Obituaries

Vernon Leroy Maxwell

Vernon Leroy Maxwell

Dec 7, 2016

Vernon Leroy Maxwell, a longtime resident of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed away at the age of 72 years on Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at his home. Vernon was born November 11, 1944, in Vacaville, California. He was the son of Stillman Jasper and Dessie Jeanette (Callison) Maxwell. Vernon was initially raised and began his education in Vacaville. In the mid-1950’s, Vernon...

Frankie Louie Henderson

Frankie Louie Henderson

Dec 3, 2016

Funeral services for Frankie Louie Henderson, 70, of Skiatook, Oklahoma, will be held 2:00 pm Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church, in Skiatook, Oklahoma with Brother Dale Nielson officiating. Private burial will be held in Osage Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Friends may share a memory with the family online at www.chapman-black.com. Frankie was born on...

Stormi Noelle Cavin

Stormi Noelle Cavin

Dec 2, 2016

Cavin, Stormi Noelle infant daughter of Jared Michael and Miranda Renee (Jordan) Cavin was born November 22, 2016, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Stormi passed from this life on Friday, December 2, 2016, at the age of eleven days in Drumright, Oklahoma. Survivors are her parents Jared and Miranda of the home, three siblings Jeshua, Austin, Zayne; maternal grandparents Darrell Jordan...

Sandy Lee Dunn

Sandy Lee Dunn

Dec 2, 2016

Sandy Lee Dunn, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2016, in Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of 46 years old. Sandy was born April 21, 1970, in Ogden, Utah. She was the daughter of Gary Y. and Lorraine (Bunch) Dunn. Sandy grew up in the Ogden area and later moved to Antler, Oklahoma at the age of 19 with Robert...

Raymond Cheary

Raymond Cheary

Nov 22, 2016

Raymond Mathew Nathaniel Cheary, of Oilton, Oklahoma, 83, passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Raymond was born July 25, 1933, in Jenks, Oklahoma. He was the son of James Nathaniel and Pauline Opal (Howell) Cheary. Ray grew up in Sand Springs at The Tulsa Boys home following the death of his parents....

Anna Mae Jones

Anna Mae Jones

Nov 17, 2016

Anna Mae Jones, 89, passed away at home on Thursday, November 17, 2016, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Anna was born December 15, 1926, the daughter of Oston Anthony and Ella (Gray) Beville in Cleveland, Oklahoma. She attended school in Cleveland. Anna was united in marriage in 1942 to Carl Owens. On March 6, 1946, she married Oscar Vorrhees Jones in Washington...

Fred J. Shaeffer

Fred J. Shaeffer

Nov 13, 2016

Fred J. Shaeffer, 63 passed away peacefully on November 13, 2016 at his home in Norman, OK. Fred was born on December 20, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Marie Zickefoose Shaeffer and Fred Shaeffer. He was raised in the old town of Keystone, now under Keystone Lake. He attended the original Keystone School which had one teacher and two grades...

Linda Rossman

Linda Rossman

Nov 13, 2016

Linda Darlene Rossman passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2016 in Tulsa Oklahoma at the age of sixty seven years, eleven months and nine days. Linda was born December 4, 1948, in Wichita, Kansas. She was the daughter of Linton Oliver and Darlene Frances (Couchman) Napier. Upon the completion of her education, Linda was united in marriage to Paul Rossman...

Jeffery Carter Guthrie

Jeffery Carter Guthrie

Nov 12, 2016

Jeffery Carter Guthrie, Sr., lifelong resident of the Westport Area, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2016, at his home at the age of 68 years old. Jeffery was born September 20, 1948, in Terlton, Oklahoma. He was the son of Avery William and Margaret Ruth (Spriggs) Guthrie Briggs. Jeffery grew up in the Cleveland area attending the Rigsby School...

Louella Mae Pry

Louella Mae Pry

Nov 9, 2016

Funeral services for Louella Mae Pry will be held 2:00 PM Monday at Chapman-Black Funeral Home with Rev. Earl Wessel officiating. Private burial will be in the IOOF Maramec Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Friends may share a memory with the family online at www.chapman-black.com. Lou was born March 3, 1936, in Hallett, Oklahoma. She was the...

Lula Lucille Link

Lula Lucille Link

Nov 1, 2016

Lucille (Ross) Link passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at the Cleveland Manor Nursing Home. She was 91 years old. Lucille was born April 3, 1925 in Perry Oklahoma, to Harry and Lula (Bigley) Ross. In 1983, she married Glenn Link of Pawhuska. He preceded her in death September of 1994. During her lifetime, Lucille owned and operated the Westside...

Howard Braden

Howard Braden

Oct 30, 2016

Howard Everett "H.E." was born June 17, 1935 in the “East Basin” Mannford, Oklahoma. He was the son of Joseph Alfred and Beulah Ardelia (Shelley) Braden. Howard was raised in the Cleveland area, attending school here, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1953. He learned his strong work ethic from his father at an early age, working on the family...

Kurma Lucas

Kurma Lucas

Oct 28, 2016

Born Kurma Jean Harbeston on June 28, 1933, in Glenpool, Oklahoma, to Leo Harbeston and (Roxie) Gladys Smithee Harbeston, Kurma spent her childhood in the towns of Glenpool, Shidler, Boston Pool, and Cleveland. Kurma had an older brother Harold and a younger brother Toby. Kurma was baptized in the creek behind the Boston Pool Baptist Church as a young girl....

Eva Cunningham-Mayfield

Eva Cunningham-Mayfield

Oct 28, 2016

Eva Lavon Cunningham-Mayfield, of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, October 28, 2016, at the at of 97 years old. Eva was born September 16, 1919, in Wood, Missouri. The daughter of James William and Pearl Ethel (Demes) Brown. Eva moved with her parents to the Keystone area as a young child. Eva attended school at Rigsby and later completed...

Roger W. Mccabe

Roger W. Mccabe

Oct 26, 2016

Roger W. McCabe passed away October 26, 2016 in Corpus Christi, TX after a courageous battle against lung cancer. He was born on November 4, 1956 in Tulsa, OK. and grew up in Midland, TX. Roger was a resident of Freer, TX where he worked in the oil and gas industry and owned an equipment salvage company. He was one...

Ruth Bowdre-Givens

Ruth Bowdre-Givens

Oct 25, 2016

Annie Ruth Bowdre-Givens, 86, of Colbert, Oklahoma passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at the Southern Point Living Center in Colbert, Oklahoma. Ruth was born on January 19, 1930 in McLennan County, Texas. She was the daughter of Herman B. and Eula Annie (Murphy) Brown. Ruth was raised and received her education in Waco, Texas, later to moving to Denison,...

Tom Gray

Tom Gray

Oct 20, 2016

Thomas MacArthur Gray, 74, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2016, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tom was born May 3, 1942, in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was the son of Thomas Benton and Opal Elizabeth (Barrett), Gray. Tom began and completed his education in Pawnee. Following high school, Tom joined the United States Army on January 26, 1960. Tom served his country...

Carole Lee (Kelly) Carnagey

Carole Lee (Kelly) Carnagey

Oct 18, 2016

Carole Lee (Kelly) Carnagey longtime resident of Hominy, Oklahoma, passed away at her home on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at the age of 70 years old. Kelly was born July 14, 1946, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Aaron Eugene and Reatha Lucille (Spyres) Wilson. Kelly was raised and received her education in Collinsville later graduating with the...

Robert (Bob) Joseph Vandeventer

Robert (Bob) Joseph Vandeventer

Oct 16, 2016

A longtime resident and Cleveland businessman, photographer Robert Joseph VanDeventer died Sunday, October 16, 2016 at the age of 80 years old. Bob was well-known in the area for his artful eye and gentle spirit, and he rarely was seen without a smile. His photography captured generations of moments in time for area families. The son of Ralph Orean and...

Eldon Devree Trimble

Eldon Devree Trimble

Sep 28, 2016

Eldon DeVree Trimble Eldon DeVree Trimble , 93, passed from this life on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Eldon was born in Maramec, Oklahoma on December 30, 1922 to Lee Douglas Trimble and Retha Iness (Johnson) Trimble. Eldon graduated from Yale High School then entered the USNR in 1943. He trained in San...