Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Gaylan Lee Hathaway
Jan 24, 2020
Gaylan Lee (Belshe) Hathaway, 64, of Seminole, Oklahoma passed away, Friday, January 24, 2020. She was born on October 26, 1955 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Joel and Betty Belshe. Gaylan grew up in Shawnee, Oklahoma area and was a member of the Special Olympics Programs and Class of 1974. In the 1980’s Gaylan was a church clown on the...
Randell Stargell
Jan 24, 2020
Randell Stargell, age 63, passed away January 24, 2020 at his home in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was born November 5, 1956 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents Joe and Mae Lee (Jackson) Stargell. He was the youngest of nine children. Randell united at a young age with New Hope Baptist church in Earlsboro, Oklahoma under the leadership of Jesse Woodfork, Sr....
Frances Marie (Hair) Mayfield
Jan 22, 2020
Frances Marie (Hair) Mayfield, age 84 and a long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away from this life Wednesday morning, January 22, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. A memorial service is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 31, 2020 at the First Baptist Church located at 129 S. Broadway in Konawa under the direction of Swearingen Funeral...
Dorothy Ruth Overbey
Jan 20, 2020
Dorothy Ruth Overbey, age 77, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed away January 20, 2020 in Harrah, Oklahoma. She was born March 22, 1942 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Thomas B. Hendricks and Dortha Jean (Fowler) Hendricks. She married Ronald Gene Overbey in Seminole and he preceded her in death. Dorothy was an administrator at Pioneer Nursing Home and Seminole Estates...
Ralph Lee Morrison
Jan 17, 2020
Ralph Lee Morrison, 72, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed away Friday, January 17, 2020 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Ralph was born July 17, 1947 in Dallas, Texas , to Malcolm Lee Morrison and Edna Virginia ( Chester) Morrison and was raised in Amarillo, Texas and graduated from high school from Tascoca and attended West Texas State University and the University...
Patricia Cotton
Jan 16, 2020
Patricia Emily (DeMeyer) Cotton, 73 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at Regency Care Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was born September 19, 1946 in Superior, Wisconsin to parents Pauline Helen (Kubala) DeMeyer and Henry Odell DeMeyer. Patricia grew up in Superior, Wisconsin where she graduated high school. On September 26, 1964...
Thomas “Tom” Posey
Jan 16, 2020
Thomas Allen “Tom” Posey, 73 year old Shawnee, Oklahoma and former Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life Thursday, January 16, 2020 in Shawnee. He was born October 23, 1946 in Seminole to parents Frances Yvonne Posey (Willis) Posey and Foster David “Bill” Posey. Tom graduated from Seminole High School and went on to serve our country in the United...
Roscoe W. Grubbs
Jan 13, 2020
At the age of 95, Roscoe Walker Grubbs Jr. passed from this earth on January 13, 2020 in Seminole, Oklahoma. He came into this world on August 11, 1924 in Paris, Texas, to Roscoe Walker Grubbs Sr. and Violet “Polly” Pecola West Grubbs. He was a sergeant in the 112th Army Air Communication System Squadron during WWII. He married his...
Nelda Jo Skaggs
Jan 7, 2020
Nelda Jo (Allan) Skaggs, age 84, passed away January 7, 2020 at Highland Meadows Health & Rehab in Rockwall, Texas. She was born September 1, 1935 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents Earl Allan and Elsie Coleman. She married Toby Jackson Skaggs on September 9, 1956 in Little, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on October 21, 2004. Graveside services for...
Anthony Lee Vivier
Jan 7, 2020
Anthony Lee Vivier, age 52 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2020 in an auto accident north of Konawa. A wake service is scheduled from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday, January 13, 2020 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel of Konawa. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 14th at the Chapel. Jimsey...
Robert Dean Leck
Jan 6, 2020
Robert Dean Leck, age 47, passed away January 6, 2020 at his home in Somonauk, Illinois. He was born December 2, 1972 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Walter Karl Leck and Susan Kay (McCown) Leck. Robert was a high school graduate. He grew up in Calumet, Oklahoma and spent the last eighteen years of his life in Sandwich, Illinois. He...
Gary Veitenheimer
Jan 4, 2020
Gary Veitenheimer, 71, Seminole county resident, passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Hillcrest Oklahoma Heart Institute in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Gary was born on February 10, 1948 in Contra Costa, California to his parents; Peter P. Veitenheimer, Jr. and Alyce’ Margaret (Green) Scott. Gary attended grade school in Shawnee, Oklahoma and moved to the Strother area in the 8th...
Freda Kay Proctor
Jan 2, 2020
Freda Kay (Cathey) Proctor, age 78, passed away January 2, 2020 at her home in Norman, Oklahoma. Freda was born June 12, 1941 in Fairfield, Illinois to parents Fred Jones Cathey and Bertie Ethel (Dillon) Sanford. She was raised in Seminole, Oklahoma and had been a resident of Norman since 1973. Freda received a bachelor’s degree and worked as an...
Ronald Raymond Shepherd
Jan 2, 2020
Ronald Raymond Shepherd, age 76, passed away January 2, 2020 in Seminole, Oklahoma. He was born September 11, 1943 in Kankakee, Illinois to parents Floyd Raymond Shepherd and Marylene Bernice Arseneau. He grew up in Beaverville, Illinois and was a high school graduate. Ronald proudly served his country in the U.S. Army achieving the rank of Sergeant. He served in...
Raymond "Ray" Garner
Jan 1, 2020
Raymond Elliott “Ray” Garner, 92 year old Maud, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on January 1st, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born to Arthur and Iva (Patterson) Garner on November 22nd, 1927 in Maud, Oklahoma. Ray joined the service at the age of 16, and he was in the Army Air Corp serving in...
Bonnie Ruth (Crenshaw) Spooner
Jan 1, 2020
Bonnie Ruth (Crenshaw) Spooner, age 85 and a life-long resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away January 1, 2020 at Integris Deaconess Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 6, 2020 at the First Pentecostal Holiness Church located at 126 N. Konawa Street in Konawa under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. ...
Arthur Tebe
Jan 1, 2020
Arthur Tebe, age 49 and a life-long resident of Sasakwa, Oklahoma passed away January 1, 2020 at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. A wake service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Sunday, January 5, 2020 at Rock Springs Baptist Church in Sasakwa. He will be taken to the church at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, and funeral services are scheduled...
Barbara Whitfield
Dec 31, 2019
Barbara J. Whitfield, age 90, passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019 in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born March 12, 1929 in McAlester, Oklahoma to parents Chester Eli Ketchum and Bertha (Whorton) Ketchum. She grew up in Indianola and graduated from high school. Barbara married Clyde Whitfield on March 30, 1948 in McAlester, Oklahoma. When they were first married, she worked...
Gloria Alene Ledbetter
Dec 30, 2019
Gloria Alene Ledbetter, age 85, passed away December 30, 2019 in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born April 15, 1934 in Summers Chapel, Oklahoma to parents Steve Caudill and Catherine (Walker) Caudill. She was raised in the Maud and St. Louis, Oklahoma area. She married James Ledbetter in Bakersfield, California. Gloria was a homemaker and was raised in the Pentecostal church....
Mary Sue Presley
Dec 30, 2019
Mary Sue Presley, 75 year old, Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on December 30, 2019 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was born February 6, 1944 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to parents Carl and Bernice Minter. She attended Wewoka Public Schools and was married to Olan D. Black. They had two children, Sherrie and Roy. On June 22, 1971, she married...