One mo' time
May 22, 2008
May 20, 2008
Bigheart Day Schedule
After much trouble, we have obtained the schedule for Bigheart Day. Forthwith. Click to download the pdf
May 13, 2008
MISSING PERSON
This is the flyer Osage County Sheriff's Office issued today regarding the remains that were found on Candy Creek on the Ramona Cutoff on Jan. 26. You can download the flyer by clicking on the blue text under the image.
May 12, 2008
Karl and Viola Cain obituaries
These deaths are the result of a tragic murder-suicide that occurred Saturday in Pawhuska.
KARL DAVID CAIN passed away Saturday, May 10, 2008. He was 46 years old.
Karl was born November 16, 1961 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the son of Victor Ralph and Patricia Ann (Lamb) Cain. On October 6, 2006, he married the former Viola Ann Parks in Miami, Oklahoma. Karl attended school in Pawhuska, graduating with the Pawhuska High School Class of 1980. He had worked in field sales for National Oil for many years.
Surviving family include:
His mother and step-father: Patti and Don Wells;
His father and step-mother: Victor Cain and Bonnie Winsbro;
His twin brother: Kevin Douglas Cain and wife, Donna;
His sister: Lori Dawn Cain and husband, Demetrius Bereolos;
His two step-daughters: Kayla Parks and Tesa Goad;
Two step-brothers: Brad Wells and Raymond Wells;
A niece: Kourtni Denice Cain Tutty and husband, Paul;
And a host of other family and friends. Karl was preceded in death by a sister, Kim Denice Cain, and two step-brothers, Clifton Lee Wells and Marc Alan Wells.
Private family services will be held at a later date.
McCartney's Johnson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
VIOLA ANN (PARKS) CAIN passed away Saturday, May 10, 2008. She was 44 years old.
Viola was born May 1, 1964 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles Leo and Dolly May (Vaden) Parks. She attended Pawhuska schools. Viola loved riding her 4-wheeler and going to the lake. She had worked as a cook at the Cedar Ridge Nutrition Center in Pawhuska for several years.
Surviving are:
Her daughters: Kayla Renee Parks and Tesa Dawn Goad of Pawhuska;
Her parents: Charles and Dolly Parks;
Her brother: Robert Vaden and wife, Lisa, of Webb City, OK;
An aunt, uncle and numerous nieces and nephews, and a host of other family and friends. Viola was preceded in death by her grandparents, aunts and uncles.
Graveside services will be held Friday, May 16, at 10:00 AM in the Foraker Cemetery. Charles Richie, Church of God in Webb City, will officiate. Interment will follow.
McCartney's Johnson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
May 10, 2008
May: Osage County
A new page for May: Osage County, part of the continuing effort to let non-Okies in on the secrets of Osage County, has begun. Today, it centers on the joys of peewee rodeo. Of course, May is also marked by many other events besides the earnest onset of rodeo season. It is also the month for wicked, alive weather. Twice in the past week, we have had to evacuate our home due to tornadoes. The police chatter on my scanners has been nearly overrun by storm chasers, especially today, when conditions are ripe for huge hail, high winds and, yes, tornadoes.
In any case, I am on my way to Gray Horse, so if I see anything exciting on the prairie I will update the new page with THAT part of Okie life.
For now, you get rodeo. Click on the page May: Oage County, to your right.
May 09, 2008
Crime Scene!
One of the things I have not discussed (along with a zillion others) is the purpose of this website. I intended for it to serve as a town crier for obituaries and breaking news when needed, little else. I operate a newspaper, not a website! But the fact of life and death is, when you rely on a weekly paper for news, that if you die on Wednesday and are buried on Tuesday, your obituary is going to come out after you are in the ground. Hence the website.
That said, someone posted this site as a fave at thepioneerwoman.com, the Osage County's most notable website.
Thanks to that post, I am posting this week's edition of Crime Scene, typos and all. Maybe someone will pity me and offer to proofread! (This week's best is the cop asking the defendant how much she had to drive. Uh, I meant drink.)
Just this week! I know you...if I put it up here every week you wouldn't buy the paper and Marlyn and I would starve along with our advertisers.
Click on the link and the page will download. It's a pdf, nothing sinister. You will notice that a mugshot is missing if you have the real newspaper: I made a mistake and included a mug of a woman who has the same last name in the Mary Deroin case. Mary Deroin has an outstanding warrant and has not been booked.
The mugshot deletion likely befuddled the layout a tad. i've already had my fill of page layout this week and am in no mood to either look at it or work on it. Bleagh!
Cheers
Louise
Joyce Cackler obituary: Former H&R Block owner and co-owner of Sisters Attic
Longtime Pawhuska resident and businesswoman JOYCE A. CACKLER passed away Thursday, May 8, 2008 at her home. She was 63 years old.
Joyce was born November 14, 1944 in Clebit, Oklahoma, the daughter of Buster and Ethel (Williams) Lott. Growing up, she attended schools in Mound Valley and Pawhuska. She was a basketball player and certainly loved watching the sport throughout her life. Joyce worked for several years at the local Safeway/Homeland store. She later owned and operated the local H & R Block in Pawhuska for over ten years, as well as being a co-owner of Sisters Attic. She was always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone in need and loved to travel and go shopping every chance she got. Joyce was a very devoted and active member of the Pawhuska Bible Church. Above all, as her family and friends will attest, Joyce was a wonderful mother, grandmother, sister and friend.
Surviving family includes:
Her daughters: Ronda Alexander and husband, Mike, of Pawhuska;
Sandra Campbell and husband, Bronson, of Wellington, KS;
Her son: Shane Hunt of Pawhuska;
Two sisters: Donna Jenkins of Edmond, OK;
Edna Schilling of St. Petersburg, FL;
Her grandchildren: Amanda Alexander, Josh Alexander, Andrew Cornstubble,
And Stephanie Cornstubble;
Numerous nieces and nephews, and a host of other family and friends.
Services will be held Monday, May 12, at 1:00 PM in the First Assembly of God Church. Rev. Mark Buchanan, Pawhuska Bible Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the Pawhuska City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial to the Cornerstone Hospice or the American Cancer Society.
McCartney's Johnson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Martha Lee Hogue Schmidt obituary
Mrs. Martha Lee (Hogue) Schmidt, 70, wife of Mr. Andrew Jacob Schmidt, passed away at 4:45 a.m. on Friday, May 9 in the Barnsdall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 12 in the Happy Hill Church at Ramona with Pastor Robert Boyle officiating. The funeral cortege will drive overland to the Ethel Reece Cemetery in Barnsdall where committal prayers and interment will be directed by the Arnold Moore - Barnsdall Funeral Home.
Mrs. Schmidt will lie in state in the Arnold Moore - Barnsdall Funeral Home where family and friends may call for their visitation until she is removed for final rites on Monday.
Martha Lee Hogue was born September 4, 1937 at Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Elbert A. Hogue and Florence Mae (Whitley) (Rhea) Hogue. She was reared and received her education in the Barnsdall Public Schools and was graduated with the Senior Class of 1956 from the Barnsdall High School. Martha was a twirler with Barnsdall High School Band. She was united marriage to Mr. Andrew Jacob Schmidt on June 1, 1956 at Barnsdall and they made their home there. Mr. Schmidt was an employee of the Bareco Petrolite Company in Barnsdall from which he was retired. In October 1991 the Schmidt's moved to Bartlesville where they have remained residents, living in retirement.
Survivors are her husband, Andrew Jacob Schmidt of the Bartlesville home; a son, Martin Clay Schmidt of Bartlesville; two daughters, Sherry Lynn (Schmidt) Gamble and husband Jack of Ramona and Katherine Elizabeth (Schmidt) Toon and husband James of Barnsdall; her grandchildren, David Patrick Toon and Timothy James Toon, both of Barnsdall; three brothers Sam Hogue and Louise, Wayne Hogue and Joyce and Donnie Hogue and O'Resa, all of Barnsdall; and a sister, Mrs. Judy (Hogue) Sisk of Sperry, Oklahoma. Preceding her in death were her father and mother.
