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Fred Earl Blosser, D.P.M.,

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Ruth Florence Best

Ruth Florence Best

Oct 29, 2013

Ruth Florence Best Funeral Service 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 1,2013 at First Christian Church, Davenport, Oklahoma Interment following service at Resurrection Memorial Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Ruth Anna Clopton

Ruth Anna Clopton

Oct 29, 2013

Ruth Anna Clopton Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel. Private Family Service Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel, 918-291-3500

Eileen Patricia Mcsherry

Eileen Patricia Mcsherry

Oct 29, 2013

Eileen Patricia McSherry, 70, of Tulsa, passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2013. She was born October 1, 1943, to the late Francis and Mary Ellen McSherry in Brooklyn, New York. The family moved to Tulsa in 1950. She graduated from Holy Family Cathedral High School in 1960. In 1963 Eileen became a Registered Nurse following her graduation from the St....

Ninette Marie Allen-Maples

Ninette Marie Allen-Maples

Oct 28, 2013

Ninette Marie Allen-Maples (nee Smith), 94, slipped from this life to a better place, comforted by her daughter-in-law at Saint Simeon's in Tulsa on October 28, 2013. Born January 13, 1919 at Jersey City, NJ to the late Earle Crawford Smith and Marie Josephe Lawrence Smith. Wife for 51 years of the late Thomas O. Allen and then of the...

Florence Katz

Florence Katz

Oct 26, 2013

Florence Katz, 92, died at St. Simeon's Episcopal Home, Saturday, October 26, 2013. Graveside services will be Tuesday, 2:00 p.m., at Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery, New B'Nai Section. A more complete obituary will be posted here as soon as available. FITZGERALD IVY CHAPEL 918-585-1151

John Clifton Alloway

John Clifton Alloway

Oct 26, 2013

John Clifton Alloway passed away peacefully with loving family members by his side on Saturday, October 26, 2013. John was born December 20, 1928 in Rainbow Bend, Kansas to Laura Gladys and Henry Alloway. He attended Rainbow Bend schools until the family moved in 1941. He graduated high school from Tulsa Central in 1946. Upon graduating high school, John enlisted...

Beverly B. Landrum

Beverly B. Landrum

Oct 22, 2013

Beverly Bransford Landrum died Tuesday, October 22, 2013 in Tulsa. She was born in Shreveport, LA on October 3, 1925. As a child she lived in Venezuela, and later moved to Houston where she married Hugh Landrum. They raised four daughters in Enid, OK where Beverly was a medical transcriptionist. Beverly retired to Tulsa, OK where her children lived. She...

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