Pat died at age 86, March 3, 2018 of natural causes at Saint John’s Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. Pat, the daughter of Judge Creekmore and Corrine Wallace was born on March 17, Saint Patrick’s Day 1931, in Sapulpa. She attended the University of Oklahoma and was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. She…

Funeral services for Kathryn Alyce Ward were held Monday, March 19, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Okemah. Interment followed at the Highland Cemetery in Okemah. Kathryn Alyce Ward was born July 20, 1920 in Alberta, Canada to Cyrus Judson Puckette and Minnie May (Miller) Puckette. She passed away Tuesday, March…

Linda Kaye Teafatiller West passed away in Prague, Okla. on March 18, 2018 at the age of 69. Linda was born in Bakersfield, Calif. to Ina Mae (Adams) and Milton James Teafatiller on March 30, 1948. She graduated from Mason High School in 1966. On Oct. 3, 1969, she married Phillip Roy West of Paden…

Graveside services for Fred Allen Pinner will be held Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Okfuskee Cemetery in Okemah. Fred Allen Pinner was born Nov. 5, 1964 in Norfolk, Va. to Sammy Jack Pinner and Ruby Lavern Scott. He passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018 in Oklahoma City at the age of…

Gary Dean Baker was born in Okemah on Dec. 7, 1940 to Morris and Thelma (Jones) Baker and went home to be with his Lord and Savior March 12, 2018. During high school in Jenks, Okla., he met the love of his life, Elizabeth Dieudoneé Dikeman. They married and just recently celebrated their 59th anniversary. To this…

Funeral services for Leroy G. Gates were held Monday, March 12, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the United Pentecostal Church in Okemah. Interment followed at the Highland Cemetery in Okemah. Leroy Gaylord Gates was born Feb. 1, 1933 in Okfuskee County to James Lewis Gates and Ora Jane (Freeeman) Gates. He passed way Thursday, March…

Funeral services for Monica Lea Beach will be held Friday, March 16, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Nuyaka Indian Baptist Church in Okemah.  Interment will follow at the Nuyaka Church Cemetery. Monica Lea Beach was born Jan. 10, 1970 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Robert Lee Beach and LaDonna S. (Roberts) Beach. She passed away…

Services for James L. Erdman will be held Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Okemah. James Lee Erdman was born June 26, 1946 in Oklahoma City to Gerald George Erdman and Juanita (Shirley) Erdman. He passed away, Monday, March 12, 2018 at his home in Boley…

Katie June Larney passed away in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at the age of 77 years. Katie was the daughter of James W. Thompson and Onvie Mae (Haskins) Thompson, born on Dec. 1, 1940, in Stroud, Okla. She was brought up in the Haydonville area, and graduated Nuyaka High School in 1961.…

Funeral services for LaDonna S. Beach were held Monday, March 5, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Nuyaka Indian Baptist Church of Okemah. Interment followed at their Family Burial Grounds near the church. LaDonna Beach was born July 4, 1948 and passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018 in Broken Arrow, Okla. at the age of…