Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Theresa Smith
Mar 9, 2015
Theresa Smith left this life on Monday, March 9, 2015 at the age of 93. Theresa Sietsema was born January 2, 1922, in Alpine Township, just outside of Grand Rapids in Kent County, Michigan, to Peter Sietsema and Theresa Baker Sietsema, who both immigrated to America from The Netherlands. Theresa is preceded in death by husband Gerald Smith. She is...
Dale Roubidoux
Mar 8, 2015
Dale Dominic Roubidoux, 49 year old, long time Shawnee, Oklahoma resident passed from this life Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Pioneer Nursing Home in Seminole, Oklahoma. He was born May 30, 1965 in Dalhart, Texas to parents, Joseph Mason Roubidoux and Lillian Barbara (McIntosh) Roubidoux. Dale was a member of the Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma, and also of...
Benton Hopkins
Mar 6, 2015
Benton Thomas “Tom” Hopkins, Jr., 73 Benton Thomas “Tom” Hopkins, Jr., former Seminole county resident passed away Friday, March 6, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 73. Tom was born July 8, 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents, Benton Thomas Hopkins, Sr. and Mary (Reid) Hopkins. Upon his completion of high school, Tom attended Barber College...
James "Arnold" Robertson
Mar 6, 2015
James “Arnold” Robertson, age 81 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, March 6, 2015 at his home. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel of Konawa. Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery. Rev. Jim McMillan, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Konawa will officiate. Pallbearers are Nick...
Mrs. Rovan Jenkins
Mar 5, 2015
Rovan Jenkins was born on March 13, 1937 to Vina Jefferson Cochren and Sonny Morrison in Seminole, Oklahoma. Rovan was the Fifth oldest of 13 children. Rovan attended school in the Tallahassee Community-Seminole, Oklahoma. Rovan met and married Floyd Jenkins and they were married for 48 years until his passing. They had one child. Her daughter preceded her in death,...
Karen Marie Richardson-Wilson
Mar 4, 2015
Karen Marie Posey-Richardson-Wilson, 73, longtime Seminole resident, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Wewoka, Oklahoma. Karen was born May 10, 1941 in Enid, Oklahoma to Marie (Mitchell) and R. J. Posey. Karen moved to Seminole forty years ago from Plainview, Texas. She had owned R.C.’s Café in Maud, Oklahoma and The Coffee Barn in Seminole, Oklahoma, also Apollo Oil Tools...
Billy Joe Armstrong
Mar 3, 2015
Billy Joe Armstrong, age 67 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at his home. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2015 at Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Rev. Ed George will officiate, and burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery. Pallbearers are Travis O’Dell, Steve Anderson, Larry Bruno, Blaine Armstrong,...
Jerald Carney
Mar 3, 2015
Jerald R. Carney, 63, longtime Seminole resident died, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at Holdenville, Oklahoma. Jerald was born March 25, 1951 in Talihina, Oklahoma to Carrie Mae (Stallaby) and Pete Folsom Carney. Jerald worked as a fork lift operator and in maintenance, at Wrangler for many years, retiring in 2012. He was a member of the Indian Nation Baptist Church...
Ivory Overstreet Jr.
Mar 3, 2015
Ivory Overstreet Jr., 67 year old lifelong Lima, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was the fifth child born to parents Ivory Overstreet, Sr. and Carrie (Johnson) Overstreet on October 16, 1947 in Lima, Oklahoma. Ivory graduated from Lima High School in 1965, where he excelled...
Robert Johnson
Mar 2, 2015
Funeral services for Robert "Robbie" Glenn Johnson are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2015 at the Church of Christ in Seminole, Oklahoma at 12040 Hwy 99 North. Chris Stinnett and John Roberts, Jr. will conduct the service. Burial will follow at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Seminole, Oklahoma. Robbie died Monday,...
Elwyn Rainwater
Mar 1, 2015
Elwyn Lonnie Rainwater, 63, longtime Seminole County resident, died Sunday, March 1, 2015 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Elwyn was born April 2, 1951 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Jewell Nadine (Pruett) and Chester Otto Rainwater. Elwyn attended and graduated from New Lima High School in 1969. He was a plumber and had worked with his father in the family business, Rainwater Plumbing...
Walter Taff
Feb 27, 2015
Walter Lee Taff, 76, longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident, entered this life on July 11, 1938 and entered eternal life on February 27, 2015. Walter was born in Harjo, Oklahoma, northwest of Maud, to Chrisa Lee (Wise) and O.O. “Bud” Taff. As a child, Walter lived in California, but spent the majority of his life in and around the Maud, Oklahoma...
Melvin Sidney Anderson
Feb 27, 2015
Dr. Melvin S. Anderson, 103, longtime Seminole resident, died Friday, February 27, 2015 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Melvin was born August 26, 1911 near Blair, Oklahoma. He was the fourth of ten children, of Sid and Cora (T’Lola) Anderson. Melvin graduated from Martha High School, Martha, Oklahoma in 1930; He attended Oklahoma A & M College in Stillwater, Oklahoma and received...
Robert Nathaniel Bailey
Feb 26, 2015
Robert Nathaniel Bailey, age 76 and a resident of Asher, Oklahoma passed away on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Colonial Estates in Shawnee, Oklahoma. A memorial service will be planned at a later date, and cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa, Oklahoma. Robert was born on October 27, 1938 in Asher, Oklahoma to Enis Bailey...
Dennis Cranford
Feb 25, 2015
Dennis Kent Cranford, 61 year old Maud resident passed from this life on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at the Veteran’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born September 1, 1953 to parents Harold A. Cranford and to Velna V. (Winters) Cranford in Ada, Oklahoma. Dennis was a lifelong Maud area resident who graduated from Earlsboro High School in 1970. ...
Ina Faye Childress
Feb 24, 2015
Ina Faye (Douthit) Childress, 97, longtime Bowlegs, Oklahoma, resident, went to be with her Lord, Tuesday, February 24, 2015 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Ina was born January 14, 1918 in Heavner, Oklahoma to Lottie Mae ( Simmon) and James Lloyd Douthit. Ina was the 2nd of eight children and they grew up in the plant 13 area, south of Seminole, Oklahoma....
Cozetta Gordon
Feb 23, 2015
Cozetta Alice (Brewer) Gordon, 82 NOTICE:DUE TO POTENTIAL BAD WEATHER THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MRS. GORDON HAS BEEN CHANGED TO THURSDAY, March 5, 2015 AT 11:00 a.m. Cozetta Alice (Brewer) Gordon, lifelong Seminole county resident, passed away Monday, February 23, 2015 at Shawnee, Oklahoma, at the age of 82. Cozetta was born August 16, 1932 in Elwood Community that was...
Marion Henry
Feb 20, 2015
Marion Streetman Henry, 77, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma resident, died Friday, February 20, 2015. Marion, a former longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident, was born January 12, 1938, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Mildred (Akin) and Frank Streetman. Marion lived in, Seminole, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma during her lifetime. She attended Sasakwa Public Schools in Sasawka, Oklahoma and Seminole High School, where...
Sharron Lee (Butler) Gladden
Feb 18, 2015
Sharron Lee (Butler) Gladden, age 67 and a life-long resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at her home. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 21, 2014 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Burial will follow at Konawa City Cemetery, and Rev. Ed Bray, Pastor of Cross Timbers Church of Konawa will...
Jean Baldridge
Feb 17, 2015
Jean Baldridge, 84 year old longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed from this life Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born May 22, 1930 in Seminole to parents William McKinley Harris and Clara V. (Morgan) Harris. Following her graduation from Bowlegs High School, Jean went on to earn her bachelor degree in business...

