Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shawnee, OK and Pottawatomie County

TJ Lamirand

TJ Lamirand

May 5, 2019

Tecumseh resident TJ Lamirand, 94, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2019 in Tecumseh. The family will receive friends at Walker Funeral Service on Thursday from 6-7pm.Services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, May 10, 2019 at Temple Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Craig officiating. Burial will follow at Tecumseh Cemetery under the direction of Walker Funeral Service.

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James Lee West

James Lee West

May 1, 2019

Shawnee resident James Lee West, 57, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at his home. He was born June 3, 1961 in Shawnee. He was the son of Robert Ray and the late Gloria June (Kelley) Ford. He served in the United States Army and worked much of his life as a truck driver. James had a passion for helping...

Clarence Leon Tully

Clarence Leon Tully

May 1, 2019

A celebration of life for Clarence Leon Tully of Oklahoma City will be held on Monday, May 6th. Internment will take place at Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee at 10 am, under the direction of Walker Funeral Service, followed by a memorial service at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church of Oklahoma City at 1:00 pm. Mr. Tully passed from this life on...

Neal D. Leech

Neal D. Leech

Apr 30, 2019

Neal D. Leech, 96, of Shawnee, died Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in a local hospital. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 3 in the chapel of Walker Funeral Service with LaVerna Lou Thiemann and the Rev. Jeffrey Brock officiating. Neal was born January 24, 1923 in Espanola, New Mexico to Harry R. & Zesta (Marshall) Leech. They moved to...

Mike Bolling

Mike Bolling

Apr 29, 2019

Tecumseh resident Michael Dennis Bolling, 65, passed away Monday, April 29, 2019 at his home.Services for Mike, 65, of Tecumseh, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Living Word Church in Shawnee. The family will receive relatives and friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday May 2nd at Walker Funeral Home.Survivors include his wife, Margaret Bolling; three children and spouses:...

Helen Lee Gibson Sikes

Helen Lee Gibson Sikes

Apr 28, 2019

Loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother left this life to her eternal home in Heaven on April 28, 2019.  She was 92. Helen was born on June 4, 1926 to Marion B. and Ira Jane Gibson of Shawnee, Oklahoma.  She attended Earlsboro High School.  On September 16, 1944 she married Clifford Dee Sikes upon his...

Bobby W. Sehorn

Bobby W. Sehorn

Apr 21, 2019

Bobby W. Sehorn, 87, of Shawnee, died Sunday, April 21, 2019 in Shawnee. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 25, 2019 in the chapel of Walker Funeral Service with Tom Harmon, a nephew of Bobby’s, officiating. Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Walker Funeral Service. Bobby, also known as Bob, BW or Hook to...

Patsy Ann Smith

Patsy Ann Smith

Apr 14, 2019

Patsy Ann Smith, 76, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2019 at The Regency nursing facility in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was born in Ft. Worth, Texas on September 3, 1942 to Stanley and Lucita (Barnes) Milner. she had two brothers Cecil and Winston Milner. Some of her youth was spent in Norman, Ok. until her family moved to Tulsa where she...

Richard A. Lee

Richard A. Lee

Apr 13, 2019

Richard A. Lee, 95, of Meeker, passed peacefully into the arms of his Savior on Saturday, April 13, 2019.  Richard was born September 11, 1923 in Chandler, Oklahoma to Thomas and Magdalena “Lena” Lee.  He graduated from Meeker High School and, later, from Central State College in Edmond with a degree in Education.  In 1943, Richard joined the United States...

Tilford (Bo) Bradley Bowlan

Tilford (Bo) Bradley Bowlan

Apr 13, 2019

Tilford (Bo) Bradley Bowlan, Jr. was born May 20, 1951, the youngest of three children of Milford B. (Sarge) and Alice M. (Cowan) Bowlan at Hill AFB, Ogden, Utah. At a very young age he accompanied his parents, sisters Lavitha and Shauna to Japan for 2 years, where his father was stationed during the Korena War. Upon return the family...

Johnnie L. Kinnamon

Johnnie L. Kinnamon

Apr 12, 2019

Johnnie L Kinnamon, age 91, long time resident of Shawnee passed away in his home on April 12, 2019.

He was born June 15th 1927, to John Robert Kinnamon and Annie (Kubicek) Kinnamon in Seminole County Oklahoma.  He worked on his fathers farm at a young age, in the Pottawatomie County area, where he met the love of his...

Leo Andrew Nowakowski

Leo Andrew Nowakowski

Apr 11, 2019

Leo Andrew Nowakowski, 94, of Harrah, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019 at his home.  Leo was born on November 11, 1924, in Shawnee, to Andrew and Mary (Jorski) Nowakowski.  He graduated from McLoud High School.  On September 30, 1944 he married Minnie Wood at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Shawnee.  Leo was dedicated to the Catholic faith.  He was...

Justin Wayne Garrison

Justin Wayne Garrison

Apr 6, 2019

Justin Wayne Garrison, 38, of Shawnee, died Saturday, April 6 in an Oklahoma City hospital.

Services are pending and will be announced at a later date by Walker Funeral Service.

Karen Jo Bowles

Karen Jo Bowles

Apr 5, 2019

In the late afternoon of April 5th, 2019, Karen Jo Bowles, passed away peacefully while her loving daughters held her hands and said goodbye.  It is with gratitude and love, her family and friends will celebrate Karen’s life at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, April 10th at Walker Funeral Chapel in Shawnee, Oklahoma followed by graveside services in Ames, Oklahoma at...

Wayne Lee Hanner

Wayne Lee Hanner

Apr 4, 2019

Wayne Lee Hanner, 67 of Shawnee passed away on April 4, 2019 in Oklahoma City due to complications of a stroke.

A Memorial Service will be held at Immanuel Baptist Church, 1451 E. 45th Street in Shawnee on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

Wayne was born May 30, 1951 to John Wilson and Anna Mae Hanner...

Billye Faye Threlkeld

Billye Faye Threlkeld

Apr 2, 2019

Billye F. Threlkeld, 89, passed away peacefully into the arms of her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, April 2, in Shawnee, OK. She was born on February 16, 1930 in Rudy, Arkansas to Seaborn and Ruth Bryan. Billye graduated from Van Buren High School at the age of 16 and then attended business school. She married Samuel Threlkeld on June 30,...

Jack Hood Reid

Jack Hood Reid

Apr 2, 2019

Jack Hood Reid, 82, devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, passed away on Tuesday April 2, 2019. Jack was born July 1, 1936 in Ennis, Texas to the late Jack Hood Reid Sr and Isla Mae Christian. Jack was married to Etta Skaggs Brooks on June 30, 1995. Together they blended their five children into a successful family. They...

Edward Russell Short

Edward Russell Short

Mar 27, 2019

Edward Russell Short, of Tecumseh, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, at a local hospital. Ed was born to Wilton and Allie (Raymond) Short, on January 29, 1944 in El Reno. He graduated from Tulsa Union High School, then Central State College where he got his degree in history. Ed proudly served in the US Army. On April 5, 1966,...

Edward Hurt III

Edward Hurt III

Mar 25, 2019

Edward “Eddie” Hurt III, 78, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 25, 2019.  Eddie was born on March 7, 1941, in Shawnee to Eddie Jr. and Francis Lucille (Harris) Hurt.  He graduated from White Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee, with the class of 1959, he then went to Oklahoma Baptist University.  Eddie completed his education at California Baptist College...

Norma Jean Spears Killingsworth

Norma Jean Spears Killingsworth

Mar 23, 2019

Norma Jean Spears Killingsworth, 90, of Shawnee, died Saturday, March 23, 2019 in Oklahoma City.

Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 at Resthaven Memorial Park with Harriott Leigh officiating, under the direction of Walker Funeral Service.

Norma was born May 14, 1928 in Seminole, OK to William Floyd & Mary Katherine (Stuart) Spears.  She was...