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Ida Marie Ham, 60, former resident of Konawa, Okla. died Friday, June 28, 2013 at Countryside Estates Nursing Home in Warner, Okla.
A Memorial Graveside service is scheduled for Noon, Saturday, July 6, 2013 at Collins Cemetery near St. Louis, Okla. Cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa.
She was born on Sept. 28, 1952 in Konawa, Okla. to Stanford Ham and Ida Josephine (McBroom) Ham.
She worked as a Janitor for McDonalds.
She is survived by three brothers, Walter Graham of Holdenville, Okla., Dave Ham of DeQueen, Ark., and Andrew Ham of Snow, Okla.; and one sister, Mary Oakley of Vinita, Okla.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Dora Haney
Dora Bear Haney, former Seminole resident, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013 in Shawnee, Okla. at the age of 68.
Dora was born Oct. 29, 1944 in Seminole, Okla. to parents, Porter Bear and Venus (Edwards) Bear.
Dora graduated from Prairie Valley School, a member of Hitchitee Methodist Church where she volunteered a lot of times and a tribal member of the Seminole Nation.
Before retirement she was employed at Blue Bell, in the sewing room, and manufacturing assembly line for Magnetic Peripherals Ink.
Dora loved yard sales, cooking, watching cooking programs and most of all loved her children and grandchildren who she made many sacrifices for.
Dora is survived by three sons, Tracy Haney, Stacy Haney and Eric Haney all of Shawnee, Okla.; two brothers, Porter Bear, Jr. of Seminole, Okla. and Ron Bear of Stillwater, Okla.; eight grandchildren, Jordan Haney, Taylor Haney, Taryn Haney, Jadyn Haney, Micah Haney, Raley Haney, Lolton Haney and Connor Haney; and one great grandchild, Kingston Haney.
Dora was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Vincent Haney; and by Nora Lefthand, Thomas Johnson Bear, Pawnee Bear and Wiley Bear.
Dora will be taken to the church at 3:00 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013 for a wake service that night at 7:00 p.m.
Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Hitchitee Methodist Church with Rev. Rick Deer officiating. Burial will take place at Little Cemetery, Little, Okla.
Serving as casket bearers are Jordan Haney, Colton Haney, Connor Haney, Roman Bear, Sean Lefthand and Ryan Bear.
Honorary bearers are Mike Bear, Jake Thorpe, Zane Thorpe and Gerald Williams.
Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Seminole, Okla.
Shelley Harbert-Blassingame
Shelley Katherine Harbert-Blassingame passed away June 28, 2013 at Midwest City Regional Hospital at the age of 43.
She was born Feb. 18, 1970 in Roswell, N.M. and lived in Overland Park, Kans. and Wichita, Kans. prior to moving to Seminole, Okla. in 1978.
Shelley was a graduate of Seminole High School, class of 1988, received her child care certification from Gordon Cooper Technology Center and worked for the Seminole Elks Lodge for a number of years.
She married Brian Blassingame of Seminole in 1998.
Shelley loved helping people, lived for tennis and her beloved dog Daisy.
Shelley is survived by her loving daughter, Shaylee. She is also survived by her parents, Charles and Sheila Harbert of Seminole; her brother, Marty Harbert and family of Pueblo West, Colo.; her aunt, Marla Hester of Omaha, Nebr.; her uncle, Martin Smith of Albuquerque, N.M. and her uncle, Herman Haskins, of Belton, Mo.
In lieu of flowers, the family is suggesting that donations be made to the American Heart Association.
A graveside memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 13 at the Little cemetery.
Joyce Hardgrove
Joyce Ray Franklin Hardgrove lived a large and long life, full of history
and tales, before succumbing to the villainy of cancer on Sept. 30, 2013, at the age of 81.
"Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with the threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go."
~ Mr. Fred Rogers
O, what a bright pattern she left behind!
The youngest daughter of Francies Henry and Iva Blanche McKinney Franklin, Joyce was born on March 29, 1932, in Wewoka, Okla., into a large family.
Her three older sisters, Fleeda Marie Franklin Jones, Edra Mabel Franklin Hopkins, and Paulyne Francies Franklin Criswell, were like a second set of mothers whom she adored.
Her only brother was her beloved and ornery James McKinney Franklin.
That extra parentage was soon doubled with in-laws she considered her own brothers and sister: Fred Jones, Sr.; Hubert Hopkins; Raymond Criswell; and Vivian Franklin (all deceased).
Music, books, and education were paramount in her life.
Singing gospel with her sisters, leading Girl Scout songs, playing clarinet and drums in the Wewoka High School Marching Band (Class of 1950), and turning any conversation into a song as if she actually lived in a Broadway musical filled her, and others, with joy.
Her love of reading and learning were shared deeply with her children.
Son, Micheal William Hardgrove, of the home, is illustrator and author of a children’s book The Ogre and the Angel.
Her daughters are college professors: Mary Kathleen Hardgrove teaches theatre and serves as Costume Designer and Archivist at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, and Dr. Teresa Joyce Hardgrove Rothrock teaches English Education and serves as the Director of Assessment at East Central University in Ada, where son-in-law Benny Ray Rothrock also teaches and serves as Instructional Technology Design Specialist.
Joyce was preceded in death by one daughter, Shari Gayle Hardgrove, in 1956.
Joyce wove together a tapestry of interesting careers, plug-and-jack telephone operator; legal secretary for Kerr McGee and others; librarian; writer and editor for area newspapers; and landman for over three decades.
Each career incorporated her desire to help people and her love of research.
She even authored a column for the Seminole Producer called "Family Trees and Tales."
She was known as G’ma and GiGi to her three grandsons and their families, Starr William and Bonny Weeks Hardgrove of Chicago; Brandan Ray and Monica Barnes Rothrock, with twins Keenan Ray and Chloe Ireland, of Ada; and Logan Scot and Sara Brewer Rothrock, with sons, Celtan Scot and Aedan Patrick, of Ada.
A host of nieces, nephews, and cousins were just as precious to her as if they had been raised in her own household.
No matter how tough life could be, Joyce made everyone feel welcome and confident in persevering. Her resilient spirit was both inspiring and contagious!
A single mother of three, Joyce could nap through loud noises made while playing, but the instant it turned to crying or arguing, she sprang into action. She always said she could "only sleep as long as there were happy noises."
In deference to this, a Happy Noises Memorial Service will be held in honor of Joyce Ray Franklin Hardgrove on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Wewoka.
Her ashes will eventually be memorialized at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka.
Johnny Harjo Sr.
Okemah resident Johnny Harjo Sr. passed away at his home Friday, Jan. 11th, 2013 at the age of 62.
Wake service was at 6:00 p.m. Monday Jan. 14, 2013 at Little River Church in Seminole.
Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday Jan. 15, 2013 at Little River Church in Seminole under the direction of Hudson Phillips Funeral Home. Burial will follow at the Little River Church Cemetery.
Johnny was born Aug. 19, 1950 in Talihina, Okla.
He graduated Mcloud High School and OSU Okmulgee Tech.
Johnny was a member of the Little River Church in Seminole and enjoyed doing missionary work, traveling, and working as a maintenance man for the Creek Nation.
Johnny is preceded in death by his father, B.J. Harjo and a brother, Victor Harjo.
He is survived by his children, Johnny Harjo Jr. of the home, Melissa Harjo of Okmulgee, Tracey Harjo of Shawnee, Lewis Harjo of Okemah, Comma Harjo of Okmulgee, and Shelly Harjo of Shawnee; and a sister, Katheryn Harjo of Oklahoma City; numerous grandchildren and other relatives and friends.
Curtis Harjo
Curtis Wayne Harjo, 42, longtime Bowlegs, Oklahoma resident died Sunday, December 29, 2013 at the Wewoka Care Center in Wewoka, Oklahoma. Harjo was born January 21, 1971 in Wewoka, Okla. to Mary Jane (Carbitcher) and Johnson Harjo.
Harjo is survived by two daughters, Nina Harjo of Bowlegs, Okla., and Sydney Harjo of the Varnum Community and one son Austin "Cvto" Harjo of the Varnum Community.; two brothers Raymond Harjo of Prague, Okla., and Darrin Harjo of Bowlegs, Okla.; three sisters Phyllis Harjo of Bowlegs, Okla., Yolanda Harrison of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Linda Underwood of Shawnee, Okla.
His parents, one sister Debra Emarthle, two brothers Vincent Harjo and Christopher Daniels, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 2, 2014 at the Sand Creek Eufaula Baptist Church, southwest of Wewoka, Okla., with Rev. Houston Tiger and Jimpsey Harjo officiating. Burial will follow at the Harjo family cemetery near Bowlegs, Oklahoma.
Wake services will be held Wednesday evening, January 1, 2014 at Sand Creek Eufaula Church.
Casket bearers will be Russell Lowe, Steve Fixico, Terry Wise, Timmy Narcomey, Russell Roberts and Eric Thlocco.
Honorary bearers will be Michael Hill, Sam Wahweah, his nephews and Thomas Gentry.
Funeral Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole, Oklahoma.
Dr. Jacob Harjo
Dr. Jacob Harjo, of Wewoka, died Friday evening April 26, 2013 at Elmwood Nursing Home at the age of 81.
He was born Feb. 14, 1932 in Wetumka, Okla. to Johnny Katcv and Rosie Harjo.
He attended schools at Wetumka; Central; Lone Star School; Euchee Boarding School; Jones Academy; Chilocco Indian School; Garden City KS Community College; Northeastern State University, Tahlequah; East Central University, Ada, Okla. and received a Bachelor's degree in Theology from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1996 and finalized his education with a Doctorate.
He served in the Korean War from 1950-52 with the all-Indian Company C of Chiloco, 279th Infantry, Oklahoma 45th Division.
He married Matilda M. (Peggy) Stevens April 23, 1955 in Arkansas City, Kans.
He was employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Haskell Indian Junior College, Lawrence, Kans.
Retiring in 1987, he returned to the Wewoka area.
He is a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the Ocese Band
Preceding him in death are his parents; wife, Peggy; two sisters, Mary Jane Harjo and Cilla Mae Harjo.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at AKASVMKV Baptist Church in Wewoka with Pastor Dan Factor officiating, and Rev. Kelly Tiger assisting. Burial will follow at Stevens Family Cemetery in Wewoka.
Arrangements by Stout-Phillips Funeral Home.
John Harjo
Funeral services for John Crayton Harjo of Ada, Okla., will be 1:00 pm Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at Stout-Phillips Funeral Home in Wewoka, Okla. Interment will follow at the Harjo Family Cemetery near Konawa, Okla. Officiating will be Rev. Frank Moppin.
Mr. Harjo passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013 at a local hospital in Ada, at the age of 95.
He was born Jan. 7, 1918 in Wolf, Okla. to Tima Harjo and Ida Burgess.
Mr. Harjo graduated from Chilocco High School near Newkirk, Okla and went on to graduate with his B.A. degree from East Central University in Ada in 1942.
He worked for the City of Los Angeles as a building inspector for many years and in 2005 he moved back to Ada from California.
He was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed square dancing, casinos, and baseball.
Mr. Harjo is survived by one sister, Bobbie Jones of Wolf, Okla.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Marlana Harjo; his parents, Tima and Ida Harjo; three brothers, Floyd L. Harjo, A.B. Harjo, and Matthew Harjo; four sisters, Flora Wood, Ruby Pennoke, Helen Bailey, and Annie Harjo.
Bearers are Greg Chilcoat, Leonard Harjo, T.A. Larney, Donny Earp, Sterling Wood, and Mitchell Price.
Services are under the direction of Smith-Phillips Funeral Home in Ada, Okla.
