Donald Ray Brown

Donald Ray Brown was born in Shawnee, OK on July 27, 1963 to Frank Brown and Janie (Thompson) Brown. He departed this life on April 8, 2024.Don was a lifelong resident of Tecumseh, OK. He graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1981. He was very proud of his hometown.

Leo Elmer Gokey

Leo Elmer Gokey, 96, passed away April 4, 2024. Leo was born on April 22, 1927 in Miami, Ok. to Adam and Ethel (Brock) Gokey.Leo proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII and Korea being awarded two Purple Hearts and numerous campaign ribbons. He married Mary D.

James “Jim” Brown

Clara and Michael Underwood and Alyssa and Dixie Haley.Services were held April 9, 2024 at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Doug Parker, Dale Baptist Church of Dale officiating. Burial will follow at a later date at Newton Cemetery, Newton, TX.

Howard L. Fowler

Howard Leste r Fowler passed away on April 3, 2024. Howard was born on November 18, 1938 in Tecumseh, Ok. to Sebern L. Fowler and Louise (Mitchell) Fowler. Gerona May Wellman became his wife on June 27, 1959.

Marian “Junie” Dye

Marian “Junie” Dye was born on April 22, 1928, to Lester Lafayette and Ida Marie Shaw in Konawa, Ok . She died on April 4, 2024.After graduating from Konawa High School, she attended college at East Central University and Oklahoma University and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts Education.

James Robert Hurst

James Robert Hurst was born to Robert and Fayrene (Lovelady) Hurst in St. Louis, Ok., on October 19, 1930. He passed away March 24, 2023, at the age of 93. For the past sixty plus years, he has been a resident of Tecumseh, Ok.James attended St.

Patricia Elaine “Pat” Hargus

Patricia Elaine “Pat” Hargus passed away March 27, 2024.Pat was born June 3, 1944 in Okmulgee, OK to Hubert Wilton and Ines (Vieux) Silas.Pat attended school in St. Louis, OK. She married Ronnie Keith Hargus on December 22, 1965. She was proud to be an elder in the Citizen Potawatomi Nation..

Robert B. Zumwalt

Robert B. Zumwalt, M.D. , 96, died March 29, 2024 in Norman after a brief illness. He was born June 17, 1927 in Vinita, OK., to Virgil Wade and Mabel Catllin Zumwalt.He grew up in Vinita where his parents operated a grocery store.

Mary Murrel Barnett Dwight

Mary Murrel Barnett Dwight was born on November 19,1923. She passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 28, 2024 at the age of 100.Murrel had a full life and wrote a book of her many childhood memories when she was about 92.

Betty Ann (Shepherd) Chancellor

Betty Ann (Shepherd) Chancellor was born October 15, 1940 to Leon and Marie (Sontag) Shepherd in Shawnee, OK. She passed away March 23, 2024 in Shawnee, OK.She graduated from Shawnee High Shchool in 1958. She married the love of her life, Orville “Duane” Chancellor on April 3, 1959.