Obituaries

Benjamin Franklin ( Jack) Lane

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Benjamin Franklin (Jack) Lane, 83, of Depew, went home to be with Jesus, Tuesday, January 25, 2022 in his home surrounded by family and friends. Jack was born Oct.

Gary Edgar Smalley

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Gary Edgar Smalley of Stroud, Oklahoma entered into eternal rest with Jesus on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at the age of 60 years. Gary was born on March 7, 1961, in Cushing to Edgar and Aleta (Walker) Smalley.

Wanda Elaine Sparks

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Wanda Elaine Sparks was born April 13, 1937, in Bristow, to Robert and Hazel Cearley. She departed this life Feb.

Janet McCoy

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When we lose someone we love, we must not learn to live without them, but to live with the love they left behind. Janet McCoy left this earth on Jan.

Rev. Joel Neal Blanton Sr.,

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Rev. Joel Neal Blanton Sr., 96, of Logansport, passed away 2:20 am Sunday Jan. 30, 2022, at Blair Ridge Nursing Home in Peru, Indiana. He was born in Drumright, on Nov. 3, 1925, the son of the late Marcus and Lillian (Hubbard) Blanton. On Jan. 26, 1948, he married Geraldine “Geri” Johnson, and she preceded him in death on April 4, 2010.

Richard William Shain

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Richard William Shain was born Dec. 30, 1952, to Ray and Velda Shain in Glendale, California. He departed this life Jan. 23, 2022 at the age of 69 years. He had been a Bristow area resident for the last five years.

Bonita June (Anderson) Biswell

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Bonita was born on Aug. 31, 1940, in Fannin County Texas to George Emly Anderson and Elizabeth Ann (Potter) Anderson. Bonita grew up in Bristow and attended Bristow Public Schools. She had lived in Norman for the last 20 years, and was a resident of Medical Park West for the last six years. Bonita passed away on Jan. 24, 2022, in Norman.

Wilma Annetta Ashley Alexander

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Wilma Annetta Ashley was born the second child of Clemon and Zenobia Ashley on March 19, 1941 in the small, yet prominent town of Boley. Wilma grew up in Boley and its surrounding towns in her early childhood, having ultimately settling in Bristow.