Obituaries

Dorothy Cleo Pensoneau

Dorothy Cleo Pensoneau, age 101, passed away Mar. 1, 2025. Dorothy was born to Pearl and Ernest Crawford on Oct. 3, 1923, in Howe, TX. Dorothy married Cecil Pensoneau on Feb. 1, 1941.

Diamon Booker

Diamon Duane Booker passed away Mar. 4, 2025. He was born on June 10, 1982 in Shawnee, OK to James Calvin Hill and Valorie Booker. Diamon graduated from Del City High School in 2001.

Sally Chlouber

Sally Ann Chlouber passed away on Mar. 6, 2025. Sally was born on Oct. 16, 1935, to Arch Bryan Barrett and Ramona Helen Odell-Barrett in Earlsboro, OK. She attended Harjo School, where she met Elmer Gene Stark. They were married on Sep. 5, 1954 in Earlsboro, OK. Gene passed away at the age of 27.

Michael Warren Green

Michael Warren Green, born on Feb. 22, 1958, in Ridgecrest, CA, passed away on Mar. 4, 2025, in Oklahoma City. Michael graduated from Burrough’s High School in Ridgecrest, CA, and later served in the United States Navy.

Marquita Lee Baird

Marquita Lee “Marky” (Windel) Baird passed away Mar. 8, 2025. Marky was born July 16, 1962 in Shawnee, OK, to Frank and Nancy Yvonne (Cox) Windel. She graduated with the Bethel Acres class of 1980.

Alta Ethel Harmon

Alta Harmon passed away on Mar. 5, 2025. Alta was born on Dec. 3, 1937, to Cecil and Leta Brock in Tecumseh, OK. She graduated from Macomb School. In 1957, Alta married Sid Harmon.

Tony Allen Kidwell, Sr.

Tony Allen Kidwell, Sr., aka “The Colonel,” passed away Mar. 7, 2025, in Oklahoma City. He was born in Oklahoma City on Mar. 19, 1957, to Avis and Iva (Jordan) Kidwell, but was a lifelong resident of Tecumseh, OK.

YuaVonda Weeks

YuaVonda Mae Weeks passed away Feb. 20, 2025.She was born Sept. 17, 1953 in Shawnee, OK to Wendell and Edna LaViness. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1971. She attended nursing school at OSU and Seminole Junior College.

Shirley Early-Glover

Shirley Jean Early-Glover passed away Feb. 25, 2025. She was born May 21, 1946 in Shawnee, OK to William and Ola (Macdonald) Hackett. Shirley graduated from Tecumseh High School, then took vocational ed and received various certificates. She married Robert Lewis Glover Aug. 8, 2011 in Shawnee, OK.