Obituaries

Virginia Jacobs

Virginia Rose (Weems) Jacobs, 97, passed away on July 10, 2024. Virginia was born in Chickasha, OK, on August 21, 1926, to Walter Adrian and Elizabeth J. Weems. She attended school in Shawnee, OK, where she met her future husband, Carl E. Jacobs. They were married on July 1, 1944.

Luise Jenkins

Luise Auguste (Klein) Jenkins passed away on July 9, 2024. Luise was born in Elversberg, Germany, on October 25, 1937, to parents Heinrich Klein and Auguste (Schaum) Klein.

Mickey G. Lipe

Mickey Gearl Lipe passed away July 3, 2024. He was born Dec. 7, 1931 in Spaulding, OK to Delmus Gerome and Myrtle Mae Jackson.Mickey graduated from Holdenville High School class of 1949. He married Carole Newton and had 5 children. He later married Jacqueline Ann Davis and they had 2 children.

Lorene Virginia Bourbonnais

Lorene Virginia Gibson Bourbonnais, 95, passed away July 3, 2024 in Shawnee, OK.Lorene was born to Andy and Mae Gibson on Dec. 4, 1928 in Maud, OK. She graduated from Maud High School. She married Richard Bourbonnais on June 18, 1949.

Orvil Churchwell

Orvil Churchwell was born in Pauls Valley, OK on Sep. 9, 1926 to Luther and Mary Ethel Churchwell. Orvil attended Macomb School where he completed the third grade. He then had to help the family by working crops in the field.

Ronda Allensworth

Ronda Ann (Power) Allensworth passed away July 3, 2024.Ronda was born Dec. 24, 1950 in Pomona CA to Ronald William Power and Billie Jean (Long) Minter. On Aug. 6, 1971, Ronda married Bill in Bowlegs, OK.

Dion Erik Robinson

Dion Erik Robinson passed away on July 7, 2024. Dion was born July 8, 1992 in Pontiac, Michigan to Kevin and Michelle (Williams) Robinson. Dion graduated from Bethel High School class of 2011. He was a lifelong resident of the Bethel, Shawnee and Tecumseh area.

Max H. Hunt

Max Hunt passed away on July 7, 2024. Max was born Oct. 3, 1944 in Shawnee, OK, to Hack and Hazel (Patten) Hunt.Max graduated from Macomb High school with the class of 1962. Max married Jolene Thompson on Dec. 15, 1969.Max proudly served his country in the US Army National Guard.

Romona Copeland

Romona Lee Copeland age 89 of Shawnee, Oklahoma passed from this life Tuesday, June 25, 2024 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.She was born Dec. 23, 1934 in Macomb, Oklahoma to Alva and Dorothy (Waldron) Burden.Romona attended Prairie View Grade School and graduated from Macomb High School in 1952.

Wilma Harris

Wilma Irene Harris passed away June 24, 2024.She was born Sept. 28, 1931 in Shattuck, OK to Walter F. Sweet and Viola (Ripple) Sweet.Wilma grew up in northwestern Oklahoma and attended school in Fargo, OK graduating in 1949.