Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

Elizabeth Vieux

Elizabeth Vieux

Nov 27, 2008

Elizabeth Ann ?Beth? Vieux, 48 year-old lifelong Pottawatomie resident passed from this life November 28, 2008 at Solara Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was born December 11, 1959 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma to parents Charles Franklin ?Charlie? Vieux and Mary Elizabeth (Holmes) Vieux.rnrnBeth had attended Saint Louis Elementary School and Maud High School. She was a member of the Saint...

Steve Harjo

Steve Harjo

Nov 24, 2008

Steve Allen HarjornrnSteve Allen Harjo, age 63, passed away on Tuesday, November 25, 2008, at his residence in Konawa, Oklahoma.rnrnServices are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 29th, at Swearingen Funeral Home at 217 N. Broadway in Konawa. A wake service is also scheduled for 6:00 p.m. Friday, November 28th, at the funeral home chapel. You may sign his...

Daisy Gray

Daisy Gray

Nov 23, 2008

Gray, Daisy Prentice 93, of Maud passed away November 24th 2008. She was born August 16, 1915, in Bethany. She graduated from Capital Hill High school in 1933. She was preceded in death by her parents, Julius and Audrey Prentice; her first husband, Johnnie Barnes of Dundee, Texas; her husband, Alvah Gray; her sisters, Lilly Kirby and Crystal Archer; her...

Willa VanMeter

Willa VanMeter

Nov 18, 2008

Willa VanMeter, 94 year-old longtime Seminole and Pottawatomie County resident passed from this life Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at Solara Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was born June 6, 1914 in Maud, Oklahoma to parents Beedie (Brown) Cherry and Ezra Louis Cherry.rnrnWilla married Gravis Eugene ?Gene? VanMeter on December 30, 1938 in Burkburnett, Texas he preceded her in death in...

Linda Stone

Linda Stone

Nov 17, 2008

Linda Gipson Stone of Seminole, Oklahoma passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 after a sudden illness. Linda, the matriarch of her family, was born in Seminole, Oklahoma on May 13, 1941 to Fred and Leola (Dickey) Gipson. rnrnShe was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a degree in English and a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta...

Lilly Phelps

Lilly Phelps

Nov 15, 2008

Lilly Antoinette Phelps, 77, died Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Seminole Estates Nursing Home in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born October 8, 1931 in Oakland, California to Charles Augustus and Nora Ann Walkman (Smith) Deming.rnrnMrs. Phelps moved Seminole, from San Diego, California in January 2007. She was a longtime resident of Alpine, California where she was involved in Women's ministries...

L.J. Dahl

L.J. Dahl

Nov 14, 2008

Longtime Seminole county resident L.J. Dahl passed away on November 14, 2008 at his home at the age of 84.rnrnHe was born on August 30, 1924 in Yukon, Oklahoma to John and Edith Christian (Behren) Dahl. rnrnL.J. married Edna (Cordell) Dahl on August 29, 1947 and she preceded him in death on January 17, 2004. rnrnHe served in the United...

Bill Sparks

Bill Sparks

Nov 14, 2008

Billy ?Bill? Earl Sparks was born on January 16, 1934, and passed away on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at the age of 74. Bill was born, raised and educated in and around Konawa, Oklahoma. He married Willetta Faye Allen of Seminole on June 9, 1955, and had 53 wonderful years of marriage. They raised three children, William Earl Sparks of...

William Brooks

William Brooks

Nov 13, 2008

William ?Bill? Eugene Brooksrn 10/28/1924-11/14/2008rnrnrnWilliam ?Bill? Eugene Brooks, age 84 and a long-time resident of Asher, passed away on Friday, November 14, 2008, at the Oklahoma Veteran?s Center in Norman, Oklahoma.rnrnServices are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18th at Avoca Church of Christ in Asher, Oklahoma, under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Burial will follow...

Vivianna Wallace

Vivianna Wallace

Nov 12, 2008

Vivianna Wallace, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident died Thursday, November 13, 2008 at Carl Albert Hopsital in Ada, Oklahoma. Vivianna was born March 8, 1918 in Sulphur, Oklahoma to Melvin and Flossie Hudson.rnrnVivianna lived in Sulphur for a few years before moving to the Seminole area where she has lived for over 85 years. She attended Bowlegs Public schools and graduated...

Imogene Austin

Imogene Austin

Nov 10, 2008

Funeral services for Imogene Marie Austin will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 14, 2008 at the Freewill Baptist Church in Paden, Oklahoma. A burial will take place at 3:00 p.m. at Vamoosa Cemetery in Konawa, Oklahoma. rnrnImogene passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 80. rnImogene was born September 30, 1928 in Subiaco,...

Elvon McGuire

Elvon McGuire

Nov 8, 2008

Elvon ?Bud? Leroy McGuirern 09/16/1919-11/09/2008rnrnElvon ?Bud? Leroy McGuire, age 89, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2008, at his residence in Konawa, Oklahoma.rnrnServices are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Thursday, November 13th, at First Baptist Church of Konawa, OK. under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa, OK. Burial with U.S. Army Military Honors will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery in...

Haskell (Chub)  McClure

Haskell (Chub) McClure

Nov 7, 2008

Haskell Harley ?Chub? McClurernrnFuneral services for longtime Seminole resident Chub McClure are scheduled for 2:00pm, Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Carl Whitfield to officiate. A burial will follow at Little Cemetery, North of Seminole. rnrnHaskell was born on November 24, 1939 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Haskell R. and Freeda (Knappenberger) McClure. He was...

Loette Buckner

Loette Buckner

Nov 7, 2008

Services for former Seminole resident Loette Buckner will be held at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, November 14, 2008 at 2:00p.m. with Rev. Gary Wilburn and Tommy Clark officiating. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memory Garden, 500 S.W. 104th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. rnrn rnrnLoette passed away on Saturday, November 8, 2008 in Illinois at the age of 93....

Lillie Stover

Lillie Stover

Nov 6, 2008

Lillie Faye (Harrison) Stover, 74 year-old Seminole resident passed from this life on Friday, November 7, 2008 at her home in Seminole surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 29, 1933 in Tryon, Oklahoma to parents Joseph Elmer Harrison and Thelma Mae (Rodman) Harrison.rnrnShe married Dean L. ?Smoky? Stover on May 12, 1979 in Wagoner, Oklahoma. He preceded...

Graziella Stoup

Graziella Stoup

Nov 6, 2008

Graziella Gilda (Pezzani) Stouprn 07/04/1925-11/07/2008rnrnGracie Stoup, and a long-time Resident of Konawa, passed away on Friday, November 7, 2008, at Norman Regional Hospital.rnrnFuneral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 10th at Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at Konawa Cemetery. Rev. Richard Winters will officiate. Pallbearers are Tommy Sexton, Dennis Isaacs, Ray Roskopf, Mark...

Genevieve Brown

Genevieve Brown

Nov 5, 2008

Genevieve Maxine (Akin) Brown, 94 year-old lifelong Pottawatomie and Seminole County resident who lived in the Remus, Saint Louis, Macomb, Fairview and Seminole communities. Passed from this life Thursday, November 6, 2008 at Seminole Estates Care Center in Seminole. She was born February 20, 1914 in Maud, Oklahoma to parents Emsley Floyd ?E.F.? Akin, Sr. and Grace Mahala (Bradburn) Akin....

Raymon Ranells

Raymon Ranells

Nov 4, 2008

Raymon F. Ranellsrn12/11/1929 -11/05/2008rnrnRaymon F. Ranells, age 78, passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2008, at Purcell Memorial Hospital.rnrnServices are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday, November 7th, at the First Baptist Church of Asher, Oklahoma, under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa, OK. Rev. Dewayne Johnson, Rev. Cecil Spoonemore, and Rev. Gary Caldwell will officiate. Burial will follow...

Josephine Jones

Josephine Jones

Nov 3, 2008

Josephine Faye Jones, 77, of Seminole, OK passed away on November 4, 2008 in Oklahoma City, OK where she was surrounded by her loving family. Private family services are to be held.rnrnJosephine was born on November 15, 1930 in Blanchard, OK to Jesse Newton and Mary Alice (Carr) Cooley. She married Thomas Warren Jones and was blessed with six children...

J.B. Riddle

J.B. Riddle

Nov 3, 2008

Kenneth ?J.B.? Riddle, 79 year-old Seminole resident passed from this life Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at his home surrounded by loving family and friends, after a short battle with cancer. He was born February 9, 1929 in Maysville, Oklahoma to parents Eli Riddle and Nancy Vyrtle (Eldred) Riddle.rnrnJ.B. married Peggy Joyce Bratcher on May 10, 1955 in Mountainair, New Mexico.rnrnMr....