THE OKLAHOMAN NEWS0K.COM 14A TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012 EDMOND STATE Deaths Vagrant man stabs student from SNU Seminole (Watts, Madill). MANGUM Williamson, Henry Arlon 74, rancher, died Sunday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Roselawn Cemetery (People's Co-Operative, Lone Wolf). MARIETTA Goldsmith, William Taylor 55, died Monday.
Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Eastman Baptist Church (Flanagan-Watts, Marietta). CRIME GROUP WAS TAKING FOOD TO AID THE HOMELESS NEAR LAKE OVERHOLSER Anyone with information about the attack can call Crime Stoppers at 235-7300. day, First Baptist Church (Swearingen, Seminole). SHAWNEE Herman, Constance 78, certified registered nurse anesthetist, died Saturday.
Private services (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Hickey, Kent Monroe, 51, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday (Cooper, Tec*mseh). TAHLEQUAH King, Orpha Lorine, 91, homemaker, died Monday.
Services pending (Green Country, Tahlequah). TULSA Anderson, Debra Eileen Moman, 60, legal assistant, died Monday. Services pending (Keith D. Biglow, Tulsa). Evans, Reginald Bruce, 57, laborer, died Friday.
Services pending (Keith D. Biglow, Muskogee). Oliver, Michael Lewis, 60, Georgia Pacific supervisor, died Friday. Services 1130 a.m. Thursday (Keith D.
Biglow, Muskogee). Peoples, Michael 57, died Saturday. Private services (Stumpff-Nowata, Nowata). TUTTLE Kettler, Mary Emma Rice, 85, teacher, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m.
Wednesday, First United Methodist Church (Sevier's Chickasha, Chickasha). VINITA Gonzales, Patricia, 59, died Jan. 26. Services were Monday (Luginbuel, Vinita). WEATHERFORD Pigg, Jerry Gordon, 75, barber, died Sunday.
Services 3 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church (Lockstone, Weatherford). WETUMKA Morgan, William C. "Bill," 82, Hughes County Times owner and editor, died Feb. 2.
Services 1 p.m. Feb. 9, First Christian Church (Williamson-Spradlin, Wetumka). Organ donor Smith was taken to OU Medical Center where he was treated for wounds and released, hospital spokesman Dennis Gim-mel said. The man who attacked Smith is described as white and in his 40s, Knight said.
Police did not find him. SNU officials were contacted by police. They notified Smith's family and helped him get back to campus, SNU spokeswoman Sarah Roberts said. Roberts released a statement about the incident: "We are deeply concerned for the students that were involved in this traumatic experience and are most grateful that the BY ROBERT MEDLEY Staff Writer rmedleyc3opubco.com A Southern Nazarene University student was trying to help the homeless when a vagrant man stabbed him near Lake Overholser, police said. Zachary Smith, 21, was with other students taking food to homeless people when they encountered a man on the west side of Lake Overholser about 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said. The students placed food on the ground near the man, who struck Smith in the head and stabbed him several times, Knight said. injuries sustained were not more serious. The students involved were acting compassionately, as many of our students do on a daily basis, serving the community and meeting human needs as they encounter them." Roberts said SNU has counseling available to students who may need it.
The students were not involved in a sponsored SNU activity when the attack happened, she said. Mother of two students is accused of hitting teachers To place a paid obituary or anniversary remembrance, call 475-3264. Tinnin said. A teacher greeted Davis, and Davis slapped her in the face, Tinnin said. She left her child at the school.
Davis then went to Rogers Middle School for a conference with the principal and another school official, Tinnin said. A teacher greeted Davis' son, a seventh-grader, and Davis punched the teacher in the eye. A school resource officer detained Davis and she was arrested, Spencer Police Chief Virgil Green said. No students or other BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL Staff Writer ccoppernollc3opubco.com SPENCER The mother of two Oklahoma City School District students is accused of striking two teachers at two schools Monday morning. Everlyn Davis, 41, was being held Monday in the Oklahoma County jail on a complaint of assault and battery on a school official.
Davis went to Willow Brook Elementary School, where she has a child enrolled, school district spokeswoman Tierney staff members were in danger, he said. "She never made it past the metal detectors in the school," Green said. "She never made it to the classrooms or office area. At no time were any students aware of what had taken place." Neither of the teachers who were assaulted taught Davis' children, Tinnin said. "We cannot tolerate this type of activity," Tinnin said.
"We don't want them to worry about coming to school and worrying about being assaulted." Mary Emma Kettler Dec 25, 1926 Feb 5, 2012 TUTTLE Funeral services for Mary Emma Kettler, 85, of Tuttle, OK, will be held 2 p.m., Wednes- -8l daV' Febru" Mr 111 2012, at the First United ft CCL Methodist wL Jm churcn' Wf afl Tuttle, OK. SB AX Mary Emma Monday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday (Swearingen, Seminole). MCLOUD Swearingen, Keith Edwin, 56, mechanic, died Sunday.
Services 2 p.m. Wednesday (Hibbs, Choctaw). MIDWEST CITY Ford, Dennis 81, died Saturday. Mass 10 a.m. Thursday, St.
Theresa of Avila Catholic Church, Harrah (Bill Eisenhour NE, Oklahoma City). Jones, Amber Alyne, 27, died Friday. Services 4 p.m. Wednesday, Central Hillcrest Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (John M. Ireland, Moore).
Larsen, William James "Bill," 72, died Wednesday. Services pending (Ford, Midwest City). Mercer, Kyle Danner, 22, barista, died Saturday. Services 5 p.m. Thursday, LifeChurch.tv Midwest City (Barnes Friederich, Midwest City).
MILBURN Martin, Alfred 85, rancher, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Baptist Church, Connerville (Clark, Tishomingo). MINCO Oliver, Opal Jean (Russell), 83, died Saturday. Services 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, First Baptist Church (Huber-Reynolds, Minco). MOORE Ellis, Claude, 73, died Sunday. Services pending (John M. Ireland, Moore). MULDROW Combs, Charles 90, welder and pipe fitter, died Thursday.
Services 10 a.m. Wednesday (Agent, Muldrow). NORMAN Craig, Samuel Birl, 82, farmer, died Sunday. No services (John M. Ireland, Moore).
Leuenroth, Betty, 73, retired schoolteacher, died Friday. Services pending (Mowery, Owasso). OCHELATA Miller, Michelle DeAnn, 38, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday (Stumpff-Nowata, Nowata).
OKLAHOMA CITY Alberty, Charles, 76, died Monday. Services pending (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Anderson, Sylvia, 52, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Paradise Baptist Church (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City).
Archer, Lillian 95, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Saint Ann Retirement Center (Guardian, Oklahoma City). Bryant, Rozalie, 74, died Friday. Services pending (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City).
Fleming, David Wayne, 80, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, All Souls Episcopal Church (Hahn-CookStreet Draper, Oklahoma City). Hiti, Mary Anne (Scurlock), 86, public school secretary, died Friday. Services 10 a.m.
Thursday, Trinity Lutheran Church (Vondel L. Smith and Son South, Oklahoma City). Kirk, Oliver Richard Jr. "Rick," 77, died Friday. Services 11 a.m.
Thursday (Smith Kernke, May, Oklahoma City). Reynolds, Roberta Sue, 56, home-maker, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Feb. 18 (Hibbs, Choctaw).
Swick, Margurite Eunice, 96, homemaker, died Sunday. Mass 11 a.m. Wednesday, Christ the King Catholic Church (Smith Kernke, May, Oklahoma City). Thompson, Rosetta, 89, died Friday. Services pending (Rolfe, Oklahoma City).
Winslett, Elisjah infant son of Edward Winslett and Kendra Weaver, died Jan. 27. Graveside services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Hillcrest Memory Gardens (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). OKMULGEE Tarkington, Steven 47, died Sunday.
Services pending (Keith D. Biglow, Okmulgee). PAULS VALLEY Cowan, Stella Ruth, 96, cook, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday (Wooster, Pauls Valley).
PRAGUE Ellis, Idelle Patracha, 90, registered nurse, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, First Christian Church (Parks Brothers, Prague). PRYOR Jackson, Richard, 80, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m.
Wednesday, First Baptist Church (Shipman's, Pryor). SALLISAW Ruark, Leota, 78, retired Marble City Schools cook, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Immanuel Baptist Church (Agent, Sallisaw). SAPULPA Branson, Loretta May, 53, Horizon Natural Resources landman, died Saturday.
Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Crossroads Baptist Church, Beggs (McClendon-Winters, Okmulgee). SEMINOLE Coley, Terry Lee, 61, route service representative, died Saturday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Johnson Cemetery, Shawnee (Corbett, Oklahoma City).
Davis, Donna, 79, secretary, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Wednes- ADA Frazier, the Rev. Jeff "Sonny," 65, preacher, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m.
Thursday, Chickasaw Community Center (Smith-Phillips, Ada). Hendrix, Frances Lucille, 81 died Saturday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Thursday, Mill Creek Cemetery (Watts, Madill). ALVA Koppitz, Richard Glenn "Dick," 80, farmer and rancher, died Saturday.
Services 1:30 p.m. Thursday, First United Methodist Church (Marshall, Alva). ANTLERS Julian, Robert 79, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church (Mills Coffey, Antlers).
ATOKA Pool, Wilma Irene, 86, homemaker, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday (Atoka, Atoka). BARTLESVILLE Baker, Andrew Baker, 85, died Sunday. Services pending (Stumpff, Bartlesville).
Puchaty, Jessie 86, retired registered nurse, died Sunday. Services pending (Stumpff, Bartlesville). BIXBY Smithee, Ira Thomas, 95, Public Service Co. of Oklahoma executive, died Friday. Services 2 p.m.
Wednesday, First Baptist Church (Leonard Marker, Bixby). BLACKWELL Crews, Lloyd Wesley "Jack," 82, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday (Roberts and Son, Blackwell). Munroe, Renee Ann, 42, died Thursday.
Services 2 p.m. Monday, Blackwell Tabernacle (Trout, Blackwell). Taylor, Verda Lorraine, 89, farmer, died Saturday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Braman Cemetery (Roberts and Son, Blackwell).
BLANCHARD Monroe, Patsy 73, died Thursday. No services (Affordable Cremation, Oklahoma). Morrow, David Allen, 54, Shields Pawn manager, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Christ Chapel Free-Will Baptist Church (Eisenhour, Blanchard).
BROKEN ARROW Lewis, Elizabeth "Becky," 64, telephone operator, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday (McClendon-Winters, Okmulgee). CATOOSA Peoples, Bartina Faye (Wilson), 86, homemaker, died Friday. Services 1:30 p.m.
Thursday (Becker, Lawton). CHANDLER McLain, Jody Clecil, 81, retired from U.S. Army, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday (Lehman, Wells ton).
Moore, Herman Lee, 75, truck driver, died Saturday. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, Douglas Center (Brown's, Wellston). CHECOTAH Hogan, Irma Lee, 82, retired nurse, died Saturday. Services 1 p.m.
Wednesday, First Baptist Church of Checotah (Checotah, Checotah). CHICKASHA Brooking, Adam Gaylord, 33, restaurant manager, died Saturday. Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday (Ferguson, Chickasha). Kirkland, Norma Fay, 72, food industry employee, died Sunday.
Services 10 a.m. Wednesday (Resthaven, Oklahoma City). CHOCTAW Donal, Lee Willson, 52, died Monday. No services (Barnes Friederich, Midwest City). DAVIS Williams, Eddie Lee, 60, retired railroad worker, died Monday.
Graveside services 11 a.m. Wednesday, Green Hill Cemetery (Hale's, Davis). EDMOND Hudson, J.R., 77, truck driver, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Assembly of God, Carney (John M.
Ireland, Moore). Rigsby, Kathryn 51, social worker, died Monday. Services pending (Matthews, Edmond). VanHemert, Jess 40, landman, died Sunday. Services 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, First Presbyterian Church (Matthews, Edmond). ENID Heath, Pamela Joye, 60, Walmart menswear department employee, died Saturday. Services pending (Amy Stittsworth, Enid). Marcum, Julia Amber, 27, died Friday. Services 11 a.m.
Wednesday, NORCE Gym (Amy Stittsworth, Enid). Somers, Orville, 85, farmer, died Friday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday (Ladusau-Evans, Enid). FORT GIBSON Pitts, Virgil Ray, 56, Jess Dunn Correctional Center lieutenant.
Services 2 p.m. Feb. 7 (Green Country, Tahlequah). HENRYETTA Carl, Mildred Juanita, 72, teacher, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Carson Baptist Church (Shurden Jackson, Henryetta). KEOTA Wise, Alma Faye, 83, homemaker, died Sunday. Graveside services 3 p.m. Tuesday, Wise Orchard Cemetery (Mallory-Martin, Stigler). KINGFISHER Hellwege, Ernest Alfred, 83, died Friday.
Services 10 a.m. Thursday, Federated Church (Sanders, Kingfisher). LAWTON Meyer, Larry Thayne, 82, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Graveside service 11 a.m. Thursday, Graham Memorial Cemetery, Pryor (Becker, Lawton). LENAPAH McKee, Deborah Louise, 57, died Friday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mount Washington Cemetery (Stumpff-Nowata, Nowata).
MADILL Thornbrugh, Verna Louise, 86, died Friday. Graveside services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Little Cemetery, Longtime newspaper owner dies at age 81 Daily Free -Lance. In 1957, Morgan bought the Wetumka Gazette and renamed it the Hughes County Times. Morgan also worked as publisher of the Calvin Chronicle and the Oklahoma Peanut for several years.
Morgan also wrote a weekly column, "In Our Times." Morgan is survived by his wife, Jane; daughter, Julie Morgan, of Wetumka; and son and daughter-in-law Andy and Chris Morgan, of Oklahoma City. A funeral service is FROM STAFF REPORTS Bill Morgan, a longtime Oklahoma newspaper owner and publisher, died Thursday. He was 81. Morgan was the owner and publisher of the Hughes County Times in Wetumka and the Weleet-kan in Weleetka. Morgan served in the U.S.
Army during the Korean War as a regional editor for the Pacific Stars and Stripes newspaper in Tokyo. He returned to the United States in 1954 and worked at the Henryetta Bill Morgan planned for Thursday at 1 p.m. at First Christian Church in Wetumka. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation, 3601 Lincoln, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, or the Cancer Research Institute, One Exchange Plaza, 55 Broadway, Ste. 1802, New York, NY 10006.
Sapulpa man, storm chaser die in crash Rice Kettler was born in Ho-bart, OK to James Leonard and Ruby Pearl Rice on December 25, 1926. She graduated from Merritt High School near Elk City, OK. Mary Emma received a bachelor's degree in Business Education from Oklahoma State University and a master's degree from Oklahoma University. Mary Emma began her first teaching job in Kansas. Over the years, she taught school at Jenks, Corn, Anadarko, Elk City and Moore.
She retired from Moore Public Schools in 1969. Mary was a member of the Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority and Delta Kappa Gamma. She was a past Worthy Matron of the Tuttle chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, now combined with the Minco chapter, where Mary Emma was a perpetual member. Mary Emma was a member of the American Legion Post 176 Auxiliary, Tuttle, OK. Mary Emma was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Tuttle, OK.
Mary Emma enjoyed walking five miles every day. She had an amazing zest for life, travel and learning. She visited Asia, the Middle East, South America, Europe and many other countries as well as traveling to nearly every state capital building in the United States. She enjoyed spending time and traveling with Charles, her beloved husband of the past 43 years. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Mary Emma is survived by her husband, Charles W. Kettler, of the home; her son, James Nelson Blalock, and daughter-in-law, Janeene, grandson, Brent Blalock, and granddaughter, Sarah Blalock, of Mustang, OK; stepson, Vance Kettler, and daughter-in-law, Leonie, granddaughter, Vanessa Kettler, and great-grandchildren, Baylee, Aleeyah and Carson, of Tuttle, OK; grandson, Jeremy Lim and wife, Serene; grandson, Kenneth Skelchy-Lim, of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; stepdaughter, Karen Kettler-Thrift, of Tuttle, OK; grandson, Leigh Szabo, granddaughter, Jessica Szabo, and three great-grandsons, Lo-ken, Dylan and Devin, of Tuttle, OK. Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery, Tuttle, OK, under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home, Tuttle, OK. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Tuttle at P.O. Box 190, Tuttle, OK 73089.
Luverne, Minn. Edgar Wayne Williams, 37, of Oologah, was driving a pickup that then collided with Gabrielson's vehicle. A vehicle driven by Annette Hayt, 50, of Ed-mond, then crashed into Gilcrease's vehicle, troopers said. Williams was treated and released at a Sapulpa hospital. Hayt was taken to a Tulsa hospital where she was admitted and is listed in stable condition, the patrol said.
Both Gabrielson and Gilcrease died at the scene because of massive injuries. Seat belts were in use in all four vehicles. Troopers said Gilcrease was driving the wrong direction on the divided highway when the crash occurred. Gabrielson, a frequent contributor to The Weather Channel, also was one of several storm chasers on the show "Tornado Hunt," which features meteorologist Mike Bettes. He was heading home after chasing storms in Texas for two days, The Weather Channel reported.
FROM STAFF REPORTS SAPULPA A fatal crash that claimed the life of a national TV storm chaser Saturday also killed a Sapulpa man, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Troopers said Gregory Preston Gilcrease, 55, of Sapulpa, was driving a pickup westbound in the eastbound inside lane on the Turner Turnpike in Creek County when he collided with a sport utility vehicle driven by Andrew Allen Gabrielson, 24, of Curtis and Lauren West, a Records Editor's note: The Okla-homan will publish free birth and adoption MARRIAGE LICENSES Rogelio Hernandez, 27, and Melinda Lee Barton, O'Lena, 34. Adam L. Cole, 27, and Trista Jo Wilson, 33. Billy Joe McCann, 32, and Amber Lynn Kirkes, 29.
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