Obituaries

Jack Roger Lane

Jack Roger Lane passed away on Feb. 7, 2025. Jack was born in Shawnee to Jackie and Ernestine Lane.Jack married Paula Jo Bricker in 1973. Jack earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and worked for over 20 years with ARCO Oil and Gas.

Christine Cullum

Christine Cullum, age 96, resident of Asher passed away Feb. 7, 2025.Christine was born July 15, 1928 in Temple, OK to Henry Frank and Mary Lou (Crow) Hutchins. She grew up around Temple, OK, where she graduated in 1946.After high school she met and married Ervin Cullum.

Mary Louise Factor

Mary Louise Factor, 90, passed away Feb. 8, 2025. Mary was born in Wewoka, OK to Reed Frank Lena and Molly Lou Gray.She attended Indian boarding school and graduated from Chillocco Indian Agricultural School in 1953.

John Edminsten

John Ransom Edminsten passed away Feb. 7, 2025. He graduated from McLoud High School in 2010 then attended The Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma. He earned his associate’s degree in Applied Science, a field that allowed him to further his artistic journey.

Patricia Lynn Valderrama

Patricia Lynn Valderrama passed away Feb. 4, 2025. Patricia was born on Aug. 1, 1955, in San Francisco, CA,. She graduated from Classen High School in 1973.

Teresa Gayle Stevenson

Teresa Gayle Stevenson passed away Feb. 6, 2025. She was born in Wewoka, OK, on May 24, 1963, to Tobie Bruner and Josephine Stevenson.Teresa graduated from Wewoka High School.

Vicki Diana Bly

Vicki Diana Bly (Dunn) passed away Feb. 9, 2025. She was born to Pat and Oleen Dunn on Mar. 13, 1951, in Hobart, Ok.

Barbara Ann Ross

Barbara Ann Wallis Caskey Siebert Ross passed away Feb. 3, 2025. Barbara was born on Dec. 4, 1936, to Everett and Gladys Wallis in Shawnee, OK.After graduating from Prairie Valley High School, she began her career at Keller’s Feed Store.

Robert Irvin Budka

Robert Irvin Budka passed away Feb. 3, 2025. Bob was born in North Judson, IN, to Edward Budka and Blanche (Fisher) Budka.

Dalina Reynolds

Dalina Darlene Reynolds passed away Jan. 29th, 2024. Dalina was born on April 29, 1954 to Darlene and Ralph Gale in Chicago IL. She married David Reynolds in Shawnee OK in 1991.