Obituaries

Annaleen Carson

Sep 21, 2016

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John Jones

Sep 19, 2016

John Thomas Jones Jr, 56 of Tahlequah, passed away on September 19, 2016 in Tahlequah. He was born January 18, 1960 in Fairfax, Ok; the son of John Thomas Jones Sr. and Evelyn (Firestone) Jones. He was a former employer at Vemeer in Pella, Iowa and was a machine operator, then in 2015 came back to Oklahoma...

Victor Morris

Sep 16, 2016

Victor Wayne Morris, 58, of Salina, passed away on Friday, September 16, 2016 at his home in Salina. He was born to Leslie and Letha Morris on May 18, 1958 in Claremore, Oklahoma. Victor was united in marriage to Pamela Wakole on September 26, 1980 in Miami, Oklahoma. They were married for 35 years. He enjoyed going...

Frank Leach

Sep 12, 2016

Frank Leach, 82, of Salina, passed away on Monday, September 12, 2016 in Salina. He was born on August 29, 1934 in Salina, Oklahoma; the son of Dave and Lillie (Davis) Leach. He faithfully served his country in the United States Army. In the 1960's, Frank served as the City Marshall for Salina, and then worked for...

Patrick Satterwhite

Sep 3, 2016

Patrick Lee Satterwhite, 46, of Vinita, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2016 in Lindsey, Oklahoma. He was born on April 19, 1970 in Pryor; the son of Richard and Vicki (Smith) Satterwhite. Patrick worked as a computer tech for Motorola and worked as a dispatcher for an Ambulance Service. Patrick was a risk taker and he...

Mildred Chidester

Sep 1, 2016

Mildred Luvena Chidester, 85 of Pryor, passed away Thursday, September 01, 2016 in Pryor, Ok. She was born on October 15, 1930 in Pryor, Ok; the daughter of Thomas Ivey Edwards and Maggie Sullivan. On November 25, 1946 she married Carrol Everett Chidester. Mildred and Carrol ran the family dairy together. She loved to can, garden and...

Debbie Ackley

Sep 1, 2016

Debra "Debbie" Kay Ackley, 60 of Chouteau, passed away Thursday, September 01, 2016 in Tulsa, Ok. She was born on May 19, 1956 in Pryor, Ok; the daughter of Oceola (Sonny) Jack Meeks and Flora (Trigger) Juanita Lloyd. On August 29, 1981, she married Kenneth (Kenny) Ackley in Salina, OK, at Snow Dale Park. Debbie and Kenny...

Oleta Gordon

Aug 23, 2016

Oleta Arlene Swartsfager ~ Gordon 86, of Pryor passed away August 23, 2016 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She was born on September 11, 1929 in Chelsea Oklahoma the daughter of Earl and Iva (Lawhorn) Jacobs. On December 31, 1946 at the age of 17 she married James M. Swartsfager in Nowata, Oklahoma. They lived a happy life...

Swafford Robert

Aug 22, 2016

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Henrietta Miller

Aug 21, 2016

Henrietta M. Wood ~ Miller 84, of Pryor passed away August 21st, 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on October 7th, 1931 in Buckeye School District in Oklahoma the daughter of Clyde and Melvina (Rusco) Gear. On October 8th, 1949 at the age of 18, she married Charles Wood in Olive, Oklahoma. In 1962 they moved...

Peggy Council

Aug 19, 2016

Peggy Lee Council, 75, of Claremore, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on June 12, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; the daughter of Ellis and Judy (Greer) Davis. She attended and graduated from Central High School in Tulsa. She married Clyde Council on August 28, 1959 in the Temple Baptist Church...

Bryan Budder

Aug 19, 2016

Bryan Budder, 46, of Salina, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born on March 14, 1970 in Claremore, Oklahoma; the son of Lillie (Budder) Staller. Bryan attended Jay Public Schools and worked as a farmer most of his life, as well as the Simmons Chicken Plant. He enjoyed going to the...

J. West

Aug 18, 2016

J. "Vesta" West, 71 of Pryor passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on December 3, 1944 in Tiawah, Oklahoma; the daughter of Virgil and Florence (Woods) Thompson. On March 15, 1963 at the age of 18, Vesta married Coy West in Westville. They just celebrated 53 years of marriage. Vesta...

Judy Forrister

Aug 16, 2016

Judy Ann Forrister, 61, of Owasso, passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on July 16, 1955 in Bakersfield, California; the daughter of Earl Henry and Willamina Stiles. Judy worked as a caregiver most of her life and enjoyed what she did. She had a heart for helping people. In her...

Earl Schilt

Aug 11, 2016

Earl Gene Schilt, 78, Of Strang, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at his home. He was born May 17, 1938 in Dewey, Oklahoma; the son of Chris Schilt and Dorothy (Tatum) Schilt. He married June Johnson on March 2, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Earl worked on his cattle farm in Strang, Oklahoma and enjoyed...

Willard Buchanan

Aug 9, 2016

Willard D. Buchanan, 80, of Pryor, Oklahoma passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at the Jack C. Montgomery Veterans Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He was born on October 6, 1935 in Locust Grove, Oklahoma; the son of Riley Buchanan and Annie Edwards. He went to school in Pryor, Oklahoma. Willard married Mirietues Davis on February 11,...

Carrol Statum

Aug 7, 2016

Carrol Statum, 95, of Chouteau passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2016 in Chouteau, Oklahoma. He was born on March 30, 1921 in Van Buren, Arkansas; the son of William Douglas Statum and Gladys Poston. In the mid twenties, when Carrol was just a young boy, his family packed up in a wagon pulled by two mules...