Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

Helen Tatum

Helen Tatum

Sep 19, 2010

Helen Bernice Tatum Helen Bernice Tatum, life long Konawa, Oklahoma resident passed away Sunday, September 19, 2010 in Ada, Oklahoma at the age of 64. Helen was born June 10, 1946 in Okemah, Oklahoma to parents Joe and Bessie (Williams) Harjo. Helen attended boarding school, and after finishing her education she received a scholarship to Seminole State College. Helen was...

Jimmie  Lee Pauley

Jimmie Lee Pauley

Sep 18, 2010

Jimmie Lee Pauley, Sr. a Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed away Saturday, September 18, 2010 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 70 years. Jimmie was born May 24, 1940 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to parents Robert Mathew and Hannah Fern (Yeager) Pauley. Mr. Pauley served in the United States Army as a sharpshooter earning the rank of PFC (E-3), he...

Lona Canada

Lona Canada

Sep 17, 2010

Lona Canada, former Seminole resident passed away Friday, September 17, 2010 at Binger, Oklahoma she was 84 years old. Mrs. Canada was born June 13, 1926 on the North Canadian River in a tent to parents John Thomas and Annie Ettie (Leavitt) Morrison. She was 13 of 19 children. Mrs. Canada married Charles Canada on December 27, 1958 at Tulsa,...

Gene Rippee

Gene Rippee

Sep 15, 2010

Gene Allen Rippee, 70, longtime Seminole area resident died Wednesday, September 15, 2010 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Gene was born February 29, 1940 in Hardin, Montana to David A. and Marjorie Kathryn (Maus) Rippee. His Mother, Marjorie and Stepfather Earl Jesser raised Gene. He married Janet Kay Davis in Shawnee, Oklahoma on March 13, 1961, to this union were born four...

George  G.W. Fain

George G.W. Fain

Sep 13, 2010

George Washington “G.W.” Fain, 94 year-old, longtime Seminole resident went to be with the Lord on Monday, September 13, 2010 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma.  He was born August 22, 1916 in Durant, Oklahoma to parents Luther and Leona (Doss) Fain. George married Mabel Henry and of this union three children were born Glenn, Bobby Harrel and LaWanda.  He later married Mary...

Mikki Prince

Mikki Prince

Sep 12, 2010

Dareesa Michelle Prince, better known as “Mikki” Prince, passed from this life on September 12, 2010.  She died in her home after a long and courageous struggle with a debilitating illness.  Mikki was born on January 7, 1974 and graduated from Seminole High School in 1992.  She was a resident of Seminole her entire life. Mikki was a life-long horse...

Lois (Radford)  Walls

Lois (Radford) Walls

Sep 11, 2010

Lois (Radford) Walls, age 92 and a long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2010, at Shawnee Care Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma, where she had been a resident for the past four years. A private graveside service was held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 15th at Vista Cemetery in Konawa under the direction of Swearingen...

Robert Lennard

Robert Lennard

Sep 10, 2010

Robert Louis “Bob” Lennard, 90, longtime Seminole resident died Friday at the Norman Veterans Center in Norman, Oklahoma. Robert was born on July 3, 1920 to Oscar L. and Minnie Lou (Crisp) Lennard in Morringsport, LA. Mr. Lennard moved to Seminole from Dallas, Texas in 1989, while in Dallas he worked for the Internal Revenue Service as a Deputy Collector...

Gary Whitson

Gary Whitson

Sep 9, 2010

Gary Whitson, 39 Gary Allen Whitson a Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at the age of 39. Gary was born September 10, 1971 at San Antonio, Texas to parents Gary and Alice Louise (Noon) Whitson. Gary served his country in the United States Air Force. Gary is survived by his step-father Jerry Mathews of Seminole, Oklahoma....

Gary Whitson

Gary Whitson

Sep 8, 2010

Gary Allen Whitson Seminole resident Gary Allen Whitson passed away on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 38. . He was born on September 10, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas to Gary Dean Whitson and Alice Louise (Noon).  Gary attended Konawa High School and then went on to Seminole State College.  He served in the...

Geraldine Blalock

Geraldine Blalock

Sep 4, 2010

Geraldine Blalock, 82 Lifelong Seminole resident Geraldine Blalock passed away on September 4, 2010 in Seminole, Oklahoma the age of 82. She was born on August 1, 1928 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Floyd Wesley and Mollie Bell (Brooks) Moore. She was a graduate from Butner High School. She worked for Wrangler Manufacturing for 27 years as a Quality Control Supervisor...

Baby Son

Baby Son

Sep 3, 2010

Infant baby James Everett Brazell was born and passed away on Friday, September 3, 2010, at the Chickasaw Nation Medical Center in Ada, Oklahoma. A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 7th at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, Oklahoma.  Burial is at Vamoosa Cemetery.  Pallbearers are Jason and Robert Johnston.  No viewing is schedule....

Larry Priebe

Larry Priebe

Sep 3, 2010

Larry Frederick Priebe Larry was born in Okeene, OK on November 4, 1930 to Mamie (Kramp) and Alexander Priebe. He passed away on Friday, September 3, 2010. He grew up on a farm east of Okeene and graduated from Okeene High School in 1947. He attended Oklahoma A&M until he contracted polio in 1948. He and his father owned and...

Patty  Ann Gibson

Patty Ann Gibson

Sep 1, 2010

Mary Patricia Ann Gibson   Mary Patricia Ann (Newman) Gibson passed away on September 1, 2010 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 64. Patty Ann was born on February 12, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Almer Richard Newman and Irma Beulah (Yandall) Newman. She was a manager for Del Rancho Restaurant in Oklahoma for 20 years.  She loved...

Charles Troglin  Jr

Charles Troglin Jr

Aug 30, 2010

Lifelong Seminole resident Charles Ray Troglin, Jr. passed away on August 30, 2010 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 52. He was born on October 9, 1957 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Charles Ray Troglin, Sr, and Lora Jean Self Beach. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bowlegs, Oklahoma. Charles worked in the Oilfield for Kay...

Josephine (Perry)  Bridgeman

Josephine (Perry) Bridgeman

Aug 30, 2010

“Jo” Josephine (Perry) Bridgeman, age 84 and a long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, August 30, 2010 at Jan Frances Care Center in Ada, Oklahoma. Graveside services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 2nd at Dora Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa.  Rev. Steve Lowrance, Pastor of the Assembly of God...

Jean Bickford

Jean Bickford

Aug 29, 2010

Jean Noreen (Fitzgerald) Bickford Seminole resident Jean Bickford passed away on August 29, 2010 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 67. She was born on December 26, 1942 in Milford, Massachusetts to Adrian Fitzgerald and Helen Jean (Chilson) Fitzgerald. Jean was raised in Massachusetts and has lived in Seminole for the past 5 years. She graduated in 1960 from...

Nancy Patrick

Nancy Patrick

Aug 29, 2010

Nancy Virginia Patrick Longtime Seminole resident Nancy Virginia Patrick passed away on Sunday, August 29, 2010 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 78. She was born on July 7, 1932 in Seminole to Stella (Standerfer) and James Leslie Hines. She was a homemaker and a member of the Assembly of God Church in Bowlegs, Oklahoma. She married Alfred Edward...

Edwin  Neil Chase

Edwin Neil Chase

Aug 29, 2010

Edwin “Ed” Neil Chase, age 53, and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, after suffering a massive heart attack. A memorial service is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 1, 2010, at the First United Methodist Church in Konawa under the direction of Swearingen Funeral in...

Pamela Hopkins

Pamela Hopkins

Aug 27, 2010

Longtime Seminole County area resident Pam Hopkins passed away on August 24, 2010 in Maud, Oklahoma at the age of 56. She was born on July 3, 1954 in Ft. Lewis, Washington to Ray and Maria Lulu (Horner) Lee. She served as an officer for the Seminole Police Department and was the Chief of Police for the Maud Police Department...