Evelyn L. Schoonover
Feb 13, 2017
Evelyn Lucille Schoonover, 92, of Tulsa, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017. Visitation will be held on Saturday, from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, and Sunday from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel. A Rosary will be held 6:00 PM on Sunday, and Mass of Christian burial at 10:00 AM on Monday, February 20, 2017...
Marie Kathleen "Kay" Bashaw
Feb 12, 2017
Marie Kathleen "Kay" Bashaw was born January 25, 1938, in Great Bend, KS, and died February 12, 2017, in Tulsa. As a graduate of Holy Family High School (Tulsa, OK) in 1956 and St. John Hospital Nursing School (Tulsa, OK) in 1958, Kay was a Registered Nurse, before she transitioned to an incredible wife and mother of six children. She...
Rev. William A. Perez, O.S.A.
Feb 11, 2017
Rev. William A. Perez, O.S.A.5/4/35 - 2/11/17 Fr. Bill Perez, O.S.A., was born and baptized in Mexico City, Mexico with the name Guillermo Armando De Corazon de Jesus Ameiva in 1935. Fr. Perez enrolled at Cascia Hall in 1948 and adopted the name William, the English equivalent of the name Guillermo. He graduated from Cascia Hall in 1952 and went...
Sandra K. Brook
Feb 11, 2017
Sandy was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and nana. She was proceeded in death by her mother Jeri and her brother Gregory. She is survived by her father, Jim Freeman, siblings Mark, Terry, Patrick, and Ann Freeman. She is also survived by her husband Richard, son Jim, daughter Jennifer Kelley and son-in-law Patrick Kelley. She was nana to Alexandria,...
Danny Zeligson
Feb 11, 2017
Danny Zeligson, 63, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, February 11, 2017Â after a brief battle with cancer. Danny was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 3, 1953, to Phyllis and Bob Zeligson. Like his father, Danny dedicated each day of his life to doing more for others and less for himself. He was humble and steadfast in...
Fr. Thomas K. Melton
Feb 11, 2017
Born June 10, 1932 in Asher Oklahoma to Vern and Laura (Wilsie) Melton, Father Melton passed away February 11, 2017 at his home in Tom Bean, Texas. He served his community as pastor for over 40 years. He was predeceased by: his mother and father, infant sister LaVern; brother-n-law, Joe Lightfoot; and nephew, Joseph Patrick Lightfoot. He is survived by...
Ona Mae Shawnee Harjo
Feb 10, 2017
Ona Mae Shawnee Harjo, age 84, passed away peacefully Friday, February 10, 2017, at Prairie House Memory Care in Broken Arrow. She was born March 8, 1932 in a small house on the banks of Bird Creek in Sperry, OK, to William "Bill" and Mary (Shapp) Shawnee. She was a 1954 graduate of Chilocco Indian School. After graduation she worked...
Erwin Joseph Othouse
Feb 10, 2017
In Loving Memory Erwin Joseph Othouse, 75, passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 in Broken Arrow, OK. 'Joe' was born on December 28, 1941 in Stamford, CT, son of the late George Othouse. Joe was a friendly out-going man who loved his cars and music. He would always be singing even at Walmart. He would start conversations with strangers and...
Billy Gene Taylor
Feb 10, 2017
Billy Gene Taylor. Bill passed away Friday, February 10th. Bill was born in Florence, Colorado on July 14, 1925 to Charles U. and Eva Taylor. Bill graduated from Seminole High School and enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving in the Pacific Theatre. After the war, he returned to Seminole and married the love of his life, Earnestine. They celebrated their...
Lisa Louise Flusche' Moran
Feb 3, 2017
Lisa Louise Flusche' Moran, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully in her home of 36 years on February 3, 2017. Lisa was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on December 18, 1950, to Frank August and Anita Louise (Gray) Flusche'. She graduated from Bishop Kelly High School and continued on to receive a Bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State University and a...
Erma Lee Smither
Feb 2, 2017
As a self-proclaimed "country girl", throughout her life, Erma Lee was faithful in her upbringing with hard work, ethics, strong values, and faith in her God. As a young couple, she and her husband, James A. Smither, moved from the comfort of their home in Missouri, to Tulsa. Living and working in the Cherry Street District, their growing family attended...
Benny Taylor
Jan 31, 2017
Benny Taylor passed away January 31, 2017, peacefully with his children by his side. He was 77 years old. Born in Tulsa, Benny was the first of six children to Amos and Louise Taylor. He went to Central High School, and then on to Oklahoma State University where he received his degree in Metallurgical Engineering. After college he worked for...
Louie Caplin "Cap" Baxter, Jr.
Jan 31, 2017
Louie Caplin "Cap" Baxter, Jr., 75 passed away on January 31, 2017, after a brief battle with lung cancer. Cap was born in Fort Worth, TX, to Caromae Reese and L.C. Baxter on December 30, 1941. He graduated from Edison High School in 1960. Cap and Linda married in 1961 and Cap went on to earn a business degree from...
Marvin J. Mencher
Jan 26, 2017
Marvin Joel Mencher, age 90, passed away on January 26, 2017, at the Tulsa Jewish Health Care Center (Zarrow Pointe). Marvin was born November 2, 1926, in New York City, to parents, Meyer H. and Mildred B. Mencher. In 1944, Marvin started working as a mechanic for American Airlines at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. He transferred to Tulsa...
John F. Godfrey
Jan 25, 2017
John F. Godfrey died peacefully at Porta Caeli House in Tulsa, OK, on January 25, 2017, at the age of 82. He was born November 21, 1934 to Roy F. Godfrey and Vivian (Scholtz) Godfrey, in Tulsa. John is survived by: his loving wife of 54 years, Jan; his children, John M. Godfrey (wife Gina) and Jeff D. Godfrey, both...
Patrick Engel
Jan 23, 2017
Patrick B. Engel, 41, passed away Monday, January 23, 2017 in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. Patrick was born to Michael Engel and Linda Engel, October 20,1975, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is survived by his parents Mike and Linda, his sister Kerri Dugan and husband John of Boulder CO, and his sister Carla Engel of Coweta, Ok. He is also survived by...
Colleen Elizabeth O'Malley Burke
Jan 20, 2017
Colleen Elizabeth O'Malley Burke was born August 30, 1929, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, to James Edward and Anna Margeret (Niklas) O'Malley. She died January 20, 2017, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is survived by her children Kathleen Burke, Marblehead, MA, Diane Patterson and her husband Robert, Inola, Oklahoma, Jim Burke, Jr. and his wife Kiki Kilgore, Ada, Oklahoma, Linda Bott, Hurst, Texas,...
Virginia "Jenna" Dickinson
Jan 19, 2017
Virginia "Jenna" L. Dickinson age 54 of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma died Thursday January 19, 2017 in Broken Arrow, OK. Jenna was born March 2, 1962 in Paola, Kansas. She is the youngest of three born to John A. Dickinson and Evelyn Virginia Smith. She grew up in Osawatomie where she attended school. She graduated with the Osawatomie High School class...
Martha Maria Unklesbay
Jan 16, 2017
Martha Maria Unklesbay, age 74, of Jenks, Oklahoma passed away on Monday, January 16, at Saint Saint Francis Hospital after a long and courageous battle against illness. Martha was born in Dallas on June 26, 1942. She moved to Oklahoma at an early age and happily spent the rest of her life living in Tulsa and then in Jenks. She...
