Obituaries

Jimmie Pope

Jimmie Allen Pope passed away Nov. 15, 2024.Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Nov. 22, 2024 at Cooper Funeral Home with family present from 5pm to 7pm to greet friends and family. Graveside service will be 2pm, Nov.

Ronald ”Ron” Everett

Ronald Lynn Everett passed away Nov. 5, 2024.He was born Aug. 16, 1957 in Shawnee, OK to Sherman Edward and Carol (Pierce) Everett. Ron graduated from Shawnee High School. He married Sara Lyn Sharp on June 30, 1978 in Shawnee, OK.

Thomas Harry Kinnamon

Thomas Harry Kinnamon passed away Nov. 14, 2024. Tom was born April 18, 1944 in Shawnee, OK to John and Anna (Kubicek) Kinnamon. He graduated from Dale High School then served three years in the United States Army. Tom then began a career at O.G.&E where he retired after 25 years.

Lorna Kay Blochowiak

Lorna K. (Lee) Blochowiak passed comfortably on Nov. 9, 2024, from kidney failure. Lorna was born in OKC to James Hollis Lee and Edwinna (Attebery) (Lee) Wittman. She attended Hayes Elementary School. She graduated from Dale High School.

Bill Eugene Brooks

Billy Eugene Brooks passed away Nov. 15th, 2024. Bill was born west of Shawnee to Lawrence Edward and Freeda Fern (Monroe) Brooks on Aug. 17th, 1936. His parents were farmers, and they lived in a rented house with no electricity until he was about eight years old.

Linda Lou Pennington

Linda (Boyle) Pennington passed away Nov. 12, 2024. She was born in Lyons, KS, on Nov. 26, 1950, to Fred “Fritz” Boyle and his wife Ruby. Linda graduated from Texas State University as a non-traditional student in 2015 at age 65.

Joseph Emory McKimmey

Joseph “Joe” Emory McKimmey passed away Nov. 10th, 2024.Joe was born in Phoenix, AZ to Ray and Olga on June 11th, 1937. He married Jettie Mae Chesser.

Wayne E. Dickson

Wayne Dickson was born on Aug. 6, 1949 in zeary, OK, and passed away in Shawnee, OK on Nov. 1, 2024, at the age of 75. He was a resident of Tecumseh, OK since 1979. He grew up in Greenfield, OK where he worked on the family farm.

Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Malone

Mary Elizabeth Malone passed away Nov. 7, 2024. Beth was born on July 16, 1948 to Russell D and Mabel Wilson in Lawton, OK. She graduated from Pauls Valley High School in 1966.

Kenneth “Dee” Lloyd Curtis

Kenneth Lloyd Curtis, 98, passed away on Nov. 3, 2024. Dee grew up in the Prairie Valley area of Seminole County and on Feb. 1, 1947, Dee (Kenneth) married “Meme” (Edith Marie Hall), his devoted partner of 75 years.