Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Raymond Hugh Newell
Jul 27, 2025
Earlsboro resident Raymond Hugh Newell, 95, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2025, at his home.
Raymond, the son of George and Sarah (Sealock) Newell, was born September 15, 1929, in Seminole. He graduated from Prairie Valley High School, with the class of 1948. Raymond proudly served in the US Army in the Korean War. On February 2, 1962, Raymond married Patricia...
Christine Sue McKinney
Jul 26, 2025
Christine Sue McKinney, Earlsboro, OK resident passed away on Saturday, July 26, 2025 in Tecumseh at the age of 65. Christine was born on July 7, 1960 in Los Angeles, CA to Raymond and Susie (Johnson) Harjo. She earned her masters degree from East Central University. Christine worked as a case manager for the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. She married...
Ralph Terry Adams
Jul 24, 2025
It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Ralph Terry Adams on July 24, 2025 surrounded by his loving family. Ralph fought a short but courageous battle with cancer.
Ralph was born in Heidelberg, Germany on June 14, 1962 to Howard Elsworth and Rosemarie Adams.
As a part of a military family, he spent most of his childhood living in...
Ronald "Ron" Geary Sheppard
Jul 21, 2025
Ronald Geary Sheppard entered into eternity with his Lord and Savior on July 21, 2025 at age 85 at the Fountain Brook Assisted Living/Memory Care, in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Born August 17, 1939 in Wetumka, Oklahoma, he was the younger son of Geary Mickey Sheppard and Lula Lillie Towery Sheppard. His early years were spent playing pool with his older...
Jimmie Carol Sanders
Jul 21, 2025
Jimmie Carol Sanders, age 83 and a longtime resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away July 21, 2025 at Corn Heritage Village and Rehab in Corn, Oklahoma.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 25, 2025 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, burial will follow at East Hill Cemetery, in Roff, Oklahoma. Casket bearers are Steve Sanders, Scott Sanders,...
Susan Lorrine Warden
Jul 17, 2025
Susan Lorrine Warden, Shawnee resident, passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2025 in Shawnee at the age of 73. Susan was born on October 20, 1951 in Meeker, OK to Jimmy Neal and Hazel Mae (Mays) Warden. She grew up in Meeker, OK, spent time with family and friends in Seminole, OK and worked and lived in Shawnee, OK. She...
Sherman "Blake" Keith Jones
Jul 16, 2025
Sherman Keith “Blake” Jones passed away on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 in Earlsboro, Oklahoma. He was born on October 27, 1964, to Thelma Anita Faye Jones/Stern Lee and Jimmy Lee Robinson. Though life brought early transitions, Blake was lovingly raised in Altus, Oklahoma, by his Uncle Nate and Aunt Sue Jones, alongside his siblings. From an early age, he stood...
Amber Dawn Staring
Jul 12, 2025
Amber Dawn Staring, 41, of Oklahoma City, OK, arrived at Heaven’s gates on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Amber was beloved and cherished by all who knew her.
Amber was born in Seminole, OK on August 31, 1983. Amber attended school in Strother and Butner, graduating from Butner with the class of 2002. During her school years, she enjoyed playing basketball and...
Charles Ward Padgett
Jul 12, 2025
Charles Ward Padgett, age 82, of Yukon, Oklahoma, went to his heavenly home on Saturday, July 12, 2025, after a brief battle with acute leukemia.
Charles grew up in Kentucky and Illinois, graduating from Zeigler High School in Zeigler, Illinois, in 1960. That same year, his family moved to McAlester, Oklahoma. He attended Oklahoma State University and completed basic military training...
Midge Vera Dean Richards
Jul 12, 2025
Maud resident, Vera Dean “Midge” Richards, 85, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2025, in Oklahoma City.
Midge, the daughter of Loy and Veral (Raper) Acree, was born November 4, 1939, in Maud. She graduated from Maud High School with the class of 1958. On January 27, 1958, she married Noel Lee Richards, in Chandler. Midge and Lee enjoyed fifty-seven years of...
Patricia Kaye Moore
Jul 9, 2025
Patricia Kaye Moore
“Honor her for all that her hands have done, and
let her works bring her praise at the city gate.” Proverbs 31:31
Patricia Kaye Moore passed peacefully in her home surrounded by her family on July 9, 2025. The fourth of eighteen children, Patricia was born in Holdenville, OK, to Joseph and Velma Anson on October 6, 1947.
She grew up...
Gene Lovoe Miller
Jul 7, 2025
Gene Lovoe Miller died July 7, 2025. Gene was born on July 23, 1930, to Jacob Joseph “Jake” Miller and Bessie Jewel Rodgers Miller on a farm near Weatherford, Oklahoma.
He attended school at Deer Creek, a one room schoolhouse near Weatherford, Oklahoma, until his family moved to the Cowden, Oklahoma community when he was in the 3rd grade. Gene graduated...
Angela Michelle Fox
Jul 6, 2025
Angela Michelle Fox, Seminole, OK resident, passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2025 in Seminole at the age of 47. Angela was born on July 4, 1978 in Elgin, Illinois to Dave Keith Conley and Mary Annette (Haseker) White. She loved her job as a CNA at Elmwood Manor Nursing Home. One of her favorite ways to spend her time...
Noah "Jay" Jefferson Phillips III
Jul 6, 2025
Seminole resident, Noah Jefferson “Jay” Phillips III, 82, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2025, at his home.
Jay, the son of Noah and Isla Mae (Hennington) Phillips, was born December 22, 1942, in Seminole. He attended Pleasant Grove Schools and graduated with the class of 1961. Jay later attended the GM Training Center, where completed additional education. On August 17, 1994,...
Coretta Marie Cole
Jul 4, 2025
Coretta Marie Cole, Seminole, OK resident, passed away on Friday, July 4, 2025 in Seminole at the age of 82. Coretta was born on April 27, 1943 in Shawnee, OK to Melvin H. and Tressie Marie (Galloway) Brown. She married Eugene Cole on August 19, 1981 in Durant, OK.
Coretta loved her kids and her grandkids. She would give her last...
Robert Lee "Bob" Fallis, Sr.
Jul 3, 2025
The life of Robert Lee (Bob) Fallis, Sr. is being celebrated following his passing on July 3rd, 2025 in Marble Falls, TX at the age of 94. Bob was born on February 20th, 1931 in Charlotte, AR to James Butler and Velma (Robertson) Fallis and he died peacefully surrounded by his loving family.
Graduating from Konawa High School in 1949 where he excelled...
Robert Wayne Leatherman
Jul 3, 2025
Robert Wayne Leatherman, Seminole, OK resident, passed away on Thursday, July 3, 2025 in Seminole at the age of 69. Robert was born on August 16, 1955 in Silver City, New Mexico to Ralph Eugene and Mary Elizabeth (Bignell) Leatherman and moved to Oklahoma when he was three. He was a 1975 graduate of Seminole High School.
Robert is survived by...
Flossie Lee Spoonemore
Jul 1, 2025
Seminole resident, Flossie Lee Spoonemore, passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at her home, at the age of 97.
Flossie, the daughter of George and Josephine (Allen) Moore, was born May 20, 1928, in the oil boomtown community of Three Sands, Oklahoma. At a young age, Flossie’s family followed the oil patch to the Seminole area. Flossie attended Strother Schools into...
William "Bill" Burton Lozier
Jul 1, 2025
William "Bill" Burton Lozier, affectionately known as "Weazer," passed away peacefully at his home in Seminole, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, July 1st, 2025, just as he wished, surrounded by his loving children. Born in Seminole on July 29, 1947, Bill lived a full 78 years, leaving an everlasting mark on everyone he met.
Bill was a man who truly embodied the principles...
Freddy Joseph Corona
Jun 29, 2025
Frederick “Freddy” Joseph Corona passed away on June 29, 2025 in Oklahoma City, OK. With heavy hearts, we remember and celebrate the life of Freddy Corona, age 59: a man whose kindness, strength, and unwavering love touched everyone fortunate enough to know him. Freddy was a beloved son to his parents who went on before him, Frederick Corona and Lena...