Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Ralph Earnest Lindquist
Jun 26, 2015
Ralph Earnest Lindquist, 87, longtime Seminole resident, died Friday, June 26, 2015 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Ralph was born October 26, 1927 in Rocky, Oklahoma to Lena (Sandersfield) and Klaus Lindquist. Ralph came to Seminole 48 years ago from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ralph worked for National Tank Company in Oklahoma City, for many years. He then worked for C.E. Natco as...
Robert "Sir Bob" Nance
Jun 23, 2015
Mr. Robert Eugene “Bob” Nance, age 83, of Seminole, OK, known to many as “Sir Bob”, died on June 23, 2015 in Midwest City, Oklahoma, of natural causes. Bob was born on October 5, 1931 in Neosho, Missouri to Roy Lee Nance and Grace Neola (Birch) Nance. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War during the...
Ray Bristow
Jun 22, 2015
Ray Bristow, 59, longtime Seminole resident, died Monday, June 22, 2015 in Seminole. Ray was born June 20, 1956 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to Dorothy (Hughes) and Joshua Barney Bristow. Ray worked as a truck driver and mechanic for many oilfield and transportation companies in the Seminole area. Ray enjoyed woodworking, fishing, working on cars, camping with his family, whom he...
Carla Sue (Shaw) Dixon
Jun 22, 2015
Carla Sue (Shaw) Dixon, age 59 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away at her home in Paden, Oklahoma on Monday, June 22, 2015. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 26th at the Pentecostal Holiness Church located at 126 N. Konawa Street in Konawa. Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery. Rev. Mona Fulks will officiate. ...
Jana Renee Griffin
Jun 21, 2015
Jana Renee Griffin, 53, Seminole resident, died Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Jana was born on May 12, 1962, in Marlow, Oklahoma to Janet Louise (Prater) and S. Leon Hardisty. Jana grew up in Marlow, Oklahoma and attended public school there and graduated from Marlow High School in 1980. She later attended Oklahoma State University, in Stillwater, Oklahoma ...
Dan Reynolds
Jun 20, 2015
Dan Reynolds, Jr. 87 year old lifelong Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Saturday June 20, 2015 in Seminole. He was born September 16, 1927 in Seminole at the home in Letha, to parents Dan Reynolds, Sr. and Rosa (Chatagnier) Reynolds. Dan went on to serve in the United States Army where he earned the rank of corporal....
Ron Tara
Jun 19, 2015
Ron Kazuo “Punch” Tara, 55 Ron Kazuo “Punch” Tara long time Seminole resident, passed away Friday, June 19, 2015 at his home in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 55. Punch was born October 3, 1959 in San Francisco, California to parents Roy Tara and Emily (Suetani) Tara. Punch lived in Seminole for 40 years, graduating from Seminole High School,...
Jaunita Nichols
Jun 18, 2015
Jaunita Jane (Cowell) Nichols, 73 Jaunita Jane (Cowell) Nichols, a Seminole, Oklahoma resident, for the past 24 years, passed away Thursday June 18, 2015 at home, she was 73 years old. Jaunita, was born July 11, 1941 in Elk City, Oklahoma to parents, Murl Cowell and Hazel (Woodard) Cowell. Jaunita married John J. Nichols on August 28, 1959 in Phoenix,...
Steven Brashear
Jun 18, 2015
Steven Mark Brashear, 61 Steven Mark Brashear, an Asher resident, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at his home at the age of 61 years. Steven was born September 16, 1953 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to parents, Rev. Glen Brashear and Rozland (Bozarth) Brashear. Steven served in the United States Marines Corps, and was a member of the Gypsy Holiness Church....
Noel Lee Richards
Jun 17, 2015
Noel Lee Richards, 85 Noel Lee Richards, life long Maud, Oklahoma resident passed away, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at his home in Maud, at the age of 85. Lee was born October 19, 1929 in Harjo, Oklahoma to parents Noel Elvin Richards and Annie Lillian (Ryker) Richards. Lee lived in Pottawatomie county all of his life. After graduating from Harjo...
Mary Lois (Cornelsen) Gallagher
Jun 13, 2015
Mary Lois (Cornelsen) Gallagher, age 98 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away from this life on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Ada Care Center in Ada, Oklahoma. Cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. A memorial service is set for 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 22, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church in Konawa...

Carolyn McRay
Jun 12, 2015
Carolyn " Sue" McRay, 75, longtime Seminole resident and wife of the late Wallace " Doe " McRay, passed away, Friday, June 12, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 A.M., Monday, June 15, 2015 at the Church of Christ north of Seminole, with burial following at Little Cemetery. Funeral Information: June 15, 2015, 10:30 AM...
Carolyn Sue McRay
Jun 12, 2015
Carolyn Sue McRay, 75, longtime Seminole resident died, Friday, June 12, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Sue was born December 29, 1939 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Lois Gwenola (Lewis) and Robert Cain. Sue grew up in Holdenville and attended Holdenville Public Schools till her Junior Year and the attended and graduated from Davis High School, Davis, Oklahoma. Sue was a...
Rowdy Anderson
Jun 11, 2015
Rowdy Christopher Anderson, 21 Rowdy Christopher Anderson, resident of Wanette, Oklahoma passed away Thursday, June 11, 2015 at the age of 21. Rowdy was born June 13, 1993 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Connie Hobbs and Chris Anderson. He was a 2012 graduate of Wanette High School, Rowdy also attended the Methodist Church and played basketball at the First Baptist Church....
Billy Carl Davis
Jun 11, 2015
Billy Carl Davis, age 64 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa, and a family memorial will be planned at a later date. Billy was born on June 9, 1951 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas to...
Dorotha Jean Madden
Jun 9, 2015
Dorotha Jean “ Dodie”, 77, Seminole resident, died Tuesday, June 9, 2015 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Dorotha was born on June 7, 1938 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Zaradah ( Ford) and Fred Calaway, Sr. Dorotha previously lived in the Del City and Midwest City area for over 25 years before moving home to Seminole. Dorotha grew up in the Pleasant Grove...
Sheri Eileen (Glover) Swanda
Jun 7, 2015
Sheri Eileen Glover Swanda of Newalla, Oklahoma was born on February 19, 1948 in Stroud, Oklahoma, and passed from this world on June 6, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her mother and father Gene and Vivaree Glover and her first husband Robert Dawson. She is survived by her husband David Swanda of Newalla, Oklahoma,...
Veldon Spicer
Jun 6, 2015
Veldon Eugene Spicer, 74 Veldon Eugene Spicer, Asher, Oklahoma resident passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 74. Veldon was born January 25, 1941 in St. Louis, Oklahoma to parents, George Garland Spicer and Easter Jewell (Ogle) Spicer. Veldon lived his whole life on the Spicer land, he would just move to the...
William Lee Newman
Jun 4, 2015
William Lee Newman, 49, longtime Okmulgee, Oklahoma resident, now of Earlsboro, Oklahoma, died Thursday, June 4, 2015 in Seminole, Oklahoma. William was born July 27, 1965 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Evelyn L. ( Hembree) and William Lee Newman. William moved to Earlsboro, from Okmulgee 2 years ago. William worked as a paint and body man and worked on classic cars,...
Jerri Corene Dunkin (Holder) Patterson
Jun 4, 2015
Jerri Corene Dunkin Patterson, 55, Seminole resident died June 4, 2015 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Jerri was born October 25, 1959 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Zella Mae (Mathis) and Keith Holder. Jerri was a Licensed practical nurse. She was a member of the Cowboy Church in Jones, Oklahoma. She received her bachelor’s degree in Hobbs, New Mexico. Jerri is survived...