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Matthew Val Halloran, Jr.
Nov 29, 2013
HALLORAN, MATTHEW VAL JR. September 28, 1923 – November 29, 2013 Matthew Val Halloran Jr., 90, passed away peacefully November 29, 2013. Val was born in Washington D.C. on September 28, 1923 to Helen Zimmerman and Matthew V. Halloran Sr. Val owned H&H Protective Coatings, Inc. in Tulsa. Val is survived by two sons; Daniel Halloran and Matthew Val Halloran...
Frank "Mike" W Murphy Jr.
Nov 28, 2013
Frank W. "Mike" Murphy Jr. passed away November 28th, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee at age 69. Murphy was born in Princeton, Indiana on November 23rd, 1944 to Frank W. "Pat" Murphy and Rosalie Davis Murphy. He moved to Tulsa in 1945 as his father grew his company, Frank W. Murphy Manufacturing. He was a graduate of Edison High School in...
Betty Lou Gonzalez
Nov 27, 2013
Betty Lou Gonzalez passed away unexpectedly after a short illness on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Betty Lou Braswell was born in Tulsa, Ok, August 3, 1937 to Corinne Braswell-Whitworth and George Braswell. Betty married Richard Gonzalez, January 18, 1964 and were married 46 years. Betty grew up in Tulsa attending Holy Family Catholic School. She graduated from Central High School...
Michael Munding
Nov 26, 2013
Michael John Munding, 75, of Bettendorf, Iowa, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, of congestive heart failure, at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf. A mass and burial service will be at noon Thursday, December 12, at the Calvary Cemetery Chapel and grounds in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Michael Munding was born August 14, 1938, in Tulsa. He graduated from Campion...
Edwin E. Claytor, Jr.
Nov 25, 2013
Long time Tulsa resident, Edwin E. Claytor Jr,. passed from this life to the next on November 25th, 2013. He was 88. Edwin E Claytor is survived by his four children and their spouses: Thomas and Debrah Claytor of Los Alamos NM; Patricia Claytor , Michael Claytor of Tulsa; Cathy and Bill Barney of Tulsa Ok.. As well as a...
Omer E. Storck
Nov 23, 2013
Omer E. Storck, 91, passed away November 23, 2013 in Tulsa, OK. Born in Allen County, Kansas on February 24, 1922 to Henry and Clara Groenert Storck. He was a WWII veteran serving in the Army Air Corps as a flight engineer and gunner on thirty flying missions over Germany. He was active in petroleum energy as an independent oil...
Toby Joseph Armellini
Nov 18, 2013
Toby Joseph Armellini was born August 27, 1942 in North Little Rock to Augusto and Helen Armellini, who preceded him in death. He passed away November 18, 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Toby attended Sylvan Hills public schools and graduated from the University of Arkansas with a civil engineering degree. Toby worked in Tulsa for natural gas processing companies including Cities...
Fred Earl Blosser, D.P.M.,
Nov 17, 2013
Fred Earl Blosser, 73, passed from this life Sunday, November 17, 2013 in Tucson, AZ. Fred was born to Buck and Louise Blosser on September 10, 1940 in Joplin, Missouri and had one sister Jean. He graduated from Joplin High School in 1958 and then attended Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. In his last year of college...
Anita Marie Fiorella Hill
Nov 13, 2013
Anita Marie (Fiorella) Hill was born April 13, 1938 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She gently passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2013, in Broken Arrow at Franciscan Villa, her home of 13 years. Anita endured a 35 year, courageous battle with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Despite continuous challenges of MS, her wonderful mind remained intact. She maintained friendships and correspondence, read when possible,...
Vincent Paul Barranco
Nov 13, 2013
Vincent Paul Barranco was born October 11, 1937, to Rosario "Sam" and Rose Barranco in Grenada, Mississippi. He attended the University of Tulsa, and received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1962. His internship was spent in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Touro Infirmary. He subsequently served three years in the U.S. Army Medical...
Lorayna Layton
Nov 7, 2013
Lorayna Layton, 86, died in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Thursday, November 7, 2013. She was born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, to parents Lesslie Dyer and Della May (Brock) Dyer on November 17, 1926. Lorayna was a homemaker and raised a large extended family. She loved to bake and make candy, had a wonderful sense of humor, and was a great joke teller....
Linda Pennington Gilbert Metlitz
Nov 4, 2013
Linda was born December 8, 1938 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and went to be with the Lord November 4, 2013. Linda was the daughter of the late Archie and Lola Pennington, owners of Pennington Drive-In. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Judy Singleterry, and her husband of thirty-five years, Bobby Gilbert. Linda is survived by her husband of...
Charles "Chuck" Edward Welch, Sr.
Nov 2, 2013
Charles Edward Welch, Sr., devoted husband, beloved father & cherished friend. Charles was born in Edmond, OK on October 27, 1929 to mother Helen Margaret Welch, and father Hubert Eslie Welch Sr. He was younger brother to Hubert Jr., and uncle to Hubert "Butch" Welch III. On November 2, 2013, as family gathered around his bedside, the heart that had...
Daniel Gomez
Nov 2, 2013
Daniel Gomez, 48, passed away November 2, 2013 in Tulsa OK, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Tulsa OK to Mike and Donna Gomez, where he grew up and attended Bishop Kelley High School. After high school Daniel moved to Colorado where he met his wife, Angelia. His educational and artistic passions led him to earn a...
Daniel Gomez
Nov 2, 2013
Daniel Gomez, 48, died on November 2, 2013, one day shy of his 49th birthday. He was born on November 3, 1964, in Tulsa, OK, to parents Mike and Donna (Parker) Gomez. He worked as a landscape architect. He is survived by his wife Angelia, daughter Brittney and her husband Matthew, sons: Ryan, Brandon, and Devon. He is also survived...
Rose Mary Haugen
Nov 1, 2013
Rose Mary Haugen passed away peacefully on Friday, November 1, 2013, in Oklahoma City a few days after her 87th birthday. Rose Mary was born in Chetopa, Kansas on October 27, 1926 to Maurice Joseph Kennedy and Esther Mabel Jones. After graduating from Nowata High School, Rose Mary began working as a bookkeeper in the automotive industry. It was during...
Mary Louise Ponto
Oct 31, 2013
Mary Louise Ponto, died in Odessa, Texas on October 31, 2013. She worked as a bookkeeper for Holy Family Cathedral for 25 years before retirement. Mary was born to John and Selma (Heeger) Sessing in Sand Springs, Oklahoma; she graduated high school from Sand Springs. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Dan Joseph Ponto in January 2007. She...
Johanna Mae Showman
Oct 31, 2013
Johanna Mae Showman, 27, of Tulsa, Oklahoma and born May 2, 1986 died in a car accident Thursday night. She leaves behind the man of her dreams, fiancé, Garth Björklund, her parents David and Carla Showman, her siblings and their spouses: Joshua and Leann, Jillian and Nate, Jihrleah, Jessica and James, Jordana, Jonathan, and Josiah, and niece Ainsley. She will...
Louise T. Todd
Oct 31, 2013
Louise T. Todd Visitation 5-8 p.m. Friday, November 1, 2013 at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel. Graveside Service 10 a.m. Monday, November 4, 2013 at Calvary Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel, 918-291-3500.
Roger Joe Ellison
Oct 30, 2013
ROGER ELLISON lost his battle with cancer on Wednesday, October 30, 2013. He was born on March 15, 1944 and raised in Arkansas and Oklahoma by his mother Thelma. He was employed by Oklahoma Steel Casting / American Foundry for 40 years. He later worked for Case and Associates as a groundskeeper. Roger is survived by his wife Johnelle. Children...
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