Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

Maurice "Bolo" Spencer

Maurice "Bolo" Spencer

Aug 29, 2025

Seminole resident, Maurice “Bolo” Spencer, 59, passed away Friday, August 29, 2025, at his home.

Bolo, the son of Wilbur Mason and Ina Spencer, was born October 11, 1965, in Shawnee. He graduated from Pleasant Grove High School, with the class of 1984. He proudly served in the United States National Guard. Bolo worked for many years for the City of...

Darla Ruth (Bottom) Miles

Darla Ruth (Bottom) Miles

Aug 26, 2025

Darla Ruth (Bottom) Miles, age 74 and a long-time resident of Asher, Oklahoma passed away August 26, 2025 at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at First Baptist Church located at 109 E. Main in Asher, Oklahoma under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Rev. Joe...

Tracey Ann Lynch

Tracey Ann Lynch

Aug 25, 2025

Norman resident, Tracey Ann Daniel Lynch, 63, passed away Monday, August 25, 2025, in Newalla.

Tracey, the daughter of Jack and Sue (Robinson) Daniel, was born August 10, 1962, in Seminole, Texas. After many years in Odessa, Texas, her family moved to Chickasha, Oklahoma, where Tracey graduated high school with the Chickasha High School class of 1980. She moved to Prague,...

Bennie Williams

Bennie Williams

Aug 24, 2025

Seminole resident, Bennie Williams Sr., 85, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2025, in Seminole.

Bennie, the son of Daniel and Betty (Harjo) Williams, was born December 30, 1939, in Maud. After graduating from high school, Bennie joined the US Army, serving as a paratrooper. On December 18, 1981, he married Joyce Ann Wise, in Sasakwa, Bennie and Joyce would be married...

Ennis Gene "Russell" Warden

Ennis Gene "Russell" Warden

Aug 24, 2025

Ennis Gene “Russell” Warden, Shawnee resident, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2025 in Shawnee at the age of 75. Russell was born on December 2, 1949 in Prague, OK to Ennis Green and Velma Lee (Tye) Warden. At an early age he joined and proudly served in the United States Army. He was stationed in Germany during the Vietnam...

Walter Floyd Strickland

Walter Floyd Strickland

Aug 22, 2025

Walter Floyd Strickland, age 92, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully at home on August 22, 2025, surrounded by his loving family and dear friends.

Walter was born on December 12, 1932, in LeFlore, Oklahoma. He was one of the youngest of a large and devoted family. He was preceded in death by his parents Walter Wesley Strickland and Rhoda Hancock...

Dwight Hill Butler

Dwight Hill Butler

Aug 22, 2025

Dwight Hill Butler, age 69 and a resident of Konawa Oklahoma, passed away August 22, 2025 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City.

Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday August 26, 2025 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel of Konawa. Rev. Mitch Williams will officiate, and burial will follow at Konawa Cemetery. Casket bearers are Rick Howsmon, Christopher Butler, Brian Butler,...

Gary Leon Brooks

Gary Leon Brooks

Aug 21, 2025

Lt. Deputy Gary Leon Brooks, Wewoka resident, passed away on Thursday, August 21, 2025 in Oklahoma City at the age of 56. Gary was born on July 14, 1969 in Seminole, OK to Avery Leon and Roberta Virginia (Lane) Brooks. He grew up in the Seminole and Maud area and was a graduate of Maud High School. Gary married Tammy...

Jo Ann Johnson

Jo Ann Johnson

Aug 19, 2025

Jo Ann (Kuestersteffen) Johnson, age 68 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away at OU Medical in Oklahoma City on August 19, 2025.

A funeral mass is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 22, 2025 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Konawa under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Fr. Brashears will officiate, and burial will follow at...

Kristi Lee Anderson

Kristi Lee Anderson

Aug 19, 2025

Tecumseh resident, Kristi Lee Anderson, 58, passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2025, in Shawnee.

Kristi, the daughter of Jesse and Shirley (Haddox) Spencer, was born June 24, 1967, in at Tinker Air Force Base Midwest City. She attended Tecumseh Schools. On February 19, 2014, Kristi married Chris Anderson, in El Reno, Oklahoma. Kristi worked for many years as an area manager...

Buddie "Charles" Huckleberry

Buddie "Charles" Huckleberry

Aug 19, 2025

Buddie “Charles” Huckleberry, age 92 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away August 19, 2025 at his home surrounded by his family.

A graveside service is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 25, 2025 at Dora Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Rev. Bruce Sanders will officiate.  Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m....

Ella Marie Stiffler

Ella Marie Stiffler

Aug 17, 2025

With love and gratitude for a life beautifully lived, we announce the passing of Ella Marie Stiffler, who departed this life on August 17 at the age of 86.

Ella was born at the family residence near Earlsboro, Oklahoma, on January 14, 1939, to Alvin and Ida Maude Hamon. She was raised on the family homestead alongside her seven sisters and...

Ada Mae Ferguson

Ada Mae Ferguson

Aug 17, 2025

Ada Mae Ferguson, Okemah, OK resident, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2025 in Seminole at the age of 84. Ada Mae was born on April 26, 1941 in Seminole to John Wesley and Dorothy Patricia (Lewis) Quinalty. She married Hubert Harold Ferguson on February 26, 1960. Hubert went to be with the Lord on May 5, 2024.

Ada Mae enjoyed...

Augustine Harjo

Augustine Harjo

Aug 14, 2025

Shawnee resident, Augustine Harjo, 61, passed away Thursday, August 14, at her home.

Augustine, the daughter of Eugene Harjo and Elouise Factor, was born August 20, 1963, in Oklahoma City. She enjoyed watching Lifetime and cooking shows, and she loved cooking on Sundays and watching her Cowboys.

She was preceded in death by her father, Eugene Harjo; a brother, Victor Harjo; and...

Darrell Wayne Powell

Darrell Wayne Powell

Aug 10, 2025

Darrell Wayne Powell, Shawnee, OK resident, passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2025 in Shawnee at the age of 59. Darrell was born on December 1, 1965 in Oklahoma City, OK to James John and Clara Jane (Tims) Powell. He grew up and spent most of his life in the Seminole and Shawnee areas.

Darrell enjoyed attending Pow Wows, working on...

Randy Ahhaitty Sr.

Randy Ahhaitty Sr.

Aug 9, 2025

Randy Ahhaitty Sr., 65 of Seminole passed away August 9, 2025 in Midwest City, Oklahoma.

Randy was born in Lawton, Oklahoma to Bessie (Silverhorn) and Reverend Reuben Ahhaitty Sr. He was a proud member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. Randy met the love of his life Laura Henneha in 1991 at NSU. In their time together they would have five...

Charles Jan Campbell

Charles Jan Campbell

Aug 9, 2025

Charles Jan Campbell, 86, passed away on August 9, 2025, in Midwest City, Oklahoma. He was born on December 30, 1938, to Haskell Charles Campbell and Jewell Sexton Campbell in Konawa, Oklahoma. As a young child, he moved with his family to Clarksburg, California, where he attended elementary and high school. At age 15, he returned to Konawa, Oklahoma, and...

Tony Clifford Sanders

Tony Clifford Sanders

Aug 8, 2025

Tony Clifford Sanders, age 47 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away at his home on August 8, 2025, surrounded by loved ones.

Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 14, 2025 at the First Baptist Church of Konawa under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa, Oklahoma. Rev. Jaymeson Kennedy and Rev. Heath Sapp will officiate,...

Don Allen Mace

Don Allen Mace

Aug 8, 2025

Dr. Don Allen Mace, age 78 and a lifelong Oklahoman, moved on to greener pastures Friday, August 8, 2025. He was born in Seminole, Oklahoma in 1947 to two educators, Carmen Lee and John Robert Mace shortly after JR returned home from WWII.

A 1972 OU Medical School graduate, Don went on to practice internal medicine at Shawnee Medical Center Clinic...

Melissa Dawn Holahta

Melissa Dawn Holahta

Aug 8, 2025

Shawnee resident Melissa Dawn Holahta, 39, passed away Friday, August 8, 2025, in Oklahoma City.

Melissa, the daughter of Marilyn (McCulley) Moore and Joe Holahta, was born September 15, 1985, in Ada. Melissa attended high school at Westmoore. In the early 2000s, she met Vincent “Mike” Harjo, Melissa and Mike spent the next 20 years together. She enjoyed spending time with...