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Monte Edminsten, 73, of Little Axe, Oklahoma passed away Thursday, November 30, 2023 at his home in Little Axe. He was born September 27, 1950 to John and Martha (Fair) Edminsten in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Monte was raised in Midwest City, Oklahoma. He graduated from Carl Albert High School with the class of 1969.  After high school he joined the United States Marine Corps where he proudly served his country in Vietnam with the 1st Marine Division during the Vietnam War.  After...

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Thomas Lewis Wright Jr., age 72, of Enid, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2023 in Enid, Oklahoma. He was born November 20, 1951 at Eglin Air Force Base in Niceville, Florida to Thomas Sr. and Ruby (Collier) Wright. Thomas was baptized in the Baptist Church. Thomas attended school at Stroud, Wellston, and graduated from Enid in 1970. He worked for Koch Industries in Wichita, Kansas for several years, and in Duncan, Oklahoma. He worked as a truck driver and had various other...

Sharion Victoria Place, age 73 of Wanette, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at Lexington, Oklahoma.  Sharion was born November 12, 1950 in Chandler, Oklahoma, to James and Mary Jane Place. She was raised in Chandler, Davenport, Eakley and Wilberton and then moved to Oklahoma City before making her home in Wanette in 1991 where she lived for the last 32 years. Sharion worked as a waitress for several restaurants in Oklahoma City. When moving to Wannette, she...

Bradley Garrett Grubbs, 20, of Macomb, Oklahoma passed away Friday, November 10, 2023 at his home in Macomb. He was born on November 26, 2002 to Preston and Toni Lynn (Phillips) Grubbs in Shawnee, Oklahoma.  Bradley graduated with the class of 2021 from Tecumseh High School. He worked at Firelake Express in Tecumseh for the last 2 years. Bradley loved riding 4-wheelers, sports, playing guitars, was a huge Dallas Stars fan, and loved gaming.  He is a past Master Councilor of...

Rev. Nicholas (Kevin) Ast, O.S.B., monk of St. Gregory’s Abbey, died in the Abbey infirmary on Friday, November 17, 2023. He was sixty years old. He had completed thirty-three years of monastic profession and served for twenty-two years as a priest. Fr. Nicholas was born on November 13, 1963, and raised in Colwich, KS, where he was a member of Sacred Heart Parish. After completing high school at Andale High School, he attended St. Gregory’s College earning an Associate of...

Sunny Lynn Isenhower, 69, of Macomb, Oklahoma passed away Friday, August 18, 2023 in Oklahoma City. She was born December 22, 1953 to Marvin Martin and Frances (Wright) Polson in Dayton, Ohio.  She moved around a lot as a child due to her father being a United Methodist Preacher.  Sunny graduated with the class of 1972 from Tecumseh High School. She attended the University of Oklahoma where she earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration. She married the love...

Gerald Donald Hillerman, age 83, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his children, on Saturday, November 18, 2023. Gerald was born November 20, 1939 in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma to Leo G. and Beuna M. (Dustman) Hillerman. Gerald was raised in Shawnee and graduated from St. Benedict Catholic School.  He attended Oklahoma Baptist University, and the Oklahoma City University School of Law. He married Carolyn M. Donat on August 16, 1963 in Shawnee,...

On November 16, 2023, Carol “Sue” Rooker, age 83, departed this world to be healthy and whole in eternity. She was born September 14, 1940, in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Herman and Sarah (Canada) Gentry.  She was raised as a Farm Girl and spent her life proud to maintain that title.  She attended Dale Schools all 12 years and graduated with many lifelong friends in 1958. Sue married her high school sweetheart Gerald “Pete” Rooker on September 22, 1958, in the...

Angela Marie Farris, age 49, of Bethel Acres, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at her home. Angela was born May 31, 1974 in Midwest City, Oklahoma to Gerald Von and Rebecca Sue (Hartman) Lane. She was a preacher’s kid and was raised all over the state of Oklahoma.  She graduated from Merritt High School in Elk City in 1992. Angela married Wade Farris on September 18, 1993, in Bethel Acres.  She worked for Bethel Public Schools as a teacher assistant,...