Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Shawnee, OK and Pottawatomie County
Wesley Wilson Tucker
Dec 23, 2022
Bethel Acres resident Wesley Wilson Tucker, 75, passed away Friday, December 23, 2022 at his home. Visitation will be 10am to 5pm Wednesday, December 28, at Walker Funeral Service. Funeral services will be 2pm Thursday, December 29, 2022 at Walker Funeral Chapel with Larry Townsend officiating. Burial will follow at Dale Cemetery. Wesley was born October 21, 1947 in Oklahoma...
Audrey Allison Roach
Dec 15, 2022
Audrey Roach, age 73, a resident of Shawnee, Oklahoma, went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 15, 2022. She was born Audrey Allison Roach on October 13, 1949 to Leonard and Charlett Roach. She was raised in Broken Arrow and graduated from Broken Arrow High School in 1967. Audrey earned her bachelor in education at Oklahoma Baptist...
Opal Louise Tucker
Dec 14, 2022
Opal Louise Tucker, Shawnee resident, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Opal was born November 19, 1948 to Vestal and Bertha Kessinger. She was a factory worker at TDK Corp and worked at various nursing homes. Preceded in death by: parents Vestal & Bertha Kessinger, brothers Danny Kessinger and Troy Kessinger, sisters Vesta Saxton, Mary Kay Colon, Leona Cearley, and...
Jimmy D. Murdock
Dec 10, 2022
Jimmy D. Murdock, resident of the Shawnee/Dale area, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2022. He was 82 years old.
Jimmy was born on December 15, 1939 in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma to his parents, James and Ella Murdock. Jimmy enjoyed the outdoors whether he was tending to his vegetable garden, hunting, fishing, or practicing archery. He bowled in various leagues...
Terry L. Schwerdtfeger
Dec 10, 2022
Terry Lynn Schwerdtfeger, resident of Shawnee, OK, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2022. He was 73 years old. Terry was born on May 4, 1949 in Capron, OK to his parents, Wesley and Winona Schwerdtfeger. Terry loved watching Oklahoma State Football and old western movies. He especially enjoyed spending time with his grandson, Bryce, fishing and riding around in...
Norma Jean Head
Dec 9, 2022
Norma Jean (Greer) Head, resident of Shawnee, Oklahoma peacefully passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2022 at the age of 84. Norma was born to Richard and Erma Greer on February 23, 1938 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Norma was a loving wife and mother, always there in time of need to listen and speak the truth you needed to hear....
Kyle Jay Gipp
Dec 8, 2022
Reverend Kyle Jay Gipp, age 43, made his journey December 8, 2022, at home in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Kyle was born August 26, 1979, in Fort Yates, North Dakota on the Standing Rock Reservation to Robin D. Tiger and Miles J. Gipp. He descended from the Lakota Sioux, Muscogee, Seminole, and Sac and Fox Nations. Kyle’s grandparents had a strong influence...
Jimmie Brownell, Jr.
Dec 5, 2022
Jimmie Brownell, Jr., age 99, Shawnee resident, passed away Monday, December 5, 2022. He was born on August 28, 1923, in Purcell, OK to Jimmie Brownell, Sr. and Hattie Mae (Northcutt) Brownell. He was a graduate of Arkansas City High School and then attended Cowley College in Arkansas City, KS. Lura "Catherine" Mitchell became his wife for 74 years until...
Jettie Mae (Chesser) McKimmey
Dec 4, 2022
Jettie was born Jettie Mae Chesser to John Henry Chesser and Georgia Chesser on December 4, 1938 in Dry Prong, Louisiana. She was reunited with the Lord on her 84th birthday, December 4, 2022. In between she met Joe McKimmey at age 14 and worked with him at Top Hat Drive In. He was 15. They rode the school bus...
Dakota Jayde Garroutte
Dec 3, 2022
Garroutte, Dakota J., age 28, Shawnee resident, passed away Saturday, December 3, 2022, at his home. A memorial ceremony to celebrate Dakota's life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 10, 2022, in the chapel at Walker Funeral & Cremation Service. Following the ceremony, he will be laid to rest at the Tecumseh Cemetery. Dakota was born on September...
Frances Louise (Sealock) Hankins Mason
Dec 3, 2022
Frances Louise (Sealock) Hankins Mason, resident of Shawnee, passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2022. She was 90 years old.
Louise was born on February 20, 1932, in McLoud, OK. She graduated from Prairie Valley High School in Seminole County. On August 13, 1950, she married Doyle Wayne Hankins at Highway Baptist Church in Little, Oklahoma, where they met. Doyle...
Linda Gail Whitney
Dec 2, 2022
Linda Gail Whitney, resident of Harrah, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2022. She was 73 years old.
Linda was born on November 23, 1949, to Vona Lee Coker and Cecil Coker in Oklahoma City. She married Floyd Kennon Whitney on September 3, 1971, in Oklahoma City.
She was preceded in death by her mother, father, sister, Darlene Wages, mother-in-law,...
Andrea Francene Ellis
Nov 26, 2022
Andrea Francene (Berry) Ellis, age 80, of Shawnee, passed away in a local hospital on Saturday, November 26, 2022. A memorial ceremony will be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. in the Walker Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. Larry Sparks officiating. Andrea was born September 13, 1942, in Mountain View, Oklahoma, to Andrew Edwin and Wynona Francene...
Kay Dette Best
Nov 26, 2022
Kay Dette Sugg Best, 78, of Shawnee, OK, passed from this life Saturday, November 26, 2022. A memorial ceremony will be held on Monday, December 5, 2022, at 10am at the Walker Funeral Service Chapel. Larry Sparks will be officiating. Kay was born April 24, 1944, in Ada, Oklahoma to Nell Dean (Johnson) Aynes and William Roan Sugg. As a...
Royce A. Hinkle, Jr.
Nov 25, 2022
It is with profound sadness that the family of Royce A Hinkle, Jr., MD, shares the loss of a devoted husband, beloved father and grandfather, trusted friend and family physician. Royce loved his professional and family life, and though reluctant to depart, he died peacefully at age 90 on the family farm we call home on Friday, November 25, 2022.
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Stephen Paul Thorpe
Nov 24, 2022
Stephen Paul Thorpe, age 55, was born to Franklin Thorpe, Sr. and Patricia Lorentz on December 4, 1966, in Lawrence, Kansas. Stephen was called home on Thursday, November 24, 2022. Stephen attended Haskell Indian Nations University and worked at the University of Kansas as a maintenance technician.
Stephen is survived by his wife Roberta (Tiny) Kaye and their son, Patric...
Gayla Ward Masingill
Nov 23, 2022
Gayla Ward Masingill, age 66 of Shawnee, died Wednesday, November 23, 2022, in a local nursing home. A memorial ceremony will be held on Saturday, December 3, 2022, at Trinity Baptist Church at 2:00 P.M. Gayla was born May 19, 1956, in Arkansas to Floyd and Alberta Ward. She graduated from Shawnee High School and Gordon Cooper Nursing Program. She...
Anita Jo Reese
Nov 23, 2022
Anita Jo Reese of Shawnee died Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at the Regency Nursing Center. A graveside ceremony will be held on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Tecumseh Cemetery with Kim Lanman officiating. Anita was born on October 26, 1938 in Atoka, Oklahoma to O.W. "Shorty" and Clara Estelle (Rains) Withrow. She was a high school graduate...
Kathy Sue Riddle
Nov 18, 2022
Kathy Sue (Gouker) Riddle age 71 of Shawnee died Friday, November 18, 2022 in a Tulsa, Oklahoma hospital. Services have been set for Monday November 21, 2022 at 10:00 am at the Aydelotte Baptist Church with Rev. Duncan Blackwell officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City at 2:00 P.M. Kathy was born October 4,1951 in Watsonville,...
Roy Lee Guinn
Nov 16, 2022
Roy Lee Guinn, 96, of Meeker, Oklahoma passed away Wednesday November 16, 2022 in a local nursing home. Graveside services will be Tuesday, November 22, at 2:00 P.M. at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Joe Jones officiating. Roy Lee was born in Lincoln County on March 2, 1926, to Samuel Burlin and Minnie Fay (Fowler) Guinn. Roy Lee was...
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