Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Joella Pearson
Apr 4, 2017
Joella (Jones) Pearson, 76 year old Wewoka, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Joella was born July 8, 1940 in New Castle, Indiana to parents Max Edward Jones and Katherine (Griffith) Jones. She was raised by her grandparents, Scott and Eugina Griffith. Joella graduated from high school in...
Fritz Pasquet
Apr 1, 2017
Fritz Pierre Pasquet, 69 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Saturday, April 1, 2017 in Seminole, Oklahoma. He was born March 11, 1948 in Spalt, West Germany to parents Fritz D. Pasquet and Barbara E. (Bayer) Pasquet. Fritz worked as a professional chef and was a chef instructor in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Scottsdale Culinary Institute...
Melvin Plumlee
Mar 31, 2017
Melvin Ray Plumlee, 78 year old longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Friday, March 31, 2017 at his home in Seminole County, Oklahoma. He was born December 10, 1938 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Charles Afton “Charlie” Plumlee and Lillian (Willis) Plumlee. Melvin went on to earn his bachelor’s degree and he also served in the United...
Rosanna L. Jones
Mar 31, 2017
Rosanna Louise “Rose” (Coody) Jones, 71 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Friday, March 31, 2017 at her home in Seminole County, Oklahoma. She was born January 23, 1946 in Claremore, Oklahoma to parents Jimmy Coody and Amanda (Little) Coody, she was raised by Wilson Woods and Annabell Coody she considered her parents. She graduated from...
Jerry Don Howell
Mar 30, 2017
Jerry Don “J.D.” Howell, 57 year old lifelong Shawnee, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital. He was born February 15, 1960 in Shawnee to parents Paul Raymond Howell and Nell (Robinson) Howell. J.D. was a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma. He has also attended the Church of...
Dorothy House
Mar 26, 2017
Dorothy Mae (Abbott) House, 80 year-old longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident, and former Wewoka, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Sunday, March 26, 2017 at Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born August 6, 1936 in Montague, Texas to parents John Clint Abbott and Emily Jewel (Richardson) Abbott. On June 28, 1952 Dorothy married R.H. “Okie” House. The...
Geneva Flora (Neal) Nelson
Mar 25, 2017
Geneva Flora (Neal) Nelson, “Jean”, age 93 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Jan Frances Care Center in Ada, Oklahoma. No memorial services are planned, and cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Jean was born May 23, 1923 in Konawa to William Harmon Neal and Willie “Etta”...
Paul Postman
Mar 24, 2017
Paul E. Postman 85 year old Saint Louis, Oklahoma resident, and former Maud, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life Friday, March 24, 2017 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Paul was born August 30, 1931 in Anadarko, Oklahoma to parents William Ward Postman and Ada Delena (Hoselton) Postman. When Paul turned 17 he joined the United States Army...
Cleta Mae Dobbs
Mar 24, 2017
Cleta Mae Dobbs, 74, longtime Seminole resident, passed away, Friday, March 24, 2017, in Seminole, Oklahoma. Cleta was born August 2, 1942 in Tollison, Arizona to Arthur Coots Mulkey and Thelma (Lee) Mulkey. She moved to Seminole as an infant with her family and lived in Seminole for over 40 years. She married Bill Dobbs, on January 11, 1984, in...
Bill Roper
Mar 23, 2017
Billy James “Bill” Roper, 75 year old longtime Ada, Oklahoma area resident, passed from this life on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Ada Care Center. He was born August 21, 1941 in Ada to parents Edna Lois (Hoosier) Roper and James Jefferice Roper. Bill graduated from Latta, Oklahoma public high school in 1959. He went on to work as a...
Lucy Ann (Tebe) Harjo
Mar 22, 2017
Lucy Ann (Tebe) Harjo, age 64 and a resident of Sasakwa, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at her home. A wake service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Friday, March 24, 2017 at Rock Springs Baptist Church of Sasakwa. She will be taken to the church at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday,...
Harold Jones
Mar 19, 2017
Harold Raymond Jones, 80 year old Prague, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Sunday, March 19, 2017 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. He was born February 21, 1937 in Greenwood, Arkansas to parents Carl Hobart Jones and Ora (Griffith) Jones. Following high school Harold went on to join the United States Navy. While serving in the Navy Harold was a sheet-metal...
Lois L. Smith
Mar 19, 2017
Lois Louise Smith, 89, longtime Seminole resident, died Sunday, March 19, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Lois was born August 25, 1927 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Rufus Truman Campbell and Sarah Jane Gayler. She attended school at Ong, Oklahoma for 4 ½ years and latter she attended Bowlegs Public Schools. Lois was a homemaker and worked for 8 years at...
Jon Michael Stone
Mar 16, 2017
Jon Michael Stone, 75, longtime Seminole resident, died Thursday March 16, 2017 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Jon was born January 14, 1942 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Ralph Stone and Mildred “Hanna” (Williams) Stone. Jon grew up in California, but spent most of his life in Seminole, Oklahoma. Jon was a self-employed oilfield pumper and consultant. He enjoyed trout fishing, watching OU...
Bessie Lang
Mar 15, 2017
Bessie Leola Lang, 77 Bessie Leola Lang, Wewoka resident passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 77. She moved to Seminole county from Quinton, Oklahoma 20 years ago. Bessie was born April 23, 1939 in McCurtain, Oklahoma to parents, Floyd Winford Lane and Thelma Trudy (Hume) Lane. Bessie was a certified nurse’s aid...
Jo Ann (Wheeler) Lucas
Mar 15, 2017
Jo Ann (Wheeler) Lucas, age 68 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away from this life, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, Oklahoma, and burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery. Rev. Guy M. Cagle will...
Robert Leon Short
Mar 15, 2017
Robert Leon Short, 66, former Seminole resident, died March 15, 2017 in Madison, Alabama. Robert was born December 27, 1950 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Leon Bobby Short and Patsy (Jennings) Short. Robert was a welder and pipe-fitter and work for the Department of Energy in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Robert is survived by his parents Leon and Pat Short...
WaDean Cowan
Mar 13, 2017
WaDean Margarita Cowan, 64, longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident, died Monday, March 13, 2017 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. WaDean was born October 6, 1952 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Wallace Reed Cowan and Maxine (Coker) Cowan. WaDean grew up in Maud, Oklahoma and attended Maud Public Schools, later at Mesa Community College where she studied nursing. She was a L.P.N., and loved caring...
Jonas Burgess
Mar 12, 2017
Jonas Ceasar Burgess, 95, longtime Seminole resident, died Sunday, March 12, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jonas was born February 18, 1922 in Konawa, Oklahoma to Walter Ceasar Burgess and Nancy (Alexander) Burgess. Jonas grew up in the Vamoosa and Konawa area of Seminole County and attended school at Vamoosa Independent School in Konawa, Oklahoma. Jonas worked at Tinker Air...
William Henry "Bill" Houck
Mar 11, 2017
William Henry “Bill” Houck, Jr., 74, longtime Seminole resident, went to be with his Lord on Saturday, March 11, 2017 in Seminole, Oklahoma. William was born May 5, 1942, in Seminole, Oklahoma to William Henry Houck and Naoma Louise (Lee) Houck. Bill was retired from Southwestern Bell after 29 years of faithful service. After his retirement in 1992, he pastored...
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