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Tahlequah, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Tahlequah, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

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Richard Flournoy

Richard Flournoy

Jan 21, 2024

Richard Mark Allen Flournoy was born August 8th, 1939, died January 21st, 2024 peacefully at home with his devoted wife Faye of sixty-five years.



He graduated from Tahlequah High School and directly joined the Army where he became a paratrooper.



Richard wanted to spend his life farming and being with his family. He was a devote Christian, that lived by his convictions...

Jay Cook

Jay Cook

Jan 20, 2024

On Saturday, January 20,2024 Jay Eric Cook of Hulbert, Oklahoma joined our Heavenly Father at the age of 57. He was born to J.E. Cook & Viola Cook on September 2, 1966, in Lafayette, Indiana. He attended Purdue University, as well as Northeastern State University, where he received his degree. He was especially proud to be a member of the...

Elva Hogue

Elva Hogue

Jan 20, 2024

     Elva was born September 20, 1933 in Hooker, Ok, the daughter of Edward Smith and Virginia Dean. She was raised by her loving grandparents Jessie Edson Dean and Florence Luella Dean. She married James Hogue in 1956 and later had five sons. She loved her family dearly. She enjoyed ordering special presents for her family and friends for...

Jimmie Duffield

Jimmie Duffield

Jan 20, 2024

Jimmie Ray Duffield, 72, a lifelong resident of Tahlequah, passed away on Saturday, January 20, 2024. He was born in Tahlequah, to the late Jessie "Pete" Duffield and Imogene (Hensley) Duffield.

Funeral Service will be 10 AM, Thursday, January 25, 2024, at Elm Tree Baptist Church, 1390 E Crafton Street Tahlequah, OK 74464 with burial to follow at Manus Cemetery.

A public...

Susanne Auten

Susanne Auten

Jan 17, 2024

Susanne Auten, 87, passed away on January 17, 2024. She was born on May 8, 1936 in McAlister, Oklahoma to the late Earnest Thomson and Helen (Radford) Thomson.

Graveside Service will be 2:30 PM, Friday, February 2, 2024 at Fort Gibson National Cemetery.

Survivors include two daughters, Kathy Sue Wakelam and husband Rex of Trapper Creek, Alaska and...

Henry Dill

Henry Dill

Jan 14, 2024

Mr. Henry Carl Dill, 91, a resident of Hulbert, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, January 14, 2024. He was born on February 2, 1932 in Kansas, Oklahoma to the late Alex Dill and Elsie (Cummins) Dill.

Funeral service will be 2 PM, Thursday, January 18,2024 at Hart Funeral Home in Tahlequah. The family will receive...

Jeffery Fox

Jeffery Fox

Jan 5, 2024

Jeffery Alvin Fox, 62, passed away on Friday, January 5,2024 from results of an motorcycle accident last month. He was born on April 14,1961, in Wichita, Kansas, to the late John Alvin Fox and Thelma Marie (Teague) Fox.

Funeral Service, 2 PM, Wednesday, January 17,2024 at Hart Funeral Home in Tahlequah, burial to follow in Park Hill Cemetery....

Paula Burris

Paula Burris

Jan 5, 2024

In the early hours of January 5th, 2024, our precious mother, Paula Ann Tarkington Burris, had a joyful reunion in heaven with her husband. She held on until she could surprise him for his birthday.

 

Paula was the only daughter of Oscar Paul Tarkington and Jewel Pebble Thompson Tarkington and was born on August 4, 1940 in Tahlequah Oklahoma....

Tony Boyle

Tony Boyle

Jan 4, 2024

Tony Edward Boyle passed peacefully on January 4, 2024, at Heritage Grove Assisted Living Facility in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

 Funeral services will be at 10:30 A.M., Monday, January 8, 2024, at Hart Funeral Home in Tahlequah, OK,with the Reverend James Roberts officiating. 

 Tony was born December 15, 1940, to Ross and Betty Boyle in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Tony is survived by...

Margaret Vardeman

Margaret Vardeman

Jan 4, 2024

Margaret L. Vardeman, 100, resident of Tahlequah since 1988, passed away January 4, 2024, at Go Ye Village in Tahlequah.

Mrs. Vardeman was born September 24, 1923, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to the late Marion Edward Slider and Hazel Ila Squires Slider. She married James Vardeman June 28, 1944, and they moved to Tahlequah from Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1988.

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Barbara Chambers

Barbara Chambers

Jan 2, 2024

 

Barbara Chambers, 94, passed away on January 2, 2024 at Go Ye Village in Tahlequah, OK. She was born on March 20, 1929 at the Muskogee Baptist Hospital to A. Max and Martha Elizabeth (Dickson) Holcomb. Barbara earned her bachelor's degree in Vocational Home Economics at Oklahoma A&M College (now OSU) in Stillwater, Ok in 1951.

 

Funeral service...

Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes

Dec 29, 2023

Helen Lavell Hayes, 99, lifetime resident of Tahlequah, passed away Friday, December 29, 2024.

Mrs. Hayes was born December 9, 1924, in Centralia, Washington, to the late Sherman Shaffer and Reta Johnson Shaffer.

She is survived by a son, Sherman Hayes and his wife, Zelma; two grandchildren, Amy Beth Orrison and her husband, Matthew, and Jon Michael...

Arlis Collins

Arlis Collins

Dec 19, 2023

Arlis Ray Collins, 69, lifetime resident of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Arlis was born December 26, 1953, in Tahlequah, to the late Arville Albert Collins and Leona Thelma (Spencer) Collins.

He married the love of his life, Christine Smith Collins on March 10, 1974, at...

Linda Cates

Linda Cates

Dec 18, 2023

Linda Darlene Cates, born to the late Emmitt L. and Lucy Pettit, on 1/22/1946, passed away on 12/18/2023.

Linda was born in Nowata, OK., and grew up in Tulsa, OK. She met and was married to Roy Cates for 48 years. She was a dedicated spouse and was right by Roy's side as they tackled projects together, traveled,...

Clayton Sellers

Clayton Sellers

Dec 11, 2023

Clayton Lawrence Sellers went home to be with the Lord on December 11, 2023. He was born to Leon and Delpha Sellers in Welling, Oklahoma, was 92 years old.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Ruby Green, his sister Lorene Adams, his daughter Gail Smith, his grandson Derek Smith and his granddaughterin-law Alisha Sellers. He...

Chualla Dooley

Chualla Dooley

Dec 10, 2023

Chualla Jo Dooley, 73, a resident of Tahlequah, passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2023. She was born on August 8, 1950 in Claremore, OK., to the late Earl Hedgpath and Eunice (Estes) Hedgpath.

Funeral Service 10 AM, Friday, December 15, 2023 at Hart Funeral Home in Tahlequah with burial to follow in Claremore at Woodlawn Cemetery. The...

Kenneth Dale Jones

Kenneth Dale Jones

Dec 2, 2023

 

Kenneth Dale Jones was born on October 21, 1947 to Edwin Kenneth Jones and Fern Eleanor Otteman Jones in Burlington, Colorado.  Kenneth was the eldest of 11 children.  Kenneth was lovingly referred to as Butch, by his family and Kenny by his adult friends.  Kenny had five brothers and five sisters.  Kenny grew up in several places; but Kansas...

James Douglas Dodd

James Douglas Dodd

Nov 29, 2023

 

James Douglas "Doug" Dodd, 71, of Park Hill, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at his home. 

Doug was born May 15, 1952, in Bristow, Oklahoma, to Lloyd Darrell and Mary Ethlyn Conder Dodd. He was a 1970 graduate of East Central High School in Tulsa. He attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater and graduated from there in...

Madilynn Smith

Madilynn Smith

Nov 26, 2023

Infant Madilynn Rayne Smith was born to Maranda Cummings and Braden Smith and went home to be in Heaven on November 26, 2023.

 

A Celebration of Life Service will be 10 AM, Monday, December 18, 2023 at Hart Funeral Home in Tahlequah.

 

Madilynn was preceded in death by her grandfather, Roy cummings.

 

Survivors include her parents, maternal...

Gary Hall

Gary Hall

Nov 11, 2023

Gary Lee Hall (PeeWee) 77, lifetime resident of Tahlequah, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2023, at Northeastern Health Systems in Tahlequah.

PeeWee was born April 1, 1946, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to the late John Calvin (Cab), and Mollie Ann Turner Hall.

 

PeeWee was a truck driver for Sun Oil for 25 years. His next adventure was being the owner/operator...

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