Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Patricia Joan Newell
Jan 3, 2019
Patricia Joan (Hammond) Newell was born on January 2, 1934, and passed from this world on January 3, 2019. She was the only child born to Louis and Margaret Hammond in Independence, Kansas. The family moved to Seminole, Oklahoma, in 1945 where Pat attended Seminole Public Schools and graduated from Seminole High School in 1954. She also attended Seminole Junior...
James Colbert
Jan 2, 2019
James Donald Colbert, 70, longtime Seminole county resident, passed away, Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at his home in Seminole, Oklahoma. James was born February 28, 1948 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Robert Hardin Colbert and Helen (Kernell) Colbert. James attended Pleasant Grove Schools and graduated from Pleasant Grove High School in 1966. He attended Okmulgee State Tech and became a certified...
Mary Alice Jackson
Dec 31, 2018
Mary Alice “Pat” Jackson, 69, Shawnee, Oklahoma resident, passed away, Monday, December 31, 2018 at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mary was born June 11, 1949 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Samsochee Harjo and Imogene (Little) Harjo. Mary was a tribal member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. Mary worked as a teacher’s aide at Oklahoma City Public Schools...
Stu Phillips
Dec 30, 2018
Stuart Chaney "Stu" Phillips, 55, of Seminole, died on Dec. 30, 2018, at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born Oct. 13, 1963, in Seminole to Nancy (Chaney) and Theodore “Ted” Morton Phillips. He graduated from Seminole High School and attended East Central University in Ada and the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He worked most of his...
Jarvis Berry
Dec 29, 2018
Jarvis LeDale Berry, 31 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life Saturday, December 29, 2018 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Jarvis was born March 9, 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee and was raised by his mother JaNett Berry. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole, Oklahoma with Minister Antonio Rucker...
Truman Lee Waltman
Dec 29, 2018
Truman Lee Waltman, age 87 and a resident of Bakersfield, California, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2018 under the care of Ross Hospice at his son’s home in Blanchard, Oklahoma. A Graveside service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 5, 2018 at Cummings Cemetery in Maud, Oklahoma with Melvin Huff officiating the service. Viewing will be Wednesday, January 2,...
Kevin Pace
Dec 28, 2018
Kevin Michael Pace, 59 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on December 28, 2018 at his home in Seminole. He was born September 15, 1959 in Portland, Oregon to parents Luther Pace and Salley (Oiler) Pace. Kevin married Sherry Michelle Pace on February 14, 2005 in Green Cove Springs, Florida. Sherry and Kevin attended The Lord’s Community...
Lynda Crouch
Dec 28, 2018
Lynda Gayle (Dobbs) Crouch, 69 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Friday, December 28, 2018 at her home in Seminole. She was born November 27, 1949 in Paris, Texas to parents James Thurman Dobbs and Amye Juanita (Luster) Dobbs. Lynda grew up in Texas where she graduated from high school. She later married James Allen Crouch....
Reuben Tupper Dunn
Dec 27, 2018
Reuben Tupper Dunn, Sr., 70, longtime Seminole resident, died Thursday, December 27, 2018 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Reuben was born July 28, 1948 in Claremore, Oklahoma, to Noah Dunn and Louisa (Harjo) Dunn. Reuben was a Heavy Equipment Operator for Haskell-Lemmon Road Construction Company. Reuben was a “Fix it Man”, and was a member of the Pigeon Church north of Cromwell,...
Donald Mason Montgomery
Dec 25, 2018
Donald Mason “Don” Montgomery, 81 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident and former Claremore, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Christmas day, Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at OU Adult Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born March 3, 1937 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Vera Mae (Mason) Montgomery and Homer Morris Montgomery. Don served six years in the...
Jose Torres
Dec 25, 2018
“Jose Torres” Jose Guadalupe Torres Saldaá��a Jr., 66 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Christmas day, Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at his home in Seminole County, Oklahoma. He was born April 24, 1952 in Sta Ma Del Rio, Mexico to parents Jose Torres and Bernardina Saldaá��a. Jose with the encouragement of his father started working at...
Redmond Wolf
Dec 24, 2018
Redmond Wolf, Jr., 62, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed away, Monday, December 24, 2018, in Seminole. Redmond was born on March 14, 1956 to Redmond Wolf, Sr. and Kizzie Kay (Tiger) Wolf. Redmond attended Pleasant Grove Schools and graduated from Pleasant Grove High School. Redmond was a member of the Little River Full Gospel Church and a tribal member of...
Kenneth C. King
Dec 24, 2018
Kenneth C. King, Sr., 76, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed away Monday, December 24, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Kenneth was born November 7, 1942 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Forrest “F.G.” Garland King and Luetta Lydia (Zumwalt) King. Kenneth was retired from Grace Petroleum as a Rig Supervisor and had worked for Jerry Scott Drilling Company and Bronco Drilling, Austin...
Rickie Mitchell
Dec 21, 2018
Rickie Dean Mitchell, 63 year old longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life Friday, December 21, 2018 in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He was born August 28, 1955 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Cleo Bell (Cleary) Mitchell and Harvie Lee Mitchell. Rickie graduated from Maud High School in 1973 and went on to attend 2 years at Gordon Cooper Vocational School...
Fred King
Dec 21, 2018
Fred “Freddie “King, 89, longtime Konawa resident, died Friday, December 21, 2018 at the Ballard Nursing Center in Ada, Oklahoma. Freddie was born April 9, 1929 in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma to Fredrick and Lucy May (Sharp) King. Freddie grew up in Fort Cobb and attended schools there. Freddie Moved to Konawa, Oklahoma in 1994. Freddie was a truck driver and...
Justin Moore
Dec 16, 2018
Justin Blake Moore, 32 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Sunday, December 16, 2018 in Seminole, Oklahoma. He was born April 21, 1986 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents Jesse Bud Moore and Norma Jean (McConnell) Moore. Justin graduated from Bowlegs High School in 2006. He was currently working as an apprentice at H&H Plumbing and Electrical....
Larry Bateman
Dec 15, 2018
Raymond “Larry” Bateman, 70 year old Seminole County, Oklahoma resident, passed away December 15, 2018 at his home. Larry was born August 23, 1948 in Phoenix, Arizona, to parents, Marvin Raymond Bateman and Elva Louise (Ryan) Bateman. Larry married Valena Jo (Sexton) Bateman on May 26, 1967 at the Church of Christ in Seminole, Oklahoma. Larry worked as a sprinkler...
Larry Roberts
Dec 14, 2018
Larry Wayne Roberts, 68 Larry Wayne Roberts, Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed away Friday, December 14, 2018 in Midwest City, Oklahoma at the age of 68. Larry was born September 8, 1950 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to parents Lowell W. Roberts and Elsie J. (Arnold) Roberts. He married Judith Angela (Ogborn) Roberts on July 5, 1975 in Chachokia, Illinois. Larry served...
Betty Lou (Cully) Wheeler
Dec 14, 2018
Betty Lou (Cully) Wheeler, age 80 and a long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, December 14, 2018 at Seminole Care and Rehab Center in Seminole, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. John and Bernice Campbell will officiate, and burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery. Casket...
Marilyn Gholson
Dec 14, 2018
Marilyn Kay (Willingham) Gholson, 62 year old Maud, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life and went on to Eternal Life on Friday, December 14, 2018 at her home in Maud. She was born August 13, 1956 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents John "Ernest" Edmond Willingham and Vivian “Louise” (Standridge) Willingham. Marilyn graduated from Moore High School in Moore, Oklahoma...