Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Shawnee, OK and Pottawatomie County
Crystal Dawn Tiger
Jul 13, 2023
Shawnee resident Crystal Dawn Tiger entered this earth on January 16, 1977 and arrived in the loving arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 13, 2023. Crystal was born to Billie Ruth Pennock and Bill Tiger, Sr.
Crystal spent her childhood years residing in Prague, Oklahoma with her mom and her big brother. Crystal had many friends...
Peggy June Rooker
Jul 11, 2023
Peggy June (Burden) Rooker embraced the arms of Jesus on July 11, 2023, in Midwest City at the age of ninety-one years. Peggy was born May 30, 1932, in Macomb, Oklahoma to Alva Burden and Dorothy (Waldron) Burden.
On July 25, 1958, she was united in marriage with the love of her life, Howard Lee Rooker, and together they...
Marie K. Mellinger
Jul 8, 2023
Marie K. Mellinger (Kathy), 94, Shawnee, Ok passed away, July 8, 2023, with family by her side in Ada, Oklahoma.
She was born to the late Valentine and Emma Mickish, May 7, 1929. Marie graduated from St Benedict High School.
She married the late Ernest Mellinger in 1952, always returning back to Shawnee in between military moves.
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Sidney Wayne Snider
Jul 6, 2023
Sidney Wayne Snider was born Jan 10, 1958, in the elevator of Norman Regional Hospital, Norman, Oklahoma. He was the son of George and Patricia (Wilson) Snider. He went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, July 06, 2023, in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Wayne was a 1976 Shawnee High School graduate. After high school he attended Oscar Rose Junior College...
Peggy Joyce Chesney
Jul 5, 2023
Peggy Joyce (Bergman) Chesney of Shawnee, Oklahoma, passed away July 5, 2023.
Peggy was born January 11, 1933 in Levelland, Texas to William Bergman and Ora (Howard) Bergman.
Peggy graduated from Weatherford, Oklahoma High School in 1951, where she was a leading majorette in the Weatherford High School Band, playing the clarinet during band concerts, and was active in various...
Margie Ann Arthur
Jun 26, 2023
Margie Ann (Perry) Arthur passed from this life on Monday, June 26, 2023. Margie was born November 9, 1939 in Columbus, GA to Joseph Perry and Helen Louise (Jenkins) Williams. She graduated from high school and then received her Nursing Degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Margie then retired in 1994, at Flint Osteopathic Hospital.
She married...
Carlyon Milidia Middleton
Jun 26, 2023
Carlyon Milidia Middleton, age 77, of Earlsboro, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, June 26, 2023 at her home in Earlsboro, Oklahoma.
Carlyon was born January 23, 1946 in Shawnee, OK the daughter of Earvin and Emma Krueger . She married James Middleton. She had worked at Cohen, Tecumseh Sunset Estates, General Motors, Lowder Transporation, TDK, and Lewis Manufacturing. She enjoyed being...
Paul Eugene Burgess
Jun 23, 2023
Paul Eugene Burgess of Shawnee, Oklahoma, died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on June 23, 2023. Paul, a lifelong educator, taught government classes at St. Gregory’s College in Shawnee from 1966 until his retirement in 2008. Paul was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on November 25, 1936, and raised in the Kansas City area of Argentine, then dominated by the...
Serena Sky Osife
Jun 23, 2023
Serena Sky Osife passed away Friday, June 23, 2023 in Portland, Oregon. She was born on September 20, 1993 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Mercedes Wahpepah and Franklin Osife. Serena gave birth to her one and only, beautiful son, Emiliano Osife.
Serena was a sweet and bright soul. She loved listening to music and watching her favorite movies. She was...
Jeannie "Jean" Vandenburg
Jun 22, 2023
Jean Vandenburg, 88, passed away Friday, June 22, 2023 in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Jeannie (Jean) Vandenburg was born in Atoka Oklahoma on March 4, 1935 to parents Carl and Thelma Bonham. Jean enjoyed playing basketball at Atoka High School. Jean was married 63 years to Eddie Vandenburg and they had five children. During Eddie’s service in the Army, they lived in...
Kenneth Glen Collins
Jun 21, 2023
Kenneth Glen Collins, 70, passed away June 21, 2023 in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
He was born December 5, 1952 in Prague, Oklahoma to Gene Collins and Edna Deloris (Lynch) Collins. Ken graduated from Shawnee High School in 1971 and earned an Associate’s Degree from Eastern State in Wilburton, OK. He also attended Horse Shoeing School in 1983. For many...
Marty Fay Pettyjohn
Jun 20, 2023
Marty Pettyjohn was born in Shawnee, OK, on October 9, 1944, to Lonnie Vearl and Emeline Smith. She passed away on June 20, 2023, in Oklahoma City and went to be with her Lord and Savior where she received her reward.
Marty grew up in Norman, OK, graduating from Norman High School. She attended Oklahoma Christian University. Marty met the...
Marie Green
Jun 20, 2023
Olivia Marie (Reynolds) Green passed from this life on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Marie was born December 15, 1942 in McAlester, OK to Clifford and Gertrude (Williams) Reynolds. She graduated in 1960 from McAlester High School in McAlester, OK.
Marie married Robert (Bob) Green on December 30, 1960. Her proudest moments were raising a family and spending time with her...
Sandy Sue Collins
Jun 19, 2023
Charlita “Sandy” Collins, age 84, passed away on June 19, 2023. Sandy enjoyed her grandchildren more than life and was the biggest giver and encourager to all. Perhaps some of her fondest memories were with her Florida friends while living in Gulf Breeze and Navarre, FL. Sandy was extremely proud of her Osage heritage. Her final days were spent in...
Kevin Staley Kershaw
Jun 14, 2023
Kevin Staley Kershaw, resident of Shawnee passed away on Wednesday June 14th, 2023 at the age of 61. Kevin was born on June 23rd 1961, in Duncan, Oklahoma. The family lived in Marlow, Oklahoma until moving to Shawnee in 1969, so that Kevin could attend Faith 7 School. Kevin moved as a teenager to Pauls Valley, Oklahoma to reside...
Arthur T. McSparen
Jun 12, 2023
Arthur Theo McSparen, resident of Shawnee, passed away on Monday, June 12, 2023. He was 75 years old. Arthur was born in Dixon, IL on October 3, 1947 to Phillip McSparen, Jr. and Edna Marks. Arthur proudly served his country in the United States Army. After being honorably discharged, he worked at Tinker Air Force Base until retirement.
He was...
Denise Shawn Lasley
Jun 10, 2023
Denise Shawn Lasley, 50, (or as she would say…half a century old), made her journey peacefully on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at Integris Baptist Medical Center.
She was born January 13, 1973 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Charles D. Lasley and Barbara Pennock. She attended public and graduate schools in surrounding areas. She graduated from Culinary Arts in Texas, was...
Shirley Jolene King
Jun 10, 2023
Shirley Jolene King passed away peacefully after a long battle with Dementia at age 88 on June 10, 2023 at Shawnee Care Center.
She was born on March 4, 1935 in Long Beach, California where she lived many years before moving to San Pedro, California. There she met her future husband, Gantt, in 1964, who was in the Air Force...
Edith Carolyn Miles
Jun 10, 2023
Edith “Carolyn” Miles, born on December 16, 1946 in Shawnee OK, graduated from Shawnee High School in 1965, and Oklahoma Baptist University in 1969. She passed away on Saturday, June 10, 2023 in Shawnee, OK at the age of 76. Carolyn was a long-time Shawnee public school educator, teaching over the course of her long career at Robert E....
Dinah Jan Holbrook
Jun 4, 2023
Dinah Jan Holbrook, passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at the age of 81 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Dinah was born on August 19, 1941 in Ada, Oklahoma to Tommie Maines and LaFern (Donaghey) Maines. Dinah was raised in Ada and graduated from high school there in 1959. Later that year, Floyd Holbrook became her husband on October 17, 1959...
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