Obituaries

Dec 23, 2013

Doris Lola Gerstle was born December 20, 1917 in Denver, Colorado. She was the daughter of John J. and Reba l. (Cummings) Ross. She was raised and attended schools in the Greeley, Colorado area where she graduated from high school. Doris was married to Allen C. (Sox) Gerstle on May 12, 1938 in Greeley. The couple moved to Terlton, Oklahoma...

Dec 23, 2013

Charles F. Findley was born on September 29, 1929 at home in rural Pawnee County, in the Bear Creek area, near Cleveland, Oklahoma. He was the son of Elzie M. and Beulah R. (Chambers) Findley. Charles was raised on a family farm near Bear Creek and attended school in Cleveland, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1948. Shortly after graduation,...

Dec 21, 2013

"Small Town Kid, Big League Dreams" is a quote that is used to capture the life of Brock Lynn Norton. The vision of a young man with big earthly hopes and dreams was tragically cut short on a wintery road between Tulsa and his home near Cleveland on Saturday, December 21, 2013 in an automobile accident. However, his heavenly dreams...

Dec 13, 2013

Mary Ann Kilpatrick was born March 12, 1935 in Keystone, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of James F. and Mildred Bertie (Sory) Cowan. Mary Ann was raised and attended school in Cleveland, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1943. After graduation, Mary Ann was married to Ed Wren and the couple had four sons, Robert, Fred J., William and Michael....

Dec 13, 2013

Dec 13, 2013

Mary Ann Kilpatrick was born March 12, 1935 in Keystone, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of James F. and Mildred Bertie (Sory) Cowan. Mary Ann was raised and attended school in Cleveland, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1943. After graduation, Mary Ann was married to Ed Wren and the couple had four sons, Robert, Fred J., William and Michael....

Dec 12, 2013

Douglas Oland Thornburg Sr. passed away December 12th, 2013, at St. John Hospital in Tulsa, OK. He was born December 21, 1938, in Wheeling, WV. He was the retired owner of Fairfax Furniture in Fairfax, OK, as well as a salesman for Gas & Electric Equipment Company in his earlier years and the owner of a satellite antenna business in...

Dec 11, 2013

WHALEY, Virginia Kay of Cleveland, Oklahoma, age 73 died Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 642 South Williams Road. Virginia Kay (Oliver) Whaley, born January 30, 1940, in Emporia, Kansas. She went to be with her Lord on December 11, 2013 at 10:55 am at her home on Keystone Lake near Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of 73 years, ten months...

Dec 11, 2013

James Edward "Jim" Goddard was born in Coffeyville, Kansas ,while his mother was visiting her sister, on January 29, 1924. He was the son of Floyd Vernon and Bessie Eva (Knight) Goddard. Jim was raised and attended school in Osage, graduating in 1943. Shortly after his graduation, Jim enlisted into the service of his country into the United States Army...

Dec 10, 2013

Opal Earleen Ricketts longtime resident of Cleveland, Oklahoma passed from this life on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 84 years, eight months and twenty nine days. Earleen was born on March 12, 1929, in Morris, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Earl Bailey and Beuna Alice (Burris) Davis. While living in the Morris area...

Dec 9, 2013

Valerie Sue Gallatin, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2013, in Tulsa, Oklahoma ta the age of 50 years, one month and nineteen days. Valerie was born October 21, 1963, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is the daughter of Hugh Denman and Betty Sue (Thrasher) Lear. As a young girl Valerie grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She began her education at...

Dec 6, 2013

Melva Joyce Whitewing, lifelong Hominy resident, passed from this life on Friday, December 6, 2013 at her home in Hominy, at the age of seventy-six. Joyce was born in Hominy, Oklahoma on July 2, 1937, the youngest of four daughters of Oscar Talmadge and Jewell Amanda (Brannon) Gaines. She was raised in a small home on South Price Street in...

Nov 29, 2013

Wilford Ray Cheers was born south of Cleveland, Oklahoma in rural Pawnee County on June 27, 1932. He was the son of Roy Rex and Geraldine (Fields) Cheers. His family moved in Willís early childhood to a farm just east of Jennings where he was raised and attended school, graduating from Jennings High School in 1950. Shortly after graduation, Will...

Nov 29, 2013

Services for Gladys Roxie Harbeston will be held 10:00 am Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel with Gene Black officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland, Oklahoma under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Gladys was born May 24, 1914, Peggs, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Jesse Franklin and Nancy Jane (Franks) Smithee....

Nov 29, 2013

Services for Gladys Roxie Harbeston will be held 10:00 am Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel with Gene Black officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland, Oklahoma under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Gladys was born May 24, 1914, Peggs, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Jesse Frankline and Nancy Jane (Franks) Smithee....

Nov 24, 2013

David Daniel Baglin passed from this life on Sunday, November 24, 2013 at his home in Terlton, Oklahoma at the age of 81 years, one month and twenty days. David was born October 4, 1932 in Los Angeles, California. He was the son of Daniel and Irene Evonne (Nelson) Baglin. David was raised and received his education in Los Angeles....

Nov 24, 2013

VAUGHAN, David Wayne of Terlton, Oklahoma, age 59 died Sunday, November 24, 2013 at Saint Francis Hosptial. David was born November 24, 1954 the son/daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and RaMona ((Hays)) Vaughan. He was a graduate of class of . He worked at for years. David Wayne Vaughan was born November 24, 1954 in Enid, Oklahoma at St...

Nov 23, 2013

Margaret Price Williams was born on September 24, 1936 in Mobile, Alabama. She was the daughter of Woodrow Price Williams and Margaret (Moore) Williams. She was raised and resided in Mobile, Alabama until she was thirty-eight at which time she moved to Cleveland, Oklahoma with Billy and Edna Miller and their five children. Margaret has resided in the Cleveland Manor...

Nov 23, 2013

Gene Lee Norris was born on November 2, 1950, sharing his birthday with his twin sister Rhonda in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His family consisted of his mother Laura Ann (Keeling) Norris, older sister Margie, older brother Elwood and Rhonda. They moved around Oklahoma from Flint Creek on the eastern border as far as Guymon in the panhandle. Settling in Cleveland in...

Nov 17, 2013

David Lee Walker, 91, Centennial, CO passed away Sunday, November 17, 2013. He was born to Cecil and May Walker on September 27, 1922 in Ryan, OK. November of that year, his family moved to Boston Pool Community, OK where his father purchased a grocery store which burned down December 22, 1922. The family and store temporarily moved into a...