Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Matthew David Kuestersteffen
May 4, 2012
Matthew David Kuestersteffen, age 63 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012 at his home. A Wake service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 7th at Sacred Heart Catholic Church under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. A Funeral Mass is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 8th at the...
Mary Shirley
May 3, 2012
Mary Frances (Froese) Shirley, 68 year old Seminole resident passed from this life Thursday, May 3, 2012 at her home in Seminole. She was born June 28, 1943 in Claremore, Oklahoma to parents Arthur Cornelius and Juanita Pauline (Knox) Froese. Mary graduated from Inola, Oklahoma High School. She went on to earn her Bachelor of Science degree from Oklahoma State...
David Leroy Smith
May 3, 2012
David Leroy Smith, 61-year-old Seminole resident passed from this life Thursday, May 3, 2012 at his home surrounded by family. He was born September 12, 1950 in Idabel, Oklahoma to parents Wiley Paul Smith and Letha (Williams) Smith. David had lived several years in Pottawatomie County where he had worked as a tree trimmer and he moved to Seminole 15...
Ava Harjo
Apr 29, 2012
Ava Elizabeth Harjo, newborn Ava Elizabeth Harjo entered this life and went on to Heaven, Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ava was born to parents; Michael Allen Harjo and Rachel Nicole Hollingsworth. Ava is survived by parents; Michael Allen Harjo and Rachel Nicole Hollingsworth and one sister, Renee Harjo. Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday,...
Herbert Harjo
Apr 28, 2012
Herbert N. “Hap” Harjo, 73 Herbert N. “Hap” Harjo, a Seminole county resident passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 73. Hap was born, January 1, 1939 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to parents, William Bill Harjo and Bessie (Ceasar) Harjo. Hap graduated from New Lima High School and Haskell Indian Jr. College, Lawrence, Kansas...
Ivan Hopkins
Apr 28, 2012
Ivan Gordon Hopkins, a Shawnee, Oklahoma resident passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the age of 83. Ivan was born in Seminole, Oklahoma on July 31, 1928 to parents Floyd Edward Hopkins and Maud Margaret (Vaughn) Hopkins. Ivan was employed as a shop foreman for National Concrete in Seminole, Oklahoma and retired from the civil service after 29 1/2...
Nancy Patrick-Pratt
Apr 27, 2012
Nancy Annette (Patrick) Pratt, 56 year-old life long Seminole resident passed from this life April 27, 2012 in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born June 3, 1955 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Alfred Edward Patrick and Nancy Virginia (Hines) Patrick. Nancy grew up in Seminole where she attended Seminole Schools. She graduated from Seminole High School in 1973. Nancy went on...
Benny Trent
Apr 24, 2012
Benjamin Harrison “Benny” Trent, Jr., 47 year old, longtime Seminole resident passed from this life Tuesday, April 24, 2012 in Edmond, Oklahoma. He was born November 24, 1964 in Duncan, Oklahoma to parents Benjamin Harrison Trent and Lorene Elizabeth (Barrick) Trent. On June 21, 1996 Benny married Deborah Anne Maye in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Benny moved to Seminole 17 years...
"Viola" Himes
Apr 22, 2012
Martha Rebecca Viola (Thompson) Himes, age 89 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Rolling Hills Care Center in Catoosa, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 27, 2012 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Burial will follow a Konawa Cemetery. Rev. Mitch Williams, Pastor of Byng Assembly...
Samuel Fixico
Apr 22, 2012
Samuel Edwin Fixico, 61 Samuel Edwin Fixico a longtime Seminole county resident passed away Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Seminole, Oklahoma; Samuel was 61 years old. Samuel was born October 3, 1950 in Talihina, Oklahoma to parents, Edmond Fixico and Magdalene(Tanyan) Fixico. Samuel worked as an automobile mechanic for many years. Samuel was of the Baptist faith belonging to Snake...
Mary Lynn (Tillman) Waldron-Armstrong
Apr 18, 2012
Mary Lynn (Tillman) Waldron-Armstrong, age 66 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away from this life on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 23, 2012 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Rev. Ed Bray, Pastor of Cross Timbers Church in Konawa will officiate. ...
Joyce Petit
Apr 17, 2012
Annetta Joyce Petit, 73 Annetta Joyce Petit former Seminole county resident passed away April 17, 2012 at the age of 73. Joyce was residing in Jacksonville, Florida at the time of her death. Joyce was born, June 27, 1938 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents, Woodrow Merle Foster and Ruby Mae (Marchant) Foster. Joyce moved from California to Seminole where...
Sybil Shawn
Apr 17, 2012
Sybil Muriel Shawn, 89 Sybil Shawn of Hackett, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in Greenwood, Arkansas at the age of 89. Sybil was born August 2, 1922 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma to parents James William McDowell and Ruby Sloam (Rutherford) McDowell. Sybil was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Cagle Shawn. Sybil is survived...
Glenda Marie Marquis Coots
Apr 16, 2012
Glenda Marie (Marquis) Coots, 78 year-old lifelong Seminole County resident passed from this life Monday, April 16, 2012 at her home in Seminole. She was born August 13, 1933 in Seminole County, Oklahoma to parents Jesse Robert Marquis and Eunice Marquis. Glenda worked for the John Deere Tractor Company as an I.B.M. and a Key Punch operator where she retired...
Daphne Metoyer
Apr 16, 2012
Celebration of Life “For I am ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” II Timothy 4:6-7 Daphne Eileen Metoyer, a beautiful baby girl, was born May 19, 1958 in Bakersfield, California. The beautiful Daphne was one of six...
Thelma Hood
Apr 13, 2012
Thelma Hood, departed this life Friday April 13, 2012. He was born November 18, 1932 to Walter and Annie Hood in Earlsboro, Oklahoma. He was the twelfth of fourteen blessed by this union. His mother, father and eleven of his brothers and sisters preceded him in death. Thelma attended Douglas School and Dunbar High School. He leaves to cherish his...
L.D. Dye
Apr 13, 2012
L. D. Dye, 87, longtime Seminole resident died Friday, April 13, 2012 in Seminole. L.D. was born October 14, 1924 in Verden, Oklahoma to Dallas Jackson and Lula Mae (Parker) Dye. L.D. worked for James Dye Body Shop for many years and retired in 2001. Mr. Dye was also a member of the Church of Christ. L.D. married Jessie Ann...
Toby Aldridge
Apr 12, 2012
Albert Thomas “ Toby “ Aldridge, 69, longtime Seminole resident died Thursday, April 12, 2012 in Wewoka, Oklahoma. Toby was born July 26, 1942 in Stroud, Oklahoma to Ellis and Carmaleta (Payne) Aldridge. Toby grew up in the Seminole area and attended Bowlegs Public Schools and graduated from Bowlegs High School in 1960. Toby was a member of the Church...
Carl Stailey
Apr 11, 2012
Carl “Buster” Stailey, Jr., 93 Life long Seminole county resident, Carl “Buster” Stailey, Jr. went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, April 11, 2012 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. Buster was born on April 19, 1918, to parents, Carl Cole Stailey and Grace (Welcher) Stailey in Seminole, Oklahoma. Buster retired in 1980, as a pipe fitter. Buster began his career in pipeline...
Cleda Madgeline (Rhodd) Curley
Apr 11, 2012
Cleda Madgeline (Rhodd) Curley, age 92 and a resident of Maud, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at her home. A wake service is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 15th at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, Oklahoma, and a Catholic Mass is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 16th at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. ...