Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Hazel Burgess
Jun 23, 2012
Hazel Fern Burgess, 92, longtime Seminole county resident died, Saturday June 23, 2012 at the Wewoka Care and Rehabilitation Center in Wewoka, Oklahoma. Hazel was born May 6, 1920 in Wabash County, Indiana, to Ira and Clara (Steller) Aughinbaugh. Hazel was a homemaker who loved to care for her family. She always had a garden in the summer and enjoyed...

Jen Clausing
Jun 22, 2012
Jen Clausing, widow of Bob Clausing, died at the age of 93 on June 22, 2012 in Tulsa, OK following a short illness. Her death was announced by her three children. Mrs. Clausing had been a resident of Tulsa since 2007, residing at Saint Simeon’s Episcopal Home. Mrs. Clausing together with her husband Robert W. Clausing established their Seminole residence...
Harold William Taft Riggle
Jun 21, 2012
Harold William Taft Riggle, age 103 and a resident of Asher, Oklahoma passed away at his home on Thursday, June 21, 2012. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 25th at Wanette Cemetery Chapel under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Kevin Duck and Frank Brewer will officiate. Burial will follow at Wanette Cemetery. Pallbearers...
Avis Dorsett
Jun 19, 2012
Avis Antionette Dorsett, 90, longtime Seminole resident died Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Rose Manor Nursing Home in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was born January 8, 1922 in Ione, Arkansas to Thomas E. and Ira Vanilla (Powell) Boggs. Avis came to Seminole, Oklahoma from Glenpool, Oklahoma 57 years ago. Avis loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and showed it throughout...
Troy Sharp
Jun 18, 2012
Troy Francis Sharp, 89, of Konawa, OK died on Monday, June 18, 2012 at Unity Health Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma from complications of pneumonia. Troy Sharp was born to Samuel Martin and Mary Pearl (Neil) Sharp on February 22, 1923 in Bakersfield, Missouri. When he was three years old, the family moved to Konawa, OK. He attended school at Georgetown...
Joe Newcomb
Jun 17, 2012
Joe Glenn Newcomb, 78 year-old, lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Seminole Integris Medical Center. He was born September 9, 1933 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to parents Florence (Childers) Newcomb and Olney Newcomb. Joe graduated from Bowlegs High School in 1951. He later married Janice Marie Reid on March 9, 1957 in Earlsboro, Oklahoma. Joe...
Jerry White
Jun 14, 2012
Jerry Don White, 45, former longtime Seminole resident, died Thursday, June 14, 2012 at his home in The Colony, Texas, near Dallas. Jerry was born November 29, 1966 in Wetumka, Oklahoma to Donald Gene and Ann Jacqulyn (Hill) White. Jerry moved to Seminole, Oklahoma while in the 2nd grade and attended Seminole Public Schools and graduated from Seminole High School...
Cynthia Galbreath
Jun 14, 2012
Cynthia E. (Spraker) Galbreath, 69 year-old, lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life Thursday, June 14, 2012 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 11, 1942 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Eli Ike Spraker and Sena (Johnson) Spraker. Sadly her father died in World War II. Her mother later married Bud Little who helped raise...
Lucy Anderson
Jun 12, 2012
Lucy Elizabeth (Reichard) Anderson, 94 Lucy passed away Tuesday morning June 12, 2012 at Holdenville, Oklahoma at the age of 94. Elizabeth will always be remembered and loved by her family and friends for her passion to her family and the field of dance. She was born August 27, 1917 in Paola, Kansas to the late Mamie Marie Reichard and...
Amber Dawn Downey
Jun 11, 2012
Amber Dawn Downey, 25, Maud, Oklahoma resident died Monday, June 11, 2012 in Maud, Oklahoma. Amber was born December 27, 1986 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to William and Kathy (Winter) Downey. Amber moved to Seminole area 17 years ago from Tecumseh, Oklahoma. She had lived in both Seminole and Maud, Oklahoma over the past few years. Amber was a member of...
Melvin Arnold Long
Jun 9, 2012
Melvin Arnold Long, 85, life long Maud, Oklahoma resident died, Saturday, June 9, 2012. Melvin has been a resident of Maud for over 70 years. Melvin was born January 13, 1927 in Nuyaka, Oklahoma near Okemah, Oklahoma to Delmer and Muriel (Baird) Long. Melvin was married to Virginia (Garrison) Long on December 24, 1953 in St. Louis, Oklahoma; sadly she...
Lavern Jones
Jun 7, 2012
Lavern “Skinny” Jones, 91 year-old, life long Seminole resident passed from this life Thursday, June 7, 2012 in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born March 11, 1921 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents, Callie (Lane) Jordan and William “Bill” Jordan. Lavern married Rev. Jack Jones on August 17, 1940 in McAllen, Texas and together they served as Missionaries for several years. She...
Herbert Collins
Jun 6, 2012
Herbert Eugene Collins, 77 year-old, longtime Seminole resident passed from this life Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at Seminole Medical Center. He was born April 2, 1935 in Ozark, Arkansas to parents Margaret (Ragsdale) Collins and Herbert Collins. Herbert served in the United States Army where he obtained the rank of Private 2nd Class. He earned the OCC Medal and the...
Bobby Stanberry
Jun 4, 2012
Bobby Allen Stanberry, 76 year-old, longtime Seminole County resident passed from this life Monday, June 4, 2012 in Ada, Oklahoma. He was born December 16, 1935 in Centralhoma, Oklahoma (near Coalgate) to parents Oral Stanberry and Lucy (Hembree) Stanberry. Following High School he served in the United States Army as a paratrooper. He then worked as a pipeline X-ray Tec....
Glover Mainord
Jun 2, 2012
Glover F. Mainord, 91, Shawnee, Oklahoma resident died Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Rose Manor Nursing Home in Shawnee. Glover had lived in Seminole for over 61 years before moving to Shawnee. Glover was born April 24, 1921 in Bryant, Oklahoma to John Wesley and Celia Ann (Hardin) Mainord. Mr. Mainord was a longtime welder for Atlantic Richfield in the...
Frank Pryor
Jun 2, 2012
Frank Wesley Pryor, 85, Shawnee, Oklahoma resident died Saturday, June 2, 2012 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Frank was born April 27, 1927 in Cromwell, Oklahoma to Earl and Annabelle (Anthony) Pryor. Frank was a longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident. Frank married Geraldine " Jeri" (Sparks) Pryor on May 2, 1947 in Seminole, Oklahoma Frank was a self-employed mechanic and business owner for...
Urschel Hilterbran
Jun 1, 2012
Urschel Ray Hilterbran, 78, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma died Friday, June 1, 2012 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Urschel was a former longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident. He was born August 15, 1933 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Ralph Simon and Pearley May (Morton) Hilterbran. Urschel managed convenience stores for Conoco-Phillips. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. His daughter, Brenda Freel...
Mable Lenora Lewis
May 31, 2012
Longtime Seminole resident, Mable Lenora (Coston) Adams Lewis passed into eternal life on Thursday, May 31, 2012, in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was 90. Oscar and Alva Henrietta (Garner) Coston welcomed Mable into this world on December 18, 1921 in Hughes County near Holdenville, Oklahoma; she was their only child. Mable lived in and around Seminole all her life. She married ...
George Odor
May 30, 2012
George Samuel Odor, Jr. 83 year-old, life long Seminole resident passed from this life Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at his home in Seminole surrounded by his loving family. He was born October 18, 1928 in Seminole County, Oklahoma to parents George Samuel Odor, Sr. and Fay Loney (Ketcher) Odor. George attended Seminole Schools and then served in the United States...
Dorothy Narcomey
May 29, 2012
Dorothy Jean Narcomey, 81 year-old, lifelong Seminole County resident passed from this life May 29, 2012 of natural causes at Seminole Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born November 1, 1930 in Seminole County to Moses and Martha Bean, She attended Pleasant Grove High School graduating in 1947. Dorothy married Willie Narcomey and he preceded her in death in 1996....