Obituaries in Pawnee, Oklahoma

Jul 9, 2022

Christopher Lee McKay went to be with his Lord and Savior Saturday July 9th, 2022 in Greeley, Colorado. He was 55 years young. Chris was born January 31st, 1967 in Ponca City, Oklahoma where he lived for the first seven years of his life. Chris moved to Greeley, Colorado with his parents. He attended Central high school and later Aims...

Jun 28, 2022

Verna L. Burba, a former longtime area resident, now of Moore, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at the age of 89 years. The daughter of the late Walter L. Christy and Gladys Staton Christy, Verna was born on June 19, 1933, in Fairfax, Oklahoma and was raised and educated in this area, graduating from Fairfax High School. She...

Jun 16, 2022

Garry Duane Warren Canaday had his last dance on June 16, 2022. He was 78 years old. Garry was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma on October 27, 1943 Lawrence Duane Canaday and Elda Emma Bagg Canaday. He was raised on a farm north of Pawnee, Oklahoma. He joined the Army August 4, 1961 shortly before his senior year. He got...

Jun 14, 2022

ELIZABETH  JANE “BETSY” CARTMELL April 15, 1959--June 14, 2022 Betsy died very unexpectedly on June 14, 2022, at her home in Norman, OK. Betsy was born in Edmond, Oklahoma on April 15, 1959,  to Larry W. Cartmell, Sr. and Betty Mitchell Cartmell.  The family later lived in Oklahoma City before moving to Ada,  for her father to practice medicine as...

May 28, 2022

Donnie Gene Womack 64, passed away from this life on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Born on October 4, 1957 in Pawnee Oklahoma, Donnie is the son of Orville and Ruby (Davis) Womack. He was the youngest of three sons. On August 4, 1990 he married the love of his life Annette Pankhurst; they have been married 31 years, 8 months...

May 27, 2022

Ricky Ray Venable passed from this earth to his eternal resting place May 27, 2022, at the age of 64. He was born on August 28, 1957 in Pawnee, OK to his parents, Darrell (Bud) & Irene (Lytle) Venable to where he lived there all of his life. Rick was born the oldest of two children. He graduated from Pawnee...

May 17, 2022

Long time Pawnee resident Ken Gregory has finished his earthly race. He acknowledged that JESUS CHRIST was crucified, buried and rose from the dead for his salvation as well as for all those who will only believe. Ken was born in 1945 on a cattle ranch in Hominy, OK to Harold and Mary Gregory. He enlisted in the US Navy...

May 16, 2022

May 10, 2022

Calvin “LeRoy” Woodard, of Fairfax Oklahoma, passed away on May 10, 2022 in Fairfax, Oklahoma. Visitation will be 10:00 A.M until 7:00 P.M Friday May 13, 2022 at Poteet Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M Saturday May 14, 2022 in the Eshelman Chapel in the Highland Cemetery in Pawnee Oklahoma ,. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery....

May 8, 2022

Gracie Little Eagle Tahkeal was born on November 11, 1945 in Pawnee Oklahoma to Annie Little Eagle Minthorn and Rudolph Medina. She passed away Sunday May 8, 2022 in Pawnee. She was the youngest of two, she had an older sister Paula Fern. She attended Pawnee high school where she graduated and then attended Haskell. Where she graduated in business...

May 8, 2022

John William Staneart was born on February 20, 1940, to Ralph and Virginia Staneart in Benton Harbor Michigan, growing up in Little Rock Arkansas from age 3 on. He graduated from Central High School in 1957, enlisting in the US Army in 1958. He served in Germany during the Berlin Crisis. After Military service Staneart settled in Arkansas, attending Pine...

May 3, 2022

Jack Woods, 71, passed away on May 3, 2022. On May 13, 2008, he had a major stroke leaving him in a wheelchair. He passed away at his home in rural Oklahoma due to cancer. Jack was born on January 19, 1951, in Cushing, Oklahoma. He worked as a conductor for BNSF Railway for 39 years and 11 months before...

May 3, 2022

Nancy Ellen Sallee was born February 4, 1938 on the family farm of Pawnee Oklahoma to William H Sallee and Edna Hope Sallee. She passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Tulsa, Ok. She was the middle child of 13, which she was very proud of. She attended her first eight years of school at Olive Hill and Graduated from...

Apr 24, 2022

Shawn Renee Reed was born the eldest daughter of four children to Jack and Debra Waters on November 13, 1970 in Edmond, Oklahoma. She was born and raised in Oklahoma, and later moved to the Dallas area where she resided for the past 19 years. It is there where she raised her three daughters, Rachael Elizabeth, Rebecca Lee, and Sarah...

Apr 21, 2022

Charles Alexander Wishikakeshkaki (Strong Thunder Walker) was born in Pawnee, on September 25, 1985. Charles was a loving son to George and Renee Smith-Alexander and Mr. David Rice and Candy Wooten of Shawnee, OK. He was an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation and a descendant of the Otoe-Missouri, Yakima and Thunder Clan of the Sac N Fox Nation. His...

Apr 18, 2022

Apr 18, 2022

MURIEL J. (HOWELL) ROBEDEAUX May 24, 1954--April 18, 2022 Muriel Jean (Howell) Robedeaux, full-blood member of the Pawnee Tribe (Pitahawirata Band), surrounded by family, passed away peacefully at her home Monday afternoon, April 18, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Wadsworth "Bacon" and Hilda Belle Howell. Born and raised in Pawnee, she attended Pawnee Public Schools and graduated...

Apr 11, 2022

Gerald Dewayne Scroggins passed away peacefully at his home in Morrison, OK on April 11, 2022, at the age of 86. He was born on January 15, 1936, in Holdenville, OK to Fay & Edith (Price) Scroggins. Gerald was born the oldest of three children. He graduated from Holdenville High School in 1954. His first job after high school was...

Apr 2, 2022

Mildred “Millie” Chapman passed away peacefully at the Stillwater Medical Center in Stillwater, OK, to her eternal home on the beautiful spring afternoon of April 2, 2022. She was born on September 7, 1942, in Pawnee, Oklahoma to Henry and Lonie Tatum Chapman. Millie was born the eighth of 11 siblings, having six brothers, Basil, Thomas, Earl, Lloyd, Robert, Charlie,...

Mar 30, 2022

Susan Jill Chapman passed from this life on March 30, 2022, at the age of 62. Susan was born on August 16, 1959, at the Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California. Susan traveled the world as she grew up while her father was in the Air Force. She finally settled in Pawnee and Stillwater. Susan attended South Dade Senior...