Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

Nadine Ewert

Nadine Ewert

Dec 22, 2010

Nadine (Shaubell) Ewert passed from this life Wednesday, December 22, 2010. Nadine was born to Claude Marion Shaubell and wife, Edna (Covington) Shaubell on October 9, 1920 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. She attended school in Konawa and graduated Wynnwood High. She attended East Central in Ada, Oklahoma. She met the love of her life, Clalude Ewert and they were married...

Ramona Cordell

Ramona Cordell

Dec 19, 2010

Ramona Lee (Byford) Cordell, 70 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life Sunday, December 19, 2010 at Seminole Care and Rehabilitation Center.  She was born June 21, 1940 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents John D. Byford and Charline (Blankenship) Crawford.  She was then raised by her mother and step-father Truitt Crawford. Ramona married Billy Joe Cordell on August 3, 1957...

Yahnah Harjo

Yahnah Harjo

Dec 19, 2010

Yahnah Lucia Harjo was born in Shiprock, New Mexico on July 28, 1979 and died on December 19, 2010 at her home in Maud, Oklahoma. She is of the Mvskoke, Navajo (Dine’) Nation Native American tribal heritage as well as being enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. She is the daughter of Richard (Rick) Harjo of Maud, Oklahoma...

Clay Ponder

Clay Ponder

Dec 19, 2010

Thomas “Clay” Ponder, 94 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life Sunday, December 19, 2010 at Unity North Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma.  He was born September 7, 1916 in Heavener, Oklahoma to parents Durham Ponder and Sarah Etta (Plummer) Ponder. Clay served in the United States Army.  He married Mattie Roberts on February 20, 1940 in Okemah, Oklahoma and moved...

Darrell Strickland

Darrell Strickland

Dec 15, 2010

Darrell Joe Strickland, 46 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at Carl Albert Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma.  He was born April 12, 1964 in Midwest City, Oklahoma to parents Shirley Faye (Foster) Strickland and Larry Joe Strickland. Darrell graduated from Del City High School and worked as a plumber before becoming disabled. Survivors include his...

Lee Reid

Lee Reid

Dec 15, 2010

Lee Waddy Reid, Jr., 64 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 in Seminole, Oklahoma.  He was born May 13, 1946 in Bristow, Oklahoma to parents Lee Waddy Reid, Sr. and Elizabeth “Joan” (Donaldson) Reid. Lee had served in the United States Army.  He married Lorie Ann (Fleming) Reid on October 6, 2000 in Seminole,...

Richard Hester

Richard Hester

Dec 15, 2010

Richard Floyd Hester, 73 Richard Hester, long time Seminole county resident passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at Seminole, Oklahoma. Richard was born August 3, 1937 at El Centro, California to parents Vernar Loyd and Lena (King) Hester. He moved to Seminole in 1989. Richard, after graduating from Strother High School in 1955 he served in the United States Navy...

Dora Rowell

Dora Rowell

Dec 14, 2010

Dora Jo (Lindsay) Rowell, 89 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Seminole Care Center.  She was born August 16, 1921 in Seminole County, Oklahoma to parents Ola Mae (Hadley) Lindsay and Pleas Lindsay. Dora had lived in Seminole most of her life where she worked as a cashier and hostess at local restaurants.  She...

Connie Graham

Connie Graham

Dec 14, 2010

Connie Jean Graham, 63 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at her home.  She was born November 25, 1947 in Konawa, Oklahoma to parents Daisy may (Sanderson) Graham and Elmer Warren Graham. Connie was a lifelong resident of Seminole County living in both Konawa and Seminole. She had also worked as a caregiver.  She married...

Jesse  Leon Taylor

Jesse Leon Taylor

Dec 13, 2010

Jesse Leon Taylor, age 63 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away at his home on Monday, December 13, 2010.  No memorial service is scheduled at this time. Jesse was born on December 5, 1947, in Konawa to Reva (McClain) and Charley Taylor.  He was a veteran, and he married Patricia A. Claudino in Ada, Oklahoma on May 31,...

Jeff Hinton

Jeff Hinton

Dec 13, 2010

Jeff Hinton went to be with the Lord, Monday, December 13, 2010. Jeff, 77, was a longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident. He was born June 30, 1933 in Hyannis, Nebraska to John Carl and Dorthea (Grouns) Hinton. Jeff contracted haying for many years around Valentine, Nebraska, then moved back to Hyannis, Nebraska and opened a gas station and game room for...

Jim Knowles

Jim Knowles

Dec 12, 2010

James Earl “ Jim” Knowles, 72, former longtime Seminole resident died December 12, 2010 at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jim was born February 7, 1938 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Earl L. and Martha Lucille (Sinclair) Knowles. Jim attended and graduated from Seminole High School in 1956 and East Central State College in 1960 B.S. degree in...

Warren Lindley

Warren Lindley

Dec 11, 2010

Warren Lindley, 57 year-old, Hartshorne, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Saturday, December 11, 2010 at McAlester Regional Health Center he was born on Aug. 25, 1953 in Ada to Warren Elvin and Wanda (Bryant) Lindley.  Warren grew up farming in Calvin and Stuart and graduated from Stuart High School in 1971.   He married Clidia Guinn on Aug. 25,...

Emmit  King Bertschy

Emmit King Bertschy

Dec 10, 2010

Emmit King Bertschy, infant son of Tori Rashelle Sharp and Justin Dwayne Bertschy was born and passed from this life on Friday, December 10, 2010 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Surviving family members include parents, Tori Rashelle Sharp and Justin Dwayne Bertschy both of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; one brother, Tristin Bertschy of the home; maternal grandparents, Kimberly...

Wanda Jackson

Wanda Jackson

Dec 9, 2010

Wanda Vivaree Jackson, 86 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life December 9, 2010 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.  She was born May 30, 1924 in Okemah, Oklahoma to Bertha Mae Selfridge. Wanda graduated from Seminole High School in 1942.  She went on to work as a welder in the California shipyards.  In her early years she...

Joshua McBroom

Joshua McBroom

Dec 7, 2010

Joshua Joe McBroom, 21 year-old, former Bowlegs resident passed from this life Tuesday, December 7, 2010.  He died following an automobile accident that also took the life of his brother, Andrew McBroom and his cousin, Leah Dawn Hanson near Asher in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.  He was born November 1, 1989 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents Ellen Marie (Dorrough) McBroom and...

Andrew McBroom

Andrew McBroom

Dec 7, 2010

Andrew Lynn McBroom, 19 year-old, former Bowlegs resident passed from this life Tuesday, December 7, 2010.  He died following an automobile accident that also took the life of his brother, Joshua McBroom and his cousin, Leah Dawn Hanson near Asher in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.  He was born March 26, 1991 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents Ellen Marie (Dorrough) McBroom and...

Leah  Dawn Hanson

Leah Dawn Hanson

Dec 7, 2010

Leah Dawn Hanson, 16 year-old, Saint Louis resident passed from this life Tuesday, December 7, 2010.  She died following an automobile accident that also took the life of her cousins, Joshua McBroom and Andrew McBroom near Asher in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.  She was born January 31, 1994 in Ada, Oklahoma to parents Sonja Hanson and Jerry Campbell. Leah was a...

Roy Williams

Roy Williams

Dec 6, 2010

Roy Chon Williams, 41 year-old, Okemah resident passed from this life on Monday, December 6, 2010 following an automobile accident in Henryetta, Oklahoma.  He was born August 20, 1969 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Mary Frances (Ponkilla) Williams and Ernest Frank Williams.  He graduated from Strother High School in 1988. Roy married Sunnie Loraine (Marshall) Williams on August 8, 1994...

Kenny Green  II

Kenny Green II

Dec 4, 2010

Lifelong Seminole resident, Kenneth Ray Green II entered eternal life on December 4, 2010 in Ponca City, Oklahoma at the age of 23.  He was born on June 28, 1987 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Kenneth R., Sr. and Karen Suzette (Smith) Green. Kenneth worked as a manager for Oklahoma Liquefied Gas.  He was a member of Boy Scout Troop #452...