Obituaries

Feb 8, 2023

Lakoda “Possum” Anthony Scraper was born on December 5th, 1995, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He departed this life on February 7th, 2023, in Stilwell, Oklahoma at the age of 27 years old. He is the son of Lawanda Soap.

Poss was someone who loved hard, he loved his family more than anything in the world. He...

Feb 7, 2023

Gregoria Netro also known as "Gollita" age 68 died on February 7, 2023, in Stilwell Oklahoma. She was born on March 18, 1954 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico to Laislado Netro and Magdalena Olvera Orozco Netro. She was a homemaker, she loved to make tamales, gorditas, enchiladas potosinas, but she was well-known for her menudo. She was a loving...

Feb 5, 2023

Sue Ann (Williams) Smith was born February 23rd 1956 in Bunch, Oklahoma to Arthur & Peggy (Owl) Williams. She passed this life on February 5th, 2023 in Tahlequah, OK.

Sue was a devoted mother, friend, worshipper and a pillar in her community of Bunch. To know her was to love her, Rarely did she meet someone she...

Feb 4, 2023

Linda Carol Colston, 62, of Stilwell, OK, passed away on February 4th, 2023 after fighting a long battle of illness.

Linda was born on December 10th, 1960 to Julius Stewart and Elsie Augustine (Trent) Stewart in Stilwell, OK. After Linda graduated from Stilwell High School, she went on to study nursing and obtained her LPN license among...

Jan 30, 2023

Euladean was born on December 24th, 1920 to William Arthur & Lillian (Whitsett) Woods in Sallisaw, OK.  Euladean was united in marriage to Wren Worley on January 31st, 1943 in Stilwell, OK.  She departed this life on January 30th, 2023, at the age of 102, at her home in Stilwell, OK.

Euladean was a Cherokee Nation Citizen...

Jan 27, 2023

Renetta Faye Nakedhead, daughter of Samuel and Wanda Lee Nakehead was born December 15, 1976 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and departed from this life into the Lord's arms on January 27th, 2023 in Tahlequah, OK at the age of 46 years old.

Renetta met the love of her life on February 12, 2008 her daughter named Destry Jo...

Jan 27, 2023

Margaret Ellen Smith 78 of Westville, OK passed away in Springdale, AR on January 27, 2023. Ellen was born in Tahlequah, OK on October 20, 1944 to Stella (Woodward) Freeman and Levi Freeman.

She attended school in Liberal, Kansas and Lincoln, AR. Ellen married Lawrence Smith of Westville, OK, and together they had 2 children, Kimberly Smith...

Jan 25, 2023

Shirley Marie (Bird) Fourkiller was born on May 15, 1958 to John Bird and Betty (Smith) Bird in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She departed this life on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at the age of 64 in Tulsa, Oklahoma surrounded by those her loved her.

Shirley loved life and lived it to the fullest. She had a huge heart...

Jan 23, 2023

Sandra Oleta Springwater was born on July 7th, 1942 in Parker County, Texas to Fannie (Chunn) Watkins and David Watkins. She passed this life on January 23rd, 2023 at her home in Stilwell, Oklahoma.

Sandra was married on April 29th, 1966 to Wilke Springwater in Weatherford, Texas. They spent the last 56 years building a loving marriage...

Jan 19, 2023

Clealus Shell Hardin was born on Aug 11, 1931  in Stilwell, OK.  Clealus was the daughter of Jess and Ella Shell, original enrollees of the Cherokee Nation and members of the Peavine community.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 42 years, Jim Hardin; her sister, Ruby Shell Gilbert; and her brother, T.A. Shell. Clealus...

Jan 18, 2023

Bobby Dewane Scott was born in Titanic, OK on July 7, 1945. He was the 10th child born to Homer and Jessie Scott. He left this life on January 18, 2023 in Tulsa, OK at the age of 77. As a child, Bob lived on a farm and attended Freewater, a small two room school in the Titanic Community,...

Jan 16, 2023

Clara Mae Kimble was born February 3rd, 1943 to Snow Gonzales and Mary Chuculate Gonzales. She departed this life on January 16th, 2023 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Clara was married on May 16,1961 to Rainwater Kimble. They had 61 wonderful years of married bliss and the absolute best friendship.

Clara was an educator throughout her life. She...

Jan 15, 2023

Mary Ann (Choate) Cain was born on February 18, 1938, in Bunch, Oklahoma. She was the second child to Edna (Thurber) Choate and Elmer Choate.

Her lifelong friend and older sister: Lois Bradford; as well as her younger brother: Felix Choate have both preceded her in death.

She lived her childhood in Bunch and attended...

Jan 13, 2023

Roberta (Pinky) Navarro-Locust was born on August 27, 1978 to Robert Locust and Lena Noisewater in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She departed from this life on January 13, 2023.

Roberta spent her life loving her sons and family best by being a housewife and by providing for her five boys to the fullest extent. Roberta was an avid Arkansas...

Jan 11, 2023

Charles Dwayne Unger was born on October 31, 1960, in Stilwell, Oklahoma to Gladys (Watkins) Unger and Charlie Unger and departed this life on January 11, 2023, at the age of 62 years, 2 months, and 11 days surrounded by loved ones.

Charles was preceded in death by his parents: Gladys and Charlie Unger; his...

Jan 11, 2023

Joni Lee Diver the daughter of Nellie (Gann) and Ernest Diver was born on April 9, 1976, in Stilwell, Oklahoma. The Lord called her home on January 11, 2023, at the age of 46 years.

Joni was a wonderful mother and loved spending time with her family and friends. Her children were always number one...

Jan 10, 2023

Prince Malachi Duke Rinehart, son of Darren Rinehart and Tiffany Garnett Garcia, was born on December 29, 2022 in Little Rock, Arkansas and flew home with the Angels on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

He was cherished and loved before he arrived. He is now deeply missed, but will be joined again...

Jan 10, 2023

Juanita Colleen Hamlin was born in the evening hours of Tuesday, September 1, 1942 in the home of Adi Eli in the Honey Hill community southeast of Stilwell, Oklahoma. The eighth and final child born to Leonard Lee Hamlin and Edna Josephine (Thomas) Hamlin. She passed from this temporary life into eternal life Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at the...

Jan 5, 2023

Athena “Tina” Sue Lurks was born on September 22, 1973, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Andy Drywater and Anita (Thirsty) Fields. Athena departed this life on January 5, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 49 years, 3 months, and 14 days.

Tina grew up in Rocky Mountain, Oklahoma before moving to Taft, Oklahoma. She...

Dec 31, 2022

Anthony Robert Smart of Stilwell, Oklahoma passed away December 31, 2022 at the Stilwell Nursing Home in Stilwell, Oklahoma, son of Frank Smart Sr. and Sarah Smart of Hooper Bay, Alaska. He was preceded in death by his wife Kathryn Leah Smart of Stigler, Oklahoma and grandson Eric Alexander Gonzales of Stilwell, Oklahoma and his parents.

He is...