Obituaries
Donald Robert Eckholm
Jan 14, 2023
Donald Robert Eckholm, 75, of Enid, Oklahoma, passed away at Canoe Brook in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, after a short battle with cancer, on January 14, 2023.
Don was born on February 6, 1947 in Menasha, Wisconsin, to Clarence and Lorraine Eckholm. Shortly after graduating high school in Menasha, he joined the United States Air Force and served for ten years...
Charles Theodore Taylor
Jan 13, 2023
Charles Theodore Taylor was born on September 13, 1952 to Marie Lee Carter, and Theodore Aaron Taylor in Fairfax, Oklahoma.
Although Charlie did not have an idyllic childhood growing up, he never let that impact his attitude. Charlie had a work ethic that was unmatched starting from early childhood, whether he was picking cotton, hauling hay, or many of the...
Brenda Kaye Clark
Jan 13, 2023
In Loving memory and a flower gone too soon. Brenda Kaye (Riley) Clark of Tulsa, Oklahoma passed January 13, 2023.
Brenda is preceded in death by father and mother Ernest and Betty Riley; siblings: Ernest Riley Jr., Perley Gail Sanchez and Ellen Louise Pecheco. Left to mourn her passing are her sons: Joshua M. Clark and wife Kalya and their daughter...
Ross Allen Johnson
Jan 11, 2023
Ross Allen Johnson passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at the age of 57 years. Ross was born on March 27, 1965 in Amarillo, Texas to his parents, Roy and Francis (Wells) Johnson. Arrangements are entrusted to Schaudt Okmulgee Funeral Service & Cremation Care, 220 S. Alabama, Okmulgee, OK 74447. Family and friends may leave kind words of comfort,...
Rachel Mae Stevens-Respicio
Jan 9, 2023
Rachel Mae Stevens-Respicio passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023 at 39 years old, leaving a legacy of love and joy to all whose lives she touched. Rachel passed at her home in Catoosa, OK surrounded by her loving family.
Rachel was born on November 7, 1983, in Tulsa, OK to mother, Veronica Gregory and father, Harvey Barton. Rachel grew up...
Kathryn "Katie" Cairns Whitmore
Jan 9, 2023
Kathryn Cairns Whitmore (Katie) passed away at her home, in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Monday, January 9, 2023. She was surrounded by family.
She is survived by her daughter and grandchildren, Kathy, Amanda, and Angie; son and daughter-in-law, Dave and Shannon; daughter and son-in-law, Kim and Whitney Howland; sister-in-law Mary Wynne Watkins; and many nieces and nephews.
Katie grew up in Indiana and...
Cecilia Antoinette Lancaster
Jan 9, 2023
Cecilia Antoinette "Toni" (Speck) Lancaster of Keller, Texas was called to her heavenly home on Monday, January 9, 2023, at the age of 57 after a courageous six-year battle against ovarian cancer. Toni will be remembered for her life lived as the embodiment of kindness, love, grace and hope. Her memory will live on in the many people she touched...
Guadalupe Alfonso Resendiz
Jan 8, 2023
Guadalupe Alfonso Resendiz Rodriguez, 68, of Glenpool Oklahoma, passed away on January 8th, 2023 at his home surrounded by his loved ones. Lupe as he was known to family and friends was born on February 15, 1954 to Carmela Resendiz Rodriguez in Mexico City.
Lupe pursued a career in Law Enforcement in Mexico City until 1989 when he migrated to the...
Jacob Loren Brandt
Jan 7, 2023
Jacob L. Brandt of Kiefer, Oklahoma, passed away on January 7, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 40 years old.
Jacob was a devoted husband and dad to his four children. He enjoyed watching his kid's sporting events, motorcycle rides with his wife, golfing, fishing, and car shows. He loved any adventure he could find or conjure up.
Jacob's profession was in...
Brandee Lerea Vazquez
Jan 7, 2023
Brandee LeRea Vazquez went home to be with our Lord on January 7, 2023. She was born September 22, 1971, in Mayflower, California, to Martin and Debora Fischer.
Raised in Broken Arrow, OK, she graduated from Wakefield Academy in 1989 and studied at Tulsa Community College. Brandee worked various jobs throughout her lifetime, but the biggest and most important achievement...
James Edward Bates
Jan 6, 2023
James Edward "Ed" Bates, 83, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed peacefully on January 6, 2023 surrounded by his loving family.
Ed was born on July 5, 1939 to James "Jim" Clement and Juanita (Jones) Bates in Oklahoma City. After graduating high school, Ed attended the University of Oklahoma where he studied Architecture and was active in ROTC. During his time at OU,...
Carolyn Glennis Morris
Jan 6, 2023
Carolyn Glennis Bean, age 96 of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma was born July 26, 1926 in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, to Robert Bruce Bean III and Opal Gertrude Wright. Carolyn passed away quietly at her home of over 70 years, early January 6th. She was a twin sister to Marilyn Glenna Bean (Allen) who preceded her in death on April 11, 1987...
Wesley Bernard
Jan 5, 2023
Wesley Bernard, of Ponca City, OK passed away at the age of 77 on January 5th, 2023. He was born in Waldkirchen, Germany on July 30th, 1945, near the end of World War II to his mother Jozefa Graczyk. He lived in Poland until 1981 when he immigrated to America with his wife Halina and their two sons, John, and...
Mary Diane Purdom
Jan 5, 2023
Services to honor and celebrate the life of Mary Diane "Dione" Purdom will be 1:00PM Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at the Simple Church, 5900 S Union Ave in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A visitation will be held Monday evening from 5:00 to 8:00PM at Schaudt's Glenpool-Bixby Funeral Service, 1329 E. 151st in Glenpool, Oklahoma. Mary departed this life on January 5, 2023...
Derek Alexander Sago
Jan 3, 2023
Derek Alexander Sago passed away unexpectedly on January 3, 2023 at the age of 41 of natural causes.
Derek was born to Clayton Sago and Gerry Kauley on November 15, 1981 in Tulsa, OK.
His family is grieving his sudden death, but our faith and trust in the Lord is our comfort during this time. He touched the lives of those around...
Glen E. Vail
Jan 3, 2023
Surrounded by his loved ones & extended family, Glen Edward Vail, 73, of Wilburton, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, January 03, 2023. He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church, Hitchita, Oklahoma.
Glen was born on August 30th, 1949, McAlester General Hospital, to Colman "Coley" and Delia "Tinsey" (Gray) Vail and grew up in Canadian, Oklahoma....
Jacob Anakin Bonilla
Jan 2, 2023
Jacob Anakin Bonilla, Our beautiful boy, made his debut into this world on a sublime Saturday evening at 6:52pm in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 24th, 1999. His bright light physically left this world way too soon on the morning of Monday January 2nd, 2023.
Jacob was extremely detailed and animated in his quest to furthering his education. He attended Tulsa Community...
Kim Denise Daniels
Jan 1, 2023
Kim Denise Daniels, of Okmulgee, Ok passed away on January 1st, 2023. Kim was born on January 19, 1969, to Charles Cannon and Carol (Sossaman) Williamson in Vancouver Washington. She spent most of her childhood in Bakersfield, CA, and at the age of 12 years old, the family moved to Oklahoma and settled in Konawa.
She eventually landed in Okmulgee...
Dawson Keith Sumner
Dec 31, 2022
Dawson Keith Sumner, 19, of Beggs, passed away December 31, 2022. He was born October 6, 2003, in Oklahoma City, to parents Derek Sumner and Heather (Murry) Sumner.
Dawson was a 2022 graduate of Preston High School. He was a college student and had just wrapped up another semester at Carl Albert University and had plans to attend OSUIT in the...
Ernest Cleveland Johnson
Dec 31, 2022
Ernest Cleveland Johnson IV, 47, of Broken Arrow , passed away December 31 after a battle with cancer.
Ernie was born on December 19, 1975 to Ernest Johnson III and Donna Knuckles in Houston, MO. Ernie graduated from Dixon High School, Dixon,MO in 1994. Ernie went to University of Missouri-Rolla to study Electrical Engineering. He later went on to get his...
Donald Robert Eckholm
Jan 14, 2023
Donald Robert Eckholm, 75, of Enid, Oklahoma, passed away at Canoe Brook in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, after a short battle with cancer, on January 14, 2023.
Don was born on February 6, 1947 in Menasha, Wisconsin, to Clarence and Lorraine Eckholm. Shortly after graduating high school in Menasha, he joined the United States Air Force and served for ten years...
Charles Theodore Taylor
Jan 13, 2023
Charles Theodore Taylor was born on September 13, 1952 to Marie Lee Carter, and Theodore Aaron Taylor in Fairfax, Oklahoma.
Although Charlie did not have an idyllic childhood growing up, he never let that impact his attitude. Charlie had a work ethic that was unmatched starting from early childhood, whether he was picking cotton, hauling hay, or many of the...
Brenda Kaye Clark
Jan 13, 2023
In Loving memory and a flower gone too soon. Brenda Kaye (Riley) Clark of Tulsa, Oklahoma passed January 13, 2023.
Brenda is preceded in death by father and mother Ernest and Betty Riley; siblings: Ernest Riley Jr., Perley Gail Sanchez and Ellen Louise Pecheco. Left to mourn her passing are her sons: Joshua M. Clark and wife Kalya and their daughter...
Ross Allen Johnson
Jan 11, 2023
Ross Allen Johnson passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at the age of 57 years. Ross was born on March 27, 1965 in Amarillo, Texas to his parents, Roy and Francis (Wells) Johnson. Arrangements are entrusted to Schaudt Okmulgee Funeral Service & Cremation Care, 220 S. Alabama, Okmulgee, OK 74447. Family and friends may leave kind words of comfort,...
Rachel Mae Stevens-Respicio
Jan 9, 2023
Rachel Mae Stevens-Respicio passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023 at 39 years old, leaving a legacy of love and joy to all whose lives she touched. Rachel passed at her home in Catoosa, OK surrounded by her loving family.
Rachel was born on November 7, 1983, in Tulsa, OK to mother, Veronica Gregory and father, Harvey Barton. Rachel grew up...
Kathryn "Katie" Cairns Whitmore
Jan 9, 2023
Kathryn Cairns Whitmore (Katie) passed away at her home, in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Monday, January 9, 2023. She was surrounded by family.
She is survived by her daughter and grandchildren, Kathy, Amanda, and Angie; son and daughter-in-law, Dave and Shannon; daughter and son-in-law, Kim and Whitney Howland; sister-in-law Mary Wynne Watkins; and many nieces and nephews.
Katie grew up in Indiana and...
Cecilia Antoinette Lancaster
Jan 9, 2023
Cecilia Antoinette "Toni" (Speck) Lancaster of Keller, Texas was called to her heavenly home on Monday, January 9, 2023, at the age of 57 after a courageous six-year battle against ovarian cancer. Toni will be remembered for her life lived as the embodiment of kindness, love, grace and hope. Her memory will live on in the many people she touched...
Guadalupe Alfonso Resendiz
Jan 8, 2023
Guadalupe Alfonso Resendiz Rodriguez, 68, of Glenpool Oklahoma, passed away on January 8th, 2023 at his home surrounded by his loved ones. Lupe as he was known to family and friends was born on February 15, 1954 to Carmela Resendiz Rodriguez in Mexico City.
Lupe pursued a career in Law Enforcement in Mexico City until 1989 when he migrated to the...
Jacob Loren Brandt
Jan 7, 2023
Jacob L. Brandt of Kiefer, Oklahoma, passed away on January 7, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 40 years old.
Jacob was a devoted husband and dad to his four children. He enjoyed watching his kid's sporting events, motorcycle rides with his wife, golfing, fishing, and car shows. He loved any adventure he could find or conjure up.
Jacob's profession was in...
Brandee Lerea Vazquez
Jan 7, 2023
Brandee LeRea Vazquez went home to be with our Lord on January 7, 2023. She was born September 22, 1971, in Mayflower, California, to Martin and Debora Fischer.
Raised in Broken Arrow, OK, she graduated from Wakefield Academy in 1989 and studied at Tulsa Community College. Brandee worked various jobs throughout her lifetime, but the biggest and most important achievement...
James Edward Bates
Jan 6, 2023
James Edward "Ed" Bates, 83, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed peacefully on January 6, 2023 surrounded by his loving family.
Ed was born on July 5, 1939 to James "Jim" Clement and Juanita (Jones) Bates in Oklahoma City. After graduating high school, Ed attended the University of Oklahoma where he studied Architecture and was active in ROTC. During his time at OU,...
Carolyn Glennis Morris
Jan 6, 2023
Carolyn Glennis Bean, age 96 of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma was born July 26, 1926 in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, to Robert Bruce Bean III and Opal Gertrude Wright. Carolyn passed away quietly at her home of over 70 years, early January 6th. She was a twin sister to Marilyn Glenna Bean (Allen) who preceded her in death on April 11, 1987...
Wesley Bernard
Jan 5, 2023
Wesley Bernard, of Ponca City, OK passed away at the age of 77 on January 5th, 2023. He was born in Waldkirchen, Germany on July 30th, 1945, near the end of World War II to his mother Jozefa Graczyk. He lived in Poland until 1981 when he immigrated to America with his wife Halina and their two sons, John, and...
Mary Diane Purdom
Jan 5, 2023
Services to honor and celebrate the life of Mary Diane "Dione" Purdom will be 1:00PM Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at the Simple Church, 5900 S Union Ave in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A visitation will be held Monday evening from 5:00 to 8:00PM at Schaudt's Glenpool-Bixby Funeral Service, 1329 E. 151st in Glenpool, Oklahoma. Mary departed this life on January 5, 2023...
Derek Alexander Sago
Jan 3, 2023
Derek Alexander Sago passed away unexpectedly on January 3, 2023 at the age of 41 of natural causes.
Derek was born to Clayton Sago and Gerry Kauley on November 15, 1981 in Tulsa, OK.
His family is grieving his sudden death, but our faith and trust in the Lord is our comfort during this time. He touched the lives of those around...
Glen E. Vail
Jan 3, 2023
Surrounded by his loved ones & extended family, Glen Edward Vail, 73, of Wilburton, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, January 03, 2023. He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church, Hitchita, Oklahoma.
Glen was born on August 30th, 1949, McAlester General Hospital, to Colman "Coley" and Delia "Tinsey" (Gray) Vail and grew up in Canadian, Oklahoma....
Jacob Anakin Bonilla
Jan 2, 2023
Jacob Anakin Bonilla, Our beautiful boy, made his debut into this world on a sublime Saturday evening at 6:52pm in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 24th, 1999. His bright light physically left this world way too soon on the morning of Monday January 2nd, 2023.
Jacob was extremely detailed and animated in his quest to furthering his education. He attended Tulsa Community...
Kim Denise Daniels
Jan 1, 2023
Kim Denise Daniels, of Okmulgee, Ok passed away on January 1st, 2023. Kim was born on January 19, 1969, to Charles Cannon and Carol (Sossaman) Williamson in Vancouver Washington. She spent most of her childhood in Bakersfield, CA, and at the age of 12 years old, the family moved to Oklahoma and settled in Konawa.
She eventually landed in Okmulgee...
Dawson Keith Sumner
Dec 31, 2022
Dawson Keith Sumner, 19, of Beggs, passed away December 31, 2022. He was born October 6, 2003, in Oklahoma City, to parents Derek Sumner and Heather (Murry) Sumner.
Dawson was a 2022 graduate of Preston High School. He was a college student and had just wrapped up another semester at Carl Albert University and had plans to attend OSUIT in the...
Ernest Cleveland Johnson
Dec 31, 2022
Ernest Cleveland Johnson IV, 47, of Broken Arrow , passed away December 31 after a battle with cancer.
Ernie was born on December 19, 1975 to Ernest Johnson III and Donna Knuckles in Houston, MO. Ernie graduated from Dixon High School, Dixon,MO in 1994. Ernie went to University of Missouri-Rolla to study Electrical Engineering. He later went on to get his...
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