Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Dallva Lemons
May 13, 2012
Dallva “Curtis” Lemons, Sr., age 75 and a resident of Asher, Oklahoma passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at Norman Veterans Center. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, 2012 at the Asher Church of Christ under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery in Asher. Jim Kelly...
June Lewis Burgess
May 11, 2012
June Lewis “Sonny” Burgess, age 72 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, May 11, 2012 at Ada Care Center in Ada, Oklahoma. The first Wake Service is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, May 13th at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. The second Wake Service is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Monday, May 14th...
Mikee Neill
May 9, 2012
Marguerite R. “Mikee” Neill died Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at her Seminole home after a long, courageous battle against cancer. She was 58. Services will be 1:30 p.m., Monday, May 14, 2012 at the First United Methodist Church located at 910 Wrangler Blvd. in Seminole, Oklahoma, followed by Internment at Maple Grove Cemetery with Pastor Gary Wilburn officiating. Born at...
Harjo Ronnie
May 8, 2012
Ronnie Harjo, age 57 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at the Chickasaw Nation Medical Center in Ada, Oklahoma. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa, and Ronnie will be transported to his home located at 14169 NS 3570 for viewing. A Wake service is scheduled for 8:00...
Edward Lee Gentry
May 7, 2012
Edward Lee Gentry, age 82 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Monday, May 7, 2012 at his home. No services are scheduled at this time. Viewing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. until noon on Wednesday, May 9th at Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa. Edward was born on April 27, 1930 in Texas to Robert L. Gentry and...
Samantha Jane Cogburn
May 6, 2012
Samantha Jane Cogburn, 42, Seminole resident died suddenly May 6, 2012 at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born June 21, 1969 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Samantha was employed at Pioneer Nursing Home in Seminole, Oklahoma as a Certified Nurse’s Assistant (CNA) and assisted patients with restoring their health. She was a graduate of Meeker High...
Katie Mae James
May 5, 2012
Katie Mae James, 64 year-old longtime Wewoka resident passed from this life Saturday, May 5, 2012 at her home. She was born November 4, 1947 in Okemah, Oklahoma to parents Rosevelt Gilbert and Dorthy Mae (Embery) Gilbert. Katie had attended Bearden High School and later married Dewey James; he preceded her in death in May of 2002. Katie enjoyed her...
Chadwell Betty
May 4, 2012
Betty J. Chadwell, 87 Betty J. Chadwell, long time Seminole county resident, passed away Friday, May 4, 2012 in Wewoka, Oklahoma at the age of 87. Betty was born on August 6, 1924, in Ranger, Texas to parents, John E. Humphrey and Gladiola Juanita (Sinner) Humphrey. Betty was a member of the First Baptist Church of Seminole, Oklahoma and retired...
Matthew David Kuestersteffen
May 4, 2012
Matthew David Kuestersteffen, age 63 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012 at his home. A Wake service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 7th at Sacred Heart Catholic Church under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. A Funeral Mass is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 8th at the...
Mary Shirley
May 3, 2012
Mary Frances (Froese) Shirley, 68 year old Seminole resident passed from this life Thursday, May 3, 2012 at her home in Seminole. She was born June 28, 1943 in Claremore, Oklahoma to parents Arthur Cornelius and Juanita Pauline (Knox) Froese. Mary graduated from Inola, Oklahoma High School. She went on to earn her Bachelor of Science degree from Oklahoma State...
David Leroy Smith
May 3, 2012
David Leroy Smith, 61-year-old Seminole resident passed from this life Thursday, May 3, 2012 at his home surrounded by family. He was born September 12, 1950 in Idabel, Oklahoma to parents Wiley Paul Smith and Letha (Williams) Smith. David had lived several years in Pottawatomie County where he had worked as a tree trimmer and he moved to Seminole 15...
Ava Harjo
Apr 29, 2012
Ava Elizabeth Harjo, newborn Ava Elizabeth Harjo entered this life and went on to Heaven, Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ava was born to parents; Michael Allen Harjo and Rachel Nicole Hollingsworth. Ava is survived by parents; Michael Allen Harjo and Rachel Nicole Hollingsworth and one sister, Renee Harjo. Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday,...
Herbert Harjo
Apr 28, 2012
Herbert N. “Hap” Harjo, 73 Herbert N. “Hap” Harjo, a Seminole county resident passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 73. Hap was born, January 1, 1939 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to parents, William Bill Harjo and Bessie (Ceasar) Harjo. Hap graduated from New Lima High School and Haskell Indian Jr. College, Lawrence, Kansas...
Ivan Hopkins
Apr 28, 2012
Ivan Gordon Hopkins, a Shawnee, Oklahoma resident passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the age of 83. Ivan was born in Seminole, Oklahoma on July 31, 1928 to parents Floyd Edward Hopkins and Maud Margaret (Vaughn) Hopkins. Ivan was employed as a shop foreman for National Concrete in Seminole, Oklahoma and retired from the civil service after 29 1/2...
Nancy Patrick-Pratt
Apr 27, 2012
Nancy Annette (Patrick) Pratt, 56 year-old life long Seminole resident passed from this life April 27, 2012 in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born June 3, 1955 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Alfred Edward Patrick and Nancy Virginia (Hines) Patrick. Nancy grew up in Seminole where she attended Seminole Schools. She graduated from Seminole High School in 1973. Nancy went on...
Benny Trent
Apr 24, 2012
Benjamin Harrison “Benny” Trent, Jr., 47 year old, longtime Seminole resident passed from this life Tuesday, April 24, 2012 in Edmond, Oklahoma. He was born November 24, 1964 in Duncan, Oklahoma to parents Benjamin Harrison Trent and Lorene Elizabeth (Barrick) Trent. On June 21, 1996 Benny married Deborah Anne Maye in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Benny moved to Seminole 17 years...
"Viola" Himes
Apr 22, 2012
Martha Rebecca Viola (Thompson) Himes, age 89 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Rolling Hills Care Center in Catoosa, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 27, 2012 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Burial will follow a Konawa Cemetery. Rev. Mitch Williams, Pastor of Byng Assembly...
Samuel Fixico
Apr 22, 2012
Samuel Edwin Fixico, 61 Samuel Edwin Fixico a longtime Seminole county resident passed away Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Seminole, Oklahoma; Samuel was 61 years old. Samuel was born October 3, 1950 in Talihina, Oklahoma to parents, Edmond Fixico and Magdalene(Tanyan) Fixico. Samuel worked as an automobile mechanic for many years. Samuel was of the Baptist faith belonging to Snake...
Mary Lynn (Tillman) Waldron-Armstrong
Apr 18, 2012
Mary Lynn (Tillman) Waldron-Armstrong, age 66 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away from this life on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 23, 2012 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Rev. Ed Bray, Pastor of Cross Timbers Church in Konawa will officiate. ...
Joyce Petit
Apr 17, 2012
Annetta Joyce Petit, 73 Annetta Joyce Petit former Seminole county resident passed away April 17, 2012 at the age of 73. Joyce was residing in Jacksonville, Florida at the time of her death. Joyce was born, June 27, 1938 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents, Woodrow Merle Foster and Ruby Mae (Marchant) Foster. Joyce moved from California to Seminole where...

