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Monday, March 13, 2017Falmouth, Maine. www.lawrencefuneralhome.comThose who desire may make donations in Helen’s memory to : Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland 217 Westbrook St. Westbrook, ME 04092 or Navy-Marine Corp Relief Society Attn: Development 875 N. Randolph St Ste 225 Arlington, VA 22203...
Monday, February 20, 2017In lieu of flowers, Susan requested any donations made in her memory be to Guiding Eyes for the Blind at www.guidingeves.org, or the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland in Westbrook at www.arlgp.org.
Monday, October 17, 2016She enjoyed gardening, and bird watching. Doris was an avid reader and was the past president of the Book Club at the Westbrook Crossing Community in Shrewsbury. Doris’ husband and best friend of over 50 years, Homer Henley died in 2002. She leaves two sons, Gordon D. Henley and his wife, Carol of North Potomac, Maryland and James D. Henley and his wife, Alice of Cromwell, Connecticut; five grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a brother, Rev. David J. Dean of Cromwell, Connecticut and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by a brother, Randall Dean.Relatives and friends are invited to visit with Doris’ family and attend her memorial service that will be celebrated on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 10 am in the First Congregational Church, 19 Church Road, Shrewsbury. Burial will follow in Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library, 609 Main Street, Shrewsbury, MA or to the First Congregational Church, 19 Church Road, Shrewsbury, MA.
Monday, October 03, 2016Eldon DeVree, 93, retired Sun Oil Co. programmer, died Wednesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Cleveland, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Christian Church, Cleveland.Westbrook, Hilda LaVonne, 96, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore’s Southlawn, Tulsa.Wilson, Evelyn L., 89, homemaker, died Wednesday. Visitation 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday and service 3 p.m. Monday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home.ClaremoreHester, Thomas M. Jr., 75, commercial printer and veteran, died Thursday. No services planned. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.OwassoEasley, Linda Sue, 72, retired Williams Co. programmer, died Friday. Visitation 1-2 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Grace Baptist Church. Schaudt’s, Tulsa.Glover, Harold, 88, welder, died Friday. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 1 p.m. Wednesday, both at Mowery Funeral Service.Schroeder, Robert “Bobby,” 70, mail carrier, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore’s Southlawn, Tulsa.Sand SpringsWilliam Samples, 68, retired machinist, died Friday in Springfield, Mo. Services pending. Mobley-Groesbeck.Wooten, Vickie Lynn, 60, housekeeper, died Monday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Thursday, Mark Griffith-Westwood Funeral Home Chapel, Tulsa.Death notice policyDeath notices are $55 and include basic information about the deceased: the person’s name, age, occupation, date of death, place of death, visitation and service information. They are available only to funeral homes. Funeral homes can submit death notices by e-mail to obits@tulsaworld.com, by fax at 918-581-8353 until 8 p.m. daily or by phone at 918-581-8347 from 4 to 8 p.m.Circle of LifeIn an effort to honor those who have donated either organs, eyes or tissue, the Tulsa World is participating in the "Circle of Life" campaign sponsored by the Global Organization for Organ Donation (GOOD).If your loved one was a donor, please inform the funeral director if you would like to have the "Circle of Life" logo placed in his or her listing.
Monday, September 12, 2016According to investigators’ notes, Matheny suffered from diabetes, dementia, and encephalopathy, or disease of the brain.On July 26, 2012, Shoemaker directed another veterans home employee, Misti D. Westbrook, to write a $9,000 check against a resident facility fiduciary account held by Matheny, which Shoemaker claimed was needed for Matheny's anticipated funeral expenses.Shoemaker did not have consent or power of attorney to authorize the transaction, according to records retrieved from the Department of Veterans Affairs in Baton Rouge.Matheny, a native of Delhi, died Oct. 2, 2012 at the age of 69. Shortly thereafter, the veterans home received a bill from Kilpatrick’s Funeral Home for $8,600, conducted an inquiry and discovered the $9,000 check was not used for burial expenses.In 2012, Shoemaker wrote a letter to NELA War Veterans Home Administrator Ken Houston that he had driven to the VA Hospital in Shreveport where the ailing Matheny had been transported in September 2012 to get him to sign the $9,000 check for any funeral expenses when needed.“I took his signed check and dropped it off by Kilpatrick’s and told them what (redacted) had requested,” Shoemaker wrote in his 2012 letter. “They said since (redacted) was doing better they could wait until he got back in Monroe to let him set all the details of the funeral.”In his September letter to Houston, Shoemaker said he did not intend to violate any policy when he ordered the original $9,000 be withdrawn from Matheny’s fiduciary account at the veterans home but, if he did, “it was not on purpose or for any personal gain or ill intent.”Progressive Bank records show $9,000 was deposited into Matheny’s personal account on Thursday July 26, 2012. Shortly after that, on Aug. 6, 2012, bank records show a telephone transaction of $1,812.28 was made to an Orchard Bank credit card account belonging to Shoemaker. Investigators identified that transaction as a credit card payment. When asked about the $1,812.28 transaction, Shoemaker told the investigator he had no recollection of that transaction or of that Orchard Bank credit card account.When officials first became aware of all this, Shoemaker was suspended with pay on Aug. 9, 2012 and advised of pending possible disciplinary action “up to and including termination.”Another $4,400 was spent from Matheny’s personal account, too. Progressive Bank records indicated a number of cash ATM withdrawals totaling some $3,200. Also, retail purchases totaling some $1,200 were made with Matheny’s ATM card during the time when Shoemaker possessed the card.When asked about the withdrawals and purchases, Shoemaker told the investigator he was acting on Matheny’s directions. The cash and items purchased were “ultimately passed on to a number of individuals as Mr. Matheny had directed,” according to the arrest warrant.There is no written record of Matheny providing the authorization claimed by Shoemaker.Response to alleged misconductOn Oct. 1, 2012 — the day before Matheny died — the NELA War Veterans Home administrator, Ken Houston, imposed a reduction to Shoemaker's salary from $2,076.80 to $1,453.76 during one two-week pay period, according to documents obtained by this reporter through a public records request submitted to the state Department of Veterans Affairs.Houston stated the disciplinary action was taken against Shoemaker for violations of department policy with respect to “LDVA Accounting Policies and Procedures, and Resident Fiduciary Account Policy.”Shoemaker also was charged with violations of a policy promoting a drug-free workplace through his repeated att...
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Monday, March 13, 2017Falmouth, Maine. www.lawrencefuneralhome.comThose who desire may make donations in Helen’s memory to : Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland 217 Westbrook St. Westbrook, ME 04092 or Navy-Marine Corp Relief Society Attn: Development 875 N. Randolph St Ste 225 Arlington, VA 22203...
Monday, February 20, 2017In lieu of flowers, Susan requested any donations made in her memory be to Guiding Eyes for the Blind at www.guidingeves.org, or the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland in Westbrook at www.arlgp.org.
Monday, October 17, 2016She enjoyed gardening, and bird watching. Doris was an avid reader and was the past president of the Book Club at the Westbrook Crossing Community in Shrewsbury. Doris’ husband and best friend of over 50 years, Homer Henley died in 2002. She leaves two sons, Gordon D. Henley and his wife, Carol of North Potomac, Maryland and James D. Henley and his wife, Alice of Cromwell, Connecticut; five grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a brother, Rev. David J. Dean of Cromwell, Connecticut and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by a brother, Randall Dean.Relatives and friends are invited to visit with Doris’ family and attend her memorial service that will be celebrated on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 10 am in the First Congregational Church, 19 Church Road, Shrewsbury. Burial will follow in Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library, 609 Main Street, Shrewsbury, MA or to the First Congregational Church, 19 Church Road, Shrewsbury, MA.
Monday, October 03, 2016Eldon DeVree, 93, retired Sun Oil Co. programmer, died Wednesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Cleveland, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Christian Church, Cleveland.Westbrook, Hilda LaVonne, 96, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore’s Southlawn, Tulsa.Wilson, Evelyn L., 89, homemaker, died Wednesday. Visitation 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday and service 3 p.m. Monday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home.ClaremoreHester, Thomas M. Jr., 75, commercial printer and veteran, died Thursday. No services planned. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.OwassoEasley, Linda Sue, 72, retired Williams Co. programmer, died Friday. Visitation 1-2 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Grace Baptist Church. Schaudt’s, Tulsa.Glover, Harold, 88, welder, died Friday. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 1 p.m. Wednesday, both at Mowery Funeral Service.Schroeder, Robert “Bobby,” 70, mail carrier, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore’s Southlawn, Tulsa.Sand SpringsWilliam Samples, 68, retired machinist, died Friday in Springfield, Mo. Services pending. Mobley-Groesbeck.Wooten, Vickie Lynn, 60, housekeeper, died Monday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Thursday, Mark Griffith-Westwood Funeral Home Chapel, Tulsa.Death notice policyDeath notices are $55 and include basic information about the deceased: the person’s name, age, occupation, date of death, place of death, visitation and service information. They are available only to funeral homes. Funeral homes can submit death notices by e-mail to obits@tulsaworld.com, by fax at 918-581-8353 until 8 p.m. daily or by phone at 918-581-8347 from 4 to 8 p.m.Circle of LifeIn an effort to honor those who have donated either organs, eyes or tissue, the Tulsa World is participating in the "Circle of Life" campaign sponsored by the Global Organization for Organ Donation (GOOD).If your loved one was a donor, please inform the funeral director if you would like to have the "Circle of Life" logo placed in his or her listing.
Monday, September 12, 2016According to investigators’ notes, Matheny suffered from diabetes, dementia, and encephalopathy, or disease of the brain.On July 26, 2012, Shoemaker directed another veterans home employee, Misti D. Westbrook, to write a $9,000 check against a resident facility fiduciary account held by Matheny, which Shoemaker claimed was needed for Matheny's anticipated funeral expenses.Shoemaker did not have consent or power of attorney to authorize the transaction, according to records retrieved from the Department of Veterans Affairs in Baton Rouge.Matheny, a native of Delhi, died Oct. 2, 2012 at the age of 69. Shortly thereafter, the veterans home received a bill from Kilpatrick’s Funeral Home for $8,600, conducted an inquiry and discovered the $9,000 check was not used for burial expenses.In 2012, Shoemaker wrote a letter to NELA War Veterans Home Administrator Ken Houston that he had driven to the VA Hospital in Shreveport where the ailing Matheny had been transported in September 2012 to get him to sign the $9,000 check for any funeral expenses when needed.“I took his signed check and dropped it off by Kilpatrick’s and told them what (redacted) had requested,” Shoemaker wrote in his 2012 letter. “They said since (redacted) was doing better they could wait until he got back in Monroe to let him set all the details of the funeral.”In his September letter to Houston, Shoemaker said he did not intend to violate any policy when he ordered the original $9,000 be withdrawn from Matheny’s fiduciary account at the veterans home but, if he did, “it was not on purpose or for any personal gain or ill intent.”Progressive Bank records show $9,000 was deposited into Matheny’s personal account on Thursday July 26, 2012. Shortly after that, on Aug. 6, 2012, bank records show a telephone transaction of $1,812.28 was made to an Orchard Bank credit card account belonging to Shoemaker. Investigators identified that transaction as a credit card payment. When asked about the $1,812.28 transaction, Shoemaker told the investigator he had no recollection of that transaction or of that Orchard Bank credit card account.When officials first became aware of all this, Shoemaker was suspended with pay on Aug. 9, 2012 and advised of pending possible disciplinary action “up to and including termination.”Another $4,400 was spent from Matheny’s personal account, too. Progressive Bank records indicated a number of cash ATM withdrawals totaling some $3,200. Also, retail purchases totaling some $1,200 were made with Matheny’s ATM card during the time when Shoemaker possessed the card.When asked about the withdrawals and purchases, Shoemaker told the investigator he was acting on Matheny’s directions. The cash and items purchased were “ultimately passed on to a number of individuals as Mr. Matheny had directed,” according to the arrest warrant.There is no written record of Matheny providing the authorization claimed by Shoemaker.Response to alleged misconductOn Oct. 1, 2012 — the day before Matheny died — the NELA War Veterans Home administrator, Ken Houston, imposed a reduction to Shoemaker's salary from $2,076.80 to $1,453.76 during one two-week pay period, according to documents obtained by this reporter through a public records request submitted to the state Department of Veterans Affairs.Houston stated the disciplinary action was taken against Shoemaker for violations of department policy with respect to “LDVA Accounting Policies and Procedures, and Resident Fiduciary Account Policy.”Shoemaker also was charged with violations of a policy promoting a drug-free workplace through his repeated att...
