The Death Notice Index is a database listing the dates of death notices that have appeared in the Tulsa World and Tulsa Tribune. Death notices are posted by the funeral home and contain references to the date of death and the date and location of funeral services. Obituaries are provided and purchased by the family and, though they vary in length, can provide biographical data and information on the survivors of the deceased. Because not every family purchased an obituary, this database, in general, indexes death notices only. The Central Library has both the Tulsa World and Tulsa Tribune on microfilm in the Research Center on the 3rd floor. Copies or scans can be made from the microfilm.

The Death Notice Index contains the name of the person and the date the death notice appeared in the newspaper, covering the years 1963-1990 in the Tulsa World and 1964-1990 in the Tulsa Tribune.

Sometimes, the name you are searching is not listed. It may help to try a different spelling of the person's last name. There are many different ways to spell certain names, such as Lewis, Louis, Luis, or Stevens, Stephens, or Elliott, Elliot, Eliott, Eliot. If you are uncertain of the spelling of a last name, put the first few letters of a last name, such as "She", which will bring up names from Shea to Shewmaker.

Occasionally, there are articles about deaths and the death notices do not appear in the newspapers. In those cases, the dates and/or page numbers of the articles appear in the index.

For death notices from 1989 to the present, library customers with a valid library card can search the Tulsa World online via a library subscription service either at their neighborhood library or with through their own Internet connection.

For more information on obituaries, death notices, and newspaper articles, please visit the local history subject guide.

Title Sort descending Publication Date Newspaper Page #
Raper, Etta F. 06/23/1966 Tulsa Tribune 55
Raper, Etta Florence 06/24/1966 Tulsa World 33, c
Raper, Freeman Lee 05/03/1990 Tulsa World
Raper, George M. 09/23/1964 Tulsa World 28
Raper, Gertrude G. (Mrs. Freeman L.) 06/26/1979 Tulsa Tribune
Raper, Grover C. 08/08/1973 Tulsa Tribune
Raper, Helen V. 02/06/1972 Tulsa World
Raper, Jazeka 02/10/1982 Tulsa Tribune
Raper, Jimmy 08/13/1981 Tulsa Tribune
Raper, John F 11/11/1966 Tulsa World
Raper, John F. 11/10/1966 Tulsa Tribune
Raper, John F. 11/11/1966 Tulsa World
Raper, Lillian 12/07/1970 Tulsa Tribune
Raper, Mineola M. 10/16/1983 Tulsa World
Raper, Roy 10/20/1980 Tulsa Tribune
Raper, Thomas Edward 07/04/1984 Tulsa Tribune
Raper, Walter M. 07/07/1968 Tulsa Tribune
Raper, Wiley 02/03/1978 Tulsa World
Raper, William A. 12/05/1972 Tulsa Tribune 19A
Raphael, Esther 02/15/1985 Tulsa Tribune
Rapier, Theresa 07/24/1985 Tulsa Tribune
Rapoport, Alexander 06/20/1966 Tulsa World 17, c
Rapoport, Alexander 06/21/1966 Tulsa Tribune 27
Rapp, Carrie 03/09/1967 Tulsa World
Rapp, Frank Homer 04/13/1970 Tulsa Tribune
Rappenecker, Mary (Mrs. James C.) 01/02/1977 Tulsa World
Rapson, Theodocia 03/18/1987 Tulsa World
Rardin, Denzle Alfred 11/09/1983 Tulsa World
Rardin, Michael Teddy John 07/02/1990 Tulsa World
Rardin, Rosa M. 07/02/1990 Tulsa World
Rardin, Wrennie 11/04/1975 Tulsa World
Rasberry, Albert Franklin 12/06/1974 Tulsa World
Rasberry, Annabelle 11/07/1977 Tulsa Tribune
Rasberry, Eva Katherine (Mrs. Ray) 02/17/1976 Tulsa World
Rasberry, Ray Harvey 01/24/1979 Tulsa Tribune
Rasbury, James T. 07/04/1980 Tulsa Tribune
Rash, Floyd 02/23/1983 Tulsa World
Rash, Harry 04/11/1980 Tulsa Tribune
Rash, Iva 01/27/1989 Tulsa World
Rash, Oscar Clayton 05/03/1964 Tulsa World 27
Rash, Oscar Clayton 05/02/1964 Tulsa Tribune 7
Rash, Samuel E. 08/11/1983 Tulsa Tribune
Rashall, Huey P. 01/11/1988 Tulsa Tribune
Rashendorfer, Mallie S. 09/05/1975 Tulsa World
Rasher, Marvin 04/01/1968 Tulsa World
Rask, Mary Frances 01/10/1969 Tulsa Tribune
Raska, Edward John 07/27/1984 Tulsa Tribune
Raska, Godfrey J. 11/30/1972 Tulsa Tribune
Raskin, William 03/31/1974 Tulsa World
Rasmussen, Beth W. (mrs. Harry) 10/01/1989 Tulsa World