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BIRTHS
(Tulsans unless indicated)
Cleo Allen
Atherton
Bailey Medical Center,
Owasso
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Chanin Johnson and Lawrence Ju, Owasso, girl.
Kiana and William Selby,
Sperry, twin girls.
Addie and Jess Stephens,
Skiatook, girl.
Lovelyn and Rodney Preston,
Collinsville, girl.
Hillcrest Hospital South
Cleo Allen Atherton was
born on August 7, 1924 in
Sawyer, Oklahoma. He
later moved to Tulsa
where he met and married Mary Edith Benson.
Their union produced
four daughters, Pat Holland, Leanne Carl, Debra
Crandall, and Cindy Epp;
12 grandchildren and
14 great-grandchildren.
Cleo and Mary were married for 63 years until
Mary’s passing in 2009.
Cleo worked as a salesman and sales manager for the Fred Jones
Automotive Group for
more than 30 years beginning in the 1960’s.
A longtime member
of Sandusky Avenue
Christian Church, at
the time of his death he
was attending Cedar
Ridge Christian Church.
On Valentine’s Day 2011,
he married Mary Jean
Casteel. He led an active
life of dancing, golf and
travel, even shooting his
age in golf this past April.
Following a brief illness,
Cleo passed from this life
at home on October 9, 2013,
surrounded by family.
In addition to his wife,
children, and grandchildren, he is survived by
his sister, Marie Brooks.
Ashley and Jason Beers,
Broken Arrow, boy.
Katheryn Cherry and Derek
Simpson, Broken Arrow,
boy.
Stacey Cook, girl.
Heather and Chris Davis, boy.
D’Londrea Pouncil and Aaron
Mock, girl.
Ashley and Nathan Tenison,
Bixby, twin girls.
Jane Phillips Medical
Center, Bartlesville
Ashleigh and Mitch Callahan,
Bartlesville, boy.
Tarrah and Larry Hansford,
Ochelata, girl.
Lauren and Dustin
Humphries, Bartlesville,
boy.
Rachel and Brad Marshall,
Bartlesville, girl.
Evelyn Mead, Bartlesville,
boy.
Timikka Miles, Bartlesville,
girl.
Sabrina and Chance Willig,
Dewey, girl.
Stacy and Joshua Wire,
Bartlesville, boy.
Rachel and Brad Yaple, Coffeyville, Kan., girl.
OSU Medical Center
Sheila Davis, Wagoner, girl.
Shondelle Nunley and Sidrick
Verner Sr., boy.
Angela Pannell, boy.
Peggy V. Helmerich
Women’s Health Center
Jaylynn Adamson and Aaren
Anderson, boy.
Ana Arroyo and Jose Fraire,
girl.
Maria Ayuzo and Samuel
Carlos, girl.
Wynetta Daniels and Jamien
Durant, twin girls.
Candace Davis and Wesley
Walker, Fort Gibson, boy.
Raquel and Antonio Doberstein, boy.
Hyojin Jeong and Seokgu
Lee, girl.
Robin Jones and Lonnie Allen,
Collinsville, boy.
Lori Melvin and Yasin Crutison, boy.
Rhiannon Moore and Jeremiah Ross, Broken Arrow,
boy.
Brandy West, Sapulpa, boy.
Shandre and Matthew
Winsby, Skiatook, girl.
Ashley and Yee Yang, boy.
Saint Francis Hospital
Trenace and Russell Casey Jr.,
Morris, boy.
Diana Compos and Ivan
Martinez, boy.
Megan and Benjamin Elmore,
girl.
Candice and Leo Ertman,
Broken Arrow, boy.
Shana Hill and Derrick Best,
girl.
Ashley and Nolan Jameson,
Broken Arrow, girl.
Jamie Woolman and Steven
Ralston, girl.
Create
St. John Medical Center
Kimberly Good, boy.
Stephanie and Jef Krigel, girl.
Randi Myers and Jesse Hill,
Bristow, boy.
Shannon Peterson, twin girls.
Nicole White-Jackson, boy.
free online
memorials at
tulsaworld.com/ourlives
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MARRIAGES
(Tulsans unless indicated)
Hannah Arjay, 20, of Broken
Arrow; Paul Willson, 19, of
Owasso.
Sarah Ballew, 21; Michael
Price Jr., 25, both of Broken
Arrow.
Katherine Barr, 22; Xue
Xiong, 22.
Heidi Beasley, 39; Michael
Burger, 38.
Kaylyn Boggs, 22; Dillon
Trotter, 23, both of Glenpool.
Shawna Caviness, 27; Jeffrey Swayne, 28, both of
Owasso.
Jennifer Duncan, 49;
Kevin Webster, 49, both of
Owasso.
Lindsey Easterly, 29; Matthew Breitzke, 32, both of
Broken Arrow.
Katie Emery, 20; Kevin
Toews, 20.
Linda Gerhold, 67; Andrew
Allen, 82.
Elizabeth Handy, 23; John
Wall, 25, both of Bixby.
Shelby Inasy, 32, of Bixby;
Jason Gastorf, 32, of
Glenpool.
Judy May, 71; Marshall Preston Jr., 65, both of Broken
Arrow.
Jessica McElroy, 20; Abel
Peralta, 35, both of
Owasso.
Debra Miller, 55; Elmer Jackson, 58, of Lakeland, Fla.
Sevonda Parker, 24; Cleshawn Reed, 24.
Alzora Ridge, 54; Val Cooper,
64.
Meghan Scantling, 28; Chris
Baker, 27, both of Owasso.
Jessica Showman, 25; James
Walker, 25.
Rachel Stanhope, 21, of Glenpool; Timothy Boyles, 21.
Heather Tinkler, 35; Robert
Rowe, 32, both of Owasso.
Elisabeth Van Eman, 27, of
Dallas; Kale Jackson, 27, of
Artesia, N.M.
Vicki Walkup, 58; Lloyd
London, 57.
Ashley Williams, 26; Nathan
Moody, 25, both of Plano,
Texas.
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DIVORCES
ASKED
Anderson, Ashley v. Dustin.
Batson, Lillian v. Robert.
Bean, Robert v. Lacy.
Blackston, Leslie v. Morgan.
Davis, Tyler v. Miranda.
Hunter, Tammera v. Rodney.
Lee, Blake v. Tifanie.
Medlin, Clifton v. Brittani.
Phillips, Miranda v. Kenneth.
Pyburn, Amparo v. Devin.
White, Micah v. Matthew.
Winters, Mary v. Carlton.
GRANTED
Dardenne, Rebecca from
Jerrimy.
Ganzel, James from Cindi.
Hardebeck, Heather from
Steven.
Haynes, Sally from Gary.
Luna, Juliana from Anthony.
Moore, Olivia from Timo
Anzalone.
Stevenson, Stacy from
Cynthia.
TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Cherokee Nation seeks military Chickasaw Nation to host forum
memorabilia for veterans center on native humanities and history
TAHLEQUAH — Cherokee Nation oficials are seeking donations of military
memorabilia from tribal members for
display at the Cherokee Nation Veterans
Center that is to open in Tahlequah.
Plans call for displaying uniforms,
military gear and equipment, lags,
videos, recordings, unit insignia, diaries,
personal messages, photographs, military maps and charts, books and histories of personal or unit service, dog tags,
medals, and service-related documents,
newspapers, books, and records.
The 7,700-square-foot Veterans
Center will house veteran assistance and
beneits oices, a kitchen, a community room, a library and a museum. The
entrance will feature a “Wall of Honor”
of Cherokee veterans.
— FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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St. John Owasso
ADA — The Chickasaw Nation is
planning the third annual “Carry the
Fire” Native Humanities Forum at the
tribe’s complex in Ada.
The Oct. 24 forum will feature a panel
of four scholars and is considered an
opportunity for dialogue among native
and non-native people.
The subject will be native humanities
and the development and welfare of
local communities and the state.
Basic tenets of the humanities,
historic contributions of native and
non-native humanities, important
current initiatives and cross-cultural
understanding and cooperation will be
discussed.
The program is free and open to the
public.
— FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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DEATH NOTICES
TULSA
STATE/AREA
Beals, Norman L., 56, Hillcrest
Medical Center power plant
engineer, died Wednesday.
Private family services. Moore’s
Southlawn.
Bunn, Helen D., 92, died Sept. 25.
Celebration of life 4 p.m. Oct. 22,
Sequoyah Hills Baptist Church.
Berry-Bell & Hall, Fallbrook, Calif.
Davis, Alma Oree, 93, real estate
agent, died Friday. Services
pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Davis, Gary Mitchell, 70, certiied
public accountant, died Friday.
Services pending. Floral Haven,
Broken Arrow.
Day, Clita, 86, Avon representative, died Friday. Services pending. Moore’s Eastlawn.
Edwards, James C., 64, painter,
died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m.
Monday, Kennedy-Midtown
Funeral Home Chapel.
Fager, C. Joseph “Joe,” 85,
pharmacist and business owner,
died Wednesday. Rosary 7 p.m.
Sunday and funeral Mass 10
a.m. Monday, both at St. Pius X
Catholic Church. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Fishback, John Maddux, infant son
of Amy and William Fishback,
died Sept. 27. Services were held
Oct. 2. Floral Haven, Broken
Arrow.
Franklin, John William, 86, auto
collision repair shop owner, died
Wednesday. Service 12:30 p.m.
Monday, Floral Haven Funeral
Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Gann, Armelda Deane, 81, died
Friday. Services pending. Mowery, Owasso.
Griin, Virginia Leigh, 94, former
Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association world evangelism and
Indian outreach director, formerly of Tulsa, died Wednesday
in Edwardsville, Ill. Service 6 p.m.
Monday, Irwin Chapel Funeral
Home, Glen Carbon, Ill.
Hall, Bernelle, 92, abstract reader,
died Thursday. Services pending.
Moore’s Rosewood.
Halliburton, Raima Joyce, 93,
retired Oklahoma Natural
Gas health insurance claims
manager, died Friday. Memorial
service 11 a.m. Tuesday, First
Presbyterian Church. Stanleys.
Hawes, Joseph A., 84, retired
Amoco Oil Co. accountant, died
Monday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, First Presbyterian Church.
Stanleys.
Henderson, Mae Francis, 62,
Tulsa World classiied advertising sales worker, died Tuesday.
Services pending. Reynolds.
Hill, Earl Edward “Ed,” 90,
retired school superintendent,
died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m.
Monday, Trinity Baptist Church,
and graveside service 2:30 p.m.
Monday, Mount Hope Cemetery,
Ripley. Mark Griith-Westwood.
Horne, Bruce, 55, civil engineer,
formerly of Tulsa, died Sept. 16.
No local services planned.
Payne, Janice Marie (Tinnin),
59, homemaker, died Wednesday. Memorial service 11 a.m.
Monday, First Baptist Church.
Moore’s Southlawn.
Rash, Tammy Raye, 40, restaurant
clerk, died Friday. Services pending. Mark Griith-Westwood.
Ryser, C. Tillman, 80, American
Airlines crew chief and mechanic, died Friday. Services pending.
Moore’s Southlawn.
Sankey, Janet, 62, accountant,
died Sunday. Services pending.
Serenity.
Tvedt, Roland, age unavailable,
Lightning Lube technician, died
Thursday. Memorial service
11 a.m. Sunday, McClure Park,
Tulsa. Reynolds.
Ware, Loreing “Rod,” 80, American Airlines mechanic, died
Thursday. Visitation 2-5 p.m.
Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Floral Haven Funeral
Home, Broken Arrow.
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under
which the death notice is listed
unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville — Timothy Ray
“Timm” Branch, 47, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpf.
— Bernice Z. Duncan, 82,
homemaker, died Wednesday.
Service 2 p.m. Monday, Adams
Boulevard Church of Christ.
Stumpf.
— Kenneth Franklin Freeman, 94,
Federal Aviation Administration
maintenance employee, died
Thursday. Graveside service 11
a.m. Monday, Memorial Park
Cemetery. Walker-Brown.
— Charles Wesley McElroy II, 84,
died Thursday. Service 10 a.m.
Monday, Stumpf Funeral Home
Chapel.
— Ruby Jean Werts, 86, retired,
died Friday. Services pending.
Davis, Dewey.
Beggs — Gracie Pearl Fulton, 77,
homemaker, died Thursday in
Henryetta. Visitation 6-8 p.m.
Monday, McClendon-Winters
Funeral Home, and graveside
service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Beggs
Cemetery.
Bristow — Dillard L. Whitson, 72,
OG&E mechanic, died Thursday. Services pending. Serenity,
Tulsa.
Broken Arrow — Marian F.
Banther, 92, homemaker, died
Thursday. Service 3 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home
Chapel.
— Karen J. Jordan, 68, hairdresser, died Friday. Services
pending. Hayhurst.
Checotah — Billy Lemley, 64,
died Friday. Services pending.
Garrett.
— Elmer “Junior” Shamblin, 81,
retired mechanic, died Thursday. Services pending. Garrett.
Claremore — Vona “Maxine”
(Evans) Haught, 95, retired
teacher, died Thursday.
Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday and
service 2 p.m. Monday, both at
MMS-Payne Funeral Home.
Cushing — Eugene James Otto
Herrman, 89, self employed oil
& gas worker, died Thursday in
Galveston, Texas. Service 3 p.m.
Sunday, First Baptist Church,
Agra. Davis.
Grove — James C. Storer, 78, retired from AT&T, died Thursday
in Tulsa. Visitation 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Ellis Family Funeral Home,
and graveside service 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Silent City Cemetery,
DeSoto, Kan.
Henryetta — Michael Ray Cummings, 67, assistant postmaster,
died Wednesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Integrity
Funeral Home Chapel.
— Leona K. Floyd, 94, homemaker, formerly of Henryetta,
died Friday in Shawnee. Service
10 a.m. Monday, Dewar United
Pentecostal Church, Dewar.
Integrity.
Jay — Elizabeth Harrington, 87,
retired from Ball Glass, died
Thursday. Private family services. Stephens, Pryor.
Liberty — Naomi Faith Brown
Calcote, 75, Walmart greeter,
died Saturday in Springield,
Mo. Service 1 p.m. Saturday,
Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Muldrow.
Locust Grove — John Marlin
Laird Sr., 57, truck driver, died
Thursday. Service 10 a.m.
Monday, Locust Grove Funeral
Home Chapel.
— Mickey Lee Scroggins Jr., 28,
farm hand, died Wednesday.
Services pending. HersmanNichols, Wagoner.
Mannford — John Marvin Stock,
86, contractor, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday,
Moore’s Southlawn Funeral
Home Chapel, Tulsa.
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Miami, Okla. — Victoria A.
“Vicki” Lukens, 85, licensed
practical nurse, died Monday.
No services planned. BrownWinters.
— Virginia “Elaine” Slaughter,
65, homemaker, died Thursday in Joplin, Mo. Graveside
service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Buzzard
Cemetery, Grove. Paul Thomas,
Commerce.
Muldrow — Finis Ray Riddle, 73,
laborer, died Tuesday in Fort
Smith, Ark. Visitation 6-8 p.m.
Friday and service 9 a.m. Saturday, both at Agent & MalloryMartin Funeral Home.
Muskogee — Edward Baker, 57,
laborer, died Friday. Services
pending. Granger-House of
Winn.
— Edna Geneva Chambers, 92,
homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Cornerstone.
— Helen Myrl Cockrell, 97, retired
nurse, died Friday. Services
pending. Cornerstone.
— George Owen Price, 77, truck
driver, died Thursday. Services
pending. Shipman’s.
Okemah — Jeri Culley, 31,
died Thursday. Service 1 p.m.
Monday, Mason High School
Gymnasium, Mason. Williamson-Spradlin, Wetumka.
Okmulgee — Gene Anthony
O’Connor, 59, ield wireman,
died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Oct.
18, First Assembly of God.
Integrity, Henryetta.
— Kenneth Pitts, 82, died Friday
in Tulsa. Services pending.
Williamson-Spradlin, Wetumka.
Owasso — Ida M. Keith, 86, died
Friday in Collinsville. Services
pending. Key, Pryor.
— James David Youngblood, 67,
Boeing Aircraft tool & die worker, died Wednesday. Visitations
10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and
noon-6 p.m. Sunday and service
10 a.m. Monday, all at Reynolds
Rose Hill Funeral Home, Tulsa.
Poteau — Donna WrightHoward, 59, died Wednesday
in Chapel Hill, N.C. Service 11
a.m. Tuesday, New Providence
Baptist Church, Hackett, Ark.
Evans & Miller.
Pryor — Anna Lee Snethen,
88, died Thursday. Visitation
6-8 p.m. Monday, Shipman’s
Funeral Home, and graveside
service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday,
Graham Memorial Cemetery.
Ripley — Jessica Lynn Hornberger, 29, died Wednesday.
Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday,
Palmer Marler Funeral Home,
Stillwater, and service 10 a.m.
Monday, Countryside Baptist
Church, Stillwater.
Sallisaw — John Wesley Hill, 81,
carpenter, died Friday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Monday,
Rocky Point Cemetery. Agent &
Mallory-Martin.
— Stephen John Machalica, 93,
heat and air technician, died
Thursday. Services pending.
Shipman’s, Muskogee.
Sand Springs — Hubert W. Elza,
67, aircraft machinist, died
Wednesday. Service 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Mark Griith-Westwood Funeral Home Chapel,
Tulsa.
Sapulpa — Mark Travis Carlton,
61, Majors Oil Co. owner, died
Thursday. Services pending.
Smith.
Vinita — Calvin Ted Beale,
88, former J.C. Penney store
manager, died Wednesday in
Claremore. Visitation 1-3 p.m.
Friday, First Christian Church,
and private family services.
Burckhalter.
Wetumka — Dustin Ray Lockhart, 24, died Oct. 8. Service
11 a.m. Tuesday, WilliamsonSpradlin Funeral Home Chapel,
Wetumka.
Wilburton — Barbara Lott, 76,
died Friday in Tulsa. Services
pending. Waldrop.
Springfield zookeeper killed by elephant
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A
longtime zookeeper in southwest
Missouri was killed Friday morning when he was hit by an elephant, a spokeswoman for the city
of Springield said.
John Bradford, 62, was fatally
injured when an elephant made a
sudden movement inside the area
at the Dickerson Park Zoo where
the elephants are housed, city
spokeswoman Cora Scott said.
No other zoo employees were
injured.
The elephant, a 41-year-old female named Patience, has been at
the zoo since 1990, according to oficials for the Springield zoo.
Bradford worked at the zoo for
30 years and had been the zoo’s elephant manager for 25 years.
“It’s an extremely sad time for
the co-workers at the zoo and at
the city,” Scott said.
Several employees were with
Bradford at the time because Patience had a history of being aggressive, she said.
City oicials initially said Patience had charged the zookeeper,
based on early reports from the
scene, but they later clariied that
account, saying only that the elephant made a sudden movement
and hit him.
The zoo has two female and two
male elephants.
Scott said in a news release that
zookeepers had been keeping a
close eye on the female elephants
since the death earlier this month
of the zoo’s matriarch elephant,
Connie.
Paul Price, a longtime friend and
former co-worker of Bradford’s,
told the Springield News-Leader
that elephants were Bradford’s
passion.
“He had a great deal of respect
and love for them and cared about
the conservation,” Price said.
“He was always aware of dangers and everything and was instrumental in developing the elephant management program at
the zoo at the national and international levels,” he added.
Zoo oicials said Patience won’t
be euthanized and that no disciplinary action will be taken against
her. The zoo opened as usual
Friday, although the elephants
weren’t on exhibit.
The zoo notiied the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the
Association of Zoos and Aquariums about Bradford’s death.
“This is very sad day for the zoo
family, as well as our community
as a whole,” said Mike Crocker,
assistant parks director and zoo
director.