Imogene Stewart
Dec 8, 2015
Imogene Hardy Stewart passed on December 8, 2015. She was born in Joplin, Missouri on September 8, 1928, but Wagoner, OK was the home of her youth and her beloved Seymour, TX is where she retired with her true love Major Stewart. They met in Wagoner during World War II and shared 69 years of marriage. If you don't mind,...
Sandra Kay Pepper
Dec 5, 2015
Sandra Kay (Smith) Pepper was born December 31, 1947 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to her loving parents, Harold and Vivian (Gross) Smith. She graduated from Wagoner High School and began her journey through life. She met Woodrow Wilson Chan in Oklahoma. They were married, and then moved to the Boston, Massachusetts area for more than thirty years. Following her husband's death,...
John W. Russell, Jr.
Dec 5, 2015
John W. Russell, Jr., former resident of Wagoner, Oklahoma passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015.  He was 92 years of age.  John lived the last three years at Via Christi Retirement Village in Ponca City, Oklahoma.  The service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church in Wagoner, Oklahoma with the Reverend...
Gary Ashlock
Dec 5, 2015
Gary Reid Ashlock, 69, resident of Wagoner, OK, died December 5, 2015 at Hillcrest South Hospital in Tulsa, OK. Gary was born on January 6, 1946 to W.O. Ashlock and Dorothy Lucille Hardy Ashlock in Wagoner at the home of his mother's parents, George W. and Elizabeth Hardy. Gary was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by...
Edwin Burdett Thorne
Nov 28, 2015
Edwin Burdett Thorne was born August 28, 1920 in Bristow, Oklahoma to Aubrey Grant and Ione (Farrar) Thorne. After graduation from high school Edwin attended Oklahoma A & M, which is now Oklahoma State University, from 1938-1940. He remained a sports fan of OSU throughout his life. Edwin served in the United State Army during World War II as a...
Leona Alberta Payne
Nov 28, 2015
Leona Alberta Payne was born August 9, 1933 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Joseph Frank and Clare Elizabeth (Wright) Peters. She had made her home in Okay, Oklahoma for nearly forty years. Alberta, who everyone lovingly called "Grammy", loved to care for her family, especially when she was cooking for everybody. She liked gardening and bird watching. Â Mrs. Payne departed this...
Lacletha Maxine Rhodes
Nov 22, 2015
LeCletha Maxine Rhodes was born February 6, 1928 in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, one of ten children born to Jack and Zelma (Crisp) Thornburg. Before retirement Maxine was employed for seventeen years as a medical assistant at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK. She loved attending the Church of God in Wagoner, where she was a member. Maxine liked to work...
Mary Ella Gaylor
Nov 20, 2015
Mary Ella Lightsey Gaylor was born July 19, 1947 in Ramona, Oklahoma to her loving parents, Thomas Lightsey and Laura Sallee Lightsey Wilson. The family moved to Wagoner, OK when Mary was only a few years old, returning to Thomas' home town, and to be near Laura's family in Muskogee, OK. Mary attended Wagoner Public Schools. She was a member...
Jewel D. Maldonado
Nov 12, 2015
Jewel D Keeton Maldonado February 26, 1928 November 12, 2015 Jewel passed peacefully into the next life in the presence of her family after a short illness. She is preceded in death by her parents Hiram Fletcher and Nancy Keeton, all of her 12 brothers and sisters, her husband of 49 years John Maldonado, an infant son Miguel, and a...
Betty Jane Hardy
Nov 6, 2015
Betty Jane (Wilkey) Hardy was born March 31, 1935 in Henryetta, Oklahoma to Arthur and Iona (Watkins) Wilkey. She had made her home in Wagoner since the age of twelve. Although Betty worked several times throughout her life, she primarily enjoyed homemaking activities. She was a skilled seamstress and proficient at crochet. Even when Betty was making her home in...
James W. Pratt
Nov 2, 2015
James Weyman Pratt was born August 25, 1936 in Gore, Oklahoma to Derosco Plymouth and Naoma Lee (Young) Pratt. He was an accountant and employed as a comptroller for the Creek Nation. James married the former Paige Reasor on September 3, 1971. James enjoyed his life to the fullest. He was a Baptist minister and served as music director for...
Glenna J. Redford
Nov 2, 2015
Glenna Joy Redford was born March 22, 1948 in Alamo, Nevada to Hubert Keith and Mildred (Foremaster) Cutler. She passed this life at age 67 on November 2, 2015 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene Redford, and both parents. Glenna was a cosmetologist before retirement. Glenna loved spending time with her grandchildren and baking...
Horace David Hamilton
Oct 31, 2015
Funeral services for Horace David Hamilton, 80, life- long resident of Muskogee will be held at 2:00, Friday, Nov. 6, at the Mallett Funeral Home Chapel in Wagoner with Reverend Mark Pointer officiating. Horace was born April 12, 1935 in Muskogee to his parents, Horace P. and Eula (Matlock) Hamilton. Throughout his school years he loved playing sports, especially football...
Frankie Paul Rizzo
Oct 30, 2015
Frankie Rizzo, 92, of Moore, Oklahoma, died Oct. 30, 2015, at the Norman Veterans Center in Norman, Okla., after battling multiple myeloma for nearly four years. He exceeded all of his medical caregivers' expectations for his longevity. Services will be Monday, November 2, at 2 p.m. at Mallett Funeral Home Chapel in Wagoner, followed by interment at Elmwood Cemetery in...
Mary Louise Hatfield
Oct 24, 2015
Mary Louise Hatfield was born December 23, 1920 in Wagoner, OK to Jack and Anna Mae (Nesbitt) Calvelege. Mary was a lifelong Wagoner resident. She was a graduate of Wagoner High School and married H. R. Hatfield on April 12, 1941. While he fought in World War II, Mary kept the home fires burning until his return, when they could...
Carline Yates
Oct 21, 2015
Carline Yates was born September 28, 1925 in Loy, Arkansas to Ted and Maggie Jewel (Whorton) Bolinger. She graduated from Locust Grove High School. Carline married Vernon Yates on December 22, 1944. They lived a long, happy life together for fifty-one years. Before retirement Carline was the Payroll Clerk for Wagoner Public Schools. She was a longtime member of the...
Grover Golden
Oct 16, 2015
Grover Golden, Jr. was born November 24, 1940, in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, to Ruth (Shamley) and Grover Golden, Sr. After graduating from high school Grover attended college before beginning working. Until his retirement Grover was a forklift operator for a box manufacturing company. He married the former Ann Randles early in life, and they enjoyed many years together, raising a...
Barney Dale Hawkins
Oct 8, 2015
Barney Dale Hawkins began his journey on this earth July 12, 1952 and it ended on October 8, 2015. He has now moved on to start a new journey with of his Lord and Savior in heaven. He loved the farm and became an entrepreneur in finding ways to make it lucrative raising cows, bees, quail, whitetail deer, dogs and...
Ruby Boyd
Oct 5, 2015
Ruby Opal Boyd was born May 24, 1920 in Hulbert, Oklahoma to Marshall and Mona (Smith) Manes. She and her husband, Robert A. Boyd, made their home in Tulsa, Ok for many years before moving to Wagoner, OK in the 1970's. Ruby married Bob Boyd on November 11, 1942, and they were married for 64 years until his death in...
Bob Q. Mahan
Oct 2, 2015
Bob Mahan was born July 5, 1926 to John and Dulcie (Denton) Mahan in Coweta, Oklahoma. He attended school in Coweta. He entered the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in December, 1944. He then married Mary Othel Ryals, and they had three children, Mary Gail, Sheral and Bobby. The family lived in Sand Springs where Bob was a dump...
