Obituaries in Pawnee, Oklahoma

Dec 29, 2020

Dec 27, 2020

Lena Estelle Fellows Gokey was born May 15, 1934 in Tecumseh, OK to Cecil Fellows and Mattie Bowden Fellows. She departed this life on December 27, 2020 having reached 86 years of age in Tulsa, OK after having sustained critical injuries from a car accident. On September 4, 1954 she married Cyrus Gokey, the love of her life. They were...

Dec 24, 2020

On Thursday, December 24th, 2020, Floyd Edward Webb Sr., loving husband of 69 years and father, passed away at the age of 87. Floyd was born February 17, 1933 in Shawnee, OK to Carl and Esther (Holeman) Webb and raised in Morrison, OK with brother Vertis Webb and sister Norma Jean (Webb) McAlister. He married Peggy Jean Collins on October...

Dec 23, 2020

Ronald Nathan Rice (Ronnie) passed away December 23rd, 2020 after succumbing to Covid-19. Ronnie was the first of four children born to Elmer and Ruby Rice on April 5, 1944. He graduated from Ralston High School and attended Okmulgee Technical College for a short time. He lived his entire life in the Big Bend, farming and helping his dad farm...

Dec 22, 2020

Jack Lyon was born on August 2, 1929, in Skedee, Oklahoma, to Wesley Warren Lyon and Lorena Poos Lyon. He passed from this life on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at age 91 at Green Country Care Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has lived in Skedee, OK; Wichita, KS; Seattle, WA; Tulsa and Pawnee, OK. After graduating from Skedee High School,...

Dec 20, 2020

In Loving Memory Of Michael William Prines May 1, 1951 - December 20, 2020 Michael William Prines, 69 years young, left us Sunday, December 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his loving family by his side, holding his hands. Mike was born May 1, 1951 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Vance AFB in Enid Oklahoma to James and Georgia Prines. He...

Dec 13, 2020

Juanita Mitchell Toahty passed from this life on December 13, 2020 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Juanita was a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation and was born in Muskogee, OK on April 24th, 1925 and was the daughter of David Mitchell and Jeanetta Tiger. She married Ralph Weeks Toahty on September 2, 1942. She attended boarding school in Eufaula, OK...

Dec 11, 2020

Leslie (Les) Spears, Daddy, Papa Les, Brother and Friend to so many, passed from this life on December 11, 2020 in Stillwater Oklahoma. Leslie was born on the farm near Pawnee on December 5th, 1942, the Son of Cleo and Clara Lucena (Mynear) Spears. He attended school in Blackburn and Pawnee High School. Leslie served in the Army from 1960-1963...

Dec 9, 2020

Leah Annette Moore "Mom" passed on December 9, 2020 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on October 26,1963 to Franklin Jr and Susan Mae Horsechief Moore, in Pawnee, Oklahoma. Leah Moore was a member of the Pawnee and Otoe-Missouri Tribes. She attended Oklahoma City Community College, and worked as a Security Officer and Deli...

Dec 4, 2020

• Blanche Matlock-Smith entered this world on Dec. 3, 1947 in Tahlequah, OK to Chauncey F Matlock and Adeline Cummings -Matlock and left on Dec.4, 2020 in Stillwater, OK. She was 73 years and one day old. She was one of the last full blood Pawnee. In high school Blanche was a Bowler, she ran Long Distance Cross Country and...

Dec 2, 2020

FRANCIS ELLIOT MORRIS Francis Elliot Morris (Moose) was born on June 1, 1933 and passed away on December 2, 2020. He was the only son of Herbert and Alice (Simpson) Morris. His Indian name was “Asaki Lesharo” meaning Dog Chief. Francis was born in Pawnee, OK and joined the Pawnee Indian Baptist Church in 1944. He attended Pawnee Public Schools...

Nov 29, 2020

Meldine “Mel” Boyles Henry, Nan, to so many, wants us to know that after 93 well-lived years, her work here is done. On Sunday, November 29, 2020, she was reunited with her husband, as well as family and friends, whom she has not seen in a while. She left detailed instructions to celebrate her mission here, which was so generously...

Nov 28, 2020

Gwendolyn (Gwendy) Anne Williams (Hi Sei Hihi) Our beloved Gwendy was born May 26, 1953 in Pawnee, Oklahoma she was 67 years old. Gwendy's father was George Washington Williams and her mother was Wilma Delores (Moore) Williams. Gwendy resided in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and comes from the Bravescout Family. She attended Pawnee Schools and Chilocco Indian School. Her tribal affiliation...

Nov 24, 2020

Mary Jane Harjo Black was 95 years young when she departed from this world to eternal life on November 24, 2020. She was born on October 14, 1925 in Paden Oklahoma to Cheparney and Loskey Harjo. Mary grew up in Henryetta Oklahoma and later attended Eufaula Boarding School. She graduated high school from Haskell Indian School in Lawrence Kansas and...

Nov 11, 2020

Recorded services on YouTube Live On Wednesday November 11, 2020, from her home in Cleveland OK, Mary Alice (Spears) Bode, 90, went to be with the Lord. Mary was born April 1, 1930 at her family home in Blackburn OK to Richard and Viola Dan (Lytle) Spears. She was the 5th born of seven siblings. Mary was a loving mother,...

Nov 8, 2020

Rosa Lee Jestes, 89, of Pawnee, OK, left this life November 8, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Rosa Lee was born March 30, 1931 in the Masham Community, Oklahoma to Arthur and Faye Brien. Rosa Lee was one of eleven children. She worked at Munsing Wear, Jaynes Café, Pawnee Grill and as a Caretaker. She enjoyed going to dances on Saturday...

Nov 7, 2020

Betty J. (Vance) Hoobler was born in a farmhouse four miles northwest of Hallett, Oklahoma on November 2nd, 1927. She went home to be with the Lord on November 7th, 2020 at the age of 93. Betty spent her early years on the farm. She always shared many wonderful and amazing memories of this time in her life. Her father...

Nov 7, 2020

Betty J. (Vance) Hoobler was born in a farmhouse four miles northwest of Hallett, Oklahoma on November 2nd, 1927. She went home to be with the Lord on November 7th, 2020 at the age of 93. Betty spent her early years on the farm. She always shared many wonderful and amazing memories of this time in her life. Her father...

Oct 27, 2020

Myrna Jeannine (Sullins) George was born in June 15, 1937 near Red Rock Oklahoma to William Alvin (Ike) Sullins and Veva Lorene Fessenden Sullins. She married the love of her life, DelBert Lee George, on July 2, 1955. They eventually moved to Oklahoma City where they both taught school and raised their three children. They moved to Pawnee in 1979,...

Oct 22, 2020

Paula Fern Brown was born on June 16, 1941 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. She passed in Lansing MI Oct. 22, 2020. She is preceded in death with her parents Her Father Eddie Brown and Mother Annie J. Little Eagle, daughter Keli Mathews, grandson Niehhi Skidi Hamlton. Paula graduated from Pawnee High School in 1959, and her associates at Haskell in 1961,...