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LOCAL

BLACK, John Curtis, 59, cook, died March 12. Services 1 p.m. today, Foster-Petering’s Ivory Chapel, Muskogee, Hampton Mortuary, Checotah.

BOROVETZ, Oscar V., 87, retired mail carrier, died Wednesday. Services 10:30 a.m. Monday, First Lutheran Church, Foster-Petering Funeral Home.

PAINE, Charles, 82, retired United Way fundraiser, died Wednesday. Services 10:30 a.m. today, Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum, Foster-Petering Funeral Home.



AREA

TAHLEQUAH — DeCLUE, Barbara L., 66, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending, Green Country Funeral Home.

TAHLEQUAH — MOSTERT, Dr. John, 93, executive director, accrediting association of Bible colleges, died Friday. Services pending, Hart Funeral Home of Tahlequah.

WAGONER — JONES, Dorothy Louise, 80, business owner, died Thursday. Services 10 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church, Mallett Funeral Home.



LOCAL TIES

SPAVINAW — MANLEY, Kevin W., 45, lead maintenance employee, died Thursday. Services pending, Green Country Funeral Home.

SPIRO — COKER, Irene, 72, homemaker, died Thursday. Services 10 a.m. today, Mallory-Martin Chapel, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, Spiro.

STILWELL — ROSS, Jason, 38, Baldor Electric employee, died Friday. Services pending, Green Country Funeral Home.

TULSA — ROWTON, Ida Mae, 84, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending, Dyer Memorial Chapel.



SERVICES TODAY

BLACK, John “Curtis,” 1 p.m., Foster Petering’s Ivory Chapel. (Hampton Mortuary, Checotah)

BROWN, Robert William, 10 a.m., Shipman Funeral Home Chapel, Wagoner. (Shipman Funeral Home & Crematory, Wagoner)

ETHERIDGE, Littlefield, 11 a.m., Wayland Baptist Church, Eufaula. (Ragsdale Funeral Center)

HOLLIDAY, Earlene Vanessa, 3 p.m., Ragsdale’s Chapel of Respect. (Ragsdale Funeral Center)

JOHNSON, Jesse T., 2 p.m., Pioneer Cemetery, Wagoner. (Shipman Funeral Home & Crematory, Wagoner)

PAINE, Charles, 10:30 a.m., Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum. (Foster-Petering Funeral Home)

TEAGUE, Gladys Peters, 11 a.m., First Baptist Church, Taft. (Ragsdale Funeral Center)

WALKER, Rodell Howard, 1 p.m., Goodwill Church of God in Christ. (Ragsdale Funeral Center)

WELCH, James W., 10 a.m., First Assembly of God, Haskell. (Dowdy Funeral Home)