Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shawnee, OK and Pottawatomie County

David Lee Pierson

David Lee Pierson

Jul 18, 2018

David Lee Pierson, 59, of Meeker, went to the Lord Wednesday, July 18 at his home. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 23, 2018 at Walker Funeral Service Chapel with Jimmy Moreland officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery. David was born March 31, 1959 in Seminole, Oklahoma. He served in the US Army. On May 9, 1986 he married...

Janice Lee Lempges

Janice Lee Lempges

Jul 16, 2018

Janice Lee Field Lempges passed away Monday, July 16, 2018. She was born in rural Payne County, OK October 28, 1936 to Donald Ellsworth and Lina Ford Field. Janice married Robert Frank Lempges at St. Xavier Catholic Church in Stillwater, OK on June 9, 1956. They made their home in McLoud, OK for the next 62 years where they raised...

Burton Montgomery Barrett

Burton Montgomery Barrett

Jul 6, 2018

Burton Montgomery Barrett, Born - June 16, 1936, Died - July 6, 2018 He was the eldest son of Uriel Laverne and Donna Delora Barrett, Monty was brother to Barbara Jo and Richard Allen. All four of whom precede him in death. Monty's dad went to India for the US Army Corps of Engineers towards the close of the Second...

Richard G. Kasterke

Richard G. Kasterke

Jul 5, 2018

Richard G. Kasterke, 73, of Shawnee, died Thursday, July 5, 2018 in Shawnee. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2018 at Immanuel Baptist Church with Dr. Todd Fisher officiating. There will be a family visitation at Walker Funeral Service on Sunday, July 8 from 2-4 pm to visit with friends and family. In lieu of flowers, the...

Alfred Henry Bryce

Alfred Henry Bryce

Jul 3, 2018

Shawnee resident Alfred Bryce, 85, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at a local hospital.The family will be at Walker Funeral Service to receive friends on Friday from 5pm to 7pm. Services will 2:00pm Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Liberty Baptist Church with Phil Thompson and Mike Massey officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Alfred was born February...

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...

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...

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.

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...