i Cemetery TULSA WORLD Sunday, June 9, 2013 A 19 OUR LIVES OBITUARIES Brooke Allen Calvert Walker was born March 25, 1941 in Ponca City, OK. The first child of Floyd Allen Calvert, Jr. and Louise (Niemann) Calvert, she spent much of her youth in Olney, Illinois. She passed away peacefully Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at the age of 72. Brooke was a 1959 graduate of Monte Casino High School in Tulsa.
She attended Manhattanville College in New York prior to completing her Bachelor's degree in Journalism at the University of Oklahoma in 1962 where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She cherished the 1 relationships formed at Monte Cassino and OU her entire life. She also attended college in Switzerland in 1960 and later worked at the US Embassy in Paris, as she was fluent in both French and Italian. Brooke married Richard Wallace Walker in 1966 and they had three boys who survive her, Joshua Allen Walker and his wife, Johnna (Bachle) of Tulsa, Lucas Taliaferro Walker of Phoenix, AZ, Zachary Myers Walker and his wife, Melissa (Croom) of Frisco, TX; seven grandchildren, Niemann Gae Walker, Natalie Allen Walker, Lucas Calvert Walker, Lillian Grace Walker, Elijah James Walker, Caleb Richard Walker and Nathan Crosby Walker. She is also survived by her brother, Hal Niemann Calvert and a nephew, Timothy Allen Calvert.
She was preceded Brooke Allen Calvert Walker in death by her parents and her sister, Melissa Taliaferro Calvert. This passage from her 1959 Monte Cassino yearbook describes her best: "Her quiet, unpretentious personality was often charged with humor and forgetfulness. She is good as she is fair." Brooke was very proud of her father and maternal grandfather; both early Oklahoma pioneers. Her father, Allen Calvert was a respected Oklahoma oilman and her grandfather, Dr. George H.
Niemann was the first surge on in Ponca City. Brooke was a relentless disciplinarian raising her three sons. As they grew older, Brooke purchased a villa in the small town of Porto Colombo on the island of Sardinia, Italy and enjoyed many summers at her favorite place on earth. Brooke traveled frequently and had residences in Gold Beach, OR; Bonita Springs, FL; Blue Ridge, GA; Payson, AZ. She returned home to Tulsa in 2004 where she loved preparing wonderful meals at the request of many family and friends.
In lieuofflowers, friends may contribute in Brooke's memory to Monte Cassino School in Tulsa, OK or the Floyd A. and Irma K. Calvert Endowed Chair, College of Law, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. Ninde Funeral Cremation (918) 742-5556 ninde.com Austin Leo Maxey, 80, joined the Lord on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at his home with his family by his side. Austin was born in Koshkonong, MO on January 6, 1933 to Leonard and Ruby (Wood) Maxey.
The Maxey family moved to Oklahoma when Austin was in the fourth grade where he met Ms. Sarah Doyle at Mark Twain Elementary School on the Sand Springs Line. When Austin's father entered the Army, the family moved away before returning when he was in the 7th grade where he once again met up with Sarah. They attended school together at Roosevelt prior to uniting in marriage on May 5, 1950 in Sapulpa, OK. Together they raised five children and enjoyed 63 years of marriage.
Aside from his family, Austin's passion was music. He began playing and singing country music at 18 and was part of a duet with his friend Gene Eoff. During his early years of playing, Austin fronted for Billy Parker's Band and toured with Bobby Barnett for several years. He also once opened for Johnny Cash at Cain's Ballroom before going on to record five records of his own. Mr.
Maxey was a machinist by trade retiring from Wheatley-Gaso after many years of service. He gave his life to Christ and was Austin Leo Maxey savedin1987 at WordofLife Fellowship where he went on to play the bass guitar in Praise and Worship. Lovingly survived by: wife, Sarah Maxey of Sapulpa, OK; children, Nancy Clark and husband, Bill of Broken Arrow, Sharon Emigh of Sand Springs, Len Maxey and wife, Brenda of Bixby, Gerald Maxey and wife, Laura of Tulsa, and Vickie Cummings and husband, Robert of Broken Arrow; sister, Thelma Singleton and husband, Floyd; fourteen grandchildren; and sixteen great-grandchildren with two on the way. Preceding Austin in death were his parents, Leonard and Ruby Maxey; brother, Claude Maxey; and sons-inlaw, David Emigh and Tommy Isaacs. Funeral service has been scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 10, 2013, at Calvary Temple, 4701 W.
Edison Tulsa, OK 74127 with Reverend Sharon Emigh and David Kennedy officiating. Interment will immediately follow at Woodland Memorial Park in Sand Springs, OK. Viewing and visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, June 9, 2013. Condolences and messages for the family may be left at www.mobley-dodsonfuneralservice.
com Jerry Wayne Springer Jerry Wayne Springer was born October 20, 1946 in Sacramento, CA to Lester Springer and Nelda Coleen McKnight. He passed away May 13, 2013 in Tulsa, OK at the age of 66. Jerry owned several businesses in the Tulsa area, including Lester's Gear Automatic Parts, Tulsa Brake Clutch, and Axles Transmissions Transfers. He also loved flying airplanes, racing motorcycles and driving his antique car collection. Jerry would usually start his weekends drinking coffee a at the Pilot's Lounge with his Airman Acres buddies.
He was best known for telling jokes. Jerry often referred to himself as "Jerry Springer: The poor, good-looking one, not the rich, ugly talk show host!" He is survived by: his wife, Juanita W. Springer of Collinsville; daughters, Leslie Ann Davis and husband, Marc of Collinsville, Jeri Dawn Barrientos and husband, Tomas of Tulsa, Maggie Lee Stacy and husband, James of Collinsville; stepson, Scott Anthony of Piedmont, AL; grandchildren, Arin Burns and husband, John of Mustang, Ashley Ward and husband, Aaron of Bro- ken Arrow, and Henry Barrientos of Tulsa; great-grandchildren, Tyler Welch of Mustang, and Tanden Ward of Broken Arrow; father, Lester Springer of Collinsville; siblings, Nelda Coulson of Sperry, Mike McKnight of Foyil, Billy Young of Tulsa, Donna Morrison of Tulsa, and Darla Skirvin of California; family pets, Audrey and Bubba; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by: his mother, Nelda McKnight, stepfather, Lloyd McKnight; stepmother, Eunice Springer; and nephew, Presley Coulson. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made payable to Jerry W.
Springer Scholarship Fund. Please mail checks to First Mate Financial Advisors, 2003 E. 15th St, Tulsa, OK 74104. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 1:00 PM at the Springer Residence in Collinsville. Arrangements and services were entrusted to Johnson Funeral Home, Sperry.
Online condolences to the family can be made at johnsonfhsperry.com. Nurse killed in storm lauded MOORE Deanna Ward was a caring person who had a great sense of humor. The registered nurse spent part of her career working in the state hospitals in Norman and Fort Supply. "A lot of people that work in that field don't care about the patients," said Ward's brother, Wendell Riseley. "She was one of the few.
She dealt with the patients in a one-on-one way. She cared what they were saying, tried to deal with them as real people." Ward died in the May 20 tornado holding hands with her son, Mark Stephens, in a closet of her home. "Everybody felt the same about her," Riseley said. "She was a caring person who had a great sense of humor who was also very smart. She worked very hard.
She held two jobs most of her life." Ward's daughter, Shelley DEATH NOTICES Weber, Sandra Lee, 71, formerly of Fort Gibson, died TULSA homemaker, died Thursday. Tuesday in Reston, Va. Service Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. Monday, Ragsdale Brokaw, C.
Forrest 84, Hayhurst Funeral Home, Bro- Funeral Home Chapel, Muskretired Sunoco press relations ken Arrow, and service 10 a.m. ogee. employee, died May 28. Ser- Tuesday, Rhema Bible Glenpool Johnnie Faye Bell, vice 11 a.m. June 15, St.
Paul's Broken Arrow. 86, retired Glenpool Public United Methodist Church. White, Zenola Mae, 90, Schools cook, died Friday. VisiMoore's Eastlawn. homemaker, died Wednesday tation a.m.
and service Bryant, JoAnne Marvelle, 83, in Coweta. Visitation noon-7 11 a.m. Monday, both at retired telephone operator, p.m. Monday, Keith D. Biglow Glenpool First Baptist Church.
formerly of Tulsa, died May 21. Funeral Home, and service 10 Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby. Private family services. Pine a.m. Tuesday, North Sheridan Isaiah Ott, 16, student, died View, St.
George, Utah. Church of Christ. Thursday. Wake service 6 Bynum, Glen Hopkins, 72, Wolfe, Virginia, 91, homemaker, p.m. Sunday and service 2 retired, died June 2.
Private died Saturday. Services pend- p.m. Monday, both at Grave family services. Kennedy- ing. Moore's Southlawn.
Creek Indian Baptist Church, Midtown. Wolfenbarger, Braden Nicholas, Hitchita. McClendon-Winters, Dean, Kenneth 81, iron 9, student, died Friday. Ser- Okmulgee. company laborer, died April vices pending.
Floral Haven, Henryetta Rodney Key, 90, 27. Graveside service noon Broken Arrow. retired salesman, died SaturMonday, Fort Gibson National day in Norman. Private family Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Mark services.
Cremation Society, Griffith-Westwood. Tulsa. Doty, Vicky Lynn, 58, registered Funeral home, church and Inola Gerard "Jerry" Catlett, nurse, died Friday. Graveside 61, electrician, died Saturmemorial service noon Tues- cemetery are city day. Services pending.
Inola locations in the day, Floral Haven Memorial under which the death notice is Funeral Home. Gardens, Broken Arrow. Rose listed unless otherwise noted. Mannford Anna Ve Sears Hill. Lee, 104, practical nurse, died Francisco, Wilma Lee, 89, Bartlesville Walter H.
May 27. Services were held retired from Tulsa County "Sonny" Harlow, 75, retired May 31. Mannford Funeral Records Department, died electrical engineer, died Friday. Home. Wednesday.
Service 10 a.m. Services pending. Stumpff. Bobbie Maddux, 62, homeTuesday, Red Fork Free Will Laura B. White, 85, home- maker, died June 7.
MemoBaptist Church. Mark Griffith- maker, died Friday. Services rial Mass 10 a.m. Friday, St. Westwood.
pending. Walker-Brown. Patrick Catholic Church, Sand Frost, Hugh Lathan, 78, retired Beggs Jerome W. Deramus, Springs. Mobley-Dodson, American Airlines director, 41, Wade's RV salesman, died Sand Springs.
formerly of Tulsa, died Mon- Thursday in Sapulpa. Service Muskogee John E. Self, 69, day. Private family services. 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Green Hill Fu- forklift mechanic, died Friday. Kevin Brennan Family, Topeka, neral Home Chapel, Sapulpa. Services pending. CornerKan. Bixby Lloyd A.
Clements, 91, stone. Gregory, Laura Lavina, 92, retired Assembly of God min- Bill Allen Thornton, 79, law homemaker, died Thursday. ister, died June 5. Service 10 enforcement worker, died Service 10 a.m. Monday, a.m.
Wednesday, RiverCrest Friday. Graveside service 1 Moore's Southlawn Funeral Chapel. Bixby Funeral Service. p.m. Wednesday, Fort Gibson Home Chapel.
Broken Arrow Harold L. Mar- National Cemetery, Fort GibHanning, Rosanna, 80, retired, tin, 81, oil and gas engineer, son. Cornerstone. died Saturday. Services pend- died Thursday.
Visitation 6-8 Nowata Stanley Grant Day, ing. Kennedy-Midtown. p.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven 58, retired, died Thursday, Jones, Loretta 89, home- Funeral Home, and service 1 Services pending. Kennedymaker, died Saturday.
Services p.m. Wednesday, First United Midtown, Tulsa. pending. Add'Vantage. Methodist Church.
James Ray Krouse, 54, heat Knecht, Marquita Lynn, 57, Checotah Hoyl Harris, 82, and air technician, died MonUnion Public Schools family cattle rancher, died Friday in day. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, living and consumer sciences Muskogee. Services pending. Hillside Christian Church.
teacher, died Friday. Rosary 6 Garrett Family. Benjamin. p.m. Monday and service 10 Chelsea Charles Edward Jim Wayne Royer, 73, died a.m.
Tuesday, both at St. Pius Robinson, 92, state highway Friday. Graveside service 10 Catholic Church. Moore's department worker, died a.m. Tuesday, Relocated CemEastlawn.
Thursday. Visitation 1-6 p.m. etery. Stumpff. Kramer, Peter Graham, 59, Platt Sunday, Seaman-Blanke Okmulgee David "Pete" College information technol- Funeral Home, and service 3 Adamson, 82, retail business ogy director, died Friday.
p.m. Monday, First Christian owner, formerly of Okmulgee, Services pending. Moore's Church. died Tuesday. Services pendRosewood.
Claremore Helga Bachochin, ing. Add'Vantage, Tulsa. LaGore, Paul 42, truck driver, 61, homemaker, died Saturday. Ponca City Phyllis B. (Wells) died June 5.
Memorial service Services pending. Musgrove- Ladner, 85, retired custodian, 3 p.m. Wednesday, Floral Merriott-Smith. died Saturday. Visitation 5-6 Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Phillip James Ford, 70, p.m.
Sunday, Grace Funeral Broken Arrow. certified public accountant, Home, and graveside service Mattingly, LeRoy Lambert, 80, died Saturday. Private family 11 a.m. Monday, Longwood configuration control engineer, services. Musgrove-Merriott- Cemetery.
died Wednesday. Service 10 Smith. Pryor Doris Rae Turner, 79, a.m. Monday, College Street Charles Fredrick Lower, 65, homemaker, died Friday. SerFirst Presbyterian Church, Bro- died Thursday.
Memorial vices pending. Shipman's. ken Arrow. Kennedy-Midtown. service 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Rice Quinton Louise (Ginn) McBride, Sue Baker, 78, retired Funeral Home Chapel. Winlock, 85, waitress, died teacher, died June 1. Services Robert Alan "Bob" Stevens, Friday. Memorial service 1 p.m. were held Tuesday.
Moore's 68, machinist, died Friday. Monday, Quinton First Baptist Southlawn. Services pending. Musgrove- Church. Hunn Black Merritt.
Payton, Patricia Ann, 51, home- Merriott-Smith. Sallisaw Ava Lola "Doll" maker, died Thursday. Service Collinsville Jerry Wayne Honeycutt, 76, homemaker, 7 p.m. Monday, God's Shining Springer, 66, entrepreneur, died Friday. Visitation 1-8 p.m.
Light Ministry. Floral Haven, died May 13. Celebration of Sunday, Agent MalloryBroken Arrow. life 1 p.m. June 22, Springer Martin Funeral Home.
No Strickland, Terrence Lavon residence. Johnson, Sperry. services planned. 53, entrepreneur, died Friday, Coweta Mabel Elsie Secrist, Barbara Jane Sorenson, 74, Services pending. Keith D.
90, Friday died Friday. Service 2 p.m. homemaker, died Biglow. in Norman. Services pending.
Monday, Agent MalloryVansickle, Laura 52, died Wright-Brown. Martin Funeral Home Chapel. Friday. Services pending. Fort Gibson Nina Hoggard Moore's Rosewood.
"Betty" Lamb, 66, teacher, SEE DEATH NOTICES A20 Victim was pursuing a new life BY BRIANNA BAILEY He called his three chil- their son Myles' kindergarThe Oklahoman dren, Sasha, 16; Leslie Jr. 13; ten graduation. She promand Myles, 6, "the three ami- ised to send him pictures of MOORE Before he died gos." the ceremony but was able in the May 20 tornado, Les- A family man at heart, he to successfully send only one lie Johnson, 46, promised to loved his children and al- photograph from her phone return for the family he left ways laughed and joked with the next day, before the torbehind in St. Louis. them, Jackie Johnson said.
nado struck. "He was doing his best to "He was always thinking "I really hope he got to see come back for his family, and about us and would go out of it," she said. now we are having to bring his way to get whatever we A memorial ceremony in his remains back here," said wanted," she said. "IfI want- St. Louis will celebrate Leshis ex-wife, Jackie Johnson, ed a piece of candy, he would lie Johnson's life.
36. walk 2 miles to get it." "It's hard for us to accept Leslie Johnson moved to After their divorce last that he's gone," Jackie JohnOklahoma City from St. Lou- year, Leslie and Jackie John- son said. "We don't have picis this year to start a new life son stayed on friendly terms, tures of him. We don't have and find a better job with his she said, often talking on the anything to show that he regirlfriend, Tawauna Robin- phone about their children.
ally died." son, 45, who also died in the She last spoke to him the tornado. day before the tornado about View daily obituaries death notices memorials at tulsaworld.com/ourlives Irvin, described Ward as "the best mom in the world. My brother and I have been through a lot of struggles, and she never gave up on us. She was always there." Ward's obituary said she was "very active" with her Alcoholics Anonymous family "and helping people within the organization. Deanna's generosity was abundant, and she was always taking people into her home." BERRY TRAMEL, The Oklahoman BIXBY FUNERAL SERVICE Jack Carol Selby Jacy West Ken S.
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