Obituaries

William Donald “Don” Crosby

William Donald “Don” Crosby

William Donald “Don” Crosby

William Donald “Don” Crosby, 89, of Shawnee, went home to be with his Lord on Nov. 28, 2025.Don was born in Konawa, OK, on Aug. 7, 1936—one of the hottest days in a record- setting Oklahoma summer—to William Cleatus and Hazel Marie (Degraffenreid) Crosby.

Clifford Boyd Honeycutt

Clifford Boyd Honeycutt passed away on Nov. 21st after a long battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.Clifford was born on Oct. 21, 1953, to Leslie Boyd Honeycutt and Helen Marie (Patton) Honeycutt in Ponca City, OK.

Perry Hennigh

Perry Hennigh passed away on Nov. 30, 2025. Perry was born to Marvin Hennigh and Barbara Hennigh in Shawnee, OK on April 16,1956. He grew up in the Tecumseh and Shawnee area.

Glenda Weger

Glenda Weger passed away on Nov. 21, 2025. Glenda was born on June 8, 1935 in Lone Grove, OK to AP and Mattie Lewis. She grew up working alongside her sisters and parents in the grocery store that her family owned in Lone Grove. She married Johnny Weger on Christmas Eve of their senior year, 1951.

Anita Louise Gassett

Anita Louise Gassett passed away on Nov. 27, 2025. She was born on Oct. 15, 1947, in Shawnee to George and Doris Elliott.Anita was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother.

Paula Jean Lynam

Paula Jean Lynam passed away on Nov. 22, 2025, after a long battle with health complications. She was born on June 28, 1962, in Muskogee, OK to Margo and Paul Rodriguez, who loved her deeply and shaped the woman she became. She graduated from Wagoner High School in 1980.
Robert H. Jones

Robert H. Jones

Robert H. Jones

Robert H. Jones, Sr. passed from this life on Nov. 20, 2025. He was born to Jake Jones, Sr. and Effie Samara Jones in Shawnee, Oklahoma on Dec. 29, 1931.Robert attended Shawnee schools, graduating with the class of 1949, and served as senior class president.

Sandra Price

Sandra Lee (Fox) Price passed away on Nov. 18, 2025. She was born May 19, 1952, in Oklahoma City, OK to the late Tommie Lee Fox and Bobbie Nell (Bellamy) Fox. She graduated from Crooked Oak High School.Sandy lived most of her life in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Shirley Mae Arthur Nickell

Shirley Mae Arthur Nickell passed away Nov. 18, 2025. Shirley was born April 7, 1930, in Marsland, NE to Earnest L. Parker and Marie M. Martin Parker. On Aug. 15, 1948, she married Donald Edward Arthur of Rifle, CO.

William Douglas Benard

William Douglas “Doug” Benard passed away on Nov. 16, 2025. Doug was born on March 4, 1964.He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Flo Benard; sisters Pam Wilmuth and Gayle Woods; and his beloved son, Cameron Benard.