Obituaries

Shirley Georgetta Sandstrom

Shirley Georgetta Sandstrom passed away on Mar. 8, 2025. Shirley was born on Dec. 15, 1955 to Dorothy and Emil Sandstrom in Peoria, IL. Shirley worked for various companies: Mobile, Alan Bradley, and TDK; and for a short time, she was a delivery driver for a food vending machine company.
Ronald Keith McMahan

Ronald Keith McMahan

Ronald Keith McMahan

Ronald Keith Mc-Mahan passed away Mar. 12, 2025.Ron was born Oct. 29, 1953, in Shawnee, OK. He graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1971 and earned an associates degree from Seminole College in 1973.Ron married Luanne Porter on June 20, 1980.

Martha Dean Sebring

Martha “Marty” Dean (English) (Johnson) Sebring passed away Mar. 9th, 2025.Martha was born to Dees Wilson English and Paralee (Lindsey) English on June 4th, 1941, in Murfreesboro, AR and attended Choctaw Schools.She married Walter Lee Johnson Sr in 1957.

Joseph Darren “Jody” Stafford

Joseph “Jody” Darren Stafford passed away from a brief illness on Mar. 10, 2025. Jody was born May 20, 1963 in Phoenix, AZ to Ira “Clay” Stafford and Marjorie Darling (Brown) Stafford. He married Rhonda Sue Stafford on Jan. 3, 1981.

James David Farthing

James “Jim” Farthing passed away Mar. 13, 2025. Jim was born on June 17, 1942, to Thelbert and Theresa Farthing.

Boyd Owen Cheney

Boyd Owen Cheney passed away Mar. 13, 2025. He was born Feb. 4, 1935, in Bennett, NE to Ralph and Lena Cheney. He rode a horse to school and worked with his older brother Dwight and mother and father on their farm.
Cecelia Ann Thornton

Cecelia Ann Thornton

Cecelia Ann Thornton

Cecelia Ann Thornton of Norman, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, Mar. 12, 2025 in Norman, Oklahoma, at the age of 88.Cecelia was born on May 12, 1936 in Prague, Oklahoma.

Lawrence “Larry” Grampp

Lawrence “Larry” Grampp passed away on Mar. 5, 2025, in Shawnee, OK. He was born on May 31, 1962, in Streater, IL, to Laird Grampp and Patricia Grampp. Larry attended Streater Public Schools, and after high school, he began his career in the oil fields where he worked for most of his life.
Joyce Elliott

Joyce Elliott

Joyce Elliott

Joyce Elliott, age 91, of Tecumseh, passed away Mar. 3, 2025 in Oklahoma City. She was born May 3, 1933 in Asher, OK to Ralph and Myrtle (Enlow) Rich. Joyce lived in Asher during her early years. The family moved to Tecumseh around the time she started college.

Sheila Marie McMunn

Memorial service for Sheila Marie McMunn (July 26, 1963 - Feb. 27, 2025) will be held on Mar. 22, 2025 at 10 am at St. Benedict’s 632 N. Kickapoo Ave. Shawnee, Ok.