Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shawnee, OK and Pottawatomie County

John Paul Gee

John Paul Gee

Apr 23, 2020

John Paul Gee of Shawnee Oklahoma went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday April 23, 2020 at home with his Wife and Children by his side.

John was a loving husband, father and papa.  As he lived a full life of work and adventures, he acquired a list of lifetime friendships with many that would call...

Pearl Herin

Pearl Herin

Apr 21, 2020

Pearl J Herin, 85, of Tecumseh, died Tuesday, April 21, at an Oklahoma City hospital.

Pearl, the daughter of Ivan Sr., and Martha (Perkins) Alexander, was born May 25, 1934, in Tecumseh.

On February 19, 1952, she married Bobbie Herin Sr. in Borger, Texas. Pearl was a waitress at Kelley’s Sandwich Shop in Shawnee for many years. She...

Mark F. Borum

Mark F. Borum

Apr 20, 2020

Mark F. Borum, age 70, died Monday April 20, 2020 at a local hospital. Private services will be held and a memorial service will be announced at a later time. Viewing will be Thursday, evening. More information will be announced.

Jerry Eston Presley

Jerry Eston Presley

Apr 18, 2020

Jerry Eston Presley of Branson, Missouri, (formerly of Shawnee, OK) went to Heaven on April 18, 2020, at the age of 79 while surrounded by family. He was born in Shawnee and graduated from Shawnee High School in 1958. He served in the United States Navy and worked for AT&T for more than 30 years. He is survived by his...

Charlene Lynch

Charlene Lynch

Apr 17, 2020

Charlene Lynch passed peacefully at her home on Friday, April 17, 2020.

A lifelong resident of Shawnee, she was born October 9, 1939 at her grandmother’s boarding house on West Main in Shawnee, one of seven children.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mack Willie & Sarah Jane Bradbury, siblings Walter Bradbury, Faye Bradbury, Rosemary Henson,...

Patty Ann Harjo

Patty Ann Harjo

Apr 16, 2020

Shawnee resident Patty Ann Harjo departed from this life on April 16, 2020 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

She was born on September 14, 1954 in Claremore, Oklahoma to William Bill Pennock and Genevieve Meeks-Pennock. S

he was a homemaker, devoted wife to the love of her life, Stanford Paul Harjo, and mother to all. She loved cooking, going to...

George Allen Lupton

George Allen Lupton

Apr 16, 2020

George Allen Lupton went to his heavenly reward on April 16, 2020.

Allen, as he was known to family and friends, was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma on April 9, 1929 and was graduated from Shawnee High School in 1947. He was a painting contractor and painted bridges, water towers, fuel tanks, and other municipal and government projects across the...

Jack Don Beller

Jack Don Beller

Apr 8, 2020

Jackie Don Beller, was born July 8, 1942, in Byars, OK, to Archie and Elga (Easley) Beller. Jack gained his angel wings, April 8, 2020. Jack graduated from Davis High School. Throughout his life he had many accomplishments; his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren are his biggest accomplishments. Jack retired from Mobil after 25 years. He married Diane Beller in...

Eric Wayne Klause

Eric Wayne Klause

Apr 5, 2020

Eric Wayne Klause, 43, of McLoud, died April 5, 2020 in an Oklahoma City hospital.

Eric was born March 21, 1977 in Groom, Texas, the son of Wayne Charles & Tonya Lynn (Chester) Klause. He attended Borger High School from 1991-1993, and graduated from Shawnee High School in 1995. He worked as a machinist at Tinker Air Force Base...

Donald Morris Price

Donald Morris Price

Apr 3, 2020

Donald Morris Price was born on February 3, 1932, in Donna, Texas, and died at age 88 on April 3, 2020, in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Don was the youngest of three boys born to Allen and Vernetta Price, who moved their young family from Shawnee to south Texas to escape the hardships of the Dust Bowl era in Oklahoma. The...

Phyllis Faye Landrum

Phyllis Faye Landrum

Mar 31, 2020

Phyllis Landrum lived enough to fill several lifetimes and loved enough to make it last forever. She was an intelligent and talented wife, a protective mother, loving grandmother, doting great-grandmother-in-chief, and fierce friend. Her family loves her in the same way she loves them, proudly and without end.

She was born in Perry, Oklahoma on October 22, 1930.  She...

Alva "Al" Fletcher Pettit

Alva "Al" Fletcher Pettit

Mar 27, 2020

Alva (Al) Fletcher Pettit, 89, of Shawnee, died Friday, Mar. 27, 2020, at St. Anthony’s Hospital.

He was born June 9, 1930, in Cromwell, Oklahoma to James Pettit and Ethel Fairy (Jeffery) Pettit.

He graduated from Harjo High School in 1948 and served in the US Navy as a radar operator on the US Valley Forge during the...

Billy Gene Denton

Billy Gene Denton

Mar 22, 2020

Shawnee resident, Billy Gene Denton, 90, died Sunday, March 22, 2020 at his home.

Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 26 at Johnson Cemetery, with Rev. Larry Sparks officiating, under the direction of Walker Funeral Service.

Billy was born 11 July, 1929 in Enid, Oklahoma to Cleo Denton & Mildred (Mendel) Wheaton. On September 4, 1956...

Cheryl Ann Eason

Cheryl Ann Eason

Mar 21, 2020

Cheryl Ann Eason, 57, of Shawnee, died Saturday, March 21, in an Oklahoma City hospital.

Cheryl, the daughter of Charley and WillElla (Morris) Cole, was born on April 16, 1962, in Clinton Oklahoma. Cheryl attended school at the Southern Oklahoma Resource Center in Pauls Valley and was married to Randy Eason. She enjoyed bike riding and going to work....

Jonas "Joe" Nelson Manley

Jonas "Joe" Nelson Manley

Mar 20, 2020

Mcloud resident Jonas “Joe” Manley, 75, passed away Friday, March 20, 2020 at his home.

Memorial services are pending at this time. He was born April 8, 1944 to David and Beatrice (Harjo) Manley in Okemah, Oklahoma. Joe attended school in Chilaco and was in the Army Reserve as a young man. He married Beverly (Cole) on June 4,...

Lonnie Monroe Chapman

Lonnie Monroe Chapman

Mar 19, 2020

Lonnie Monroe Chapman, 87, of Harrah, died on Thursday, March 19, in Oklahoma City. Lonnie, the son of James Lemuel and Hazel Ruth (Adams) Chapman, was born May 16, 1932, in Grimes, Oklahoma.

In the sixth grade Lonnie’s family moved to the Harrah McLoud area, he graduated high school at Harrah with the class of 1950. Lonnie proudly served in...

David Allen Ray

David Allen Ray

Mar 16, 2020

Shawnee resident, David Allen Ray, 57, died Monday, March 16, 2020 at his home.

David was born October 10, 1962 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was a graduate of Shawnee High School, and worked in construction and the oil field. He loved camping, fishing and road trips. He adored his children and grandchildren, and loved his dog, “Ollie”.

He...

Nancy Jane Langley

Nancy Jane Langley

Mar 16, 2020

Our Mother, Nancy Jane Langley, passed quietly at home on Monday evening, the 16th of March, 2020. She was the daughter of Ann & Vyron Wallace, born November 9, 1938, in Cordell, OK. After attending school in Pauls Valley, she graduated from Norman High School. This is where she met and fell in love with Bill Langley. She married Bill...

Florence Lavena Kienzle

Florence Lavena Kienzle

Mar 15, 2020

Florence Lavena (Wilson) Kienzle was born on October 13, 1932, the only child of Esther Kirk Koonce Wilson and Charley Henry Wilson in Calumet, Oklahoma. She passed away on March 15, 2020, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was 87.

Florence was born in Calumet and then moved to Stella, Oklahoma, where she attended a one room schoolhouse. At about the...

Marlene T. Murdock

Marlene T. Murdock

Mar 12, 2020

Marlene T. Murdock, age 87 of McLoud, Oklahoma passed away March 12, 2020 .  She was born on November 10, 1932, in Stroud, Okla. to John & Nellie (Wolfe) Thompson. She was married to Ray Murdock who precedes her in death. She was a retired school teacher. A member of Kickapoo Native Church, Kickapoo Chapter, Kickapoo Elders Council.

She...