Obituaries

Feb 10, 2011

Joy Shipman Johnston was born March 14, 1931 in Boston Pool, rural Osage County, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Virgil Jackson and Mary Tennie (Ragland) Shipman. Joy was raised in Osage where she attended school and completed her education at Osage High School after completion of the eleventh grade; later obtaining her GED. Upon completion of her education, Joy...

Feb 9, 2011

Charles Wesley ìCharlieî Ingalls was born December 17, 1966 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was the son of Bill Ingalls and Charolit (Starrett) Roe. At an early age he moved to the Blackburn/Skeedee area with his family where he was raised. He attended Ralston School through his freshman year in high school and then transferred to Cleveland where he graduated from...

Feb 8, 2011

Charles Eugene Ogden left this world to be with Our Lord on February 8, 2011. Charlie was born on July 28, 1948, to Eugene Murl Ogden and Donna Maude Scott in Oklahoma City. Charlie attended and later graduated from Northwest Classen High School; where he played basketball. Charlie went on to further his education at Oklahoma State University and joined...

Feb 4, 2011

Feb 4, 2011

Clifford LeRoy Friend of Osage, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, February 4, 2011 in Osage, Oklahoma. He was born on June 12, 1914 in Centralia, Oklahoma; the son of Roy and Elsie (Rudd) Friend. He was married Mildred Birdine Tucker on March 17, 1962 and they enjoyed forty-eight years together before her death on December 30, 2010. At a young...

Feb 3, 2011

L. J. Vaughan was born December 30, 1924 in Blackburn, Oklahoma. He was the son of A. M. and Anna (Beaver) Vaughan. L. J. was initially raised in the Jennings area but when his parents separated when he was young, he traveled frequently between Jennings and Red Rock via a horse drawn wagon to spend time with his father. He...

Feb 3, 2011

Steve Petkoff, former resident of Cleveland, Oklahoma, died on February 3 in Odessa, Missouri at the age of ninety-one. He was born January 21, 1920 in Hobart, Oklahoma where he graduated from high school in 1939. He was the son of George Petkoff, Sr. and Rose Ratkoff Petkoff. In 1941, he married Mary Magdeline George in Helena, Arkansas. Steve was...

Feb 2, 2011

Jan 31, 2011

Jan 31, 2011

Jan 31, 2011

Dwight Calvin Woodrell, Sr. of Cleveland, Oklahoma, age 65, passed away Monday, January 31, 2011 at the Cleveland Manor Nursing Home In Cleveland, Oklahoma. Dwight was born November 9, 1945 in rural Pawnee County, near Cleveland, Oklahoma. He was the son of Austin R. and Mary Stella (Hudson) Woodrell. Dwight was an eighth grade graduate of Hallett Schools and a...

Jan 31, 2011

Henry Lee Summers was born February 5, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan. He was the son of Henry Elvis and Hazel (Maybush) Summers. He moved with his family at an early age to New Boston where he later graduated from Huron High School in 1964. Shortly after graduation, Henry accepted employment with Ford Motor Company where he worked on the plant...

Jan 30, 2011

Jan 30, 2011

Janice Kay Cronister, 63, of Osage, Oklahoma passed from this life on Sunday, January 30, 2011 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the St. John Medical Center. Janice was born on November 30, 1947 in Moberly Missouri. She was the daughter of Virgil Leon and Mary Helen (Robb) Colley. Janice attended schools in Moberly and in 1961 moved to Oklahoma where she...

Jan 30, 2011

Donald was born March 12, 1938 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. He was the twin son of James Ralph and Nina K. (Bridge) Cummings. As a young boy Donald was raised in the Scrapping Ridge area near Cleveland. He later attended schools in Cleveland where he completed his education. Following high school Donald joined the United States Navy with his twin brother...

Jan 28, 2011

Richard Bonnie Don Toney was born on September 23, 1945 in Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. He was the son of Jess Melvin and Rossie Bell (Reeves) Toney. As a young child Richard moved with his family to Muskogee, Oklahoma where he was raised. He later graduated high school from Muskogee High with the Class of 1963. While living in Muskogee, Richard...

Jan 27, 2011

Alma was born on February 12, 1919 in Zack, Arkansas. She was the daughter of William Albert and Vanner (Hensley) Brisbin. As a young girl Alma moved with her family in a covered wagon to the Prularie area near what is now called Prue. She began her education there and later moved to Cleveland in 1927. Alma then finished her...

Jan 22, 2011

Shirley Ruth Clanton, 65, of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2011 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Hillcrest Medical Center. Shirley was born on August 24, 1945 in Hominy, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Morris A. and Hazel Ruth (Thompson) Trim. As a young girl Shirley was raised in Hominy, Oklahoma where she later graduated high school....

Jan 20, 2011

Vera Christine Yarbrough, affectionately called Punkin by all who knew her, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 21, 1942. She was the daughter of Berniece (Thayer) Yarbrough and Zeke Yarbrough. Punkin was raised in Wildhorse and attended school at Wildhorse, Hominy and Prue. While attending Prue Schools, Punkin excelled in basketball being named all conference during her freshman season...

Jan 20, 2011