Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Anthony Ray Stillwell
Jun 2, 2015
Anthony Ray Stillwell, 59 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 in Seminole. He was born May 25, 1956 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents Mildred (Ransom) Stillwell and Herman Stillwell. Anthony graduated from N.W. Classen High School in 1974. He went on to serve in the United States Navy for 6 years...
Carolyn Meeks
Jun 1, 2015
Carolyn Inez (Lee) Meeks, 56 year old lifelong Seminole area resident, went to be with our Lord and Savior, Monday, June 1, 2015 at her home in Seminole, Oklahoma surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was born November 26, 1958 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina to parents, Roy Charles Lee and Clara Ann (Patterson) Lee. Carolyn attended Bowlegs...
Marilyn Renee Scherer
May 31, 2015
Marilyn Renee Scherer, age 54 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Golden Years Residential Care Center in Konawa. Marilyn was born December 30, 1960 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to Dorothy Lorraine (Gross) Scherer and Edwin Carl Scherer. She graduated from Sheboygan North High School. She is survived by two brothers, Ronald Scherer of Antioch,...
Stanley Joseph Symons
May 27, 2015
Stanley Joseph Symons, 91, longtime Seminole resident died Wednesday, May 27, 2015 in Seminole. Stanley was born April 9, 1924 in Petaluma, California to Florence Winifred (Nickson) and William Symons. Stanley attended school in Petaluma, California, before joining the United States Army in December 12, 1943. He rose through the enlisted ranks and after being accepted into Officer’s Candidate School...
Ruth Yancey
May 26, 2015
Ruth Elaine (Baughman) Peace Bussey Self Yancey, 64 year old resident, passed from this life on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was born February 18, 1951 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Herman Ray Hedrick and Opal Alyene Baughman. Ruth attended Bowlegs Schools and later went to further her education at Seminole State College....
Jimmie Johnson
May 26, 2015
Jimmie Starr Johnson, 79 year old, longtime Harrah, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at his home in Harrah. He was born on January 19, 1936 in Little River, Oklahoma in Cleveland County to parents Theodore Starr and Mary Mattie Johnson. Jimmie served in the United States Marine Corps where he earned the National Defense...
Anthony Chesser
May 24, 2015
Anthony Chesser, 34, passed peacefully on May 24, 2015 after a decade-long battle with depression. He will always be remembered for his strength and fortitude, and loved ones may now take comfort in knowing he is finally at rest without pain. Though Anthony's passing is tragic and heartbreaking, his legacy endures and is defined not by his death, but by...
Celia "Ruth" (Enlow) McClure
May 24, 2015
Celia “Ruth” (Enlow) McClure, age 95 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma since 1951, passed away on Sunday night, May 24, 2015. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 28, 2015 at the Church of Christ in Konawa. Burial will follow at Violet Springs Cemetery in Konawa. Richard Winters will officiate, and pallbearers are grandsons, Jeff McClure, Joshua...
Curtis Ray Billie
May 22, 2015
Curtis Ray Billie, 49, Tulsa, Oklahoma resident, died Friday, May 22, 2015 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Curtis was born May 27, 1965 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Cora Mae (McCulla) and Joe Johnson Billie, Sr. Curtis was a Native American Artist, a member of Living Hope Baptist Church, and a member of the Seminole and Creek Nations. He is survived by two...
Edward Wilson
May 20, 2015
Edward “Ed” Lee Wilson of Seminole, Oklahoma (formerly of Magnolia, Texas, Ada, Enid and Waynoka, Oklahoma) went to meet his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 20, 2015, at his home south of Seminole. He was born, November 17, 1942, in St. Louis, Missouri to Walter and Stella Marie (Dolly) Neff Wilson. Ed was a master plumber by trade...
Harold Foreman
May 17, 2015
Harold Bruce Foreman, Sr., 71, longtime Maud resident, died Saturday, May 17, 2015 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Harold was born on November 1, 1943 in Muskegon, Michigan to Cora Althea (Woodward) and Guy Lester Foreman, Sr. He had lived in Pottawatomie County for over 50 years Harold served in the National Guard and was a Certified Nurse Assistant in Home Health. ...
Randy Lynn Robertson
May 17, 2015
Randy Lynn Robertson, 64, longtime Seminole resident, died Sunday, May 17, 2015 at the Veterans Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Randy was born July 29, 1950 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Gladys (Saxon) and J. E. Robertson. Randy was retired from the Seminole oilfields where he worked for B.J. Hughes as a Fracking Technician and a cementer. He served in the...
Carl Quase Rhodes
May 15, 2015
Carl Quase Rhodes, 73, Seminole resident, died Friday, May 15, 2015 in Seminole. Carl was born September 16, 1941 in La Grange, Illinois to Florene Ann (Quase) and Melvin G. Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes moved to Seminole 30 years ago from Phoenix, Arizona. He was retired from the United States Air Force, where he served 20 years and retired as a...
Jay Dee McCarley
May 14, 2015
Jay Dee McCarley, 57 year old former Seminole resident and current Bethel Acres resident passed from this life on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at his home. He was born November 26, 1957 in Odessa, Texas to parents Jimmy Dan “J.D.” McCarley and Joyce Nell (Cantrell) McCarley. Jay Dee graduated from High School in Conway, Arkansas and later moved to Virginia...
Tommy O'Neal
May 14, 2015
Tommy O’Neal, Jr. 75 year old Seminole area resident and former Elgin, Oklahoma area resident passed from this life on Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was born October 29, 1939 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents, Herman Thomas “Tom” O’Neal and Roberta (Carlton) O’Neal. Tommy worked for Cornerstone Auto Sales as an automobile salesman. He was also a...
Ouilda L. "Wilda" (Walker) Streetman
May 12, 2015
Ouilda Lucille “Wilda” (Walker) Streetman, age 89 and a life-long resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at Grace Living Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 15, 2015 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Ed Bray, Pastor of Cross Timbers Church of Konawa will officiate. Burial will follow...
Bonnie Fennell
May 11, 2015
Bonnie Jean (Fisher) Fennell, 84 year old longtime Seminole resident, passed from this life Monday, May 11, 2015 at her home in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born on September 2, 1930 in Shamrock, Oklahoma to parents May (Bankston) Fisher and Clarence E. Fisher. Bonnie graduated from Seminole High School in 1949. On February 12, 1952 she married John R. Fennell,...
Evelyn Ramey
May 9, 2015
Evelyn Williams Ramey, Age 79 Evelyn was born in Oilton, Texas on October 30, 1935 to Merle and Everett Williams. She passed away in Oklahoma City on May 9, 2015. Evelyn loved to read, craft and cook. For 7 years she worked as a cook at St Crispin’s Conference Center in Wewoka, a job she loved very much. She retired...
Lydia Marie Lane
May 9, 2015
Lydia Marie (Neugebauer) Stephenson Reiswig Lane, 90 year old former area resident passed from this life on May 9, 2015 in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born November 21, 1924, near Foss, Oklahoma to parents Gottlieb George Neugebauer and Maggie (Ratke) Neugebauer. Lydia attended schools in Stafford, Oklahoma, Solid Rock School near Butler, Oklahoma, Guy School west of Clinton, Oklahoma, and...
Vera Bernice (Hudson) Doran
May 7, 2015
Vera Bernice (Hudson) Doran, age 82 and a long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2015 at St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 11, 2015 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Richard Winters will officiate, and burial will follow at Dora Cemetery. Pallbearers are Frankie Hudson,...