Tahlequah, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Tahlequah, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
Recent Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Marie Dunavin
Nov 10, 2023
Just 21 days ago Mom actively participated in her grand 100th Birthday Event! At this age, most Centurions would have had all their friends and family preceding them in death, right? But not her, she knew the extended family of all those friends and acquaintances. She easily made new and younger friends! She was a light of elder...
Billy Enkey
Nov 9, 2023
Billy Claude Enkey, 90, of Hulbert, Oklahoma, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2023, at the Claremore Veterans Center, Claremore, Oklahoma.
Funeral Service will be 10 AM, Thursday, November, 16, 2023 at The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints in Tahlequah, with Bobby Wood officiating. The bural will follow at Tahlequah City Cemetery.
The family will receive friends on...
Ramsey Bagola
Nov 8, 2023
Ramsey Lien Bagola, 54, a resident of Park Hill, passed away on Wednesday, November 8,2023 at his residence. He was born on August 18,1969 in Sisseton, SD to Paul Bagola and Kathy White.
He was preceded in death by his biological father, Paul Bagola.
Ramsey is survived by his mother; Kathy White, father, Joe White, children, Diantha Smith,...
Georgia Hogner
Oct 28, 2023
Georgia Hogner, 79, of Tahlequah, passed away Saturday, October 28, 2023, at her home.
Mrs. Hogner is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Robert Hogner; two children, Glenda Curtis and Terri Kindell and her husband Ron; two brothers, Joe and George Reese; one sister, Juanita Wachoce; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death...
Tony Starr
Oct 19, 2023
Tony Duane Starr, 74, of Cookson, Oklahoma, passed away Thursday, October 19, 2023, at his home.
Tony was born October 24, 1948, in Mooreland, Oklahoma, to the late Forrest E. "Frosty" and Juanita Pearl Oliver Starr. He was reared and received his education in Mooreland, where he graduated from Mooreland High School. He attended college for three years at...

Walter Elms
Oct 14, 2023
Walter Woodie Elms,80, a resident of Tahlequah, passed away on Saturday, October 14, 2023. He was born in Lincoln, Arkansas on March 5, 1943 to the late Walter Emmit Elms and Gertrude (Jackson) Elms.
In addition to hi sparents, he was preceded in death by a son, Carlton Elms.
Survivors include his daughter, Dee Perry, grandsons, Jason (Alma)...