Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shawnee, OK and Pottawatomie County

Thelma Louise Divine

Thelma Louise Divine

Jul 25, 2021

Thelma Louise Divine, 96, passed away Sunday, July 25, 2021 in Shawnee. Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, July 29, 2021 at Tecumseh Cemetery. She was born February 1, 1925 to Woodford and Mary Dossey in Mineral Springs, Arkansas. She married Lester Divine on November 10, 1966. Her favorite hobbies were reading, jigsaw puzzles, and traveling. Thelma was member...

Shahn David Corter

Shahn David Corter

Jul 24, 2021

Shahn David Corter, age 58 of Sherman, Texas died July 24, 2021 in Denison, Texas. Services will be Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. in the Walker Funeral Service Chapel in Shawnee with Tommy Smith officiating. He was born March 31, 1963 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Paul and Armanda Corter of McLoud, Oklahoma and led an impactful life...

Alean Moore

Alean Moore

Jul 22, 2021

Alean Moore, age 91 of Shawnee, OK passed away from this life and entered into rest with Jesus Christ at McLoud Nursing Home Thursday evening, July 22, 2021. She was born February 12, 1930 to Willie and Annis Edrie Moore of Centrahoma, OK. She graduated from Centrahoma High School in 1948. She went on to attend Modeling School and Cosmetology...

Dane Arthur Ross

Dane Arthur Ross

Jul 22, 2021

Dane Arthur Ross, 77, passed away Thursday, July 22, 2021 at his home. Services will be 10:00 AM Thursday, July 29, 2021 at Walker Funeral Service Chapel. Burial will follow at Dale Cemetery. Dane Arthur Ross was born on February 4, 1944 to Eula (Coleman) and George L. Ross in McLoud, Oklahoma. He was a McLoud High School graduate, and...

Terina Jean Tooman

Terina Jean Tooman

Jul 22, 2021

Terina Jean Tooman, 38, passed away Thursday, July 22, 2021 at her home. Memorial services are pending.

Janice Calvert

Janice Calvert

Jul 21, 2021

Janice Carolyn Calvert, 76, of Flower Mound, Texas passed away peacefully into the presence of her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 with her family by her side. She was born on August 23, 1944 in McAlester, Oklahoma to Andrew and Juanita (Owens) Smith. She was raised in McAlester until she met and then married the love of...

Diana Lee Teel

Diana Lee Teel

Jul 20, 2021

Diana Lee Teel lost her battle with cancer on 20 July, 2021. She was 63. Diana was born 7 Jan, 1958, and lived in the McLoud area most of her life. She graduated from McLoud High School in 1976 and began her nursing career soon after. She married her husband Robert Teel in January 1978 and raised two children. Diana...

Robert Wayne Newton

Robert Wayne Newton

Jul 20, 2021

Robert Wayne Newton, age 81, of Shawnee died Tuesday, July 20, 2021 in an Oklahoma City hospital. Services have been set for Friday, July 23, 2021 at 11:00 AM in Walker Funeral Service Chapel with burial to follow at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery. He was diagnosed with bladder cancer, prostate cancer and skin cancer several years ago but always remained...

Alisha LaVonne Reynolds

Alisha LaVonne Reynolds

Jul 18, 2021

Alisha LaVonne Reynolds passed away on Sunday, July 18, 2021. She was 39 years old. Alisha was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1981 in Ada, Oklahoma. She lived in Shawnee where she graduated from high school and Gordon Cooper. She also attended Seminole Junior College.

On January 6, 2001, Alisha gave birth to the new love of her life,...

Betholena Kennedy

Betholena Kennedy

Jul 18, 2021

Betholena Kennedy, 103, died peacefully at her daughter's home in San Antonio, Texas on Sunday, July 18, 2021. She was born to Willie and Cornelius Douglas on April 5, 1918 in Wetumka, Oklahoma. She moved to Shawnee during infancy, grew up and attended school there and has remained in the community. She professed a hope in Christ at an early...

Forrest Neil Walker

Forrest Neil Walker

Jul 18, 2021

Forrest Neil "Kesko" Walker, 70, of Shawnee, Ok, passed away on Sunday, July 18, 2021 at O.U. Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Wake services will be Tuesday Evening, July 20, 2021 at the Walker Home Place in McLoud. Burial will be Wednesday Morning, July 21, 2021 at Walker Family Cemetery. He was born November 16, 1950 in Shawnee to Willard...

Betty Ruth Weeks

Betty Ruth Weeks

Jul 9, 2021

Betty Ruth Weeks, 92 of Tecumseh passed away on July 9, 2021. Betty was born June 8, 1929 in Duncan, Oklahoma to Alvie and Virginia Mae (McCutcheon) Bledsoe. Her childhood was spent in rural areas near Norman, Oklahoma. She married Raymond Franklin Weeks October 4, 1947. A daughter, Beverly Ingmire was born in 1952. A son, Bradley Raymond Weeks was...

Michael "Gene" Eugene Kolker

Michael "Gene" Eugene Kolker

Jul 8, 2021

Michael E. "Gene" Kolker of Shawnee, OK, passed away on July 8, 2021, at the age of 80. He was born to his parents, Frank and Mary Agnes Kolker on February 10, 1941 in Elgin, OK. He graduated from Elgin High School and then from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in engineering physics. He retired from Southwestern Bell...

Danny Lee Wilson

Danny Lee Wilson

Jul 7, 2021

Danny Lee Wilson, longtime Shawnee-area resident, passed away on July 7, 2021. He was 67. Danny was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on June 1, 1954, the son of Maudie (France) and Roland “Tuck” Wilson. In 1972, he graduated from Shawnee High School and later graduated from Okmulgee Tech with a degree in carpentry. He married Cindy Kelly on August 9,...

Sibble Faye Warden

Sibble Faye Warden

Jul 6, 2021

Sibble Faye (Mills) Warden, age 92, of Shawnee passed away on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Shawnee. Sibble was born on August 29, 1928 in Penny, Arkansas to her parents, George W. Mills and Charlotte Ann Mills. She married Alfred Warden in Shawnee on March 21, 1949. The two celebrated 59 years together before his passing. After 27 years of...

Bobby Donald Wood

Bobby Donald Wood

Jul 4, 2021

Bobby Donald Wood went to his heavenly home July 4, 2021. He was born October 27, 1933 in Snyder, TX to Elmer Cecil Wood and Wilma Ethel Martin Wood. His mother died at the age of 22 and Bob was raised by the Martin’s in Hope, AR. Bob married Roberta Ruyle Mikes July 30, 1976. Bob was a 1952 graduate...

Patricia Morgan

Patricia Morgan

Jul 3, 2021

Patricia Ann Morgan, resident of Shawnee, OK, passed away on Saturday, July 3, 2021. She was 87 years old. Pat was born on July 29, 1933 in Stonewall, Oklahoma to her parents, Arthur Truman Holland and Lillie Bell (Mayfield) Holland. She graduated from high school in Ada, Oklahoma. After raising a family of five children, Pat worked for Oklahoma Baptist...

Joann Mary Mayes

Joann Mary Mayes

Jul 2, 2021

Shawnee resident Joann Mary Mayes, 83, passed away Friday, July 2, 2021 in Shawnee. Wake services will be at 6:00 P.M. Sunday at St Benedict Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, July 5, 2021 at St. Benedict Catholic Church with Father Joseph Schwarz officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery. Joann was born June 10, 1938 in...

Janette M. Swadley

Janette M. Swadley

Jul 1, 2021

Janette M. Swadley, age 94, Shawnee resident, passed away Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Shawnee, OK.

Janette was born on October 13, 1926 in Bernice, Louisiana to James F. and Ruby (Patterson) McCall. She was raised in the Bernice area and then attended Louisiana Tech where she received a Bachelors in Home Economics. After college, Janette moved to west Texas...

Gary Wayne Smith

Gary Wayne Smith

Jun 28, 2021

Gary Wayne Smith was born on December 3, 1946, in Okemah, Oklahoma and departed this life on Monday, June 28, 2021, at his residence in Shawnee, OK, at the age of 74.   Gary, the son of Hugh Smith, Jr. and Martha (Moody) Smith, was raised in the Moore, Oklahoma area and graduated from Moore High School in 1965.  Gary...