Obituaries
Velma Simpson
Sep 26, 2008
Velma Marie Simpson of Grove, Oklahoma went home to be with her Lord at 7:55 p.m., Friday, September 26, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital. She was 96. Velma was born on February 19, 1912 at Strang, Oklahoma to William T. and Janie (Smith) Parsons. Velma was the last survivor of seven sisters. She graduated from 8th Grade at Strang....
Mary Nichols
Sep 17, 2008
Mary Jane Nichols, age 87, died September 17, 2008 at the Grand Lake Villa in Grove, Oklahoma. Mary was born on October 12 1920 to John Lee and Mayme V. (Montgomery) Nichols in Copan, Oklahoma. She worked for environmental services for hospitals. Mary is survived by her brother John and his wife Jody Nichols of Elizabethton Tennessee. She was preceded...
Altha Hudson
Sep 10, 2008
Altha J. Hudson, age 93, died September 10, 2008 at the Grove Nursing Center in Grove, Oklahoma. Altha was born on March 2, 1915, to Walter E. and Margaret E. (Wright) Hudson in Clovis, New Mexico. Altha worked as an accountant in the financial industry. She enjoyed giving gag gifts to all her nieces and nephews. Altha was a member...
Darmon Koehne
Jul 18, 2008
JAY - Darmon D. Koehne, age 78, passed away at his home in Jay, Oklahoma on July 18, 2008. He was born on August 27, 1929 in Oldham, South Dakota to Alvina and Carroll (Tinker) Koehne. In 1934, the family moved to Northern Minnesota where he attended school and graduated from Bagley High School in 1947. He and Kathleen (O'Malley)...
William Smith
Jul 18, 2008
GROVE: William A. "Bill" Smith, age 62, passed away Friday July 18, 2008 at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. Bill was born October 20, 1945 to William Arthur Smith, Sr. and Bernita (Brunt) Smith in Everett, Washington. Bill was united in marriage to Reatha L. Parks on June 1, 1968 at the Sunset Hills Christian Church in...
Terry Moore
Jun 28, 2008
Terry Alan Moore, age 59, of Grove, Oklahoma died Saturday, June 28, 2008 at his residence. He was born July 1, 1948 in Sikeston, Missouri to Lucille Carter He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed motorcycle riding and horseshoes. He was a member of the Grove Moose Lodge and Group 33, Inc. Terry moved to Grove in 1997 and worked...
John Koehne
Jun 7, 2008
Grove: John L. Koehne, age 75, passed away at his home in Grove, Oklahoma on June 7, 2008. He was born on March 22, 1933 in Oldham, South Dakota to Alvina and Carrol Koehne. At the age of one, the family moved to Northern Minnesota where he attended school and graduated from Bagley High School in 1951. John joined the...
Betty Fields
May 30, 2008
Betty A. Fields, age 77, died early Friday morning May 30, 2008 at the Grove Nursing Center in Grove, Oklahoma. Betty was the daughter of Odis and Velma (Oaks) Varner. She was born on July 15, 1930 in Kingman Kansas. She married Joe "J.C." Fields, Sr. on September 15, 1948, in Benton County Arkansas. J.C. Fields preceded her in death...
Freeda Brower
Apr 23, 2008
Freeda C. Brower of Grove, passed away on April 23, 2008, at Grove Hospital, after cancer surgery. She was preceded in death last year by her husband of sixty-one years, William L. Brower. The daughter of Ora S. and Vera H. Craig of Cainsville, Missouri, she fell ill with polio at age seven, walked on crutches during her adult life,...
Opal Melton
Mar 20, 2008
Rogers, AR (formerly of Grove, OK) - Opal Lea Melton, age 88, went to be with her Lord and Savior early Thursday morning, March 20, 2008, at the New Mercy Medical Center in Rogers, Arkansas. Opal was born in rural Welch, Oklahoma are on July 11, 1919 to Clyde and Jessie Belle (Ledbetter) Lucas. That is where she was raised,...
Robert Ballentine
Mar 13, 2008
Grove - Robert Lee Ballentine, Jr., age 66, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Thursday, March 13, 2008 at the Grand Lake Villa in Grove, Oklahoma. Robert was born on August 21, 1941 to Robert Lee and Eleanor (Lancaster) Ballentine in Plymouth, Indiana. He grew up around the Kalamazoo, Michigan area. . In 1975, Robert Moved to Colorado...
Barbara Helms
Mar 9, 2008
Barbara Christine Helms, age 68, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital. Barbara was born on May 25, 1939 to Ora J. and Charity Bell (Butler) McKee in Vanceburg, Kentucky. Barbara was one of eleven children. She worked as a hospital Ward Clerk. She loved the beauty of nature,...
John Gardner
Mar 8, 2008
JAY: John "Wes" Gardner, age 46, died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. John was born on August 8, 1961 to James D. Gardner, Sr. and Clara May "Morrow" Gardner in Monticello, Arkansas. John worked as a laborer in the poultry industry. He married Quahnah Quinton in Jay, Oklahoma, January of 1992. He loved...
Victor Vore
Feb 25, 2008
Victor Ray Vore, age 79, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, February 25, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. Victor was born on March 4, 1928 in Dacoma, Oklahoma, to Omer Ray and Lola Mae (Holder) Vore. He proudly served in the United States Army from November of 1950 until November of 1952....
Lloyd Lamb
Feb 18, 2008
GROVE - Lloyd V. Lamb, age 82, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Monday, February 18, 2008 at Saint Francis Hospital, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lloyd was born on White Eagle Reservation, near Ponca City, Oklahoma, on October 22, 1925. He married the love of his life, and wife of 63 years, Norma Jean Inman on December 23,...
Russell Rickerson
Feb 14, 2008
Russell "Dean" Rickerson, age 84, died Thursday, February 14, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. One of thirteen children, Dean was born on December 19, 1923 in rural Marion County, Kansas to Charles M. and Mamie (Mitchell) Rickerson. Russell proudly served as a Supply Sergeant of the 305th Infantry during World War II. He served in the...
Mattie Drumm
Feb 2, 2008
GROVE - Mattie Viola Drumm, 82, died Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital. Mattie was born on May 30, 1925 to Joe B. and Willie (Leake) Stoker in Lone Grove, Oklahoma. She enjoyed arts and crafts, sewing and painting. Mattie married Charles Drumm August 10, 1941. Charles preceded her in death on January 22, 2008. Survivors include...
Fred Stumbo
Jan 24, 2008
Fred "Ralph" Stumbo Jr., age 94, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2008 at the Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. Ralph was born on December 7, 1913 to Fred and Stella (Gibson) Stumbo Sr., in Web City, Missouri. He attended high school in Joplin, Missouri, graduating in 1932. He married Claudine Evans on December 30, 1950. Claudine preceded him...
Charles Drumm, Sr.
Jan 22, 2008
Charles "Ed" Edwin Drumm, Sr., age 85, died Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. Ed was born November 22, 1922 to Samuel and Louella (Coyle) Drumm in Garland, Texas. He married his wife of sixty-six years Mattie Viola Stoker. Charles served in the Army as a Tech 5 during World War II. He worked...
Charles Teachman
Jan 17, 2008
Grove - Charles "Chuck" Allen Teachman, age 67, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2008 at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. Chuck was born October 14, 1940 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma to Charles Clarence and Iva Belle (Skidmore) Teachman. Charles served three years int he U.S. Army. He enjoyed working on machinery, and owned a lawn mower repair business....
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