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Robert Lee Francis
Nov 15, 2020
Robert Lee Francis, 70, of Glenpool, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2020, at the Claremore Indian Hospital. Robert was born on September 8, 1950, in Eufaula, Oklahoma the son of David and Nettie (Pigeon) Francis. He graduated from high school and then attended college. Robert worked as a welder. He was married to Josephine Deo. Survivors include: his wife,...
Stoney Dieon Wilson
Nov 15, 2020
Stoney Dieon Wilson, 56, of Eufaula, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 15, 2020, at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Stoney was born on July 23, 1964, in Eufaula, Oklahoma, to William Jackson and Patricia Marcine (Bedford) Wilson. He graduated from Eufaula High School as a proud member of the "Crew of 82". Stoney never...
Loretta Jean Tunis
Nov 14, 2020
Loretta Jean (Nixon) Tunis, 60, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2020, in Henryetta. She was born on April 13, 1960, in Sacramento, California, the daughter of Kenneth Ray and Bobbie Jean (Brown) Nixon. She graduated from Checotah High School in 1978. She received her Computer Science degree from Connors State College in 1991. Loretta worked as...
Judy Fitzer
Nov 12, 2020
Mary Judith “Judy” Fitzer (Née McVeigh) passed away on November 12, 2020. Born on September 26, 1937 in McAlester, Oklahoma to John Arthur and Ruby McVeigh. Judy had one brother Robert “Bob”, who preceded her in death. Judy graduated from Calera High School in 1955. She received her bachelor’s degree from Southeastern State University in Business Education in 1958...
Karen Waldrop
Nov 5, 2020
Karen Waldrop, 71, of Eufaula, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2020, at the McAlester Regional Medical Center. Karen was born on January 14, 1949, in Indianola, Oklahoma, the daughter of Otto Frances and Betty Lee (Whitfield) Van Allen. She graduated from Canadian High School in 1967. On August 5, 1979, in Bower, Oklahoma, Karen married Arthur Ray Waldrop. They...
Katherine Phillips
Nov 4, 2020
Katherine Phillips, 69, of Checotah, passed away on November 4, 2020 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Katherine was born on January 17, 1951 in Webbers Falls, Oklahoma to Leslie Willie and Opal (Hunter) Phillips. She loved to watch television and play with her dolls. Survivors include: her two sisters: Clara Tilllman and husband, George, of Porum; and Cherry Justice, of Muskogee....
Deborah Mcallister
Nov 3, 2020
Deborah McAlister, 66, of Stigler, passed away on November 3, 2020 at the McAlester Regional Health Center. Debbie was born on August 9, 1954 in McAlester, Oklahoma to Charles "Bill" S. and Lillian Margaret (Harris) Ogle. She graduated from Kinta High School. Debbie worked in financing. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include: her daughter, Jennifer McAlister, of...
Moses Timothy
Nov 3, 2020
Moses Timothy, 68, of Tulsa, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2020, at the Hillcrest Hospital. Timothy was born on January 5, 1952, in Eufaula, the son of Lewis Timothy Sr. and Mary (Lewis) Timothy. Moses graduated from Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah in 1972. He served in the United States Marine Corps. Moses was a simple man who kept...
William F. Campbell
Oct 26, 2020
William Campbell, 88, of Eufaula, passed away Monday, October 26, 2020 at home. William was born on November 3, 1931 in Arkansas to Jefferson D. and Maggie M. (Kinnion) Campbell. He attended school in Drumright, Oklahoma. William served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He was married to Dorthy Graham for twenty-four years and five children...
Mary Lou Harper
Oct 26, 2020
Mary Lou Harper, 68, of Checotah, passed away on October 26, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mary was born on May 15, 1952 in Porum, Oklahoma to Clinton Dewitt and Sybil Anna (Carson) Brown. On May 23, 1973, she married David Harper in Checotah. They were happily married for twenty-two years before he preceded her in death on December 10,...
Jackie Edward Turpin
Oct 24, 2020
Jackie Edward Turpin, 77, of Checotah, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2020, at his home. He was born on May 7, 1943, in Porum, Oklahoma, the son of James Corbin and Marcillene Margaret (Henderson) Turpin. He attended Checotah Public Schools and Horace Mann Jr. High School. He entered the United States Air Force and served from May 1960 to...
Richard Clell Grider
Oct 20, 2020
Richard Clell Grider, 74, of Eufaula, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at his home. Richard was born on August 14, 1946, in Checotah, Oklahoma, the son of Dallas Clell and Mildred Lucille (French) Grider. He attended Bower School. He then joined the Army National Guard. On April 15, 1967, Richard married Carla Jean Daniel in Eufaula. They were...
Barbara H. Pilgrim
Oct 19, 2020
Barbara Helen Pilgrim, 80, passed away at her Eufaula home on October 19, 2020 with her daughter and son-in-law by her side. Eldest daughter to Elvin & Helen Hart, she was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved husband of 46 years, Bob F Pilgrim; and her youngest sister, Cherry Nippert. Born in Chickasha on October 31, 1939...
Lynne Louise Carrier
Oct 18, 2020
Lynne Ford Carrier, RN, 75, passed away peacefully on October 18, 2020. She was born on August 28, 1945, to her loving parents Loniel and Rosalie Ford in Springfield, MO. Lynne married the love of her life Joseph A. Carrier, Sr., on October 22, 1983 after he slipped a note in her lab coat while working in surgery at...
John Raymond Wegner
Oct 13, 2020
John Wegner, 79, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at the McAlester Regional Hospital. John was born on November 21, 1940, in South Bend, Indiana, the son of Dorothy Faye Rose. John attended school in New York City. He served in the United States Air Force as a firefighter for four years. In 1959, John married...
Tanner Bleu Melton
Oct 13, 2020
Tanner Bleu Melton, 35, of Edmond, formerly of Indianola, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at the OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Tanner was born on May 1, 1985, in Holdenville, the son of Kenneth Ray and Loutreca Sue (Bilyeu) Melton. He graduated from Indianola High School in 2003. Tanner worked as a flowback technician supervisor in the...
Gayle Lee Been
Oct 13, 2020
Gayle Lee Been, 77, of Indianola, passed away on October 13, 2020 at her home. Gayle was born on September 27, 1943 in Yale, Oklahoma to William Oliver Mize and Pansy Olive Guffey. She attended high school in Yale, Oklahoma. Gayle attended Langston University and then received her Master's Degree from University of Central Oklahoma. She taught at Indianola...
Magdalene Nelson
Oct 12, 2020
Magdalene Nelson, 66, of Muskogee, Oklahoma passed away Monday, October 12, 2020, at the St. Francis Hospital of Muskogee. Magdalene was born on June 27, 1954, in Phoenix, Arizona, the daughter of James Burkes and Mary Barnett. She graduated from Muskogee High School in 1972. She worked for Muskogee Public Schools for twenty-three years as a para- professional in...
Steven Ray Bergesch
Oct 7, 2020
Steven Ray Bergesch, 50, of Quinton, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at his home. Steven was born on March 27, 1970, in St. Charles, Missouri, the son of James Edward and Velma Leola Parker Bergesch. He loved music and singing as well as being outdoors. He also enjoyed working with his hands. The things he treasured the...
Derrell Dean Downum
Oct 6, 2020
Derrell Dean Downum, 66, of Muskogee, passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Derrell was born on August 1, 1954 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Henry Orville and Nancy Sue (Gray) Downum. He attended school in Muskogee. Derrell worked as a custodian for Muskogee Public Schools for over thirty years. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors...
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