Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shawnee, OK and Pottawatomie County

Corene White

Corene White

Jun 30, 2018

Corene Douglas White, 94, died Saturday, June 30, 2018, with her family by her side in Shawnee, OK.Mrs. White was born March 12, 1924 in Konawa, Oklahoma, to Willie and Mary (Pilot) Douglas.She worked many years in the nursing field as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She was a member of High Springs Baptist Church in Konawa.She was preceded in death...

Coyla Bowden

Coyla Bowden

Jun 25, 2018

Coyla Bowden was born June 21, 1912 to Clarence O. Oldham and lea (Chezem) Oldham In Muskogee, Oklahoma. She passed away June 25, 2018. She was 106 years old. Growing up during the oil boom, she lived in several towns in Oklahoma as her father worked for a major oil company. She spent her high school years in Seminole graduating...

Rex Lee Grider

Rex Lee Grider

Jun 24, 2018

Rex Lee Grider, passed away Sunday, June 24, 2018 at the age of 81.Rex, the son of William Clifton and Nora Marie (Payne) Grider was born June 13, 1937 in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. He graduated from Wetumka High School, and completed his bachelor’s degree in Business from Oklahoma Baptist University. He proudly served his country in the United States National...

Denver Gene Cheek

Denver Gene Cheek

Jun 22, 2018

Denver Gene Cheek age 81, of Shawnee, died Friday June 22, 2018 at a local nursing home. Services will be Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at Walker Funeral Service Chapel with burial to follow at Highland Cemetery in Okemah, Oklahoma.

Leonard Talmadge Walker

Leonard Talmadge Walker

Jun 22, 2018

Leonard Talmadge Walker, 92, of Shawnee, passed away Friday, June 22, 2018 at his home. Graveside services will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at Resthaven Memorial Park in Shawnee. Leonard was born August 7, 1925 in Davy, West Virginia to James E. & Nancy L. (Brammer) Walker. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the US...

John Stephen Day

John Stephen Day

Jun 16, 2018

John Day, our beloved husband, father, son and brother departed this earth on June 16, 2018. Born October 29th 1973, he was 44. John was the Pork Group Transportation manager at Tyson Foods in Holdenville OK, as well as working part time as a bouncer at Coyote Ugly in Oklahoma City which financed his real passion, bowling. He was very...

Thelma Louise Hardin

Thelma Louise Hardin

Jun 15, 2018

Thelma Louise Hardin was born May 18, 1934 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma and departed this life Friday, June 15, 2018 in Shawnee at the age of 84.Thelma, the daughter of Jack Samuel and Walsie Wanez (Jordan) Tomlinson was a graduate of Tecumseh High School. She married Eric Bruce Hardin Jr. on October 7, 1953 and enjoyed fifty years of marriage prior...

Brenice A. Poe

Brenice A. Poe

Jun 15, 2018

Brenice A. Poe, 91, of Shawnee, passed away June 15, 2018 in Shawnee.Brenice was born October 15, 1926 in Chicago, IL to Edna & Ezra Treece. She attended Monroe College of Optometry and was a practicing optometrist in Illinois for 50 years. After retiring she moved to Shawnee to help her daughter, Martye McCall, in her health food store, Good...

Wesley Green

Wesley Green

Jun 12, 2018

Wesley Green, 74, of Shawnee, passed away June 12, 2018 at his home.Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 16 at Hart Street Full Gospel Church.  Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery

Myler Glenn (Mike) Crooks

Myler Glenn (Mike) Crooks

Jun 10, 2018

Myler Glenn (Mike) Crooks, at the age of 87, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, June 10, 2018 in a local nursing center. He was born December 1, 1930 in Evansville, Indiana. At the age of two he moved to Detroit, Michigan with his parents Myler G. and Ella Crooks, Sister; Barbara Crooks and Grandparents, where...

Joe Ivan Stephenson, Jr.

Joe Ivan Stephenson, Jr.

Jun 8, 2018

Shawnee resident Joe Stephenson, 91, passed away Friday, June 8, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma.Viewing will begin on Tuesday. Graveside services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at the Enid Cemetery in Enid, OK. Services are under the direction of Walker Funeral Service, Shawnee, OK. Joe was born December 7, 1926 in Stillwater, Oklahoma to Joe and Opal Stephenson....

Marjorie Caldwell Henson

Marjorie Caldwell Henson

Jun 1, 2018

Marjorie Caldwell Henson passed from this earth June 1, 2018, in American Canyon, CA, at the age of 99 1/2 years old. She was born in Winfield, AL on November 22, 1918, one of seven children born to William Alfred and Maud Lee Webster. At age six, she and her family boarded the train for a new life in Oklahoma....

Wynona McGirt

Wynona McGirt

Jun 1, 2018

Wynona McGirt, Age: 65 of Shawnee died Friday June 1, 2018 in her home of 22 years.Graveside service were held Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at Dale Cemetery. Rev. Randall Miller officiated.Wynona was born June 6, 1952 in Pawnee, Oklahoma to Al Barnes Wakolee and Betty Joyce Longman Wakolee. She attended Riverside Boarding School. and had many occupations. She was married...

Donald Walter Thomas

Donald Walter Thomas

May 28, 2018

Donald “Don” Thomas passed away peacefully Monday, May 28, 2018 at St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital. He was born June 9, 1937 in Cushing, Oklahoma to Marion and Thelma Thomas. Don married Wilda Whipkey on September 23, 1955 in Cushing, Oklahoma. They were married 62 years, and worked and made their home in Cushing where their four children were born. They...

Glenora Parsons Carpenter

Glenora Parsons Carpenter

May 28, 2018

Glenora Parsons Carpenter was born October 1, 1936 to Glenn and Ora (Dunn) Parsons in Shawnee, OK. She departed this life and went to her heavenly home on May 28, 2018.Glenora was the first child born to Glenn and Ora, and they combined their names to give her a beautiful first name. She attended Shawnee public schools until the family...

Gloria L. Oliva

Gloria L. Oliva

May 28, 2018

Gloria Lee (Rogers) Oliva, our precious mother, grandmother and great- grandmother, passed away on May 28, 2018 after a long illness. She was born on November 21, 1926 in Orange County, Texas, to Oscar Columbus Rogers, Sr. and Ruth Elizabeth Williams Rogers. She attended University High in Lincoln, Nebraska and later graduated from St. Anthony School of Nursing. She married...

Kathryn (Kathy) Ann Rick

Kathryn (Kathy) Ann Rick

May 25, 2018

Kathryn Ann (Wiley) Rick was born on May 2, 1947, to Albert Woodbury Wiley and Ruth Aleene (Alexander) Wiley in Beloit, Kansas. Kathy went to be with her Lord on May 25, 2018, at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City at the age of 71.Kathy lived a full life taking advantage of each day God gave her. She attended...

Karen Gail Young

Karen Gail Young

May 22, 2018

 Karen Gail Young, 51, passed away on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Karen, the daughter of Norman and Peggy (Bowers) Drake, was a resident of Shawnee. Karen married Arthur Young on October 18, 2007 in Chandler. Karen was very adventurous, she loved to travel and was a great cook. Karen loved life, loved her family, loved helping and...

Adam Kent Smith

Adam Kent Smith

May 22, 2018

Tecumseh resident Adam Smith, 55, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2018 in Midwest City.Services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at Walker Funeral Service Chapel with Paul and Lessie Greggs officiating.Adam was born September 24, 1962 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Jimmie and Carolyn Smith. He graduated from Bethel High School in 1982. He married Pamela (Byrne) on...

Stella Marie Ayers

Stella Marie Ayers

May 16, 2018

Stella Marie Ayers, 87, died surrounded by family members on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Bethel Acres.Stella, the daughter of Morgan Enoch and Lectie Jane (White) Hancock, was born on February 4, 1931, in Harrison Arkansas. On May 29, 1947, she married Oid J. Bryce, he preceded her in death on March 16, 1961. Stella then married Delbert Lee Ayers,...

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