LAVERNE COLLINS ADA- Funeral services for Laverne Collins, 74, Ada, are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Abba's House with burial to follow at Swan Hill Cemetery. Rev. Norman Standfield and Rev. Ken Angel will officiate. Mrs. Collins died Saturday, October 22, 2011 at her home. She was born February 28, 1937, to Jesse James Delozier and…

HELEN FIKE ADA-Graveside services for Helen Ruth Fike, 88, Ada, are 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rev Earl Hood officiating. Mrs. Fike died Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, at an Ada nursing center. She was born Aug. 31, 1923, to Charley H. and Nellie Lamarr Garrett, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. She attended Bebee and…

JIMMY NOLEN ADA-Services for James Robert "Jimmy" Nolen, Jr., 56, are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Nolen died Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, at his home. He was born July 19, 1955, to James Robert and Donna B. Denney Nolen, at Bakersfield, California. He attended schools in Amarillo, Texas and Alexandria, Louisiana…

HELEN BELL ADA-Private graveside services for family and friends of Helen Louise Bell, 65, Ada, are 2:00 P.M. Monday at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Bell died on Thursday, October 20, 2011, in Tulsa. She was born July 10, 1946, in Ada to Clyde Lee and Alice Gertrude Mosier Thomas. She graduated from Ada High School in…

KATHRYN CRANFORD DEL CITY-Services for Jewell Kathryn Cranford, 82, Del City, formerly of Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. John Haynes will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Cranford died Sunday, October 16, 2011 at a Del City nursing home. She was born January 17, 1929 in…

GAIL BLANKENSHIP ADA-Services for Gail Blankenship, 89, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Steve Wilburn will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mr. Blankenship died Saturday, October 15, 2011 at an assisted living center in Edmond. He was born July 28, 1922 in Ada, Oklahoma to Charles and…

NOVELLA BLAKE ADA-Graveside services for Novella P. Blake, 93, Ada, are 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rev. Floyd Kaiser officiating. Mrs. Blake died Oct. 14, 2011, at 801 S. Stadium Drive in Ada. She was born Jan. 7, 1918, to John Ira and Eddie Thurlo Wommack at Sulphur. She attended school in Sulphur…

CARMAN BURNS ADA-Services for Carman de Lane Burns, 39, Ada, are 2 p.m. Tuesday at The River Church, Tony Folger will officiate. Mr. Burns died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, at his home. He was born Dec. 6, 1971, to Theron "Buck" and Carolyn Risner Burns at Ada. He attended grade school in Ada and Homer…

DEAN MUSSER ADA-Services for Dean Allen Musser, 61, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Monday at the Ahloso Baptist Church, Revs. Dan Cusher and Solomon Gantt will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Sunday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mr. Musser died Thursday, October 13,…

JERALD ELY ADA-Services for Jerald Wesley Ely, 73, Ada, are 11:00 A.M. Monday at the Criswell Chapel, Rev. Jerry Wells officiating. Burial follows at Ashland Cemetery. Mr. Ely died on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at a Shawnee hospital. He was born December 9, 1937, in Ashland to John and Ruby Hester Ely. He graduated from…