Obituaries

J Gladys Cheek

J Gladys Cheek

Jan 17, 2003

Gladys Cheek was born February 25, 1908 in Caney, Kansas. She was the daughter of Charles and Daisy Walker. She moved with her family to Cleveland, Oklahoma at an early age and her mother passed away when Gladys was ten in November of 1918. Gladys was raised and attended school in Cleveland through the tenth grade. Gladys was married to...

Alma Jane Martin

Alma Jane Martin

Jan 17, 2003

Alma Jane (Smith) Martin was born July 11, 1910 in Cedar Creek, Missouri. She was the daughter of John W. and Edna Pearl Smith. Alma passed away on Friday, January 17, 2003 at the Tulsa Regional Medical Center at the age of ninety-two years, six months and six days. Alma was raised and received her education in Cedar Creek, Missouri....

Monte Jefferson Starrett

Monte Jefferson Starrett

Jan 17, 2003

Monte Jefferson Starrett was born June 30, 1962 in Hominy, Oklahoma. He was the son of Charlie West and Violet Vaunita Starrett. Monte was raised for the initial part of his life in Cleveland. He was later placed in Hissom Memorial Center in Sand Springs, Oklahoma for several years. With the closure of Hissom, Monte moved to a group home...

Edna Edwards

Edna Edwards

Jan 12, 2003

Edna Edwards was born May 3, 1913 in Donley County, Texas. She was the daughter of Earl Bailey and Buena Alice Davis. Edna moved with her family at an early age to the Morris area where she attended school, graduating from Morris High School in 1931. Edna was married to Raymond Edwards on November 27, 1934 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The...

John ''Johnny'' Wesley Roe

John ''Johnny'' Wesley Roe

Jan 8, 2003

John Wesley Roe, known as Johnny, was born May 2, 1947 in Bristow, Oklahoma. He was the son of Earl Benjamin and Lillie Ellen Roe. Johnny moved with his family to Blackburn at an early where he was raised and attended school. Shortly after completion of his schooling , Johnny was married to Susan Fisher and then enlisted into the...

Peggy Irene House

Peggy Irene House

Jan 5, 2003

Peggy Irene House was born May 4, 1950 in Yale, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Jessie Eugene and Dorothy Mae Sperry. She passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2003 at the Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of fifty-two years, eight months and one day. Peggy was raised and attended her early education in Blackburn. She...

John Newton Anglin

John Newton Anglin

Jan 4, 2003

John Newton Anglin, longtime Cleveland area resident, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2003 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of eighty-seven years, seven months and twenty-two days. John was born on May 12, 1915 in Drumright, Oklahoma. He was the son of Roy Ernest and Agnes A. Anglin. John was raised and attended school in...

Thomas George Cook

Thomas George Cook

Jan 3, 2003

Thomas George Cook was born January 16, 1916 in Unionville, Missouri. He was the son of Herbert Lee and Zelpha Agnes Cook. Thomas was raised and attended school in Putnam County, Missouri, graduating from Unionville High School in 1933. Upon graduation, Thomas worked in various jobs eventually locating in the Northwestern United States in Washington and Oregon. During the onset...

Leonard Albert Hitt

Leonard Albert Hitt

Jan 2, 2003

Leonard A. Hitt was born January 11, 1924 in Mannsville, Oklahoma. He was the son of Arthur R. and Stella L. Hitt. He was raised and received his education in the Madill, Oklahoma area. Leonard was married to Thelma Ruth Black on May 25, 1946 in Lexington, South Carolina. Shortly after their marriage, the couple moved to Kansas in the...

Bettie Jane Walker

Bettie Jane Walker

Dec 28, 2002

Graveside services for Bettie Jane Walker were held Thursday, January 2, 2003 at the Woodland Cemetery Chapel with Rev. Jerry Abbott and Pastor Bruce Walker officiating. Interment was under the direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Memorial services were held Sunday, January 5, 2003 at the Central Presbyterian Church at 1660 Sherman Street in Denver, Colorado. Bettie Jane Walker, of...

Odessa Fay Kline

Odessa Fay Kline

Dec 26, 2002

Odessa Fay Kline was born August 7, 1920 in Headrick, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of William Robert and Ada Eliza Wallen. Odessa was raised in the Fredrick, Altus and Headrick areas, attending school in Headrick. Shortly after completion of her schooling at the age of sixteen, Odessa was married to Delbert Hollard Kline in Headrick on December 24, 1936....

Delphia Josephine Washington

Delphia Josephine Washington

Dec 16, 2002

Funeral services were held Friday at 10:00 am in the Chapel of Chapman-Black Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Abbott of the First United Methodist Church officiating the services. The body will be cremated following the services under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc. of Cleveland. Delphia Josephine Washington better known as Dotty Jo, was born March 2, 1928 in...

Delphia Josephine Washington Josephine Washingto

Delphia Josephine Washington Josephine Washingto

Dec 16, 2002

Funeral services were held Friday at 10:00 am in the Chapel of Chapman-Black Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Abbott of the First United Methodist Church officiating the services. The body will be cremated following the services under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc. of Cleveland. Delphia Josephine Washington better known as Dotty Jo, was born March 2, 1928 in...

Sylvia T Dobbs

Sylvia T Dobbs

Dec 14, 2002

Sylvia T. Dobbs, of Jennings was born January 24, 1919 to Joseph and Liuzy Francis (Oliphant) Willhite in Wright in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Sylvia was raised and received her education in a one room school called Green Forrest School in Wright County, Missouri. On November 11, 1937 she was united in marriage to Dee. J. Dobbs in Hartville, Missouri. After...

James Blaine Hickman

James Blaine Hickman

Dec 6, 2002

James Blaine Hickman, a resident of Cleveland was born January 3, 1916 in Wellsville, Ohio to John Edward and Sylvia E. (Merces) Hickman. James moved to Cleveland as a young child. He graduated from Cleveland High School and then went on to attend the Draughon Business College in Tulsa for two years. After James graduated he moved to California and...

Lorene Lay

Lorene Lay

Dec 5, 2002

Lorene Lay was born May 21, 1917 in Addington, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Jess and Nancy Frances Adams. She moved with her family at an early age to Fort Cobb, Oklahoma where she was raised and attended school. Lorene was married to Otis Clyde Lay on June 30, 1937 in Fort Cobb. After their marriage the couple moved...

Russel Hansen Casey

Russel Hansen Casey

Nov 30, 2002

Russel H. Casey was born August 25, 1916 in Kennard, Nebraska. He was the son of Ray and Lillian (Hansen) Casey. Russel was raised in the Kennard area and attended school there, graduating from Kennard High School in 1934. While attending high school, Russel was employed working on the railroad. Shortly after graduation, Russel moved to the Denver, Colorado area...

Jewell Mae Carnes

Jewell Mae Carnes

Nov 27, 2002

Jewell M. Carnes was born June 22, 1912 in Peggs, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Warren David and Della Mae (Harris) Norwood. She moved to the Cleveland area with her family as an infant. Jewell attended rural school in the Cleveland area before attending Cleveland schools and graduating from Cleveland High School in 1932. Jewell was married to Carl...

Helen Hochderffer Hemphill

Helen Hochderffer Hemphill

Nov 26, 2002

Helen Hochderffer Hemphill was born August 3, 1925 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. She died while residing at Cleveland Manor Nursing Home on Tuesday, November 26, 2002. She was seventy-seven years old. Helen was the only girl in a family of four brothers, children to Samuel F. and Daisy Reddell Hochderffer. She graduated from Cleveland High School in 1944. Soon after she...

Christopher Crockett Visconti

Christopher Crockett Visconti

Nov 20, 2002

Christopher Crockett Visconti, infant son of Phillip and Melissa Visconti of Hominy died November 20, 2002 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Christopher was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather. Survived by his Parents, Phil and Melissa Visconti, of the Home; two brothers Austin Mitchell Visconti and Houston Travis of the Home; Maternal Grandparents, Louis and Gloria Gonzalez of San Antonio, Texas;...

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