 1975
MILDRED COX
Funeral services for Mildred Cox, 63-year-old Welch resident who died early Wednesday in a Tulsa hospital, will be held at 2 pm Friday in the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel in Welch. Rev. Ronnie M. Frazier will officiate and interment will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Chetopa, Kan., with the Thomas Funeral Home officiating. The family will greet friends from 7 to 9 pm today at the funeral home. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 6, 1975
DOROTHY LANDERS
Mrs. Dorothy Landers, 80, longtime Vinita resident, died early today in a local nursing home. She was born Nov. 30, 1894, at Columbia, Mo., and came to Vinita in 1902. Mrs. Landers worked as a nurse’s aide at Eastern State Hospital for 11 years. Survivors include her husband, Elman Landers, Vinita; a daughter, Mrs. Aaron Hilderbrand, Vinita; two sons, Ernest Landers and Edward Landers, both of Vinita; a sister Gertrude Rogers, Vinita; 13 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Services are pending and will be announced later by Luginbuel Funeral Service of Vinita.
(NOTE: See the following obit notice for a change of address for Gertrude Rogers.) [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 7, 1975
DOROTHY LANDERS
Services are still pending and will be announced later for Mrs. Dorothy Landers, 80-year-old Vinitan, who passed away early Wednesday. Included among her survivors are a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Carter, Vinita. Mrs. Carter was previously listed as Gertrude Rogers. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
abt August 6, 1975
LOUIS FLETCHER
Louis Dubois Fletcher, 76, Scarsdale, N.Y. died Aug. 2 in a White Plains, N.Y. hospital. His widow is the former Louise Thomas, a native of Vinita. Fletcher was a retired senior partner in a New York law firm specializing in patent and trademark law. He received an electrical engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1922 and a law degree from George Washington university in 1925. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Fletcher are a son, Louis. D. Fletcher III; a daughter, Linda Schubert; two sisters and four grandchildren. Memorial services were held in a Scarsdale church August 6. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 7, 1975
MARY CURTIS
Mary B. Curtis, 89, passed away Wednesday in a local hospital. She had lived with Mrs. Pansey Horton, Baldwin, Kan., for the past two years. Prior to that she had made her home with Mrs. Fern Ayres, Bluejacket. She was born June 12, 1886 in Brookfield, Mo., and was employed at the Hotel Vinita during the 1940s. Survivors include three brothers, Dan Bresnehen, Morris Bresnehen and Leo Bresnehen, all of Vinita and several nieces and nephews. Services will be conducted at 1:30 pm Friday in the Luginbuel Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Gene Heffley, pastor of the Ketchum Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Luginbuel Funeral Service of Vinita. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 11, 1975
JACK HILL
Jack Hill, 95, former Vinitan, died August 5 at his home in Rolla, Mo. A brother of the late Henry J. Hill of Vinita, he had resided northwest of Vinita in the early 1900s, In the 1920s he moved to Missouri, worked for Frisco Railroad until his retirement. He was born December 9, 1899 in Huntsville, Ark. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Tom Lierman, a brother, Otto Hill, and two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Chapman, and Mrs. Marie Murphey. Services were held at a Rolla funeral home Thursday with the Rev. Dale Wands officiating. Interment was in the Rolla cemetery. Attending from Vinita were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mahanes, Mrs. H. J. Hill and Bill Hill. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 11, 1975
JUANITA HAWKINS
Juanita E. Hawkins, 57-year-old Vinitan. She was born May 27, 1918 in Oklahoma. Survivors include a brother, John Hawkins, a sister, Sue Collins, a half-sister, Lucy Barnhart. Services were held at 2 pm today in the Luginbuel Chapel . Interment was in the Ketchum Cemetery . [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 13, 1975
CARRIE MEAD
Carrie Mead, 75, died Tuesday in a local hospital. She had lived in Vinita for about three years. She was born May 5, 1900 in Tennessee. Survivors include a brother, Charles Hickman, Kingsport, Tenn.; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wilam Greer, Tulsa, and a grandson. Services are pending and will be announced later by the Luginbuel Funeral Service of Vinita. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 14,1975
CARRIE MEAD
Funeral services for Carrie Mead, 75-year-old Vinitan who died Tuesday, will be conducted at 3 pm Friday in the Luginbuel Chapel, with Rev. Ray C. Newman officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Luginbuel Funeral Service of Vinita. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 14, 1975
MRS. LOFFELHOLZ
Mrs. Della Irene Loffelholz, 57-year-old former Vinita, died Wednesday at her residence in Bartlesville. Born Sept. 4, 1917 at Centralia, she was united in marriage with Laurence Loffelholz on Aug. 11, 1936 in Nowata. They made their home in Vinita until 1945, when they moved to Chouteau. The moved to Bartlesville in 1955. She was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church in Bartlesville, and of the St. John’s Altar Society. Mrs. Loffelholz worked as a ladies auxiliary at Memorial Hospital, Bartlesville. She was preceded in death by one son, Larry Edward Loffelholz. Survivors include the husband, of the home; two sons, Charles Loffelholz, Wann, and Bob Loffelholz, Bartlesville; two daughters, Mrs. Irene Woodall, Vinita, and Mrs. Carolyn Saunders, Miami; two sisters, Mrs. Bell Altebaumer and Mrs. Nina Smith, both of Miami; eight brothers, Otis Miller, Alfred Miller and Omer Miller, all of Centralia, Charles Miller and Jimmie Miller, both of Bartlesville, Arthur Miller and C.B. Miller, both of Miami, and Johnny Miller, Chetopa, Kan., her mother, Mrs. Mary Miller, Bartlesville and seven grandchildren. Funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 am Saturday in St. John’s Catholic Church with Fr. Lee O’Neil as celebrant. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, with Fr. Benedict D’Angelo officiating. Rosary will be held at 7 pm Friday in the Stumpff Funeral Home, Bartlesville, which is in charge of funeral arrangements. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
August 14. 1975
ETHEL SIMMS
Funeral services were held Monday in Waco, Tex. for Ethel Simms, who passed away Friday. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. R. J. Martinelli; two sons, C. T. Simms, San Diego, Calif., and W. L. Simms, Dallas, Tex.; two brothers, R. L. Long, Vinita, and N.C. Long, Tulsa; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Arrangements were under the direction of Wilkerson-Hatch(?) Funeral Home, Waco, Texas. [Vinita Daily Journal, transcribed by Eddene (Hightower) Thompson]
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