Laura Louella Kershner Wilson
Jun 28, 2017
Laura Louella Kershner Wilson was born July 31, 1930, to Frederick Vance and Calista Kershner in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She graduated from Central High School, Tulsa University, and Oklahoma State University, earning an undergraduate degree in Psychology and a Masters in Early Childhood Development. Her teaching career included twelve years at Channing Day School in All Souls Unitarian Church, later serving...
Thomas C. Monahan
Jun 22, 2017
Thomas C. Monahan entered into eternal peace on Thursday, June 22, 2017. He was 87. Born February 17, 1930 to Lawrence and Clara Monahan in Boston, Mass, Tom was the youngest of 3 children. He attended school in Massachusetts and New Hampshire before graduating from University of Arizona in 1952. Tom served in the US Air Force as a navigator...
Carolyn L. Volturo
Jun 22, 2017
Carolyn L. Volturo passed from this life on Thursday, June 22, 2017 at St. John Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Carolyn was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 7, 1938 to parents Dewey D. and Bessie L. (Hensley) Allen. Carolyn grew up in Tulsa and graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1955. Carolyn married Charles Volturo on June 1, 1985...
Donald Reid Inbody, M.D.
Jun 18, 2017
Donald Reid Inbody was born October 14, 1930 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to J. Roy and Billie Inbody. He passed away peacefully on June 18, 2017. Don graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1948, later attending the University of Tulsa, graduating with a B.S. He attended the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, where he received his M.D. Following an...
Russell Clifford Butler
Jun 17, 2017
Russell Clifford Butler, 87, of Tulsa, went home to be with our Lord on June 17th 2017. The military honors funeral service will be held at Ft. Gibson National Cemetery on Thursday, June 22nd at 1:00 p.m. The address is: 1423 Cemetery Road, Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Fitzgerald Funeral Service. Russell was born in Burlington,...
John Edward Deas, Sr.
Jun 15, 2017
Visitation: 3:00-5:00 p.m. Thursday at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel Rosary: 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Church of St. Mary's Chapel Mass of Christian Burial: 1:00 p.m. Friday at Church of St. Mary's Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel, 918-291-3500
Henry Richard "Dick" Raskin
May 28, 2017
Henry Richard "Dick" Raskin of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away on May 28, 2017. He is survived by: his son, Whit Raskin; nephews, Greg Raskin and Robert Raskin; niece, Debby Raskin; and sister-in law, Phyllis Raskin. He is preceded in death by his parents, Mary Raskin and William Raskin, and his brother, Howard Raskin, all of Tulsa. Dick was born December...
Ruby Lea Mcgonigal
May 25, 2017
Mrs. Ruby L. McGonigal, 78, of Jenks, Oklahoma, passed away on May 25th, 2017. Ruby was born in Stigler, Oklahoma to Bill and Laura Opal Beeler on March 13th, 1939. Her family moved to Jenks when she was 9. She attended Jenks schools until she married Ted McGonigal on June 20th, 1955, in Tulsa Oklahoma. She then attended Roberts Beauty...
Kenneth Merle Rath
May 23, 2017
Kenneth "Merle" Rath, age 97, died peacefully Tuesday, May 23 in Denver, CO. He was born in Humbolt, KS where he lived until enlisting in the U.S. Army and leaving to fight in WWII. While serving in the Army, he fought in both, North African and Europe and received a Bronze Star for bravery. After returning from the war, he...
Paul A. April, M.D.
May 21, 2017
Paul A. April, MD Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, retired, passed away in Tulsa, OK on May 21, 2017 at the age of 87. He spent 53 plus years in private practice beginning in Utica Square and then spent the remaining years located on South Yale, adjacent to St. Francis Hospital. He was a 1955 graduate of NYU, Internship and Residency...
William "Billy" Hale
May 21, 2017
Visitation: 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel. Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 25, 2017 at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel, 918-291-3500
Janice Anne O'Brien
May 20, 2017
Janice Anne O'Brien, born to Charles Henry and Imogene (Wilson) Browning August 24, 1933 in Bartlesville, OK, peacefully passed away early Saturday morning, May 20th. Janice graduated from Will Rogers High School Tulsa, OK in 1951. She went on to attend Oklahoma A&M (now OSU) and was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. While based in Kansas City, MO...
Laura Marie Klebert O'Banion
May 20, 2017
Laura Marie Klebert O'Banion, loving mother, cousin, and friend, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Born on August 7, 1954, Laura was the daughter of Charles and Betty Lou (Anderson) Klebert. Laura married the late Roland O'Banion on October 25, 1986 and had two children: Ashley Kristeen O'Banion and Brian Charles O'Banion. Laura worked...
Margaret Ann Keim Becker
May 18, 2017
Margaret Ann Becker was born July 13, 1930 to C. Henry Busse and Carrie Catherine Conner Busse in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was the apple of her daddy's eye who loved to spoil her growing up. She was the oldest of two daughters. Her Lord took her suddenly into heaven May 18, 2017. In a blink of an eye, we believe...
Ted Bullinger
May 16, 2017
Ted Bullinger was born in Henrietta Texas on June 25th, 1924 to Theodore and Anastasia (Lerner) Bullinger. Ted passed peacefully from this life on May 17th, 2017 at the age of 92. Ted held the rank of lieutenant in the Army Air Corp during WWII. After his discharge from the service he married the love of his life, Kay Samuelson....
Linda Kay Brinsley Ebert
May 15, 2017
They called her Linda Lou – we don't know why. Her name was Linda Kay Brinsley Ebert, and she died on May 15, 2017 after a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 77, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she was a graduate of Edgewood High School, in Pittsburgh, and went on to graduate from Penn State...
Sharon C. Patton
May 14, 2017
Sharon Charlene Patton departed this life, Sunday, May 14, 2017 at the age of seventy-four years. She was born to Leon B. Erwin and Esther Pendergrass Erwin on September 5, 1942 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Sharon grew up in Gans, Oklahoma where she obtained her high school diploma and continue her education at Connors State College where she received a Bachelor...
Mary Elsie Murphy Stover
May 14, 2017
Mary Elsie Murphy Stover (88) passed away peacefully May 14, 2017. She is survived by 1 child, 7 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren sister Eva Horn. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Fred McAnally and sister Betty Mead. Born February 9, 1927, in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Mary was the third born of four children to...
Michael Terry "Mike" Myers
May 12, 2017
Michael Terry Myers, age73, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and died in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 12, 2017. He was predeceased by his father, Jonathan Abra¬ham Myers, of Sanborn, Indiana and his mother, Sara P. Myers, of Latvia, Russia. He is survived by: his wife of 44 years, Andrea Apt Myers of Tulsa, Oklahoma; his daughter, Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris, and...
James Robert Dawson
May 11, 2017
James Robert (Jim) Dawson, devoted father, engineering professional, realtor and beloved Grandfather died Thursday, May 11, 2017 after a brief illness. He was 83. Born July 19, 1933 in Tulsa, OK; to Sidney Earl and Marcella Dawson. Jim was a life-long Tulsan graduating from Central High School in 1952. After serving his country in the United States Army, he went...
