All Obituaries

Lorene was born April 6, 1927 in Bixby, Oklahoma, on the farm of her parents, Silas and Sarah Bingham Bell, and passed from this life on August 13, 2022, in Norman, Oklahoma. She was married at the age of 14 to Lawrence Wells. They had three children, Patsy, Lonnie, and Lawrence Jr., who died at birth. She is survived by her daughter, Patsy Fuller and her husband, Jim, one granddaughter, Elizabeth Wagoner and her husband, Kelly. five great grandchildren, Kathleen and Will Wright, Stephani...

Teresa Kay Deaton passed from this life on August 9, 2022. She was exactly 63 years and one week old. Teresa was born in Sapulpa on August 2, 1959 to Perry and Jo Ann Varnell. The youngest of three sisters, she loved growing up in the country, playing in the mud, and rescuing baby bunnies from the farm cat. She was the proud mother of two daughters, and doted on her three-year-old granddaughter. During her last week of life, she celebrated her birthday surrounded by her mother, daughters,...

Olive Leah Burke, 83, went to be with the Lord on August 6, 2022, while at her home in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Olive was born February 18, 1939, in Gypsy Oklahoma to Lloyd and Imogene Lewis. She was a Captain in the US Air Force and was a Retired Registered Nurse. Olive married Sam Burke on October 17, 1965 and was married to Sam until his death in 2019. She was a member of Sunrise Baptist Church in Kellyville, Ok. Olive was the Wisdom Keeper of the Burke and Lewis family. She is the person that...

Maurine Atkinson was born January 19, 1929 in Sapulpa, OK to Herbert P. and Helen M Johnson. She passed peacefully at Covenant Living at Inverness on August 2, 2022 at the age of 93. Maurine lived in Sapulpa her entire life. After graduation, she went to William Woods College in Missouri, a girls’ school, where she met a dapper WWII Veteran who attended nearby Westminster Men’s College. The rest is history. She married Art Atkinson Jr. the next fall and they spent 49 years side by side...

Amanda Marie Goodpasture, 43 passed peacefully in her sleep July 20. She is survived by her mother Janice Fulsaas, her father Tim Goodpasture, sister Haely Goodpasture, brother Bay Goodpasture, daughter Kaitlyn Goodpasture and grand children Zac and Emma. Twenty years of dialysis and disease slowly destroyed her body. We are grateful for the kind and compassionate care she received from the doctors and nurses at St. Francis Hospital as well as Porta Caeli Hospice. We are also very thankful...

Larry K. McCumber was born in 1947 to Luther and Thelma McCumber. He was the youngest of 12 children. He had a big family with lots of love and respect for each other. Larry joined the Army in 1965 and proudly served his country for 3 years. His tour of duty was Korea and later Panama. He was a welder by trade and his hobbies were hunting, fishing and playing dominoes. Larry met and married the love of his life in 1988, Carlotta Thompson. They had a blended family with lots of love. He...

Walter “Loyd” Henshaw of Sapulpa, passed from this life on July 17, 2022. Loyd was born December 6, 1945, in Weleetka, Oklahoma to Monroe and Katherine Henshaw. Following the birth of Loyd, the Henshaw family moved to Sapulpa, and made it their home. Loyd met Betty Smith, the sweetheart of his life, and on April 2, 1966, Loyd and Betty became husband and wife. Loyd and Betty completed their family with a bouncing baby boy, Shawn. Loyd worked at Bartlett Collins “BC” as a mold shop...

Robert Lee Blair (Bob) of Sapulpa, passed from this life, at his home on July 15, 2022. Bob was born May 7, 1931, in Huntsville, Arkansas to Alex and Josephine Blair. Bob joined the Military right out of High School and faithfully served his country in the United States Navy from August 6, 1951 – June 15, 1959. Robert served through the Korean War, on the John S. McCain ship as a Deck Technician. He also served in the Presidential Honor Guard where he served in the Inaugural Parade for...

Virginia Ann Harwood, known in family and friend circles as Mom, Granny, and Ann, was promoted to Heaven on July 14, 2022, Thursday. She was born to the late David A. and Nora D. (Simpson) Stamps on April 15, 1943, in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Ann attended Sapulpa Public Schools throughout her early childhood, elementary and secondary years. After high school Ann continued helping her mom and dad in the home until joining hands in marriage to Bob D. Harwood, February 1962, building their home in...