Dorothy Sottong Laird
Jan 18, 2018
On January 18, 2018, shortly after 8 p.m., Dorothy Ann (née Sottong) Laird, entered the transforming mystery of death into Life, at Montereau-in-Warren Wood, where Dorothy lived since 2011. The elder of two children, Dorothy was born May 16, 1930, in Lamar, CO, to John Sottong and Mame (née Lindsay) Sottong. The family soon moved to Tulsa during the Great...
Gary F. Lewis
Jan 17, 2018
Gary F. Lewis was the eldest of three children born to Victor and Virginia Lewis in Muskogee, OK on August 3, 1943. He moved to Tulsa with his family when he was 10 years old. He attended Eisenhower and Edison where he excelled in athletics and academics. He loved baseball, excelled as a left-handed pitcher and was selected as the...
Bobbi Roberta Faye Kenney
Jan 13, 2018
Roberta Faye "Bobbi" Kenney , age 73, passed away January 13th, 2018. She was the daughter of Robert "Bob" and Virginia Brannin, born on January 30th, 1944, in Yolo County, California. Bobbi graduated Ketchum High School and attended classes at Tulsa University. She retired from Metals Incorporated (aka "Metals and Cornbread" as her oldest granddaughter called it when she was...
Jason Ray Cotner
Jan 13, 2018
Jason Ray Cotner was born March 4th, 1977 in Tulsa, OK where he was welcomed by his parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. His first big trip at the tender age of six months was with Mom and Dad to Colorado for a camping and hiking (in a backpack on Mom), fishing and motorcycling (belted to Dad) adventure. Annual trips...
Fred L. Johnson
Jan 10, 2018
Fred Johnson Fred was born October 22, 1959 in Topeka, Kansas. He passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fred met the love of his life, Erin, while attending Oklahoma State University and working at Ken's Pizza. Although he had to ask many times, he was stubborn and persistent, and she finally said yes to a date. They...
F. A. "Asbury" Asbury
Jan 10, 2018
F.A. "Asbury" AsburyJuly 1922-January 2018 The 95 year old Tulsa native had lived in Albuquerque NM since 2009. Asbury graduated from Holy Family High School and Tulsa University. He was a WWII vet who served in the Navy, and he retired from Shell Oil. "Asbury" and his wife Phyllis, who predeceased him, lived an active lifestyle and loved to dance...
Richard Ellis Roby
Jan 9, 2018
Richard E. Roby, 78, passed away peacefully on January 9, 2018 after persevering through many years of illness, chronic pain, and Parkinson's disease. Richard was married for 32 glorious and loving years to Dr. Cathy Kass. His life will be remembered by lasting memories filled with love, positivity, and smiles. He is survived by his four children and their beloved...
Ann Ell Gelino
Jan 6, 2018
Life Story for Ann Ell Early Gelino August 8, 1918-January 6, 2018 Ann Ell Early Gelino succumbed to her dementia on January 6, 2018. She passed peacefully in her sleep gently and gracefully, just as she lived her 100 years of life. Born August 8, 1918 to James Madison and Juell Robertson Early in Cooper, Texas, Ann Ell was the...
Angela "Angie" Walden Sewell
Dec 31, 2017
Angie Walden Sewell was born May 18, 1963, in Tulsa, OK. She went home to be with her loving Savior on Sunday, December 31, 2017, in Claremore, OK. She attended Tulsa Christian Academy where she graduated in 1980. Angie married Charlie Sewell in 1985 and they first made their home in Tulsa, but later settled in Claremore. Angie fought a...
James E. "Jim" Reinkemeyer
Dec 31, 2017
Jim Reinkemeyer James Edward (Jim) Reinkemeyer, 62, of Broken Arrow went to our Lord on December 31, 2017 at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, OK from complications due to ALS. He was a deeply adored husband, father, brother, son and friend. He was born December 23, 1955 in Arkansas City, KS - the son of Leo Robert Reinkemeyer and Theresa...
Glenn J. Gorski
Dec 30, 2017
Glenn J. Gorski January 20, 1961 - December 30, 2017 Glenn Joseph Gorski was born in Chicago, Illinois to Arthur J. and Sophie Gorski on January 20, 1961, while newly elected President John F. Kennedy was making his inaugural address. This auspicious beginning was just a point of departure for a life that would impact many. After his education was...
Patricia May Alexander Frohnapfel
Dec 30, 2017
Patricia May Alexander Frohnapfel passed away peacefully on December 30, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. Pat was born on June 9th, 1924 in Antlers, Oklahoma, Choctaw Country, to May Ledonia Maytubby and James Milton Alexander. Pat grew up in McAlester, Oklahoma, and graduated high school in 1942, whereupon she moved to Tulsa to begin Business College. After graduation, Pat...
William Charles Schmidt
Dec 17, 2017
My father William Charles Schmidt while still living on this earth was a loving, caring and devoted son, husband, father and brother to his family and friends. He graduated in 1946 from Northwestern University Bachelor Geological Sciences Major School (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences) with a degree in geology. After graduation he went to work in the oil and...
Rita Grandi Ksepka
Dec 16, 2017
Rita Grandi was born in Memphis, Tennessee, January 13, 1932, to Ernest G. Grandi and Lula M. Bradford Grandi. Rita passed away peacefully on December 16, 2017 at Clarehouse in Tulsa. Rita was the youngest of 6 children and grew up in Memphis, TN, with her 4 brothers and one sister. She graduated from Memphis Tech High School in 1949....
Harry E. Livingston, M.D.
Dec 15, 2017
Harry Earl Livingston, M.D., born in Richmond, Virginia on January 27, 1934 to David I. Livingston and Johnnie Williams Livingston. After a short time in Richmond the family moved to New Orleans. During WWII the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia where Dr. Livingston received his education having attended grammar school, high school, Emory University undergraduate college, and medical school. He...
Talmadge "Billie" Owens
Dec 14, 2017
Billie was born in a small town in Kentucky on December 9, 1944. Her mother owned her own bakery and later, a small diner. At 8 years of age, Billie started working for her mother in her bakery and then at the diner. She and her mother moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to be with her aunt and cousins, when Billie...
Cynthia Ann Friedman
Dec 13, 2017
Cynthia Ann Friedman, loving mother, wife, sister, and friend passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at the age of 63. Cynthia was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 29, 1953. She grew up with her brothers William, Richard, and James and her sister, Sherryl. Affectionately known as Sunny, she is survived by her loving husband of 40 years,...
Kari Schooley
Dec 11, 2017
Kari Schooley, 33, of Tulsa, OK, died on December 11, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. A Rosary will be held at 7:00 PM on Friday, December 15, 2017, and a Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 1:00 PM on Saturday, December 16, 2017, both at Christ The King Catholic Church, Tulsa. Kari was born in Tulsa on March 29,...
Patricia Ann Chandler
Dec 10, 2017
Patricia Ann "Patty" Chandler died peacefully at St. John Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on December 10, 2017. Patty was born in Miami, OK on July 16, 1953. She is survived by her husband, Jay; her daughter, Mary; her brother, Bob, and his wife Linda; and many other family members. She was preceded in death by her parents, Art and Shirley...
Charles W. Harris
Dec 9, 2017
Charles W. Harris — 09/30/1927-12/09/2017 Charles W. "Charlie" Harris (90) a 71-year resident of Tulsa, slipped the surly bonds of earth and went to his heavenly home on December 9, 2017. Charles was born September 30, 1927 in Pawhuska, OK. He accepted Christ and was baptized in the First Christian Church in Pawhuska as an 11-year-old young man. He joined...
