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ADA — Memorial services for Stanley Ewing Wills, 82, Ada, are 4 p.m. Sunday at the Rollow Chapel of the First United Methodist Church, Dr. George Warren officiating.
Mr. Wills died Oct.13, 2005, at a local hospital. He was born Nov. 7, 1922, at Monta Vista, Colo., to Silas and Anna Dolan Wills. He grew up in the San Luis Valley and also attended school at Hooper, Colo. He served as a first sergeant in the Philippines during World War II and following the war he completed his bachelor’s and master’s degree at Adams State College, Alamosa, Colo. He spent more than 60 years contributing to education in both public school and college administration. While completing his doctorate at the University of Northern Colorado, Greely, he worked at the University of Dacca to train administrators for the public system at Bangladesh. From 1963-1975 he was professor of education, registrar and provost at Wayne State College, Wayne, Neb. In 1975 he moved to Victoria, Texas, to help open the University of Houston-Victoria campus and was professor of education there until his retirement in 2000.
He married Ruth Osborne May 30, 1947. They moved to Ada in July, 2005.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Wills, of the home; three daughters, Karen Kelton and husband Phil, Austin, Texas, Martha Pedersen, Ada, and Kristi Kennedy and husband Kevin, Radcliff, Ky.; two sons, Kyle Wills, Houston, Texas, and Sean Wills and wife Anna, State Road, N.C.; and eight grandchildren, Kevin Kelton, Erica Kelton Harris, Christina Kelton, John Pedersen, Steven Pedersen, Seth Wills, Aaron Nosich and Katherine Kennedy.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Stanley E. and Ruth M. Wills Scholarship Fund, Adams State College Foundation, 208 Edgemont, Alamosa, CO 81102.
Criswell Funeral Home
NORMAN WYCHE SR.
ADA — Services for Norman Lee Wyche Sr., 74, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. He died on Oct. 14, 2005, at a local hospital.
Criswell Funeral Home
JOE DANIEL
STONEWALL — Services for Joe R. Daniel, 84, Stonewall, are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Stonewall First Baptist Church, the Revs. Ray Moffeit and Gary Jamar officiating. Burial follows at Highland Cemetery, Stonewall.
Mr. Daniel died Oct. 14, 2005, at a local hospital. He was born July 7, 1921, at Stonewall, to Leonard Thomas and Alma Rose Daniel. He was a farmer and rancher in the Frisco area and worked in the oilfield. He served in World War II in the European Theatre for three years and was very proud to have served his country.
He married Reba Minor uly 25, 1951.
Survivors include his wife, Reba, of the home; two daughters, Vickie King and husband Dwight, Marietta, and Valerie Daniel, Chickasha; a son, Mickey Daniel, Granbury, Texas; a sister, Dixie Ingram, Norman; two grandsons, Craig King and wife Addy, Senatobia, Miss.; and Chad King and wife Jessica, Ada; two great-granddaughters, Kennedy and Carley King; one niece; and six nephews.
Bearers are his nephews, Leonard Daniel, Johnny Daniel, Pat Daniel, Jackie Daniel, Thomas Ingram and Lee Sweat.
Honorary bearers are Bob Langley, Conrad Lammon, Glen Ray McDonald, Bill Newport, Dean Stephens, Don Stephens, D. Z. Crow, Jack Blair, Earl Wood, Harold Uhlich, Bob Whisenhunt, Darius Jenkins, Roy Christian, Floyd Underhill and Curtis Colbert.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to Stonewall First Baptist Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 295, Stonewall, OK 74871.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
NORA PLANK
GREENWOOD, Ark. — Services for Nora Plank, 90, Greenwood, are 10 a.m. Monday at McConnell Funeral Home Chapel, Greenwood, the Rev. Eddie Wilson officiating. Burial is 3 p.m. at Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Okla. Visitation is 1-9 p.m. Sunday at McConnell Funeral Home.
Mrs. Plank died Oct. 13, 2005, at Greenwood. She was born Aug. 20, 1915, near Millersburg, Ohio, to John and Benah Troyer. She worked many years at Meadowlark Homestead and the Corner Lunch, Newton, Kan. She married Levi J. Plank Dec. 2, 1937. He died in 1994. Mrs. Plank was a member of Harvest Time Tabernacle and served as part of the CARE sight group.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband.
Survivors include one daughter, Mary Tucker and husband Tracy, Greenwood; one son, Roger Plank and wife Mabel, McKenzie, Tenn.; two grandsons, Laverne and Eric Plank, Jackson, Tenn.; four granddaughters, Shannon Buckelew, Greenwood, Hidie Loyer, Fort Smith, Ark., and Cassy Tucker, Memphis, Tenn; four great-grandchildren, Justice, Faith, Kristin and Grace; and numerous other friends and family.
McConnell Funeral Home
MARTHA VANDERGRIFT
MUSTANG — Services for Martha Ellen Vandergrift, 57, Mustang, are 2 p.m. Saturday at McNeil’s Mustang Funeral Service. Burial follows at Mustang Cemetery.
Mrs. Vandergrift died Oct. 13, 2005, at Mustang. She was born Nov. 9, 1947, at Brownsville, Texas, to G.B. and Opal Moore West. She lived in Ripley, Tenn., as a child and later moved to Memphis, Tenn., where she attended Memphis Tech High School. She lived most of her adult life at Memphis, and moved to Mustang in 1984. She worked for the Memphis Park Department and in the cafeteria at Putnam City Schools, Oklahoma City.
Survivors include her husband James, of the home; two sons, Terry Vandergrift and wife Jennifer, Ada, and James Linden Vandergrift Jr., Mustang; one daughter, Melisa Cuthrell and husband Robbie, New Bern, N.C.; five grandchildren; two sisters, Patsy Thompson, Memphis, and Rachel Williams, Mustang; a host of nieces nephews and cousins; and special friends, Sherry Reynolds and Debbie Henshaw.
McNeil’s Mustang Funeral Service
HELENA BAYER
SULPHUR — Services for Helena Mae Bayer, 80, Sulphur, are pending with Clagg Funeral Home. She died Oct. 12, 2005.
LILLIE WOODELL
SULPHUR — Services for Lillie M. Woodell, 93, Sulphur, are 2 p.m. Saturday at Midway Hill Baptist Church, Sulphur. She died Oct. 13, 2005, at Sulphur.
Clagg Funeral Home
BARBARA SCOTT
OKLAHOMA CITY — Memorial services for Barbara Ann Scott, 56, Lindsay, are 2 p.m. today at Byng Free Will Baptist Church. She died Oct. 7, 2005.
She grew up in Ada and attended East Central University, where she studied nursing. She was a homemaker. She moved to Bridge Creek.
Survivors include a son, Eric, Oklahoma City; a daughter, Amanda Hancok, Mantel, N.C.; a brother, George Jones, Washington, D.C.; two grandchildren, John Hancock and Morgan Scott; and many other relatives and friends.
Eisenhour Funeral Home, Blanchard
SIDNEY L. LONG
ALLEN — Services for Sidney Lee Long, 88, Allen, are 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Bethel Free Will Baptist Church, Allen, the Revs. Eldie Abel and Paul Butler officiating. Burial follows at Allen Cemetery. Family and friends may call at Criswell Funeral Home in Allen from 4 p.m. Friday until service time.
Mr. Long died Oct. 13, 2005, at an Allen nursing home. He was born Jan. 17, 1917, at Hermitage, Mo., to Albert 
Preston and Rosetta Morrow Long. He attended school at Hermitage, Moi.
Mr. Long married Maggie Lois Dodson April 23, 1935, at Davis. She died Dec. 18, 1993, at Oklahoma City. He later married Lorene Smith in 1999. Mr. Long served with the Civilian Conservation Corps. at the Turner Falls area and Conroe, Texas, in 1934-1935. He was a farmer and later, was a butcher in this area for many years until his retirement. Mr. Long attended Bethel Free Will Baptist Church at Allen.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Ada, Elsie and Mary; five brothers, Johnnie Long, Edward Long, Cecil Long, Alva Long and Roscoe Long.
Survivors include his wife, Lorene Long, of the home; one son, Dale E. Long and wife Violet, Allen; three step children, Charlene Echols and Wayne Reed, both of Atwood, and Judy Orr, Choctaw; three granddaughters, Pam Irwin and husband Danny, Purcell, Tammy Freeman and husband Joe, Houston, Texas, and Jessica Plunk and husband Bruce, Byng; three great-grandsons, Caleb Irwin, Clay Plunk and Ethan Freeman; and two great-granddaughters, Holly Irwin Sapp and Allie Plunk.
Bearers are Danny Irwin, Caleb Irwin, Joe Freeman, Ethan Freeman, Bruce Plunk and Clay Plunk. Honorary bearers are Gene Prentice, Bill Griffin, Benny Prentice, Eddie Prentice and Thurman Rinehart.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
DONALD COX
TUPELO — Services for Donald Cox, 50, Tupelo, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. He died Oct. 13, 2005, at an Oklahoma City hospital.
RONNIE SHORES
ADA — Services for Ronnie Glen Shores, 48, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. He died Oct. 13, 2005 at a local hospital.
GLENN STANFORD
PEARLAND, Texas — Services for Glenn Samuel Stanford, 77, Pearland, were 10 a.m. today at Niday Funeral Home, Houston. Burial followed at Ayakatubby Cemetery, Stonewall, Okla.
Mr. Stanford died Oct. 11, 2005. He was born Oct. 14, 1927. He was in the U.S. Navy. He was also employed by the Department of Public Safety from 1955-1957, a captain for the Mesquite Police Department, Mesquite, Texas, from 1957-1967, police chief of Stillwater Police Department, Stillwater, Okla. from 1967-1970, police chief of Galveston Police Department, Galveston, Okla., from 1970-1973, and police chief of Pearland Police Department, Pearland, from 1973-1989. After retiring, Mr. Stanford went to work for the First National Bank of Pearland. He was also a life member with the International Association of Chiefs of Police and a member of the Texas Chapter FBI National Academy.
Survivors include his wife, Mary M. Stanford, Pearland; one daughter, Vickye Gordon and husband Mike, Ada, Okla.; two sons, Rickye G. Stanford, Ada, and Mark G. Stanford and wife Mary Ann, Sulphur, Okla.; grandchildren, William Gordon, Jeromye Gordon, Glenn Samuel Stanford, Rickye Stanford Jr., Rebecca Stanford and Catherine Stanford; great-grandchildren, Mistye Dawn Gordon, Davon Gordon, Brad Gordon, Christopher Gordon and Michael Robert Miko Gordon; and a sister, Revan White.
Niday Funeral Home, Houston, Texas
ELIZABETH DALLEY
SULPHUR — Services for Elizabeth Ann Dalley, 93, Sulphur, are 1 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church. Burial follows at Green Hill Cemetery. She died Oct. 12, 2005.
Hale’s Fox Funeral Home, Davis
LINDA JOHNSTON
OKLAHOMA CITY — Serves for Linda Lou Johnston, 57, Oklahoma City, are 2 p.m. today at Parks Brothers Chapel, Okemah. Burial follows at Highland Cemetery, Okemah.
Mrs. Johnston died Oct. 10, 2005, at Oklahoma City. She was born May 28, 1948, at Holdenville, to Robert and Hazel Alice Breedlove. She graduated from Okemah High School in 1966. She married Jimmie Johnston April 28, 1996, at Las Vegas, Nev.
She is preceded in death by her father, Robert “Rob” Walter Breedlove; one son, Vincent Morris; and one sister, Ann Soto.
Survivors include her mother, Hazel Breedlove, Okemah; her husband, Jimmie Johnston, Oklahoma City; two sons, Bryan Morris and wife Tonda, Ada, and Michael Morris and wife Sybille, New Boston, Texas; one step daughter, Kimberly Dawn Bell and husband Michael, Moore; seven grandchildren, Brittany, Angelina, Jessica, Shirley, Madysson, Conner and Meredyth; three nieces, Rhonda, Tina and Sally; and two nephews, Tommy and Robert.
Parks Brothers Funeral Home, Okemah
