Celebrating Lives

PAULINE ROBERTS ADA-Services for Edna Pauline Roberts, 75, of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Harold Ware will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Ms. Roberts died Sunday, March 18, 2012 at a local hospital. She was born October 1, 1936 in Ada, Oklahoma to Ernest Carl…

CHARLENE GOUGE PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA-Services for Charlene Gouge, 82, of Palmdale, California, formerly of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Gouge died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 in Lancaster, California. She was born August 5, 1929 in Ada, Oklahoma to Bruce and Stella McKnight Myers.…

WILMA JEAN ROBERTS ADA-Services for Wilma Jean Roberts, 66, of Ada are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Roberts died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at a Stillwater hospital. She was born November 28, 1945 in Ada, Oklahoma to John and Dorothy Childers Miller. She attended…

VIVIAN BLAKE ADA-Graveside services for Vivian D. Blake, 98, of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Friday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rev. David Daniel will officiate. Mrs. Blake died Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at a local hospital. She was born August 3, 1913 in Hebron, Indiana to Harry Earl and Mabel Fry Diddie. Her family later moved…

Colene Robertson was born February 24, 1935 at "Shag Town" Ada, Ok to M. E. and Dorchie Booth. She passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at her home in Oil Center. Colene graduated from Vanoss High School and attended East Central University. She married her lifelong sweetheart, B. J. Robertson on October 30, 1954. They…

GRACE CANNON ADA-Services for Grace Frances Cannon Murphy, 97, of Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Earl Hood will officiate. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Stonewall. Mrs. Murphy died Monday, March 12, 2012 at a local nursing home. She was born January 28, 1915 at Tupelo,…

LETA MAE SMITH ADA-Services for Leta Mae Smith, 85, of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, her son, Donald Smith will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Ms. Smith died Sunday, March 11, 2012 at her home. She was born January 30, 1927 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Clifford W.…

JON KRAUSE ADA-Services for Jon Howard Krause, 69, of Ada are 10:00 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Father Rusty Hewes will officiate. Burial will follow at Swan Hill Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. A Rosary will be held 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Criswell Funeral Home, Deacon…

BARBARA BOLIN ADA-Services for Barbara Ann Bolin, 62, of Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. David Daniel will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Bolin died Saturday, March 10, 2012 at a Shawnee hospital. She was born March 21, 1949 in Tacoma, Washington to Walter Arnold…

Phyllis Esther Younts Phyllis Esther Younts was born in Osceola, Missouri on September 7, 1923. After the completion of High School in Appleton City, Missouri, Phyllis lived in Kansas City for a short time with her mom. She then one day boarded a train to Enid, Oklahoma where she earned a degree in Religious Education…