Obituaries in Pawnee, Oklahoma
Ladonna Kay Elston
Aug 8, 2023
LaDonna Kay Elston was born on February 23,1968 in Arkansas City, Kansas to Charlene (Elston) Johnson and Jimmy Atkinson. LaDonna lived in Ponca City, Oklahoma, then moved to Arkansas City, Kansas for high school. She graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1986 and then attended Langston University for college. She returned home, beginning her career at Winfield State Hospital...
Eddie Leroy Heisler
Jul 25, 2023
Eddie Heisler was born 28th of December 1948 to Warren and Geraldine “Bennett” Heisler in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He attended Pawnee schools graduating with the class of 1967. During high school, he was an active member in FFA. After graduating, he operated a custom combine harvest business from Texas to South Dakota. The combine crew would spend their nights sleeping under...
Carolyn Sue Green
Jul 11, 2023
Carolyn Sue Green, who loved to be called “Momma” by her kids and “Auntie” by her nieces and nephews, departed her loving family suddenly on July 11, 2023. Carolyn was born in Durant, Ok on July 1, 1977 to Doris Stinson and Gene Grounds. Carolyn was mother to Angelique Edwards, Alexander Stinson, Maddie Franklin “Nataya Mircle Marie”, Darcie Green, Roxie...
Minnie Ruth Rice
Jul 10, 2023
Minnie Ruth (HorseChief) Rice, 67, of Pawnee, traveled to the stars at 9:00 AM, Tuesday, July 10th, 2023. She was born on October 21st, 1955 at the old Pawnee Hospital in Pawnee, Oklahoma to Elizabeth and Vance HorseChief Sr. HorseChief had 7 siblings and she was the youngest. Minnie was married to the late Pitahahwirata Chief, Ronald Rice Sr. on...
Jacklyn Marie Young
Jun 29, 2023
Jacklyn Marie Rogers Young was born in Pawnee, OK on November 6, 1962, and went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on June 29, 2023. A Black Bear to the core, Jackie spent all her childhood attending Pawnee Public Schools and graduated in 1981. Upon graduating, she obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Education from Hannibal LeGrange...
William "Bill" Hugh Howell
Jun 28, 2023
William “Bill” Hugh Howell was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma on February 21, 1946, and died on June 28, 2023 at the age of 77 years, 4 months and 7 days. His full life was built on commitment and service to his family, the Pawnee Nation, his country, his hometown, and his friends. Bill was a writer, a printer, an organizer,...
Rita Corrine Koshiway
Jun 22, 2023
Rita Corrine Koshiway passed from this life on June 22, 2023, at the age of 71 in Oklahoma city, Oklahoma.
Rita was born on March 28, 1952, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of George and Martha (Bassett) Koshiway. Rita grew up and attended school in Red Rock, Oklahoma, raised by her maternal grandparents Joe and Genevieve Bassett. She moved to Oklahoma...
Charles "Bunk" Leroy Buchanan
Jun 17, 2023
Charles “Bunk” Leroy Buchanan passed away in his home June 17th at the age of 80. Born September 27, 1942 in Pawnee, Oklahoma to Vernon Rufus Buchanan and Fannie Ellen Brown Buchanan. Bunk graduated from Pawnee in 1960. On a hot day, June 10, 1961, he married Martha “Marty” Elizabeth Rennison in Stillwater, Oklahoma, having been together 59 years, just...
Thomas W. Cline
Jun 16, 2023
T.W. Cline was born on August 7, 1922, in Fairfax, Oklahoma and passed away on June 16, 2023, at the age of 100 years old.
He was born in 1922 in Fairfax, Oklahoma to Charles C. Cline and Tamzen Emma Graven Cline. T.W. married his sweetheart Rhoda G.(Gonzalez) Cline on May 5, 1941 and they spent most of their early married...
Michael Ray Primeaux
Jun 16, 2023
Michael Ray “Mike” Primeaux passed in Seminole, OK to his eternal home on the beautiful spring morning of June 16, 2023. He was born on July 6, 1949 in Pawnee, OK to Burgess Primeaux and Virginia Wabaunsee Primeaux. He was the grandson of the late Lamont and Rozanna Delodge Primeaux and William Wabaunsee and Rose Pipestem. In June of 1980...
Mark Preston Waters
Jun 15, 2023
Mark Preston Waters, lovingly known as “Curly,” passed away Thursday, June 15, at the age of 71, at Stillwater Medical Center. Mark was born and raised in Pawnee, OK. He was the only child of Rex Preston Waters and Fern Ruth (Hight) Waters, who preceded him in life.
Mark was first and foremost a cattleman and a developed rancher, followed...
Michael Anthony Wren
Jun 5, 2023
Michael “J.J.” Anthony Wren was an ornery but loving husband, Dad, Gramps, brother, and friend. He passed away on Monday June 5th at the age of 62 after many long health battles.
He was born May 22, 1961 in Enid, Oklahoma to Mary Ann and Eddie Wren. J.J. lived most of his life in Pawnee County Oklahoma. He spent a...
Shaylena Renee Harrison
Jun 5, 2023
Shaylena Renee Harrison
Was born on December 2nd, 1991 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Dawn Harrison and the late Newton Kemble but was raised by the late Harry Hall-Zotigh and bonus parents Jimmy and Penny Kenner. Shay grew up in Otoe country surrounded by her aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers and sisters. She enjoyed playing basketball and softball throughout school until she...
Thomas Lightfoot
May 26, 2023
Thomas Lightfoot was called home at 6:50 pm on May 26, 2023 in the Oklahoma University Medical Center. Thomas was born August 30, 1959 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Helena Gawhega but was raised by Arthur and Cecilia Lightfoot who preceded Thomas in death. Thomas is survived by three daughters, Brandy Lightfoot, Emma Lightfoot and her five children and one grandson,...
Jimmy Atkins
May 10, 2023
.Alva J. Atkins, (83), of Stillwater, Oklahoma, passed away on May 10th, 2023. Alva, “Thar-o-mon-nee” fondly known as Jimmy, was born to William and Belinda (Box) Atkins, on June 24, 1939, in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was a talented athlete who loved playing basketball and baseball for the Red Rock Rockets. After graduating high school, he was drafted into the United...
Mason Wyatt Brown
May 2, 2023
Mason Wyatt Brown, 27 of Pawnee, Oklahoma passed from this life on May 2, 2023. Mason was born November 27, 1995 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of Darrin Brown and Angela and Ron Grabowski.
Mason grew up in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He loved going to football games, he also loved doing his arts and crafts, loved fishing and telling jokes. Mason...
Orvetta J. Wilkerson
Apr 30, 2023
Orvetta Jean Wilkerson, 92, of Glencoe, Oklahoma passed from this life on April 30, 2023, in Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Orvetta was born December 28, 1930, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Forrest and Maybelle Tyson. Orvetta grew up in Pawnee and Wichita, KS., graduating high school in Pawnee, Oklahoma with the class of 1950. Upon graduating high school. she went to work...
Dr. Marlene Kihega Echohawk
Apr 25, 2023
Dr. Marlene Kihega EchoHawk started her journey to the next life on April 25, 2023. Born Leora Marlene Kihega on February 24, 1932, she was the second daughter of Louis Kihega and Eunice Whitehorn Kihega. She was a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, and grew up in Sumner, OK until moving to Oklahoma City as a young girl. She graduated...
Earl Leroy Ryan Sr.
Apr 15, 2023
Earl Leroy Ryan was born May 14, 1928 in Welch, Oklahoma to Lewis Nelson Ryan and Maudie May (Swimm) Ryan. Earl joined his Lord and rejoined the love of his life on April 15, 2023, just short of his 95th birthday. He was the 11th child of 11 children. Shortly after Earl’s birth, the family moved to a farm, near...
Georganna Adams Childress
Apr 4, 2023
Georganna Adams Childress, was 83 at her passing on April 4, 2023. She was born in Ponca City on June 12, 1939 to Della Mae and C.G. “Bill” Adams of Pawnee, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her parents, her twin sisters, Janette Brown and Lanette Henry, and brother Charles Adams. She is survived by her husband of 59...
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