Obituaries in Pawnee, Oklahoma

Feb 24, 2025

Mark David Smith was born on Oct 3, 1965 at Pawnee, OK. His parents were George and Connie Simnett Smith of rural Pawnee. Mark attended Pawnee public schools and Indian Meridian Votech. He studied culinary arts and always love to cook. He later worked at the Pawnee Hospital as a phlebotomist. At one point in time he and his friend...

Feb 23, 2025

Feb 21, 2025

Jeffery Douglas Adams passed away from this life on February 21, 2025 at his home in Cleveland, Oklahoma

Jeff was born on October 7, 1946 in Pawnee, Oklahoma to Simond “SD” and Virginia “Tunie” Adams. Jeff grew up and attended school in Cleveland, Oklahoma, and graduated in 1964, receiving several awards and honors throughout his school years. Jeff played high school...

Feb 15, 2025

They say the good die young. Welp, at 66, there must have been a decent amount of good in there I’d say. Thanks to Harold and Norma McAlister, since March 11th, 1958 I’ve made my presence known – it’s why you all are here isn’t it? I was an only child til I became the role model for Debbie, Mark,...

Jan 30, 2025

Jan 30, 2025

Michael Ray “Wilkie” “Coach” Wilkinson passed away on January 30, 2025, in Pawnee, Oklahoma. Mike was born February 16, 1949, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, to Clayton Hurst and Isabelle May (Price) Wilkinson. Mike was raised in Pawnee and graduated from Pawnee High School in 1967. He earned a basketball scholarship to play at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. He graduated from NEO...

Jan 24, 2025

Loyd Elton Spears passed from this world peacefully in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 24, 2025, after battling for months with heart disease and COPD. He was born on March 27, 1936, in Blackburn, Oklahoma to Lonnie Cleo Spears and Clara Lucena (Mynear) Spears. Elton spent his early years in Blackburn before the family moved to Pawnee in 1950. At the...

Jan 24, 2025

William “Bill” Ray Riley, 78, of Pawnee, OK passed away on January 24, 2025. 

Bill was born March 21, 1946 in Lawton, OK, the son of Henry William Riley and Fairy Jean Woody Riley McClendon.

Bill married Shirley Richards July 7, 1967 in Pawnee, OK and they had two children, Stephanie and Steven. 

Bill worked many different jobs throughout his life and never...

Jan 22, 2025

Chontaya Robol

Chontaya was born on May 25, 1996 in Ponca City, OK to Charisma Robol and Brian Davis. She passed away on January 22, 2025 in Wichita, KS.



Chontaya graduated from Southeast High School in Wichita, Kansas. She was a loving mother, daughter, sister, aunt, granddaughter and niece. Chontaya never knew a stranger and always helped anyone when she had the...

Jan 16, 2025

Harold Albert Wheeler born December 18, 1938 to Marion Olin and Mabelle May (Heinis) Wheeler in Lime, Colorado. Harold was loving husband, father, step-dad, grandfather, and great-grandfather went to be with the Lord on January 16, 2025. Harold always had a wonderful sense of humor. In his past, he was an excellent marksman in the ROTC And Air Force as...

Jan 11, 2025

Cynthia Barnes (Romero), 76, of Red Rock, passed away on January 11, 2025, amongst a host of beloved family members. 

Cynthia was born on October 16, 1948, to Effie Carson and Maurilio Romero in Pawnee. She was the last surviving child of Effie Carson who was the oldest child of George and Della Jeans Carson. She was a proud member of...

Jan 6, 2025

Wilma Dee Spangler of Stillwater, Oklahoma, went to be with the Lord on Monday January 6, 2025. She was 93 years old. Born on a farm four miles west of Ralston, Oklahoma and twelve miles north of Pawnee, Oklahoma at "Moffitt's Corner" on September 3, 1931, she was the daughter of Leonard and Dorothy (Barnes) Moffitt.

 Wilma attended Ralston High School...

Jan 2, 2025

Thelma Harshbarger was a wife, mother, and grandmother. She was 93 years of age at the time of her death. She was born and raised in Pawnee, OK. She had known her husband of 72 years since she was a child, as he he hunted and fished with Thelma's brothers. Erwin passed away in 2012, and her son Brian Scott...

Dec 31, 2024

Valynda Ann Carruth Christian, born December 15, 1946, in Ponca City, Oklahoma, passed away on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2024, at 78. She leaves behind a cherished legacy of love, devotion, and a life well-lived.

Valynda was the beloved wife of Roger Christian, with whom she shared fifty-four years of love and partnership. Together, they built a family that brought...

Dec 25, 2024

In loving Memory

Malakai James Morgan

Born July 21st 2024 - December 25th 2024 6:28pm

He was a very happy baby, he liked doing “booey noses” with Papaw Rock, loved being ornery to his MeMe Sheila, he was the happiest when he was with his mom & dad & siblings. He loved tummy time, he had a contagious smile & the brightest of...

Dec 25, 2024

Gwendolyn Fern Cantwell Hicks

Born July 31, 1952, in Tulare, California to Barbra Mayfern (Cannon) and Charles Edward Cantwell.

Mrs. Hicks went on to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 25, 2024, at 12:41 PM in Stillwater Medical Center.

Gwen was tiny but mighty. She was a beautiful woman who held her own. Her family was her greatest pride and joy, and...

Dec 24, 2024

Obituary of Ralph Edward Speece

August 28, 1955 – December 24, 2024

 

Ralph Edward Speece was born on August 28, 1955 in Parkersburg, WV. He was born to the late Ralph Grove & the second of five children, born to the late Ruth Dobbins, who later married Robert Speece. During childhood Ralph lived on a farm & attended Elementary School in Fairplains,...

Dec 24, 2024

Sandra (Sandie) Kay Brown was born November 11, 1941 to George Spencer Ashman and Katheryn Alice (Clarkson) Ashman in Des Moines, Iowa. Sandie spent her childhood years growing up in Des Moines.

 Sandie’s family moved to the Pawnee area in 1956, were she attended Pawnee High School, and then moved to the Cleveland area where Sandie graduated from Cleveland High School...

Dec 23, 2024

LaVerne Dee Rogers was born January 8, 1939 in Pawnee, Oklahoma to the late Clifford and Lena Wells. She passed from this life on December 23, 2024 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 85. LaVerne was the second of two children and grew up south of Pawnee on a farm and graduated from Pawnee High School in 1957. LaVerne...

Dec 20, 2024

Theodore Edward Iron (Eddie) was born in Pawnee, OK on November 27, 1947 to Theodore Iron (Crow Nation) and Daisy Chapman Iron Miller (Pawnee Nation). He stepped into eternity on December 20, 2024 surrounded by loved ones in Tulsa, OK. Eddie was an enrolled tribal member of the Crow Nation, a child of the Ties the Bundle Clan of the...