Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Minetta Votaw
Oct 28, 2010
Minetta “Gail” Votaw, age 56 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away from this life on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at Solara Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. A wake services is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 31st at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, and funeral services are schedule for 1:00 p.m. on Monday, November 1st also at...
LaRome L.A. Winrow
Oct 28, 2010
LaRome Demont “L.A.” Winrow, 37, was called home to be with God on October 28, 2010 at OU Medical Center. He was born on December 2, 1972 in Seminole Oklahoma. He was the first child of Ginger Winrow. He was baptized at an early age at Galilee Baptist Church in Seminole, Oklahoma. “L.A.” as he was known graduated from Seminole...
Robert Kernell
Oct 27, 2010
Robert Kernell, Sr., 87 year-old, lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life Wednesday, October 27, 2010 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was born December 11, 1922 in Rosco, Oklahoma (South of Seminole) to parents Lizzie (Johnson) Kernell and John Kernell. Robert attended Bowlegs High School and later served in the United States Army during World War II where he earned a...
Kathryn Pauline (Dixson) Grisso
Oct 25, 2010
Longtime Seminole resident Kathryn Pauline Dixson Grisso passed away on Monday, October 25, 2010 in Guthrie, Oklahoma at the age of 84. She was born on April 2, 1926 in Crosses, Arkansas to Samuel and Eliza Walker Gabbard. Kathryn married Wiley Dixson on September 25, 1943 and he preceded her in death in 1971, she later married A.R. Grisso in...
Arthur Lee Kay
Oct 25, 2010
Arthur Lee Kay, 95, longtime Seminole resident died Monday, October 25, 2010 at the Integris Seminole Medical Center. Mr. Kay was born February 24, 1915 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Thomas Marion and Mary Ann (Briggs) Kay. Mr. Kay married Katherine Camilla Yancey on December 25, 1940 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. They moved to Seminole in 1942 where they made their home....
Don Breedlove
Oct 23, 2010
Donald George “Don” Breedlove, 78 years old, of Seminole, Oklahoma, passed from this life on October 23, 2010, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona on May 11, 1932, to parents Ben and Ella (Wooley) Breedlove. Don was the owner of Breedlove Grocery, as well as Breedlove Construction, and will be fondly remembered throughout the...
Jennie Ross
Oct 21, 2010
Jennie L. “Scottie" Ross, 83, longtime Seminole resident passed from this life on Thursday, October 21, 2010. She left peacefully in her sleep after a long bout with Cancer. She was born January 16, 1927 to Wilbur and Sallie (Larney) Dirt in Seminole County. Jennie was one-half Seminole Tribe and one-half Absentee Shawnee Tribe. She attended Chilocco and Eufaula Indian...
Weldon Siler
Oct 20, 2010
Weldon Roy Siler, 73 year-old, life long Seminole resident passed from this life Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at Seminole Hospital. He was born February 24, 1937 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Cecil Roy Siler and Ethel Mae (Turner) Siler. Weldon graduated from Wolf High School in 1955. He went on to serve in the United States Army. Weldon later worked...
Sally Ann Aldridge
Oct 19, 2010
Seminole resident Sally “Ann” Aldridge passed away on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 58. She was born on March 25, 1952 in Pampa, Texas to Billi and Wilma “Sally” (Boyd) Rodgers. She married Rusty Aldridge on July 31, 1984 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She worked as a pressman in Oklahoma City and also a...
Freddie J. Barnett
Oct 19, 2010
Freddie J. Barnett, age 75 and a former resident of Konawa, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2010 at his residence in Asher, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 22nd at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Burial will follow at Vista Cemetery in Konawa. Scott Dobbs, Pastor of Cornerstone Ministries in Asher, Oklahoma,...
Jerry Wayne Scott
Oct 18, 2010
Jerry Wayne Scott, 54, life long Seminole resident died Monday, October 18, 2010 at his home in Seminole. Jerry Wayne was born February 18, 1957 in Seminole to Jerry Garl and Margaret Ann (Mason) Scott. Jerry Wayne attended Seminole Public Schools and graduated from Seminole High School in 1974. Jerry Wayne was a Member of the First United Methodist Church...
Wilma Faye Hembree
Oct 16, 2010
Wilma Faye Hembree, 91, former longtime resident of the Maud & St. Louis Oklahoma area, died Saturday, October 16, 2010 in the Coldwater Manor Nursing Home in Stratford, Texas. Mrs. Hembree was born December 13, 1918 in Bixby, Oklahoma to William “ Bill “ and Gladys (Hagaman) Holland. Mrs. Hembree married Alva Hembree on September 7, 1941 in Las Vegas,...
Emral Guinn
Oct 16, 2010
Emral Lee “Papa” Guinn, 82 year-old longtime Saint Louis, Oklahoma resident passed from this life Saturday, October 16, 2010 at his home. He was born January 21, 1928 in Maud, Oklahoma to parents Delvy Emral Guinn and Gracie Ann (Lankford) Guinn. He married Nelda Fern Moody on October 5, 1945 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Emral along with his wife started Guinn...
Kathleen Allen
Oct 16, 2010
Kathleen M. Allen Kathleen M. Allen, 66, died Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Integris Seminole Medical Center after fighting a long battle with diabetes. She was born March 16, 1943 in Prague, Oklahoma, to Troy and Lorene (Martin) Dillon. Kathleen spent most of her life living northeast of Seminole and attended and graduated from Strothers High School. She was a...
Grace Collings
Oct 16, 2010
Grace “Kathryn” Collings, 89, longtime Seminole resident died Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Pioneer Nursing Home in Seminole, Oklahoma. Kathryn was born December 23, 1920 in Scipio, Oklahoma to Gliny Griffin and Daisy Mae (Herrin) Barnett. Kathryn grew in Scipio area and moved to Seminole from Ada, Oklahoma in 1934. She attended Seminole Public Schools and graduated from Seminole High...
J. L. Robertson
Oct 13, 2010
J. L. Robertson, 74, longtime Sasakwa, Oklahoma resident died Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at his home in Sasakwa. J.L. was born May 4, 1936 in Seminole, Oklahoma to J. E. “ Jack” and Gladys Roviolent (Saxon) Robertson. J.L. grew up in the Seminole area and served in the U.S. Army Reserves for several years as a corporal. He had lived...
Charlotte Artensia (Rhodd) Alderson
Oct 12, 2010
Charlotte Artensia Alderson, age 87, “walked on” October 12, 2010, at home in Maud, Oklahoma with her family and friends at her bedside. A Rosary service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 14th at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, and a Catholic Mass is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Friday, October 15, 2010, at Sacred Heart Catholic...
Blake Austin Miller
Oct 10, 2010
Blake Austin Miller, infant son of Brett Chase Miller and Kendell Erin (Kincade) Miller was born October 10, 2010 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Blake entered into Heaven on that same day. “Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God” Mark 10:14 He is survived by his parents, Brett and...
Dean Huskins
Oct 10, 2010
Hershel “Dean” Huskins, 49 year old, Shawnee and former Seminole resident passed from this life on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at his home. He was born May 20, 1961 in Bakersfield, California to parents Hershel D. Huskins and Jessie “Faye” (Jackson) Huskins. He moved to this area from Fremont, California 31 years ago. He was a Senior Operator for the...
Mary Jo Windle (Vance) Tuttle
Oct 9, 2010
Mary “Jo” (Vance) Windle Tuttle, age 84 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away from this life on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at OU Medical Center in Edmond, Oklahoma. Graveside services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 16th at Vamoosa Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa. Jo was born on June 14,...

