Aug 5, 2019

OBITUARY: Sophie Louise Hoggatt Sophie Louise Hoggatt was born on June 15, 1924 in Cokeburg, PA and departed this life on August 5, 2019 in Stroud, OK at the age of 95 years. Sophie was born to John and Anna Fenyar Zolmerchik. She was resident at the Stroud Health Care Center since 2012. She lived in Cushing, OK until...

Aug 4, 2019

Barbara Lynn Greer Melson was born on March 30, 1971 in Cushing, Oklahoma and departed this world on August 4, 2019 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 48. Barbara was the daughter of David Greer and Mary Alexander Egan. She was a CNA-CMA for home health care. She loved to take care of elderly people and spend...

Aug 3, 2019

Brian Haskell Sharpe of Shawnee, passed away on August 3, 2019 at the age of 32. Brian was the son of Barry Van and Carlene (Logen) Sharpe. He was born in Loma Linda, California on September 25, 1986. Brian was a 2004 graduate of Prague High School. Following high school, Brian followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the...

Jul 31, 2019

Mary Vivian (Downard) Kashwer, a long time resident of Chandler, Oklahoma, was born on January 24, 1931, in Centrahoma, Oklahoma. She departed this life on July 31, 2019, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 88 years. “Mary V.” was the daughter of Jack and Pearl (Herring) Downard. She was raised in Coalgate, Oklahoma. After graduating high school,...

Jul 30, 2019

Don Oneal Sullivan, 77, beloved Husband passed away on July 30, 2019. Don was born May 23, 1942, in Shawnee, Oklahoma to John and Marcene Sullivan He married Kelly Sullivan on December 12, 2012, at 12:12 PM at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Chandler Oklahoma. He enjoyed working as a Professional Bondsman for many years. Don enjoyed fishing, caring...

Jul 29, 2019

Ronnie Alan Franklin Sr. was born August 25, 1943, in Concho, Oklahoma to Benjamin and Bernice (Spooner) Franklin and left this Earth on July 29, 2019, at the long-time residence he shared with his long-time companion Dorothy Stevens in Prague, Oklahoma. Ronnie was raised in the Stroud and Cushing areas and graduated from Stroud Schools before enlisting in the...

Jul 27, 2019

John C. Simon Sr., Chandler, Oklahoma, resident was born August 12, 1947, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He departed this life on July 27, 2019, in Oklahoma City, at the age of 71 years. John was the son of Lawrence and Melvadene (Eades) Simon. He graduated from Capitol Hill High School in 1965. John married T. Ann Pyle in 1966,...

Jul 25, 2019

Helen Marie Brown White Helen Marie Brown White was born on December 30, 1925 in Prague, Oklahoma and departed this life on Wednesday, July 25, 2019 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 93. Helen was the daughter of John and Millie Orr. She was a resident of Stroud and a member of the Assembly of God Church. Helen...

Jul 24, 2019

Casey Mitchell Fell, life-long Chandler, Oklahoma, resident was born July 26, 1989, in Edmond, Oklahoma, and departed this life on July 24, 2019, in Chandler, at the age of 29 years. Casey was the son of James and Cindy (Fikes) Fell. He attended school in Chandler, and graduated in the Class of 2008. Casey was a State Champion in...

Jul 23, 2019

Jul 19, 2019

OBITUARY: Ruth Ellen (Munson) Reno Ruth Ellen Munson Reno was born in Stroud, Oklahoma on February 28, 1948 and departed this life in Canon City, CO. on July 19, 2019 at the age of 71 years. Ruth was the daughter of Arthur Harold and Ethel Ellen (Taylor) Munson. She was a resident of Stroud all her life. Ruth love...

Jul 18, 2019

OBITUARY: Michael James Cole Alcorn Michael James “Cole” Alcorn was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on May 20, 1996 and departed this life on July 18, 2019 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 23 years. Cole was the son of Kelli Marker and Michael Alcorn. He was a resident of Stroud. He was a member...

Jul 17, 2019

Lifetime Prague resident, Henry Jerome Pratka, passed away on July 17, 2019 in Prague, Oklahoma at the age of 91. Henry was born on March 3, 1928 in Prague, Oklahoma. He was the son of Czech parents, Jerome and Christine (Studler) Pratka. Henry lived a long, full and loving life. Henry was known for living by the Golden Rule,...

Jul 14, 2019

Ruth Vay Raines VanCuren was born Sept. 4, 1924 in what is now the Ghost Town of Keokuk Falls, Ok, south of Prague. She attended Centerview School on Highway 99 and Moccasin Trail Road. Her parents were Paul Marvin Raines and Sophia Manley Raines. In 1942 she married William Allen VanCuren and they moved to Oklahoma City. She became...

Jul 14, 2019

Valerie Stone was born Valerie Marie States on July 29, 1954 to William States and her mother. She was first-generation Italian in America and second-generation German and Irish ethnicity. She was the daughter of a proud, hardworking steel mill worker. Valerie watched MASH as a teenager which fueled her idea of being in the Army. This was at a...

Jul 11, 2019

Lee Allen Ward was born February 3, 1933 in Kilgore, Texas. His childhood was spent in Oil City, Louisiana. Lee was the first child of Howard Bruce Ward and Hazel Geneva Russell and had three siblings including Nancy, Cletus Ann, and Bruce. During his childhood, he enjoyed playing various sports with his cousin and best friend, Charles Robert Ward....

Jul 11, 2019

Lorraine Cody of Stroud, Oklahoma, passed away on July 11, 2019, at the Stroud Health Care in Stroud, Oklahoma, at the age of 84 years. Lorraine Cody was born on September 9, 1934, in Opelousas, Louisiana. She was the daughter of Frederick and Elmer (McGehee) Carroll. She grew up in De Ritter, Louisiana, attending De Ritter Public Schools. She...

Jul 9, 2019

Mark Richard Pittman was born on September 21, 1953 in Weatherford, Texas and departed this world on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 in Stroud, Oklahoma at the age of 65. Mark was the son of Richard Sherman and Treva Odell (Draper) Pittman. He owned the Oleo Acres Cheaper Spread Gas Station in Perkins, Oklahoma. He enjoyed fishing, as well as,...

Jul 9, 2019

Pauletta Janean Pittman was born on March 23, 1956, in Ogden, Utah and departed this world on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 in Stroud, Oklahoma at the age of 63. Pauletta was the daughter of Paul and Bessie (Park) Logue. She was a payroll specialist for Miller Truck Lines. Paulette enjoyed reading, sewing and her grandchildren. She was married to...

Jul 7, 2019

Junior Lee Shell, 93, passed away on July 7, 2019 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Lee was born on March 8, 1926 in Paden, Oklahoma to Lee Franklin and Viola Francis Shell. Lee attended Paden schools and later attended Seminary at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Lee served our country in the United States Navy where he was stationed on...