Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Lena Karen Corona
Jul 17, 2023
Seminole resident, Lena Karen Corona, passed away Monday, July 17, 2023, at the age of 18.
Lena, the daughter of Freddy Corona and Shawna Normali, was born April 30, 2005, in San Diego, California. She was a free spirit who loved doing yoga and meditation, being in nature, reading, and doing arts and crafts, particularly painting. She...
Joseph Price Phillips
Jul 15, 2023
Bethel Acres resident, Joseph Price Phillips, passed away Saturday, July 15, 2023, at his home.
Joseph, the son of Walter and Francis (Oxendine) Phillips, was born September 3, 1961. He was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. Joseph was a member of the Lumbee Tribe and was very proud of his heritage. At 17, he joined the...
Bob Lynn Massay
Jul 13, 2023
Bobby “Bob” Lynn Massay, Seminole resident, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2023 in Seminole, at the age of 87. Bob was born on December 5, 1935 in Seminole to William Hazel Massay and Mavis (Ivy) Massay. He married Glenda White on August 31, 1956 at 1st Presbyterian Church in Seminole. Bob served in the US Army and...
Beatrice Talton
Jul 12, 2023
Shawnee resident, Beatrice Talton, passed away, Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at her home.
Beatrice, the daughter of Harry and Fannie Mae (Gaulding) Talton, was born, October 30, 1946, in Tecumseh. She grew up in the Earlsboro area, specifically the community formerly known as Hotulka. Beatrice was a home maker and a care giver, as well as a...
Shirley Jean Castle
Jul 11, 2023
Shirley Jean Castle, longtime Seminole resident, passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 in Seminole at the age of 70 alongside the love of her life, Kenneth “Kenny” Castle. Shirley was born on April 23, 1953 in Seminole, OK to Howard Lonzo and Laura Mae (Brown) Yancey. She married Kenneth Castle on August 27, 1973 in Seminole, OK....
Kenneth "Kenny" Castle
Jul 11, 2023
Kenneth “Kenny” E. Castle, longtime Seminole resident, passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 in Seminole, at the age of 72, alongside the love of his life, Shirley Castle. Kenny was born on July 8, 1951 in Columbia City, Indiana to John Wesley Castle and Lois Joy (Blanchard) Castle. He grew up and spent most of his life...
James Gordon McGee
Jul 10, 2023
James Gordon McGee, Maud resident, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2023 in Maud at the age of 87. James was born on June 11, 1936 in St. Louis, OK to Earl Winford McGee and Vera Mae (Caudle) McGee. James proudly served and retired from the United States Army. He met Judy Hoskison in 1985 and...
Bob Walker
Jul 10, 2023
Bob Walke r , age 63, and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away July 10, 2023 at his home.
A memorial service is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 29, 2023 at the Community Center located at 300 N. State St. in the Konawa Park, and cremation is...
Freeland "Rusty" Carbitcher
Jul 8, 2023
Seminole resident, Freeland “Rusty” Carbitcher, passed away Saturday, July 8th, 2023, in Seminole.
Rusty, the son of Jimmie and Nancy Deere Carbitcher, was born May 25, 1951, in Holdenville. He graduated high school from Paul’s Valley with the class of 1969. Shortly after graduating from high school Rusty entered the US Army. Rusty served in Vietnam as...
Wilda Jim (Hill) Garner
Jul 6, 2023
Wilda Jim Garner, 93, longtime Maud resident, passed from this life on Thursday, July 6th 2023 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Wilda was born February 20, 1930, in Carr City, Oklahoma (near Maud, Oklahoma) to Wilma Lena and Hice William Hill. Wilda grew up in and around Maud, attended Maud Schools and Graduated from Maud High School in 1949. She was...
David Ray Kelsey
Jul 4, 2023
David Ray Kelsey, Okemah resident, passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at his home, at the age of 68. David was born on December 30, 1954 at Camp Chaffee in Fort Smith, AR to D.J. Kelsey and Angeline (Wulf) Kelsey.
David graduated from Southside High School in Fort Smith, AR in 1973. He proudly...
Danny Ray Jackson
Jul 1, 2023
Danny Ray Jackson, Earlsboro, Oklahoma resident, passed away July 1, 2023, at the age of 67 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born December 3, 1955, in Oklahoma City to Marcell Jackson and Ethel Lee (Dindy) Jackson. He grew up in Oklahoma City and Wewoka and was a high school graduate.
Danny was retired from Atlas Paving...
Kenneth "Ken" Jay Johansen
Jul 1, 2023
Matthew 25:23 His Lord said to him, "Well done, good and faithful servant"
Kenneth Jay Johansen went to be with his Lord and Savior, his G-d, on July 1, 2023. He was born in April, 1948, in Brooklyn, New York, to Edie and Arne Johansen. As a toddler, his family moved to...
Charlotte Ann (Crothers) Bottom
Jul 1, 2023
Charlotte Ann (Crothers) Bottom , age 75 and a long-time resident of Macomb, Oklahoma, passed away July 1, 2023 at her home surrounded by her loving family.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 6, 2023 at the First Baptist Church of Asher, Oklahoma under the direction of Swearingen...
Lorene Monday
Jun 28, 2023
Seminole resident, Lorene Monday passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at her home.
Lorene, the daughter of John and Nora Alice (Treat) Griffin, was born May 18, 1931, in Watts, AR. On January 20, 1951, she married Aubrey Lee Monday, in Holdenville, OK, Aubrey preceded Lorene in death on February 7, 2011, having just celebrated 60 years...
Chyanne Paul Harjo
Jun 28, 2023
Chyanne Paul Harjo was born on May 17, 2023 in Shawnee to Wynter Katelynn Harjo. Chyanne was welcomed into Heaven on June 28, 2023 in Shawnee.
Chyanne will be lovingly remembered by her mother, Wynter Katelynn Harjo of Norman, OK; brother, Nakose Harjo of Norman, OK; sister, Arayleigh Harjo of Norman, OK; grandfather, Patrick...
Samuel "Scotty" Scott Rosamond, Jr.
Jun 26, 2023
Samuel Scott “Scotty” Rosamond, Jr., Seminole resident, passed away on Monday, June 26, 2023 in Seminole, at the age of 56. Scotty was born on January 14, 1967 in Seminole to Samuel “Sam” Scott Rosamond Sr. and Betty Louise (White) Rosamond. He grew up in Seminole. Samuel enjoyed cooking, fishing, playing cards and being a sports spectator. ...
Rosalie Abella Shores
Jun 23, 2023
Rosalie A. Shores, Seminole resident, passed away on Friday, June 23, 2023 in Seminole, at the age of 58. She was born on March 29, 1965 in Cebu, Philippines. After high school she earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing becoming a registered nurse. She loved travel, visiting places like China, Thailand and Singapore. She met her husband...
Martha Louise (McNeill) Heaney
Jun 22, 2023
Martha Louise Heaney, passed away on Thursday, June 22, 2023 in Shawnee, OK, at the age of 73. Martha was born on February 13, 1950 in Seminole, OK to Willie McNeill and Mary (Ruthford) McNeill. She worked as a CNA at Pioneer Nursing Home.
Martha was a member of the Lord’s Community Church in...
Opal Vivian (Tiger) Cloud
Jun 21, 2023
Opal Vivian Tiger Paschal Cloud, 88, of Arkansas City, KS passed away Wednesday, June 21,2023 at the South-Central Kansas Regional Medical Center. Opal was born in Seminole Oklahoma on October 24,1934 to parents, Edmond Tiger and Lucy McGrit Tiger, both deceased. She was from a family of twelve. Those who preceded her in death were her husband, Holland...

