Tahlequah, OK Obituaries

Scott Allen “Scotty Watty” Yanez passed on October 1, 2026, at the age of 57. Born July 8, 1969, in Anaheim, California, Scotty Watty was a resident of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Pallbearers will be Rikk...

Jerry Andrew Callaway passed on October 1, 2026, at the age of 74. Born on November 17, 1951, in Dayton, Ohio, Jerry lived in Locust Grove, Oklahoma.

Dreama Katherine Luckinbill, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully at her home on September 22, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. Born on September 9, 1937, in C...

Opal L. Conrad, age 101, passed on September 30, 2026, having been born on May 4, 1925, in Braggs, Oklahoma, and residing in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Visitation will be held at Reed-Culver Funeral Home...

Betty Lou Carter was born January 6, 1935, in Oil Springs, Oklahoma, to Carmack Dause and Odra (Dotson) Dause. Over the next 91 years, Betty built a life around the things she valued most: her faith, ...

Melvin Preston Kaulaity, age 72, passed away on September 27, 2026, in Stilwell, Oklahoma. Born September 15, 1954, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to William Kaulaity and Melvina (Tounwin) Stevens. For Melvin...

Jodie Marie (Stealer) Dykes was born February 20, 1959, beloved daughter of Jack and Maggie (Beaver) Stealer. She was a proud graduate of Salina High School. She went on to work for Gates Rubber Compa...

Carol Sue Lee was born in 1956 in Tulsa, OK, to her loving parents, Donald Harold and Betty Sue Marple. She was the cherished sister to her three brothers. She spent over half her life in Tulsa, gradu...

Lrinda Joyce (Powell) Petersen was born on October 4, 1966, the youngest of twelve children to James Lee and Edith Mae (Roberts) Powell. As fate would have it, the very first night the family spent in...

Barbara Ann (Drake) Sipes was born on December 2, 1956 in Tahlequah, OK, the daughter of Elmer George Drake and Ruth May Gritts. She was a graduate of Tahlequah High School and went on to attend North...

Larry Vernon Bell passed on September 18, 2026, at the age of 80; born April 16, 1946, in Hillsboro, Illinois, Larry was a resident of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. No Services Planned.

Pamela Kay Elk, 66, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, passed away on September 13, 2026. She was born on August 16, 1960, in Tahlequah to James Russell Kelley and Margie Louise (Rich) Kelley. Pamela worked for...

Michael Gabriel Bray was born on March 15, 1990, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the son of Kelly Ray Bray and Donna Fay (Clinard) Bray. Michael attended Muskogee Public Schools, Fort Gibson Public Schools, a...

Sheryl Lynn (McMahan) Thompson was born October 3, 1971 in Muskogee, OK, the daughter of Gene Edward and Joyce Kay (Barnes) McMahan. She grew up in a loving family alongside her one brother, David, an...

Billie Sue (Minyard) Allen passed peacefully from this life on Friday, September 11th, 2026, in Tulsa, OK, surrounded by the family she loved. Affectionately known as “Sue” or “Aunt Sue,” she was bor...

Angel Manuel Alvarado Hernandez, 86, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, passed away on September 8, 2026. He was born on November 2, 1939, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, to Antonio Alvarado Zayas and Benigna Hernan...

Betty Sue (Wilder) Anderson was born on October 10, 1947 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to parents Lizzie Bell Murphy and William Wilder. She departed this life for her journey to her heavenly home on Septemb...

Floy Sybile Dobbs, 79, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, passed away on September 5, 2026. Floy was born on November 29, 1946, in Montgomery, Kansas, to Flora Ann Ogle-Hammond and James Archie Hammond. Through...

Ella Lorene (Jordan) Keys, or known by many as Lorene, was born November 12, 1934, in the Zeb Community, near Tahlequah, OK. Lorene was one of ten children born to Robert Spencer and Hazel Marie (Rodg...

A LIFE LIVED FULLY Terry was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada and immigrated to the USA on Halloween 1946. He grew up in Warren, Michigan; graduated Cum Laude from Adrian College in 1966 and earned hi...

Randy Leon Kay was born October 4, 1954, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the son of James Howard and Mary L. (Clopp) Kay. He grew up alongside his two siblings, Jim and Cindy, and joined the workforce at a...

Bertha Jo (Carroll) Pair was born on January 11, 1940 in Pryor, Oklahoma, the daughter of Dave and Agnes (McAlister) Carroll. Bertha was a graduate of Kansas High School and spent much of her life wor...

Brenda Kay (Dunham) Jones was born on August 9, 1956, the daughter of Charles Hubert and Betty Lou (McGowan) Dunham. Brenda was a proud graduate of Tahlequah High School, Class of 1974. Throughout her...

Norman Ray Rackliff, 77, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, passed away on August 19, 2026. He was born on November 27, 1948, in Teresita, Oklahoma, to Jess Rackliff and Nellie Lois (Ragsdale) Rackliff. Norman w...

Early in the morning on Thursday, August 19, 2026, Joseph Wilson Cummings (Joe) left us to be with the Lord. He was 81 years of age. Born to Lydia and Sampson Cummings on January 16, 1945 in Oaks, O...

Martha Jean Glass, 88, of Oaks, Oklahoma, peacefully entered her eternal home with the Lord on August 18, 2026. She was born February 4, 1938, in Claremore, Oklahoma, to Jonas Glass and Maggie (Hider)...

Daniel Eugene Kelley, 49, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, passed away on August 18, 2026. He was born March 29, 1977, in Tahlequah to Laverne Eugene Kelley and Kathryn Ann Garner. Daniel spent his working y...

Julienne Powell, 60, was born October 6, 1965, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to Tommy and Julie Powell. She passed away August 15, 2026, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, leaving behind a family and community who loved h...

Jamey Clayton Lamb, age 52, of Coweta, Oklahoma, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born on December 3, 1973, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Curtis Ray Lamb and Marsha...

Juanita M. Pace, age 90, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. She was born on September 29, 1935, in Ozark, Arkansas, the daughter of Lish McCarty and Mary Jane (Gregory)...

Our beautiful Holli Shaine Carnes was born on January 31, 2008, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and left this world tragically on August 11, 2026. Holli is survived by her loving mother and father, Claudia an...

Ellen Denise (Pritchett) Kingfisher was born August 18, 1983 in Tahlequah, the daughter of Willie and Sharon (Scott) Pritchett. Ellen grew up in the Hulbert area and graduated from Hulbert High School...

Amber Rose Noline was born on February 21, 1995 in Miami, Arizona, the daughter of Josephine Ann Noline. She was a proud member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, with Navajo and Cherokee heritage. She r...

Georgann Crittenden, 77, of Westville, Oklahoma, passed away on August 6, 2026. She was born on June 22, 1949, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Robert Hitcher and Juanita (Guinn) Hitcher. Georgann was the ...

Katherine Sylvia Brodie passed on July 24, 2026, at the age of 90.

Linda Kay (Pritchett/Degase) Parsons was born on June 2, 1957, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to Louis and Jessie (Pritchett) Degase. She peacefully passed from this life on August 5, 2026, in Catoosa, Oklah...

Randy Hooper was born September 16, 1971 in Tahlequah, OK, the son of Roy Sanders and Narcie (Hooper) Holcomb. He was a proud graduate of Sequoyah High School, where he played football and developed a...

Robert Lee Clay, or known by family and friends as Robbie, was born July 4, 1957 in Stilwell, OK, the son of James Andrew Jr. and Julia Vee (Green) Clay. Robbie had a heart as big as the outdoors he l...

Joe Daniel Weese was born September 17, 1952 in Spiro, OK, the son of Harold Weese and Aline (Garner) DeWitt. He graduated from Tahlequah High School and went on to build a strong work ethic that defi...

Bobby Ogden was born on Hadley Mountain in the Northwest corner of Cherokee County on April 11, 1934. He was the third son of Lillian (White) Ogden and Troy Ogden. He attended school at Downing, OK, a...

Joseph Andrew Jackson was born October 22, 1954, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Joe was a graduate of Will Rogers High School in Tulsa. After graduation Joe joined the Marine Corps in July 1973 and was stationed...

Joann Rider, 87, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, passed away on July 30, 2026. Born on April 26, 1939, in Bunch, Oklahoma, to Sam Rider Sr. and Polly (Leach) Rider. Joann enjoyed filling her days with the thi...

Jesse Ray Langston was born on September 1st ,1952, in California, the son of Guy Major and Elsie (Vaughn) Langston. He grew up in a family with five brothers and three sisters, Ray, Guy Jr., Glenn, F...

Haley Elizabeth Gourd was born on March 11, 1992. She lived life with a big heart, a contagious laugh, and the kind of personality that made people feel like family from the moment they met her. She p...

Jeffery Davis, or Tommy Chong to his friends, was born on July 31st, 1965, in Claremore, OK, the son of Tiie and Velma Sue (Scott) Davis. He grew up in little Kansas with two brothers and three sister...

Velda Joyce ‘Joy’ Laster Hensley, age 94, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening, July 23, 2026, after a very brief struggle with cancer. She was born November 5, 1931, in ...

Judy Sue Robinson, 77, of Hulbert, Oklahoma, passed away on July 22, 2026. She was born on February 10, 1949, in Peggs, Oklahoma, to Frankie H. Allen and Lillie Mae (Foster) Allen. Judy was a woman w...

Danny Cornsilk, son of Sissie Bark Cornsilk and Jess Cornsilk, was born on September 27, 1949, and passed from this life on July 21, 2026. Danny is survived by his sister, Jessie Craig of Stilwell; h...

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Faith Wright was born on February 15, 1979, beloved daughter of Jimmy Charles Wright and Leta Faye (Freeman) Wright. Lizzie's life was defined not by her disabilities, but by the lo...

Kael Michael Beaver was born on July 16, 2026 and was called home by the Lord on July 16, 2026. Kael was preceded in death by his grandpa Richie Canoe, great grandparents Richard and Doris Canoe, hi...