Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

Bertha Hardy

Bertha Hardy

Dec 15, 2011

Bertha Ann Hardy, 52 year-old Sasakwa resident passed from this life Thursday, December 15, 2011 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  She was born September 25, 1959 in DeQueen, Arkansas to parents Victor Hardy and Rhoda (Harjo) Hardy. Following High School, Bertha joined the United States Army where she earned the marksman badge rifle A-16.  While in the Army she also attended...

Clyde  B. Whitfield

Clyde B. Whitfield

Dec 14, 2011

Clyde B. Whitfield, 90 Clyde Whitfield, a Seminole resident, passed away at his home Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at the age of 90. Clyde was born November 8, 1921 at Indianola , Oklahoma to parents, James “Jim” Michael Whitfield and Flora Mae (Martin) Whitfield. Clyde moved to Seminole, Oklahoma one year ago from McAlester , Oklahoma . He married Barbara...

James  Leo Straub

James Leo Straub

Dec 13, 2011

James Leo Straub, 79,  Seminole resident died December 13, 2011 in Seminole at his home. James was born July 30, 1932 in San Diego, California to Charles Teddy and Thelma Lucile (Reed) Straub. James had lived in Seminole for past 5 years. James was a self-employed EEG Technician, was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp where he served as...

Billy Smith

Billy Smith

Dec 11, 2011

Billy Don Smith, 66 year-old lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life Sunday, December 11, 2011 at his home in Seminole, Oklahoma.  He was born June 19, 1945 in Seminole to parents Floyd Leonard Smith and Eulah Lovinia (Vincent) Smith. Billy served in the United States Army and was of the Baptist Faith. Survivors include two sons, William Smith and...

Wilmahelma  Janette Newton

Wilmahelma Janette Newton

Dec 8, 2011

Wilmahelma Newton lifelong Seminole county resident passed away Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Seminole, Oklahoma. Wilmahelma was born June 10, 1940 at New Lima, Oklahoma to parents, Hebert Williams and Lula Bell (Mills) Williams. Wilmahelma was a home health provider and long time employee at the Seminole Hospital and retired as a nurse’s aid. She was a member of the...

Erma Douglas

Erma Douglas

Dec 8, 2011

Seminole resident Erma Douglas passed away on December 8, 2011 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 77. She was born in Window Rock, Arizona to Henry Boyd and Lena Begay.   Erma married Booket Douglas in Chandler, Oklahoma on December 31, 1956 in Chandler, Oklahoma. She worked at Wrangler as an inspector and retired in 1995.  She is survived...

Esther Guthrie

Esther Guthrie

Dec 7, 2011

Esther Mae Guthrie, 91 year-old, longtime Seminole resident passed from this life Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at Seminole Care and Rehabilitation Center.  She was born March 10, 1920 in Soble, Oklahoma in southeastern Oklahoma to parents John Lester Pate and Loda Bell (Bozman) Pate. Following her graduation from High School she went to work for the shipyards in California.  She...

Nancy Dinwiddie

Nancy Dinwiddie

Dec 7, 2011

Nancy Ann Kennedy Dinwiddie, age 65, left this world December 7, 2011 as she was called home for a joyous family reunion.  Nancy was born November 12, 1946 to Cecil (Pete) and Lorene (Smith) Robinson in Prague, Oklahoma.  She attended Excelsior Elementary and Butner High School where she graduated in 1965.  She married Robert (Bob) Kennedy in 1965 and from...

Eldon Shepherd

Eldon Shepherd

Dec 6, 2011

Eldon Shepherd, 73 year-old, longtime Seminole County resident passed from this life at his home on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.  He was born February 1, 1938 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Stanley Shepherd and Sylvia M. (Hoover) Shepherd. Eldon went on to graduate from Varnum High School in 1957.  He was a proud Varnum Alumni who loved attending the yearly...

Webster Fixico

Webster Fixico

Dec 5, 2011

Webster Fixico, age eighty-nine and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Monday, December 5, 2011 at Chickasaw Nation Medical Center in Ada, Oklahoma. A graveside service is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 7th at Violet Springs Cemetery in Konawa.  Rev. Mitch Williams will officiate. Webster was born on August 31, 1922 in Sasakwa, Oklahoma to Nora...

Bessie  L. Mackey

Bessie L. Mackey

Dec 4, 2011

Bessie L. Mackey, age 79 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at Henryetta Medical Center in Henryetta, Oklahoma. A graveside service is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 8th at Violet Springs Cemetery.  Richard Winters of the Church of Christ in Konawa will officiate. Bessie was born on May 24, 1932 in...

Charles  David Brooks

Charles David Brooks

Dec 3, 2011

Charles David Brooks, age 79 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Solara Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 6th at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Konawa.  Rev. Mona Faulks, Pastor will officiate.  Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery.  The sons and grandsons will be pallbearers. ...

Linda Crabtree

Linda Crabtree

Nov 28, 2011

Linda Louise Crabtree, 69, lifelong Seminole resident died Monday, November 28, 2011 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Linda was born in Seminole on August 16, 1942 to Lloyd Ernest and Willie Roberta (Guthrie) Collins. Linda had worked in some of the area Quick Stops for several years. Linda grew up and attended school in Seminole and graduated from high school here. Linda...

Linda  Louise Crabtree

Linda Louise Crabtree

Nov 28, 2011

Linda Louise Crabtree, 69, lifelong Seminole resident died Monday, November 28, 2011 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Linda was born in Seminole on August 16, 1942 to Lloyd Ernest and Willie Roberta (Guthrie) Collins. Linda had worked in some of the area Quick Stops for several years. Linda grew up and attended school in Seminole and graduated from high school here. Linda...

"Charlie" Charles Robert Goodrich

"Charlie" Charles Robert Goodrich

Nov 28, 2011

Charles Robert Goodrich, known to all as “Charlie”, age sixty-eight and a longtime resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, November 28, 2011 at his home in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 1st at Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa.  Burial will follow at Konawa Cemetery.  Rev. Drew Isaacs, Pastor of Grace Community...

Leona Maxwell

Leona Maxwell

Nov 23, 2011

Leona Violet (McWilliams) Ogden Maxwell, 97 year-old, lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life Wednesday, November 23, 2011 in Seminole, Oklahoma.  She was born February 16, 1914 in Murphy, Oklahoma to parents Fred Haden McWilliams and Ada Mae (Stamper) McWilliams. Leona’s father died of typhoid fever when she was 6 months old.  Her mother married Albert “Bert” Luckinbill when Leona...

Eloise Williams

Eloise Williams

Nov 21, 2011

Eloise (Jones) Williams, 70 Lifelong Seminole county resident, Eloise (Jones) Williams passed away Monday, November 21, 2011 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 70. Eloise was born May 2, 1941 in Bowlegs, Oklahoma, her mother was Bertha (Northcott) Williams. Eloise was a sales clerk and homemaker who loved her children and grandchildren very much. Eloise married Gordon Ray...

Joy Mize

Joy Mize

Nov 21, 2011

Junita Joy (Jenkins) Mize, 84, passed away in her home November 21, 2011. Joy was born May 1, 1927 in Shawnee, OK to Bruce and Ollie Jenkins. She was the first of four children and their only daughter. Joy attended Earlsboro Schools her whole life and graduated valedictorian of her senior class in 1945. She attended one year at OBU...

"Rusty" Modena Faye (Johnson)  Balay

"Rusty" Modena Faye (Johnson) Balay

Nov 20, 2011

Modena Faye (Johnson) Balay, age 85 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at Sunset Estates in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 25th at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa.  Burial will follow at Konawa City Cemetery.  Rev. Larry Norris will officiate.  Modena’s...

John Daugherty

John Daugherty

Nov 18, 2011

John Walton Daugherty, 88 years of age, of Shawnee died in Seminole on Friday, November 18, 2011.  John, was born January 8, 1923 in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma to parents, Grace (Brothers) Daugherty and Charles Saunders Daugherty. He married his loving wife, Dorothy Clark on December 12, 1964 in Wewoka, Oklahoma. John loved his farm in Seminole, where he spent many...