Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Carolyn Raper
Jan 15, 2009
Carolyn Rae (Jolly) Raperrn03/30/36-01/16/2009rnrnCarolyn Rae (Jolly) Raper, age 72, of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2009, at Sterling House Nursing home in Ada, Oklahoma.rnrnServices are scheduled for 2:00p.m. on Monday, January 19, 2009, at the Church of Christ in Konawa, Oklahoma, under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Burial will follow in Konawa Cemetery. Richard...
Juanita Reynolds
Jan 14, 2009
Juanita Reynolds passed away peacefully in her home on Friday evening, January 15, 2009.rnrnJuanita Ruth Kinnamon was born on August 1, 1929 to Walter and Gertrude Kinnamon in Seminole, Oklahoma. Juanita attended Seminole Schools, graduating in 1947. She began studying piano at age five and continued until college, majoring in piano performance at Oklahoma Baptist University. During her time at...
Ivy Forbis
Jan 13, 2009
Ivy Edward Forbisrn08-01-1937 ? 01-14-2009rnrnIvy Edward Forbis, age 71, from Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, January 14, 2009.rnrnA funeral Mass is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 17, 2009, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Konawa, Oklahoma, under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. A...
Sheila Stargell
Jan 12, 2009
Sheila Melinda Stargell, 36, longtime Earlsoboro resident died Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at her home in Shawnee. rnrnSheila was born May 27, 1972 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Kenneth Ray and Willie Mae( Hinex) Stargell. She was a graduate of Earlsboro High School and took several business classes before going to work for Lowder's Transportation where she was a machine operator....
Lula Jones
Jan 10, 2009
Lula Jones, 88, longtime Seminole resident, departed from this life, Sunday, January 11, 2009 after a lengthy battle with cancer at the Chickasaw Nation Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma. Mrs. Jones was born on March 19, 1920 in Seminole to John and Lizzie (Johnson) Kernell. Lula was married to Fred Robert Jones who preceded her in death.rnrnMrs. Jones was a lifelong...
David Vivier
Jan 8, 2009
David Lee Vivierrn06/12/1935-01-09-2009rnrnDavid Lee Vivier, age 73, of Ada, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, January 9, 2009, in Valley View Hospital in Ada.rnrnGraveside services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at Hutche?Chuppa Cemetery in Weleetka, Oklahoma, under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa, Oklahoma. Ed George will officiate. Pallbearers are Josh Goodenkauf, Dalton Vivier,...
Sylvia Forson
Jan 7, 2009
Sylvia Ann Forson, 74, longtime Seminole resident died Thursday, January 8, 2009 at Seminole Medical Center. Mrs. Forson was born May 6, 1934 in Maud, Oklahoma to James L. and Edna L. (Lindsay) Wilson.rnrnSylvia grew up in Carr City, Oklahoma and attended Pleasant Grove Schools west of Seminole. She married David Forson on May 9, 1951 in Ada, Oklahoma. In...
William Walker
Jan 7, 2009
William Wallace Walkerrn03/01/1935-01/08/2009rnrnWilliam ?Wallace? Walker, age 73, passed away at Valley View Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma, on Thursday, January 8, 2009.rnrnFuneral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 12, 2009, at the Assembly of God Church in Konawa, Oklahoma, under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa. Burial will follow at Dora Cemetery. Rev. Mitch Williams will...

Lessie Holt
Jan 7, 2009
Lessie Lee (Speers) Holtrn01/30/1931-01/08/2009rnrnLessie Lee (Speers) Holt, age 77, passed away on Thursday, January 08, 2009, at her residence in Asher, Oklahoma.rnrnFuneral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2009, at the First Baptist Church of Asher, Oklahoma, under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Burial will follow at the Wanette Cemetery. Rev. Dewayne Johnson...

Charlotte Harjo
Jan 6, 2009
Charlotte Ann Harjorn06/30/1956-01/07/2009rnrnCharlotte Ann Harjo, age 52, passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2009, on Hwy 99 near Wolf, Oklahoma.rnrn A Wake service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 9, 2009, at the Pentecostal Church of God in Konawa, Oklahoma, and funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2009, at the Pentecostal Church of...
Ray Shultz
Jan 6, 2009
Ray Ernest Shultz, 82-year-old Wewoka resident passed from this life Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at his home in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He was born February 16, 1926 in Olney, Illinois to parents Frank Ernest Shultz and Nora (Curtis) Shultz.rnrnRay served in the United States Navy earning the rank of coxswain USNR. He also received the Asiatic Pacific Area Campaign Medal, the...

Thelma Hayden
Jan 5, 2009
Maud, resident Thelma Hayden passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2009 in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 99. She was born on May 10, 1909 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to J.C. "Clint" and Mary Theresa (Slape) Armstrong.rnrnThelma, was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God in Maud, Oklahoma.rnrnShe married "Walter" Sims in 1929 and later remarried J.C. "Johnny"...
Jerry & Imogene Mask
Jan 4, 2009
Jerry Lee Mask, 72 years old and his wife Imogene ?Babe? (Acree) Mask, 67 years old both passed from this life Monday, January 5, 2009 at Norman Regional Hospital. Jerry was residing in the Norman Veterans Home and Imogene was a resident of Whispering Pines Nursing Center in Norman. Their Lord called them both home on the same day with...
Legus Clark
Jan 3, 2009
Legus Clark, 71 year-old lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life Saturday, January 4, 2009 in Ada, Oklahoma. He was born January 28, 1937 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Wesley Clark and Lucy (Tiger) Clark.rnrnLegus attended Carr City School and Pleasant Grove High School in Seminole County before he entered the United States Navy on the battle ship the U.S.S....
Leonard Alderson
Jan 3, 2009
Leonard Joe Alderson, Jr.rn07/22/1950-01/04/2009rnrnLeonard Joe Alderson, Jr., age 58, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2009, at his residence in Maud, Oklahoma.rnrnA funeral mass is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 8, 2009, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Konawa, Oklahoma under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa. A Rosary service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on...
Mabel Vulgamore
Jan 3, 2009
Mabel Vulgamore, 86, longtime Seminole resident died Sunday, January 4, 2009 at Seminole Estates Nursing Home. Mrs. Vulgamore was born January 30, 1922 in Canton, Oklahoma to John Wesley "Whitey" and Susie (Boring) Seifried. She came to Seminole at the age of 5 where she has been ever since. She married loyd Vulgamore on November 1, 1941 in Seminole and...
Roy Wood
Jan 2, 2009
Roy Lee Wood, 80 year-old lifelong Wewoka resident and retired Wewoka Fire Chief passed from this life January 3, 2009 at Holdenville General Hospital. He was born February 20, 1928 at Kaw City, Oklahoma (near Ponca City) to parents Thomas Homer Wood and Mallie Alice (Heflin) Wood.rnrnRoy graduated from Wewoka High School in 1947 and went on to join the...
Nadine Cline
Jan 2, 2009
Nadine Pearline (Bell) Cline, 86 year-old Seminole resident passed from this life Saturday, January 3, 2009 at Seminole Estates Care Center. She was born June 7, 1922 in Panama ? Canal Zone to parents Cecil Leonard Bell and Lucille (Carson) Bell.rnrnNadine married Donald Abraham Cline on June 12, 1960 in San Antonio, Texas. He preceded her in death on April...
Elsie Seyfert
Jan 1, 2009
Elsie (Pulliam) Seyfert, 81 year-old lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life on Friday, January 2, 2009 at Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born May 25, 1927 in Haywood, Oklahoma to parents Willis Marion Pulliam and Melissa (McCann) Pulliam.rnrnShe married Raymond Robert Seyfert on October 5, 1965 in Seminole, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on July...
Hazel Burch Little
Dec 31, 2008
A long time Maud resident, Hazel passed away in Los Gatos, Ca. on New rnYear's Day. Hazel was born in Maud to Bid and Myrtle Burch. She was rnpreceded in death by her husband Troy Little who also grew up in rnMaud. Hazel and Troy moved to California when he enlisted in the rnAir Corp during World War II. They...