Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

Marjorie  Carole Meeks

Marjorie Carole Meeks

Jun 27, 2015

Marjorie Carole Meeks, 75, longtime Seminole resident, died Saturday, June 27, 2015 in Seminole. Marjorie was born on October 20, 1939 in Windom, Minnesota to Ray E. and Marie (Cross) Safley. She graduated from Canoga Park High School in 1958 in Canoga Park, California. She married Jack H. Meeks on February 28, 1959 in Las Vegas, Nevada. After Jack retired...

Ralph  Earnest Lindquist

Ralph Earnest Lindquist

Jun 26, 2015

Ralph Earnest Lindquist, 87, longtime Seminole resident, died Friday, June 26, 2015 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Ralph was born October 26, 1927 in Rocky, Oklahoma to Lena (Sandersfield) and Klaus Lindquist. Ralph came to Seminole 48 years ago from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ralph worked for National Tank Company in Oklahoma City, for many years. He then worked for C.E. Natco as...

Anita Wells

Anita Wells

Jun 26, 2015

Anita R. (Mahan) Wells, 87 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Friday, June 26, 2015 in Seminole.  She was born February 4, 1928 in Dustin, Oklahoma to parents Ben Chester Mahan, Sr. and Maude (Moore) Mahan. On December 24, 1945 Anita married Gene “Snag” Wells in Weleetka, Oklahoma.  The couple moved to Seminole in 1957 from...

Robert "Sir Bob" Nance

Robert "Sir Bob" Nance

Jun 23, 2015

Mr. Robert Eugene “Bob” Nance, age 83, of Seminole, OK, known to many as “Sir Bob”, died on June 23, 2015 in Midwest City, Oklahoma, of natural causes. Bob was born on October 5, 1931 in Neosho, Missouri to Roy Lee Nance and Grace Neola (Birch) Nance. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War during the...

Carla  Sue (Shaw)  Dixon

Carla Sue (Shaw) Dixon

Jun 22, 2015

Carla Sue (Shaw) Dixon, age 59 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away at her home in Paden, Oklahoma on Monday, June 22, 2015. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 26th at the Pentecostal Holiness Church located at 126 N. Konawa Street in Konawa.  Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery.  Rev. Mona Fulks will officiate. ...

Ray Bristow

Ray Bristow

Jun 22, 2015

Ray Bristow, 59, longtime Seminole resident, died Monday, June 22, 2015 in Seminole. Ray was born June 20, 1956 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to Dorothy (Hughes) and Joshua Barney Bristow. Ray worked as a truck driver and mechanic for many oilfield and transportation companies in the Seminole area. Ray enjoyed woodworking, fishing, working on cars, camping with his family, whom he...

Jana  Renee Griffin

Jana Renee Griffin

Jun 21, 2015

Jana Renee Griffin, 53, Seminole resident, died Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Jana was born on May 12, 1962, in Marlow, Oklahoma to Janet Louise (Prater) and S. Leon Hardisty. Jana grew up in Marlow, Oklahoma and attended public school there and graduated from Marlow High School in 1980. She later attended Oklahoma State University, in Stillwater, Oklahoma  ...

Dan Reynolds

Dan Reynolds

Jun 20, 2015

Dan Reynolds, Jr. 87 year old lifelong Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Saturday June 20, 2015 in Seminole. He was born September 16, 1927 in Seminole at the home in Letha, to parents Dan Reynolds, Sr. and Rosa (Chatagnier) Reynolds. Dan went on to serve in the United States Army where he earned the rank of corporal....

Ron Tara

Ron Tara

Jun 19, 2015

Ron Kazuo “Punch” Tara, 55 Ron Kazuo “Punch” Tara long time Seminole resident, passed away Friday, June 19, 2015 at his home in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 55. Punch was born October 3, 1959 in San Francisco, California to parents Roy Tara and Emily (Suetani) Tara. Punch lived in Seminole for 40 years, graduating from Seminole High School,...

Jaunita Nichols

Jaunita Nichols

Jun 18, 2015

Jaunita Jane (Cowell) Nichols, 73 Jaunita Jane (Cowell) Nichols, a Seminole, Oklahoma resident, for the past 24 years, passed away Thursday June 18, 2015 at home, she was 73 years old. Jaunita, was born July 11, 1941 in Elk City, Oklahoma to parents, Murl Cowell and Hazel (Woodard) Cowell. Jaunita married John J. Nichols on August 28, 1959 in Phoenix,...

Steven Brashear

Steven Brashear

Jun 18, 2015

Steven Mark Brashear, 61 Steven Mark Brashear, an Asher resident, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at his home at the age of 61 years. Steven was born September 16, 1953 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to parents, Rev. Glen Brashear and Rozland (Bozarth) Brashear. Steven served in the United States Marines Corps, and was a member of the Gypsy Holiness Church....

Noel  Lee Richards

Noel Lee Richards

Jun 17, 2015

Noel Lee Richards, 85 Noel Lee Richards, life long Maud, Oklahoma resident passed away, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at his home in Maud, at the age of 85. Lee was born October 19, 1929 in Harjo, Oklahoma to parents Noel Elvin Richards and Annie Lillian (Ryker) Richards. Lee lived in Pottawatomie county all of his life. After graduating from Harjo...

Mary  Lois (Cornelsen)  Gallagher

Mary Lois (Cornelsen) Gallagher

Jun 13, 2015

Mary Lois (Cornelsen) Gallagher, age 98 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away from this life on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Ada Care Center in Ada, Oklahoma. Cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa.  A memorial service is set for 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 22, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church in Konawa...

Carolyn McRay

Carolyn McRay

Jun 12, 2015

Carolyn " Sue" McRay, 75, longtime Seminole resident and wife of the late Wallace " Doe " McRay, passed away, Friday, June 12, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 A.M., Monday, June 15, 2015 at the Church of Christ north of Seminole, with burial following at Little Cemetery.   Funeral Information: June 15, 2015, 10:30 AM...

Carolyn  Sue McRay

Carolyn Sue McRay

Jun 12, 2015

Carolyn Sue McRay, 75, longtime Seminole resident died, Friday, June 12, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Sue was born December 29, 1939 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Lois Gwenola (Lewis) and Robert Cain. Sue grew up in Holdenville and attended Holdenville Public Schools till her Junior Year and the attended and graduated from Davis High School, Davis, Oklahoma. Sue was a...

Billy  Carl Davis

Billy Carl Davis

Jun 11, 2015

Billy Carl Davis, age 64 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa, and a family memorial will be planned at a later date. Billy was born on June 9, 1951 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas to...

Rowdy Anderson

Rowdy Anderson

Jun 11, 2015

Rowdy Christopher Anderson, 21 Rowdy Christopher Anderson, resident of Wanette, Oklahoma passed away Thursday, June 11, 2015 at the age of 21. Rowdy was born June 13, 1993 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Connie Hobbs and Chris Anderson. He was a 2012 graduate of Wanette High School, Rowdy also attended the Methodist Church and played basketball at the First Baptist Church....

Dorotha  Jean Madden

Dorotha Jean Madden

Jun 9, 2015

Dorotha Jean “ Dodie”, 77, Seminole resident, died Tuesday, June 9, 2015 in Shawnee, Oklahoma.  Dorotha was born on June 7, 1938 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Zaradah ( Ford) and Fred Calaway, Sr. Dorotha previously lived in the Del City and Midwest City area for over 25 years before moving home to Seminole. Dorotha grew up in the Pleasant Grove...

Sheri  Eileen (Glover)  Swanda

Sheri Eileen (Glover) Swanda

Jun 7, 2015

Sheri Eileen Glover Swanda of Newalla, Oklahoma was born on February 19, 1948 in Stroud, Oklahoma, and passed from this world on June 6, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her mother and father Gene and Vivaree Glover and her first husband Robert Dawson. She is survived by her husband David Swanda of Newalla, Oklahoma,...

Veldon Spicer

Veldon Spicer

Jun 6, 2015

Veldon Eugene Spicer, 74 Veldon Eugene Spicer, Asher, Oklahoma resident passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 74. Veldon was born January 25, 1941 in St. Louis, Oklahoma to parents, George Garland Spicer and Easter Jewell (Ogle) Spicer. Veldon lived his whole life on the Spicer land, he would just move to the...

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