Stilwell, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Stilwell, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
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Lance Fishinghawk
May 4, 2015
Lance Franklin Fishinghawk, the son of Leo and Virginia (Breckenridge) Fishinghawk, was born April 29, 1967, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He departed this life on May 4, 2015, at the OSU Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 48. Lance was a lifelong resident of Stilwell and attended Peavine Elementary School. After graduating from Stilwell High School in...
John Moten
Apr 2, 2015
John Byrel Moten, the son of John William and Johnnie (Lester) Moten, was born July 13, 1933, in Stilwell, Oklahoma. He passed from this life on April 2, 2015, at the Sequoyah East Nursing Home in Roland, Oklahoma at the age of 81. John enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of 17 and served four years during...
Jonny Gartman
Apr 2, 2015
Dr. Jonny Duane Gartman was born in Tulsa, OK July 28, 1945, son of Cleo "Red" Gartman and Opal Morris Gartman. He had two brothers, Jerry Max and Michael. He lived most of his early life in Guthrie, where he graduated Guthrie High School in 1963. He married Susan Lee Caraway of Midwest City on March 23, 1968 and...
Betty Fourkiller
Apr 2, 2015
Betty Jean "Stevens" Fourkiller was born October 17, 1927 in Stilwell, Oklahoma and went home to be with the Lord on April 2, 2015 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Betty was a lifelong resident of Stilwell and graduated from Stilwell High School. She worked at Stilwell Foods and retired after 35 years. She loved gardening and spent many hours raking leaves...

Joe Lary
Mar 23, 2015
Joe Byron Lary, the son of Calvin Lary, Sr. and Ida May (Gardner) Lary, was born October 10, 1955, at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He passed from this life on March 23, 2015, at the OSU Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 59. Joe lived in Sallisaw, Oklahoma from 1971 to 1977 and...

Rose Striplin
Mar 23, 2015
Rose Victoria Striplin was born at home on May 31, 1926 in Pittsburg, California to Erasino and Concetta (Lombardo) Davi. She departed this life March 23, 2015 at the Stilwell Nursing Home at the age of 88. On February 27, 1971, Rose married the love of her life, Frank William Striplin, in Reno, Nevada. They moved to Stilwell in...
Fern Shaddox
Feb 26, 2015
Fern Ruth Welch was born October 17, 1930, in Summers, Arkansas. Her parents, Bruce and Zeta Jackson Welch, lived in Adair County until their move to Stockton, California, where Fern attended elementary school. After moving back to Oklahoma, she graduated Westville High School. According to Fern, her childhood was a happy one. She was a lively, beautiful teen. Fern...
Cheryl Watt
Feb 18, 2015
Cheryl Lynn Bateman Watt, the daughter of David Bateman and Betty Sue (Bennett) Bailey, was born November 21, 1981, in Houma, Louisiana. She passed from this life February 18, 2015 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Cheryl was married to Jeffrey Lee Watt and their marriage was blessed with a daughter, Violet. They soon would have been welcoming their second child. She...
Charles Crozier
Feb 13, 2015
Charles Blakemore Crozier, son of Oliver Charles and Mary Elizabeth (Blakemore) Crozier, was born March 2, 1929, in the Oak Grove Community, Adair County, Oklahoma. He went home to his reward on February 13, 2015, at his home in the Pilgrim Rest Community, Stilwell, Oklahoma, surrounded by his loving family. Charles received a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary...
Haskell Young
Jan 31, 2015
Haskell Henry Young passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Jerry L. Pettis Veterans Hospital in Loma Linda, CA at the age of 94. He was born in Stilwell, OK on April 27, 1920. He was the son of Dr. Edward Thomas Young and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Irene Barker Young. He survived his parents and six sisters, Eula, Bertha,...
Robert Urbanski
Jan 27, 2015
Robert Bartholomew Urbanski, the son of Stanley and Margaret (Meidl) Urbanski, was born December 26, 1925, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He passed from this life on January 27, 2015, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the age of 89. Robert was a retired military chief petty officer, serving in the U.S. Navy for 22 years. He was married to Frances Lorraine...

Curtis Coombes
Jan 27, 2015
Curtis Jennings Coombes, the son of Fred and Mattie Della (Harrison) Coombes, was born August 12, 1923, in the Peavine Community of Adair County, Oklahoma. At the age of 91, he passed from this life on January 27, 2015, at his home in Stilwell, surrounded by loved ones. Curtis was married to Betty Bell Clinton in June of 1982...
Gordon Sellers, Sr.
Jan 11, 2015
Gordon Len Sellers, Sr. was born October 28, 1961, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to William Henry and Lorene (Starr) Sellers. He passed from this life January 11, 2015, at his home in Stilwell surrounded by a loving family at the age of 53. Gordon was lifelong native of Oklahoma. He married Petula Catron in Stilwell on January 10, 1987. Gordon...
Alfred Knight
Jan 10, 2015
Alfred Lyle "Butch" Knight, the son of Willis Knight and Rozella (Mzhickteno) Knight, was born January 22, 1949, in Holten, Kansas and departed this life January 10, 2015, in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the age of 65. Alfred was better known to family and friends as "Butch". Butch attended grade school in several different states from Texas to South Dakota....
Mendi Eagleton
Jan 1, 2015
Mendi Lenee Eagleton, the daughter of Russell Wayne Hart and Pamela Gaylene (Hall) Eagleton, was born December 14, 1972, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She departed this life January 1, 2015, in Stilwell, Oklahoma at the age of 42. Mendi was married to Jeff Eagleton and to this union four children were born, Jake, Emily, Tye and Mattie. Mendi worked as...
Christopher French
Dec 28, 2014
Christopher George French, lifelong resident of Stilwell, Oklahoma, departed this life to be with the Lord on December 28, 2014 at the age of 45 at his home in the Salem community. Chris is survived by his children, Tyler French and his girlfriend Chelsea Wallace of Stilwell, Oklahoma Snow Burgess of Stilwell, Oklahoma Evan Hawk of Stilwell, Oklahoma Tiaira...
Wilamina Lemonds
Dec 21, 2014
Wilamina H. Jo Lemonds died Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Tahlequah city hospital following a brief illness. She leaves 3 children, Sharon Smith and husband Claude of Euless, Texas, Paula Wiseley and husband Ron of Stilwell, and Steve Lemonds and wife Tonya of Kansas City, Kansas, 8 grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchildren. Jo was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on July...
Josephine Delay
Dec 18, 2014
Josephine Mae DeLay, was born October 5, 1930, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to Lamb and Callie Holmes Wolf. Surrounded by a loving family, she went home to be with the Lord on December 18, 2014, at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 84 years. Josephine was married to Fred DeLay and together they raised their 13...