Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Randy Hester
May 12, 2016
Randy Earle Hester, 62 Randy Earle Hester, long time Seminole, Oklahoma, resident passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016 at his home in Seminole at the age of 62. Randy was born July 27, 1953 in Fairhope, Alabama to parents, Clinton Benjamin Hester and Bobbie Claire (Jolley) Hester. Randy married Nancy (Thomas) Hester, January 1, 2001 at Atoka, Oklahoma. He was...
Donna Bergen
May 11, 2016
Donna Bergen, 52, Del City, Oklahoma resident died, Wednesday, May 11, 2016 in Del City, Oklahoma. Donna was born November 25, 1963 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Homer and Virginia Bergen. Donna grew up in the Maud, Oklahoma area and attended Maud Public Schools. She was a dress shop manager and a hostess at a restaurant. Donna enjoyed the summer....
Hazel Pierson
May 11, 2016
Hazel “Kathleen” (Hammond) Pierson, age 91 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away from this life Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at her home. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Charlie Henthorn will officiate and burial will follow at Little Cemetery. Casket bearers are Joe Morgan, Ty Huckleberry,...
Billy Joe Higdon
May 11, 2016
Billy served his country in the U.S. Air Force as a master sergeant. He served for 20 years and was active in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He played basketball while in the U.S. Air Force and was known as “Shanks”. He also voluntarily coached little league baseball and basketball while in the military. Billy grew up in Seminole and...
Judith Beaty
May 9, 2016
Funeral services for Judith Morrison Beaty are scheduled for 1:00 P.M., Saturday, May 14, 2016, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 2500 John Street, Seminole Oklahoma. Bishop Jim Choate will officiate. A family visitation will take place on Friday, May 13, 2016 at the Swearingen Funeral Home from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Burial will follow...
Ruby Stailey
May 9, 2016
Ruby Lee Stailey, 92 Ruby Lee Stailey, long time resident of Seminole, Oklahoma, passed away Monday May 9, 2016 at the age of 92 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. Ruby was born July 14, 1923 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents William Daniel “Willie” Parsons and Laura (Hopkins) Parsons. Ruby married Carl “Buster” Stailey, Jr. on April 17, 1946 in Ochiltree County, Texas...
Pauline (Flanery) Phillips
May 8, 2016
Pauline "Polly" Phillips, age 75 and a resident of Seminole County, passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2016. A Memorial service is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Thursday at Cornerstone Tabernacle Church in Sasakwa, Oklahoma. Bill Chesser will officiate and cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Seminole, Oklahoma. Polly was born May 10, 1940 in Riverside, California...
George Franklin Lozer
May 8, 2016
George Franklin Lozer, 62 year old lifelong Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life Sunday, May 8, 2016 at his home in Seminole. He was born September 29, 1953 in Seminole to parents, William Franklin “Bud” Lozer and Kathlene Donna (Roberts) Lozer Coxs. George work several years in the oilfield as an oil rig operator. He was also a member...
Raymond Vandever
May 5, 2016
Raymond Leroy Vandever, 86, Seminole resident, died Thursday, May 5, 2016, in Seminole, Oklahoma. Raymond was born August 1, 1929 in Macomb, Oklahoma to John William Vandever and Ethel Lee (Dickson) Vandever. Mr. Vandever retired after 30 years of service to a local nursing home working in housekeeping and maintenance. Then he opened and operated Vandever’s Grocery Store in Bowlegs,...
Dorothy "Dottie" King Craft
May 4, 2016
Dorothy "Dottie" King Craft, 82, passed away on May 4, 2016 in Shawnee, OK after a long illness. She was the wife of Joe Craft of Earlsboro, Oklahoma who passed from this life on May 4, 2016 just a few hours after Dorothy. Dorothy was born on September 6, 1933 in Many, LA, the daughter of Lena Graham and Willie...
Joe Kenneth Craft
May 4, 2016
Joe Kenneth Craft, 95, longtime Seminole/Earlsboro resident, died Wednesday May 4, 2016 at Avonlea Cottage in Seminole, Oklahoma. Joe was born August 26, 1920 in Cordell, Oklahoma to Albert Edward Craft and Norma (Haliburton) Craft. Joe worked for Skelly Oil Company for 15 years in the Velma, Oklahoma area. After Skelly Oil merged with Getty Oil Company, he worked for...
Summer Underwood
May 2, 2016
Summer Dawn Underwood “MESKE” Summer Dawn Underwood, 42, Seminole resident, went to be with her Lord Jesus on Monday May 2, 2016 in Seminole, Oklahoma. “She is now absent from the body and present with the Lord”. Meske was born June 16, 1974 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Ramona Ponkilla and Ted Underwood. She is Mikasuki and Sweet potato, her traditional...
Thomas Ahaisse
May 1, 2016
Thomas Lee Ahaisse, 69 year old former Seminole County resident, passed from this life on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born March 28, 1947 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Odis B. Harjo and Betty Jo Ahaisse. Thomas graduated from Varnum High School. Following High School, he served in the United States...
Julia Neel
Apr 30, 2016
Julia Margaret “Judy” Neel, lifelong Seminole resident passed away, Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Midwest City, Oklahoma, at the age of 76. Judy was born May 5, 1939, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to parents, Joseph “Joe” Peschl and Christine Nichols. She attended John Marshall High School and Wright Business School of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Judy married Earl Neel in Oklahoma...
William Adkins
Apr 29, 2016
William Dale “Billy” Adkins, 62, lifelong Seminole resident, died Friday, April 29, 2016 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Billy was born on March 4, 1954 in Seminole, Oklahoma to William Clyde “Bill” Adkins and Ida Maud (Bowden) Adkins. Billy grew up in Seminole and attended Seminole Public Schools and graduated from Seminole High School. Billy joined the United States Army in June...
Herman Hugo Thomas
Apr 29, 2016
Herman Hugo Thomas was born June 1, 1934 in Seminole, Oklahoma. He passed away April 29, 2016 in Tyler Texas. Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 6, 2016 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lee Louie and Sallie Mae Thomas; and...
Frances Mae (Harjo) Osborne
Apr 29, 2016
Frances Mae (Harjo) Osborne, age 76 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, April 29, 2016 at the Chickasaw Medical Center in Ada, Oklahoma. A Wake service will be held at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa from 6:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m. Monday, May 2, 2016. And, a second Wake service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Tuesday,...
Kenneth Inman Sr.
Apr 27, 2016
Kenneth A. Inman Sr., 90 year old longtime Seminole resident passed from this life Wednesday, April 27, 2016 in Seminole, Oklahoma. He was born September 15, 1925 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to parents, R.G. Inman and Opal Edna (Venable) Inman. Kenneth attended Konawa Public Schools. He enlisted in the United States Navy while still in High School in 1942. While in...
Sherman Mitchell
Apr 26, 2016
Sherman Mark Daniel Mitchell, Sr. 26, Shawnee resident died Tuesday, April 26, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Sherman was born July 1, 1989 in Sherman, Texas to Hiram Beverly Mitchell, Jr. and Marilyn Ruth (Shaw) Mitchell. Sherman grew up in Seminole and attended and graduated from Seminole High School, where he played football, basketball and was active in Weightlifting. Sherman...
Minnie June Lee (McGirt) Tsinhnahjinnie
Apr 23, 2016
Minnie June Lee McGirt Tsinhnahjinnie, Born in Seminole, Oklahoma, June 20, 1927 has traveled on to be with her ancestors and the Lord, she began her journey at twilight, April 23, 2016, Caring House, Sacaton, AZ. Minnie was of the Bear Clan, and Hvteyievlke Band of the Seminole Nation. Minnie, also known as, June, was the daughter of Dick McGirt,...
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Seminole | 1001 N. Milt Phillips Ave. | Seminole, OK 74868 | Tel: 1-405-382-3456 | swearingenfuneral@sbcglobal.net
Maud | 104 E. Monroe St. | Maud, OK 74854 | Tel: 1-405-374-2424 | swearingenfuneral@sbcglobal.net
Konawa | 200 S. Broadway St. | Konawa, OK 74849 | Tel: 1-580-925-3252 | konawafuneral@yahoo.com