Lurtie Marie Deskin

May 28, 2017

Marie Deskin

Services for Lurtie Marie Deskin, 95, of Muskogee, formerly of Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Ruth Deskin will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Deskin died Sunday, May 28, 2017 at a Tulsa hospital. She was born March 24, 1922 in Pushmataha County...

Vincent Lenn "Duke" Walters

May 27, 2017

Vincent "Duke" Walters

Services for Vincent Lenn "Duke" Walters, 51, of Ada are 11:00 a.m. Friday at Trinity Baptist Church in Ada, Rev. David Gray will officiate. A Committal service will be 3:00 p.m. Friday at Memory Gardens Cemetery in McAlester. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Criswell Funeral Home,...

Jerry Don Turner

May 26, 2017

Jerry Turner

Graveside services for Jerry Don Turner, 71, of Ada are 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Rosedale Cemetery, Revs. Harold Ware and John Haynes will officiate.

Mr. Turner passed away Friday, May 26, 2017 at an Ada hospital. He was born April 15, 1946 at Ada to Paul and Dorothy Nell Allen Turner.

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Lavena Ortega Madden

May 25, 2017

A Celebration of Life service for Abbie "LaVena" Sayre Ortega Madden age 83 of Ada, OK will be at 10 am Saturday, June 3, 2017 in the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel in Ada, OK with Rev. Kenneth Wade officiating. Burial will follow in the New Bethel Cemetery in Byng, OK under the direction of Criswell Funeral Home. The family...

Richard Michael (Mike) Howard

May 25, 2017

Richard Michael Howard (Mike)

Richard Michael Howard of Gulf Shores, Alabama, passed away peacefully Thursday, May 25th in Foley, Alabama. He was born January 24, 1943, in Ada, Oklahoma to Frances and C.B. Howard.

Howard was a graduate of Ada High School in 1961 and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He was a Phi...

Donald Alan Hood

May 24, 2017

Donald Hood

Memorial services for Donald Alan Hood, 44, of Ada, are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Grace Christian Fellowship, Vernal West and Kenny Morrison will officiate.

Mr. Hood died Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at a local hospital. He was born December 31, 1972 in Hemet, CA to Robin Riley and Terri Carder Hood.

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Olen Clifton Keeling

May 23, 2017

Olen Keeling

Services for Olen Clifton Keeling, 70, of Fittstown are 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Revs. Randall Miller and John Campbell will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery near Stonewall.

Mr. Keeling passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at his home. He was born November 21, 1946 in Gerty...

Joann Matthews Carpenter, M. D.

May 23, 2017

Jo Ann Matthews Carpenter, M. D.

Memorial services for Jo Ann Matthews Carpenter, 64, of Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Friday at the First Presbyterian Church, Rev. Scott White will officiate.

Dr. Carpenter died Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at an Oklahoma City hospital. She was born September 26, 1952 in Elmhurst, Illinois to Byron Stewart and...

Wilma Jean Hatton

May 22, 2017

Wilma Hatton

Services for Wilma Jean Hatton, 70, of Seminole are 10:00 a.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel in Ada, Rev. Bill Burns will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery near Ada.

Mrs. Hatton passed away Monday, May 22, 2017 at a Seminole hospital. She was born November 28, 1946 in...

Johanna "Jo" Anderson

May 22, 2017

Johanna "Jo" Anderson, 86, of Allen died Monday, May 22, 2017, at Mitchell Manor Convalescent Home in McAlester.

Born in Liegnitz, Germany, Mrs. Anderson attended high school and vocational school in Germany. She was a member of the German-American Club in Davenport, Iowa.

After marrying Tom Anderson in 1956 in Landshut, Germany, they lived at...