Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

Charles  William Berglund

Charles William Berglund

Oct 5, 2015

Charles William Berglund, age 78 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away Monday, October 5, 2015 at his home. A graveside service is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 9th at Vamoosa Cemetery under the direction of Sweaingen Funeral Home of Konawa.  Rev. Mitch Williams will officiate.  Visitation will be until 4:00 p.m. daily until Friday. Charles was born...

Billy  Dean Carter

Billy Dean Carter

Oct 4, 2015

Billy Dean Carter, 87, longtime Seminole area resident, died Sunday, October 4, 2015 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Billy was born on May 29, 1928 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma to James Dewey Carter and Bertha Irene (Long) Carter. Billy was one of 15 children and 8 of his siblings are still living. Billy lived many years east of Little and owned and...

Arron  Eugene Veach

Arron Eugene Veach

Sep 30, 2015

Arron Eugene Veach, 62, longtime Seminole resident died, Wednesday, September 30, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Arron was born on November 29, 1952 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Erin A. Veach and Bessie Marie (Hendricks) Veach. Arron grew up in Seminole and attended Seminole Public Schools. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War as a private....

Brian  Lee Gomez

Brian Lee Gomez

Sep 28, 2015

Brian Lee Gomez, age 28, passed away on September 28, 2015 in Montebello, California. A Wake service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church located four miles west of Konawa, Oklahoma under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa.  A Funeral Mass is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at...

Susan  Carolyn Driggers

Susan Carolyn Driggers

Sep 26, 2015

Susan Carolyn (Willard ) Driggers, 65, Seminole resident, died Saturday, September 26, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Susan was born on April 3, 1950 in Tishomingo, Oklahoma to Arlton Texas Willard and Violet Lee (Phifer) Willard. Susan grew up in the Tishomingo and Milburn area and attended and graduated from Milburn High School in 1968. Susan was a Christian and...

Dorothy (Wilson)  Nall

Dorothy (Wilson) Nall

Sep 26, 2015

Dorothy (Wilson) Nall, age 79 and a life-long resident of Asher, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Seminole Care and Rehab Center in Seminole, Oklahoma. A graveside service is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at Vista Cemetery, located west of Konawa, Oklahoma, and Cecil Spoonemore will officiate. Visitation will be at Swearingen Funeral Home of...

Betsy  Ann (Wolf)  Johnson

Betsy Ann (Wolf) Johnson

Sep 25, 2015

Betsy Ann Johnson, age 69 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, September 25, 2015 at Chickasaw Nation Medical Center in Ada, Oklahoma. A wake service is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. Sunday, September 27th at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa.  Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 28th at the Pentecostal Church of God...

Cassandra Nickols

Cassandra Nickols

Sep 25, 2015

Cassandra Lynn Nickols, 41, of Clearwater, Florida, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015. Cassandra was born July 18, 1974 at RAF Lakenheath, Air Force Base, England to parents Philip and Vicky Nickols. With her father being in the Air Force, Cassie lived in England, Texas, Colorado, Utah, and Florida. Cassie graduated from Pinellas Park (FL) High School in 1992, where...

Glen Harjo

Glen Harjo

Sep 22, 2015

Glen Harjo, 64, Del City, Oklahoma resident, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015 in Ada, Oklahoma. Glen grew up in the Bowlegs area. He was born December 12, 1950 in San Francisco, California to Reverand V.V. Harjo and Bonnie Mae (Walker) Harjo. Glen attended and graduated from Bowlegs High School in 1969. He attended and graduated from Seminole Junior College in...

Patricia  E. Price

Patricia E. Price

Sep 21, 2015

Patricia E. (Holland) Price, 71 year old former Seminole resident and current Owasso resident, left this earth on Monday, September 21, 2015, to join our Savior, Jesus Christ, in Heaven.  She was born September 2, 1944 in Seattle, Washington to parents Raymond E. Holland and Alice Lorene (Risenhoover) Holland. Patricia moved to Seminole at the age of one.  Following High...

Melvin  Lee Schauer

Melvin Lee Schauer

Sep 19, 2015

Melvin was born July 10, 1928 in the Andy James Community, NW of Dalhart, TX. He was the first child and only son of Edward Ruben and Sadie Mae (Lamkin) Schauer.  But if you asked Melvin, he would say he was born in Lapland where Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas and Colorado lapped together. The Schauer’s moved to Channing, TX...

Tom  Franklin Harjo

Tom Franklin Harjo

Sep 18, 2015

Tom Franklin Harjo, 70 year-old Earlsboro, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Friday, September 18, 2015 at his home in Earlsboro.  He was born July 7, 1945 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Edward Harjo and Leah Harjo. Tom graduated from Vamoosa High School in 1965.  He went on to serve in the United States Army.  Tom and Irene Tanyan...

Marvin  Lane Cole

Marvin Lane Cole

Sep 18, 2015

Marvin Lane Cole, 81 year old Maud, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Friday, September 18, 2015 in an automobile accident near Maud.  He was born February 15, 1934 in Salem, Arkansas to parents Hiram Rufus Cole and Orine (Williams) Cole. Marvin joined the United States Army and served in World War II.  Following his military service Marvin worked...

Dollie  V. Smith

Dollie V. Smith

Sep 17, 2015

Dollie Verry (Gosnell) Smith, 90 year-old former Seminole, and Tecumseh resident passed from this life on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at Colonial Estates Care Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma.  Dollie was born December 14, 1924 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma to parents Maggie Evelyn (McPherson) Gosnell and Johnny Franklin Gosnell. Dollie was a homemaker and had worked several different jobs through the...

Clifford  W. Beichner

Clifford W. Beichner

Sep 11, 2015

Clifford W. Beichner, 97, longtime Seminole resident, died Friday, September 11, 2015. Clifford was born on May 12, 1918 in Avant, Oklahoma, near Tulsa, to William Fredrick Beichner and Edith Blanch (Miller) Beichner. He grew up in Avant, Oklahoma area and later moved to Seminole with his parent and four sisters in 1935. He was a graduate of the 1936...

Thomas Ray " Tommy" Martin

Thomas Ray " Tommy" Martin

Sep 11, 2015

Thomas Ray “ Tommy “ Martin, 85, Newalla, Oklahoma resident, died Friday September 11, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Tommy was a longtime former Seminole resident. He was born August 23, 1930 in Seminole County to Thomas Ray and Dadia Jo (Robinson) Martin. Tommy was a Heavy Equipment operator for Silver Star Construction, had worked in the oilfields as a...

Jeanne Sanders

Jeanne Sanders

Sep 5, 2015

Jeanne Sanders, 87, lifelong Wetumka, Oklahoma resident, died Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Alliance Health Hospital, Seminole, Oklahoma. Jeanne was born on December 7, 1927 in Wetumka, Oklahoma to William “Bill” Smith and Bertha (Seals) Smith.   Jeanne was a nurse at Wetumka General Hospital for 30 years. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Wetumka....

Josh Howell

Josh Howell

Sep 4, 2015

Josh Kevin Howell, 29 year old Maud, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on September 4, 2015 in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.  He was born May 15, 1986 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents, Karen Elaine (Diamond) Howell and Mark Kevin Howell. Josh attended Butner Public School and went on to work for McCoy Tree Service. Survivors include one son, Steiger...

Alexia  Dawn Kopp

Alexia Dawn Kopp

Sep 4, 2015

Alexia Dawn Kopp, infant daughter of Christina and Robb Allen Kopp entered and passed from this life on September 4, 2015 at Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Survivors include her parents, Christina Lenee (Keffer) Kopp and Robb Allen Kopp of the home in Maud, Oklahoma; three brothers, Ben Skogland of Russellville, Arkansas, Myron Kopp and Albrecht Kopp both of...

Marilyn  J. Brown

Marilyn J. Brown

Sep 1, 2015

Marilyn Jeanne Brown, 72, Earlsboro resident, died Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at her home.   Marilyn was born May 9, 1943 in Long Beach, California to Freddy Gould and Jessie Ferna (McGregor) Gould. Marilyn came to the Seminole area ten years ago from Ponca City, Oklahoma.   Marilyn was a loving mother and housewife, and a former member of the Red Hat...