Obituary Listings
Obituaries
Milo Dwight Ketchum
Nov 22, 2021
Milo D. Ketchum, 72 of Eufaula, OK was called home to the Lord surrounded lovingly by his family on November 22, 2021. He was born February 12, 1949 in Clarion, Iowa to Kenneth Dwight and Bettie Francilla (Marten) Ketchum. He graduated from Mound Westonka High School and Normandale College obtaining a culinary degree. He met and married the love...
Dan Mcguire
Nov 19, 2021
Dan McGuire, 91, of Eufaula, passed away on Friday, November 19, 2021 in McAlester, Oklahoma. Dan was born on April 1, 1930 in Lenna, Oklahoma to Benjamin and Callie McGuire. He attended Lenna School. Dan married Wilma Jean Dill in 1952. They were happily married for forty years and raised two sons together. Later in life, Dan worked on...
Anna Lou Reiter
Nov 19, 2021
Anna Lou Reiter, 89, of Canadian, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, November 19, 2021, at the St. Francis Hospital of Muskogee. Anna was born on March 14, 1932, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Luther and Verna (Nelson) Staats. She married Joseph Daniel Reiter on September 25, 1949, in Fort Worth, Texas. They were happily married 60 years. Anna...
Lynn Elliotte Dabbs
Nov 15, 2021
Lynn Elliotte Dabbs, 58, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, November 15, 2021, at his home. Lynn was born on August 9, 1963, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the son of Hershell Dabbs and Emma Lola Smith. He attended Eufaula Public Schools and graduated from Canadian High School in 1982. In 1995, Lynn graduated from OSU Okmulgee receiving his Associates degree...
Rose L. Westbrook
Nov 5, 2021
Rose Lou Westbrook, 87, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, November 5, 2021, in Oklahoma City. Rose was born on June 3, 1934, in Kinta, Oklahoma, the daughter of Thomas Edward and Leby Mae (Lentz) Watson. She graduated from Kinta High School in 1953 and attended Oklahoma Business College. On August 20, 1971, Rose married Josh Lee Westbrook. They...
Johnny Dewayne Berry
Nov 5, 2021
Johnny Dewayne Berry, 75, of Hanna, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, November 5, 2021, at his home. Johnny was born on May 12, 1946, in Hanna, Oklahoma, the son of Everett Truman and Verneil Katherine (Robertson) Berry. He graduated from Hanna High School in 1964 and entered the Army Reserves. On July 14, 1967, Johnny married Sharon Kay Tolbert. They...
Brenda Kay Houdesheldt
Oct 29, 2021
Brenda Kay Houdesheldt, 70, passed away Friday, October 29th, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Brenda was born September 17th, 1951 to Thomas Brouhard, Jr. and Juanita (Ellis) Brouhard in Washington, Kansas. Brenda was a 1969 graduate of Bryan high school in Omaha, Nebraska. She married the love of her life, Steve Houdesheldt, on August 20, 1970....
Alfred Wesley Travis
Oct 26, 2021
Alfred Wesley "Al" Travis, 69, of Checotah, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, October 26, 2021, at the OSU Medical Center of Tulsa. Al was born on November 13, 1951, in San Fransisco, California, the son of James William and Ann Mae (Henderson) Travis. He graduated from high school in Trona, California in 1969. He worked for the Harrington's Service Center...
Jacob Lester Hunn
Oct 26, 2021
Jacob Lester Hunn, 78, lifelong Hobart resident, passed away Tuesday, October 26, 2021. Jake was born on February 10, 1943, in Hobart, Oklahoma, the son of Millard "Sonny" and Nora Belle (Everhart) Hunn. At the age of sixteen, with permission from his mother, Jake enlisted in the United States Army National Guard. He graduated from Hobart High School in...
Wanda "Nadine" Monroe
Oct 24, 2021
Wanda Nadine Monroe, 79, of McAlester, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, October 24, 2021. Nadine was born on March 28, 1942, in Quinton, Oklahoma, the daughter of Nathan and Frieda Martindale Etchison. She attended Quinton Public Schools her entire education and graduated from Quinton High School in 1960. After graduation, Nadine moved to McAlester where she began working at Kress...
Catherine L Tomlinson
Oct 21, 2021
Catherine Lynn "Cathy" Tomlinson, 74, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021, at the Eufaula Manor Nursing Home. Cathy was born on December 7, 1946, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Virgle Lee and Sybil Corene (Reynolds) Batterton. She attended Elmore City Schools and later received her LPN Nursing license. She practiced nursing for several years in...
Brian Charles Bone
Oct 20, 2021
Brian Charles Bone, 49, of McAlester, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at his home. Brian was born on February 5, 1972, in Stigler, Oklahoma, the son of Charles and Carol Bone. He graduated in1990 from Quinton High School where he played football. Brian and Amanda Miller were together from 2001-2019. Brian lived in Canadian. He loved his...
Terry Lynn Hervey
Oct 18, 2021
Terry Lynn Hervey, 62, of Norman, passed away on October 18, 2021 in Norman, Oklahoma. Terry was born on August 12, 1959 in Caledonia, Minnesota to Virgil Lee and Donnis Elaine (Thompson) Johnson. She graduated from Norman High School in 1977. Terry attended Rose State College. On August 1, 1991, she married Phillip C. Hervey in Bethany, Oklahoma. They...
Art Shutts
Oct 18, 2021
Arlton Shutts, 90, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, October 18, 2021, at his home. Arlton was born on February 21, 1931 in Luray, Kansas, the son of Kenith Shutts and Alice Stella (Hendrick) Shutts. Art went to school in Wichita, Kansas. He married Phyllis in 1952 and they were married for 63 years before Phyllis passed away. They...
William "Bill" F. Kirby
Oct 11, 2021
William "Bill" Foster Kirby, 75, of Webbers Falls, passed away at his home. Bill was born on August 21, 1946 in McAlester, Oklahoma to Ernest Raymond and Della Alene (Brown) Kirby. He graduated from Muskogee High School in 1964 and attended University of Oklahoma. Bill served in the United States Army from 1968 - 1969, serving during Vietnam. Bill...
Ted
Oct 11, 2021
William "Ted" Theodore Slick, III, 56, of Eufaula, passed away on October 11, 2021 at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ted was born on December 11, 1964 in Arkansas. In 1982, he graduated from Carl Albert High School in Midwest City. Ted attended Spartan College of Aeronautics. In his earlier years, he worked at his mom's printing...
Kim Denise Kossey Durbin
Oct 8, 2021
Kim Denise Kossey-Durbin, 62, of Longtown, passed away on Friday, October 8, 2021 at the McAlester Regional Health Center. Kim was born on December 25, 1958 in Borger, Texas to Billy Joe and Martha Ann (Russell) Kossey. She graduated from Phillips High School in Phillips, Texas in 1977. Kim was married to Ricky Allen Durbin for six years and...
Denver Colonel Milam
Oct 4, 2021
Denver Colonel Milam, 86, of Quinton, passed away on Monday, October 4, 2021 at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Denver was born on January 7, 1935 in Lamar, West Virginia to Aubrey and Helen Mae (Howerton) Milam. He married Geneva Prince on December 7, 1968. They were happily married for fifty-two years. Denver worked as a dozer operator....
Loyd Arlin Eubanks
Oct 3, 2021
Loyd Arlin Eubanks, 85, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, October 3, 2021, at his home surrounded by family. Loyd was born on November 11, 1935, in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, the son of Vernell Lambert and Bernice Esther (Ezell) Eubanks. He attended Jones Jr. College in 1953 and received his Bachelors Degree in Accounting from the University of Alabama...
Sharon Phillips
Oct 2, 2021
Sharon Phillips, 79, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2021, at her home. Sharon was born on October 27, 1941, in Eufaula, the daughter of Walter Langston and Lorene (Jones) Pittman. She graduated from Ceres High School in Ceres, CA with the class of 1961. On September 25, 1959, Sharon married her high school sweetheart, Edward Phillips...