Obituaries

Rose Seminole resident, Emma Mae (Fick) Rose, passed away, Thursday, June 8th, 2023, in Shawnee. Emma, the daughter of Ernest Sr. and Opal (Troy) Fick, was born November 30, 1928, in Derby Kansas. Emma’s family moved to Okemah, where she graduated high school.

Patterson Delbert Dennis “D.D.” Patterson, 92, longtime Seminole resident, passed away on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was born on June 27, 1930, in Maud, Oklahoma to Aileen (York) Patterson and James Patterson.

Lemons George Henry Lemons, longtime resident of Maud, Oklahoma, passed away on 29 May 2023. Born on 18 December 1933, the fourth of five boys born to Edmond Lemons and Rachel Lemons (nee Gregory).

Orville “Wayne” Maxwell was born to Paul and Leona Maxwell on January 29,1939. Wayne was married the love of his life of 64 years to Jeanie Cleveland, on September 3,1958 in the Seminole Church of Christ Parsonage.

Seminole resident, Rev. Arthur Wallace Coffey, passed away Monday, June 5, 2023, at the age of 89. Arthur, Art, the son of Chat and Ethel Lee (McGlassen) Coffey, was born December 15, 1933, in Norman. He grew up in Norman, Shawnee, and the Venice Beach area of California.

Patsy Jean (Jennings) Short, long-time Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed away in her home on June 4, 2023, at the age of 92. Pat was born on November 8, 1930, in Seminole, to Robert Lee Jennings and Annie Loise (Jobe) Jennings.

Peggy Diann Jones, passed from this life on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 58. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 12, 2023 at First United Methodist Church in Wewoka, OK and burial at Shiloh Cemetery.

Greta Loy Ruminer, Seminole resident, passed away on May 26, 2023 in Oklahoma City, at the age of 84. Greta was born on November 27, 1938 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Woodrow Haney and Hattie (Harjo) Haney. She spent most of her life in the Seminole area.

Peggy Diann Jones, passed from this life on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 58. Peggy was born September 28, 1964 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Preceding Peggy in death are her parents, Eddie Kerman Jones Sr. and Arneitha Jones.

McKee Donald Clayton “Don” McKee, age 84 and a resident of Earlsboro, Oklahoma, passed away June 4, 2023 at Seminole Care and Rehab Center in Seminole, Oklahoma.