Obituaries

Jan 2, 1998

NAME: JOYCE MARIE (HUDSON) REASOR, AGE 57, OF OKLAHOMA CITY, FORMER LANE AND ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 19, 1940 TO CLYDE MELVIN AND SARAH ADA (OLSEN) HUDSON AT BAKERSFIELD, CA. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1998 AT DEACONESS HOSPITAL, OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 57 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT LANE AND GRADUATED...

Dec 23, 1997

NAME: JOSEPH DOMINIC VOTO, AGE 91, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 27, 1906 AT COAL CITY, ILLINOIS TO JOSEPH AND STELLA MAE (CANTU) VOTO. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1997 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA. AGE: 91 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM LEHIGH HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. MARRIED:...

Dec 22, 1997

NAME: DANNI JO BURROUGH, INFANT DAUGHTER OF BOBBY AND KAREN BURROUGH OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: OCTOBER 19, 1997 AT DURANT, OK. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1997 AT BETHANY CHILDREN'S CENTER, BETHANY, OK. AGE: 0 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS SURVIVED BY PARENTS: BOBBY, JR. AND KAREN MICHELLE (FRITCHER) BURROUGH OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: CHELSEY NICOLE...

Dec 21, 1997

NAME: MARVIN WOLF POGUE, AGE 63, OF RURAL COALGATE, OK. BORN: NOVEMBER 19, 1934 AT ST. CHARLES, ARKANSAS TO GUSTAVES EDWIN AND BERTHA MAE (SKAGGS) POGUE. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1997 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR THE CAIRO COMMUNITY. AGE: 63 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ST. CHARLES, ARKANSAS. MARRIED: BRENDA BAUMERT ON SEPTEMBER...

Dec 18, 1997

NAME: EMMA JOSEPHINE (MOORE) THOMAS, AGE 82, OF COALGATE, OK. BORN: FEBRUARY 9, 1915 AT MILDRED, KS TO EDWARD L. AND MARY (HENDERSON) MOORE. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1997 AT MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 82 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM MILDREN, KS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1931. MARRIED: ROSCOE F. THOMAS ON...

Dec 17, 1997

NAME: LENA MAYE (JOHNSON) HOOK - BILKE, AGE 68, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 7, 1929 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO OLIVER AND MAUDIE LEE (TAYLOR) JOHNSON. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1997 AT HER RESIDENCE EAST OF ATOKA, OK. AGE: 68 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS. AT WILSON COMMUNITY IN ATOKA COUNTY...

Dec 15, 1997

NAME: LERA S. (DARBISON) LEE, AGE 75, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 18, 1922 AT BENTLEY, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES ALBERT AND HANNA BESSIE (KIZER) DARBISON. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1997 AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME. AGE: 75 YEARS 9 MONTHS 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRASSY LAKE AND BENTLEY SCHOOLS. MARRIED: MARION PAUL LEE ON...

Dec 14, 1997

NAME: J. T. HEARD, AGE 83, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 15, 1914 AT KIOWA, PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK TO CHARLES GRANVILLE AND MARY MAE (WALKER) HEARD. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1997 AT MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 83 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT KIOWA AND STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA, GRADUATING IN 1932....

Dec 13, 1997

NAME: VERNON J. JIM HOSKINS, AGE 89, LONGTIME BOGGY DEPOT, OK AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 1, 1909 AT BOGGY DEPOT, OK TO JAMES BUNYUN AND GRACE (ELLIOTT) HOSKINS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 89 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CLAREMORE, ATOKA, AND ALTUS. LATER ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY...

Dec 10, 1997

NAME: ERVIN EMANUEL LILLARD, AGE 71, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 1, 1926 IN LOVE COUNTY, OK TO WILLIAM BROWN AND MARGIE ETHEL (HIGGINS) LILLARD. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 71 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN NORTH TEXAS IN THE DENTON AREA. MARRIED: XENIA LUCILLE WHITE...

Dec 10, 1997

NAME: BETTY MARIE (MCNUTT) HAMILTON, AGE 52, OF THE HARMONY AREA, ATOKA, OK.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 15, 1945 AT BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS TO CLARENCE ADRIAN AND IVA LUCILLE (WARREN) MCNUTT. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1997 AT HER RESIDENCE EAST OF ATOKA. AGE: 52 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ARROWSMITH AND LEROY ELEMENTARY AND...

Dec 9, 1997

NAME: CHARLES FLOYD POWELL, AGE 62, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF COALGATE, OK. BORN: SEPTEMBER 10, 1935 AT COALGATE, OK TO NOEL ELMER AND EVA BELL (KARR) POWELL. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1997 VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE: 62 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN OLNEY, CENTRAHOMA, AND EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: NEVER...

Dec 9, 1997

NAME: DAVID MILAM, AGE 86, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 26, 1911 AT ASHER, OKLAHOMA TO SHELBY AND MARTHA (NORMAN) MILAM. PASSED AWAY: EARLY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1997 AT COLONIAL MANOR IN ATOKA. AGE: 86 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FOREST HILL IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: LOICE SMITH IN 1936. IRENE...

Dec 6, 1997

NAME: DELMER LEWIS STAGGS, AGE 45, LIFELONG WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 17, 1952 AT ADA, OK TO RUBAN LESTER AND OPAL FAYE  WALLIS STAGGS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 6, 1997, FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN AUTO. ACCIDENT NEAR WAPANUCKA. AGE: 45 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM WAPANUCKA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: DIVORCED. OCCUPATION: HE...

Dec 3, 1997

NAME: LUCILLE (UMSTED) BLACKBURN, AGE 75, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 30, 1922 AT TUSHKA, OK TO GUS UMSTED AND PEARL (STEVENS) UMSTED. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 75 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED STAR AND TUSHKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: LEROY BLACKBURN ON JULY 19, 1947 AT SHAWNEE,...

Dec 1, 1997

NAME: GEORGE N. LOWE, AGE 82, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 21, 1915 AT AGRA, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES G. AND ODA M. (HICKMAN) LOWE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 82 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED FROM AGRA, OKLAHOMA AND, IN 1943, GRADUATED FROM OKLAHOMA A...

Nov 26, 1997

NAME: FRANKEY LYNN BIRCHFIELD, AGE 44, LONGTIME RESIDENT 0F ATOKA COUNTY, OK. BORN: JUNE 11, 1953 AT ANTLERS, OK TO MURRAY FRANKLIN AND EMMA LOU (KING) BIRCHFIELD. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 44 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL AND OKLAHOMA STATE TECH IN OKMULGEE. OCCUPATION: HE DROVE...

Nov 26, 1997

NAME: LANA (STEPHENS) KROFT, AGE 47 OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

BORN: JULY 10, 1950 AT HASTINGS, NEBRASKA TO JACK LEE AND DONNA LOUISE (MCCLUNG) STEPHENS. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1997 AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AN     AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. AGE: 47 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED HOBART AND MADILL SCHOOLS...

Nov 19, 1997

NAME: THELMA ESTELE (SETTLEMIRE) MCCOOL, AGE 69, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 19, 1928 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO HILEY ARTHUR AND LUCY EMMA (BLAKELEY) SETTLEMIRE. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1997 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN DURANT, OK. AGE: 69 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 0 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED IRONSTOB SCHOOLS IN ATOKA COUNTY....

Nov 17, 1997

NAME: BETTY (GABRIEL) DUNCAN, AGE 48, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY, OK RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 4, 1949 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO JOSH FRANKLIN AND BUENA LEONA (STOWERS) GABRIEL. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1997 AT MERRITHEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MARTINEZ, CA. AGE: 48 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED ATOKA, OK SCHOOLS AND EARNED HER DEGREE IN ENGLISH...