Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shawnee, OK and Pottawatomie County

David Wayne Dickens

David Wayne Dickens

Dec 26, 2018

David Wayne Dickens, 61, of Shawnee, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018 in a local hospital. Memorial services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 29 at Immanuel Baptist Church with Dr. Todd Fisher officiating. Visit www.ibcshawneee.org for livestreaming of the service. David was born June 13, 1957 in Watonga, Oklahoma to Lawrence & Daisy (Rainey) Dickens. He attended Moore Schools,...

Marcella Delores Hinesley

Marcella Delores Hinesley

Dec 23, 2018

Marcella Delores Hinesley, 94, of Shawnee, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 at her home. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 29 at Cross Connection Church. Burial will follow in Tecumseh Cemetery. The Family will be at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, December 27 to visit with friends and family. Marcella was born August 16, 1924...

Sandra Gail VanZant

Sandra Gail VanZant

Dec 23, 2018

Sandra Gail VanZant passed .away on Sunday, December 23, 2018 in the comfort of her home in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 69. Sandra was loved immensely by many and proud to call herself a wife, mother, grandmother, sister, mentor and friend. Sandra was born on April 15, 1949 in Poteau, Oklahoma. She grew up in Poteau with her...

Estaline Audry Foreman

Estaline Audry Foreman

Dec 18, 2018

McLoud resident Estaline Foreman, 91, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at her home. Services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, December 21, 2018 at Walker Funeral Service Chapel. Burial will follow at Dale Cemetery. She was born December 25, 1926 in Bristow, Oklahoma to Mary and Frank Harris. She married James Albert Foreman on May 18, 1946. Estaline...

Frank Michael Pfaff

Frank Michael Pfaff

Dec 18, 2018

Frank Michael Pfaff August 11,1947 to December 18, 2018 Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions. It was Frank's sublimity, success, furtherance, and perseverance that helped transform a two year college into a...

David Moody

David Moody

Dec 14, 2018

David Wayne MoodyOn Friday, December 14, 2018, this world lost a wonderful husband, son-in-law, father, father-in-law, step-father, grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin, friend - and "HUGE" University of Oklahoma Sooner football fan - BOOMER! SOONER!. David Wayne Moody was all of these things and so much more. He leaves behind his wife, Pam, and his children Ashley Moody, Aimee May and...

Phillip "Bud" Forrest Beamer

Phillip "Bud" Forrest Beamer

Dec 13, 2018

Phillip Forrest “Bud” Beamer was born June 29, 1925 in Dale, Oklahoma, to Phillip Forrest Beamer and Mina (Burks) Beamer. He passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018 at his home. Bud graduated from Dale High School in 1943, then served in U.S. Navy for 2 ½ years in the southwest Pacific. He began working for Phillips Petroleum Company in Borger,...

C. Elden McNabb

C. Elden McNabb

Dec 11, 2018

Paden resident C. Elden McNabb, 84, passed away quietly at his home on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 surrounded by family and precious saints after a battle with Alzheimer’s. Viewing will begin Friday at The People of Truth Church in Paden from noon to 4pm then again from 6pm to 8pm.Services will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday at The People of Truth...

Wendell R. York

Wendell R. York

Dec 5, 2018

Shawnee resident, Wendell R. York, 78, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018 in an Oklahoma City hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 10 at Sharon Baptist Church with Rev. Clint Dawkins officiating. Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Walker Funeral Service. Wendell was born in Okemah, Oklahoma on August 29, 1940 to...

Chester Winfred Broyles

Chester Winfred Broyles

Dec 4, 2018

Lifetime resident of Shawnee, Chester W. Broyles, 89, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Chester was born in Meeker, OK, in 1929 to Martin and Irene Broyles. He served as a US Army Corporal in Korea. He is preceded in death by his wife, Bobbie (Shivers) Broyles. He is survived by his son, two daughters, and two granddaughters. He was...

Juan C. Matanane

Juan C. Matanane

Nov 27, 2018

Mcloud resident Juan C. Matanane, 87, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at his residence.Wake services will begin at 6:00 P.M. Monday, December 3, 2018 at the Kickapoo Friends Center. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at the Kickapoo Friends Center. Arrangement are being handled by Walker Funeral Service.

Evangeline Darci Palacios

Evangeline Darci Palacios

Nov 25, 2018

Evangeline Darci Palacios, 38, of Choctaw, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018 in Midwest City.Darci, the daughter of Carl Payne and Debra (Stephens) Klaus, was born on March 13, 1980 in Tulsa. She graduated from Tulsa Central High School with the class of 1998. Darci had a gift to make everyone around her feel special, endearing her to people almost...

Ray Stinnett, Jr.

Ray Stinnett, Jr.

Nov 24, 2018

Ray Stinnett Jr., 53, of Shawnee, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2018 at a local hospital.Ray, the son of Ray Sr. and Gayle (Reed) Stinnett, was born on March 27, 1965, in Kankakee, IL. Ray was a 1983 graduate of Bethel Acres HS. After graduation Ray went to Seminole Junior College and studied computers. He worked for Gordon Cooper Vo-Tech...

Donald Ray Simpson

Donald Ray Simpson

Nov 23, 2018

Shawnee resident Donald Simpson, 63, passed away Friday, November 23, 2018 at his home.Services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, December 1, 2018 at Walker Funeral Service Chapel with Reverend Michael Harris officiating. Burial will follow at Earlsboro Cemetery.Donald was born April 28, 1955 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Frank and Deloris (Webber) Simpson. He graduated from Earlsboro High School in 1973...

Murel Longnecker

Murel Longnecker

Nov 17, 2018

Murel Longnecker, 72, passed away with his loving family by his side after a long hard fight with cancer Saturday morning. Murel was born November 22, 1945 to Clyde and Vera Longnecker.He was born in Taloga, Oklahoma and raised in Kansas before joining the US. Army Reserve from 1963 to 1968. In April of 1969, Murel married Nancy Brown. Murel...

Mary Margaret Crooks

Mary Margaret Crooks

Nov 11, 2018

Mary Margaret Crooks went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 11, 2018 at Shawnee, Oklahoma, at the age of 88. She was born July 25, 1930 at Emmett, KS and was first born of eight children of Reuben A. and Bernice A. (Wax) Butts. At the age of five her family moved to Logan OK in the...

Janet Elaine Sturgill Clinkenbeard

Janet Elaine Sturgill Clinkenbeard

Nov 7, 2018

Janet was born in Oklahoma City to James and Lydia Sturgill on May 10, 1954. She went to see her Lord and Savior on November 7th, 2018 at her home in Newalla. She was diagnosed with kidney cancer in February of 2018 and succumbed to the disease, after bravely fighting it. She was a proud supporter and donor of K...

Edna Alene Melton

Edna Alene Melton

Nov 6, 2018

Meeker resident Edna Alene Melton passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2018 in Shawnee.Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Walker Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. Ann Gaines Ali officiating.  Burial will follow in New Hope Cemetery, Meeker. Edna was born February 22, 1937 in Hanna, OK to Homer and Ida (Vandeveer) Woodruff.  She was a homemaker and...

Edna Ruth Sadler

Edna Ruth Sadler

Nov 4, 2018

Edna Ruth (Griggs) Sadler died Sunday, November 4, 2018, age 88, following a massive stroke.Edna was born May 25, 1930 in the old Shawnee City Hospital to W.R. (William Roy “Red”) Griggs and Edith Myrtle (Jackson) Griggs. She attended Horace Mann Elementary School as did all three of her children. She attended Shawnee Junior High and High School graduating in...

Carl Edward Chastain

Carl Edward Chastain

Nov 1, 2018

Carl Edward Chastain was born November 13, 1936 in Shawnee and departed this life on Thursday, November 1 in Shawnee at the age of 81.Carl, the son of Lavell and Esther (Herring) Chastain completed school through the Shawnee School system. He proudly served in the US Army, 101st Airborne, stationed in Germany. Carl worked in avionics at Tinker, initially working...

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