Bonnie Ruff
Mar 23, 2023
Ethel LaVonne "Bonnie" Ruff died March 23rd, 2023, at the age of 90, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bonnie was born June 17th,1932 in Alpha, Minnesota, to parents Dale and Ethel Denney. She graduated from Harding High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. She married John R. "Jack" Ruff, September 25, 1954. After Jack died in 1975, Bonnie began her 17-year career at...
Glen E. Phibbs
Mar 21, 2023
Glen Eldon Phibbs, 85, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away on March 21, 2023, at Saint Francis Hospital surrounded by family after a lengthy illness. Glen aka "Huck" was born in Shidler, Osage County, OK on July 18, 1937. His parents were Cecil Marion Phibbs and Georgia Anna Hazelbaker-Phibbs. His family moved to the beautiful tall grass prairie following his father's...
Jacqueline Thu Tran
Mar 21, 2023
Jacqueline Thu Tran was born on February 28, 1969, and passed from this life on March 21, 2023, at the age of 54, after a lifelong battle with Lupus. Even though Jacqueline has moved on from this world, her loving heart left a beacon of light for all who had the opportunity to know her. Her cheerful attitude, abundant love...
Rosemary Christine Wilson
Mar 21, 2023
Rosemary Christine Buss Wilson was born on July 31, 1933 in Shoal Creek, Arkansas to Joe and Rose Buss. She graduated from St. Scholastica Academy in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She then moved to Tulsa and worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, until she married Carl Wilson on February 10, 1962. She was a homemaker until the family opened CJ's Restaurant...
Dr. Edgar Milton "Ed" Cleaver
Mar 20, 2023
Edgar Milton "Ed" Cleaver MD, 96, fell asleep on Sunday night in long-term care at University Village Retirement Center of Tulsa, OK and woke up in the arms of Jesus on Sunday morning. Many in the Tulsa community will remember him for his long tenure as Medical Director of the Tulsa City and County Health Department. Following his retirement, Dr....
Homer Pickhardt
Mar 19, 2023
Homer Ernest Pickhardt, 95, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, died peacefully at home on March 19, 2023. Homer was born September 9, 1927, in Gem, Texas, to parents Evan and Melissa Pickhardt. He graduated from Empire High School in Duncan, Oklahoma, and studied engineering at Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University), where he earned his degree in 1950. Homer married Loretta Jean...
Christopher Noble
Mar 16, 2023
After days of joking with every visiting family member and surprising many of his nurses with obscure references to inside-family humor, Christopher John Noble, age 73, died on March 16, 2023, in Tulsa, OK at Porta Caeli House. He was born on January 31, 1950 in New Brunswick, NJ, to parents Paul Robert and Nancy Faye Noble. He credited the...
Wilfred Ivan Sanditen
Mar 15, 2023
Wilfred Ivan Sanditen, 94, passed away peacefully in his home on March 15, 2023. Will was a philanthropist, investor, and generally nice guy. He had a mischievous sense of humour, a wry smile, and a glint in his eye. More than anything, he loved to crack jokes - and dance! He was the life of every party. Will was born...
Harold Earl Goldman
Mar 13, 2023
Dr. Harold "Hal" Goldman, 94, died peacefully in his sleep on March 13th, at Zarrow Pointe, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hal was born on April 2nd, 1928, in Boston, Massachusetts. Following his graduation from Tufts medical school in 1954 and his marriage to wife, Shirley, they moved to Tulsa in 1958. There they started a family, and Hall was involved in...
Bob Breitenstein
Mar 13, 2023
Bob passed peacefully in his sleep Monday March 13, 2023 after an ongoing battle with Parkinson's Disease. Born April 8, 1943 in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Bob and Caye Breitenstein. The family resided in South America until they moved back to the U. S. settling in Farmington, New Mexico. Bob graduated from Farmington High School in 1961 and was recruited...
Mak Makhani
Mar 10, 2023
On March 10, 2023, Madan (Mak) Makhani of Tulsa, OK died at the age of 85 after a brief illness. Mak was born to Gulzar Singh Makhni and Mohinder Kaur Makhni in 1937 in Amritsar, Punjab, India. He received multiple degrees in India, Switzerland, and United States. On March 8th, 1957 he arrived in the United States to begin his...
Mary D. Nelson
Mar 10, 2023
Mary Drusilla Lawhorn Nelson, 76, of Tulsa, Oklahoma died on March 10, 2023. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 13, 1946, the daughter of Lowell S. "Curley" Lawhorn and Agnes W. (Reinkemeyer) Lawhorn. Mary attended Marquette Grade School, Bishop Kelley High School, St. John School of Radiologic Technology, and TJC. She had worked as a Radiology Manager at...
Henry Aloysius Kiely, Jr.
Mar 7, 2023
Henry "Hank" Aloysius Kiely Jr. passed peacefully on March 7th at the age of 94, with his family by his side. He was born on September 4th, 1928, in Philadelphia, PA. He married the love of his life, Jean, on November 1, 1952, and they were blessed with three daughters, 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death...
Anna Follett
Mar 7, 2023
Anna Marie Follett, 91, passed away peacefully on March 7th, 2023, at Sand Plum Assisted Living Community in Bixby, Oklahoma. She was the eighth of ten children born to Arnold and Beatrice (Freymuth) Junger. She was born August 5, 1931 and graduated from Holy Family High School in 1950. Anna worked for many years before retiring from Facet Enterprises in...
Fred Joe Slama
Mar 7, 2023
Fred "Joe" Slama was born at home in Marysville, Kansas, with a doctor in attendance. He was born to parents Irene Ada and Fred Fredrick Slama on March 24, 1931, the youngest of four children and the only son. His was preceded in death by the love of his life, Mary Ann Shramm Slama, his sisters and their spouses, Mable...
Bernard Morris Roberts
Mar 3, 2023
Bernard Morris Roberts, a true gentleman, age 91, passed away March 5, 2023, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bernard was born on Aug. 26, 1931, in Tulsa, to Myer L. and Lillian Wolf Roberts. He grew up and attended public schools in Nowata, OK, served as captain of both his high school football and basketball teams, and was...
J. Michael "Mike" Baker
Mar 1, 2023
James Michael "Mike" Baker, age 69, died on March 1, 2023 in Tulsa, OK. He was born on March 28, 1953 in Tulsa, OK to parents Bud and Gertrude Baker. He graduated from Tulsa Edison High School and furthered his education at Oklahoma University and ultimately graduated from the University of Tulsa obtaining a degree in marketing and economics. He...
Bobby Joe Stewart
Feb 28, 2023
Bobby J. Stewart, age 75, died on February 28, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bobby was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to his parents, Charles William and Fern Mary. He graduated from College High School in 1966. He then joined the Navy in 1967. In 1973, he retired from the Navy and moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He accepted a job at TRW...
Kathleen Ann Ferrell
Feb 25, 2023
Kathleen Ann Ferrell (Burns), age 75, died on February 25, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Kathleen (Kay) was born on February 13, 1948, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to parents Thomas J Burns and Rita Irene Bryce (Burns). She graduated from Bishop Kelley High School in the class of 1966, then furthered her education by obtaining a degree as a Registered Nurse (RN)....
Beverly Mctarnaghan
Feb 24, 2023
Beverly passed away peacefully on February 24, 2023 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on April 5, 1932 in Wellsville, NY. She is survived by her husband Roy, children Christopher of Tulsa, daughter Debra of Broken Arrow, OK, and son David of Naperville, IL and Charleston, S.C., seven grand-children and ten great-grand-children. She was pre-deceased by a son, Steven, and...
