Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Lee Reid
Dec 15, 2010
Lee Waddy Reid, Jr., 64 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 in Seminole, Oklahoma. He was born May 13, 1946 in Bristow, Oklahoma to parents Lee Waddy Reid, Sr. and Elizabeth “Joan” (Donaldson) Reid. Lee had served in the United States Army. He married Lorie Ann (Fleming) Reid on October 6, 2000 in Seminole,...
Richard Hester
Dec 15, 2010
Richard Floyd Hester, 73 Richard Hester, long time Seminole county resident passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at Seminole, Oklahoma. Richard was born August 3, 1937 at El Centro, California to parents Vernar Loyd and Lena (King) Hester. He moved to Seminole in 1989. Richard, after graduating from Strother High School in 1955 he served in the United States Navy...
Dora Rowell
Dec 14, 2010
Dora Jo (Lindsay) Rowell, 89 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Seminole Care Center. She was born August 16, 1921 in Seminole County, Oklahoma to parents Ola Mae (Hadley) Lindsay and Pleas Lindsay. Dora had lived in Seminole most of her life where she worked as a cashier and hostess at local restaurants. She...
Connie Graham
Dec 14, 2010
Connie Jean Graham, 63 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at her home. She was born November 25, 1947 in Konawa, Oklahoma to parents Daisy may (Sanderson) Graham and Elmer Warren Graham. Connie was a lifelong resident of Seminole County living in both Konawa and Seminole. She had also worked as a caregiver. She married...
Jesse Leon Taylor
Dec 13, 2010
Jesse Leon Taylor, age 63 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away at his home on Monday, December 13, 2010. No memorial service is scheduled at this time. Jesse was born on December 5, 1947, in Konawa to Reva (McClain) and Charley Taylor. He was a veteran, and he married Patricia A. Claudino in Ada, Oklahoma on May 31,...
Jeff Hinton
Dec 13, 2010
Jeff Hinton went to be with the Lord, Monday, December 13, 2010. Jeff, 77, was a longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident. He was born June 30, 1933 in Hyannis, Nebraska to John Carl and Dorthea (Grouns) Hinton. Jeff contracted haying for many years around Valentine, Nebraska, then moved back to Hyannis, Nebraska and opened a gas station and game room for...
Jim Knowles
Dec 12, 2010
James Earl “ Jim” Knowles, 72, former longtime Seminole resident died December 12, 2010 at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jim was born February 7, 1938 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Earl L. and Martha Lucille (Sinclair) Knowles. Jim attended and graduated from Seminole High School in 1956 and East Central State College in 1960 B.S. degree in...
Warren Lindley
Dec 11, 2010
Warren Lindley, 57 year-old, Hartshorne, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Saturday, December 11, 2010 at McAlester Regional Health Center he was born on Aug. 25, 1953 in Ada to Warren Elvin and Wanda (Bryant) Lindley. Warren grew up farming in Calvin and Stuart and graduated from Stuart High School in 1971. He married Clidia Guinn on Aug. 25,...
Emmit King Bertschy
Dec 10, 2010
Emmit King Bertschy, infant son of Tori Rashelle Sharp and Justin Dwayne Bertschy was born and passed from this life on Friday, December 10, 2010 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Surviving family members include parents, Tori Rashelle Sharp and Justin Dwayne Bertschy both of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; one brother, Tristin Bertschy of the home; maternal grandparents, Kimberly...
Wanda Jackson
Dec 9, 2010
Wanda Vivaree Jackson, 86 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life December 9, 2010 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was born May 30, 1924 in Okemah, Oklahoma to Bertha Mae Selfridge. Wanda graduated from Seminole High School in 1942. She went on to work as a welder in the California shipyards. In her early years she...
Joshua McBroom
Dec 7, 2010
Joshua Joe McBroom, 21 year-old, former Bowlegs resident passed from this life Tuesday, December 7, 2010. He died following an automobile accident that also took the life of his brother, Andrew McBroom and his cousin, Leah Dawn Hanson near Asher in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. He was born November 1, 1989 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents Ellen Marie (Dorrough) McBroom and...
Andrew McBroom
Dec 7, 2010
Andrew Lynn McBroom, 19 year-old, former Bowlegs resident passed from this life Tuesday, December 7, 2010. He died following an automobile accident that also took the life of his brother, Joshua McBroom and his cousin, Leah Dawn Hanson near Asher in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. He was born March 26, 1991 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents Ellen Marie (Dorrough) McBroom and...
Leah Dawn Hanson
Dec 7, 2010
Leah Dawn Hanson, 16 year-old, Saint Louis resident passed from this life Tuesday, December 7, 2010. She died following an automobile accident that also took the life of her cousins, Joshua McBroom and Andrew McBroom near Asher in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. She was born January 31, 1994 in Ada, Oklahoma to parents Sonja Hanson and Jerry Campbell. Leah was a...
Roy Williams
Dec 6, 2010
Roy Chon Williams, 41 year-old, Okemah resident passed from this life on Monday, December 6, 2010 following an automobile accident in Henryetta, Oklahoma. He was born August 20, 1969 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Mary Frances (Ponkilla) Williams and Ernest Frank Williams. He graduated from Strother High School in 1988. Roy married Sunnie Loraine (Marshall) Williams on August 8, 1994...
Kenny Green II
Dec 4, 2010
Lifelong Seminole resident, Kenneth Ray Green II entered eternal life on December 4, 2010 in Ponca City, Oklahoma at the age of 23. He was born on June 28, 1987 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Kenneth R., Sr. and Karen Suzette (Smith) Green. Kenneth worked as a manager for Oklahoma Liquefied Gas. He was a member of Boy Scout Troop #452...
Benny Edgar Rowell
Dec 3, 2010
Benny Edgar Rowell, longtime Seminole resident, entered eternal life December 3, 2010 at the age of 57. He was born to Frank H. and Dora Jo (Lindsay) Rowell on March 20, 1953 in Duncan, Oklahoma. Benny was of the Baptist faith. He served in the United States Marine Corps. Benny was a caring individual and he left the Marine Corps...
Juanita Robertson (Wood) Knoles
Dec 3, 2010
Juanita (Wood) Robertson Knoles, age ninety-seven and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away from this life on Friday, December 3, 2010, at Heritage Village in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Monday, December 6, 2010 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Rev. Mitch Williams, Pastor of Byng Assembly of God Church will officiate....
Betty Tanyan
Dec 2, 2010
Betty Tanyan, 63, longtime Seminole resident died Thursday, December 2, 2010 in Norman, Oklahoma at Norman Regional Hospital. Betty was born on November 3, 1947 in Wolf, Oklahoma to Lina Powell and Lena Harjo. She was a member of Cedar-Creek Eufaula Baptist Church. She married Benjamin Tanyan in 1970, who preceded her in death in 1989. She also worked as...
Brad Belcher
Dec 1, 2010
Bradley Jay Belcher, 40, Earlsboro, Oklahoma resident passed away on December 1, 2010 in Regina Saskatchewan, Canada. He was born April 29, 1970 in Ashdown, Arkansas to Bobby Jay and Dora Mae (Walker) Belcher. Bradley was married December 14, 2006 in Hiawassee, Georgia to Beth (Kelley) Belcher. Brad worked for Wells and West Construction Company in Murphy, North Carolina where...
Russell Warden
Dec 1, 2010
Ronald “Russell” Warden, 45 year-old, former Seminole resident passed from this life Wednesday, December 1, 2010 in Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 24, 1965 in Talihina, Oklahoma to parents Carl Warden and Jeanette (Joseph) Factor. Russell graduated from Sequoyah High School and had worked as a general laborer until be became ill with cancer. Russell was also a proud...

