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Constance Louise "Connie Lou" Shacklette Wood was born August 18th,1936, to Elmer & Opal Millikan Shacklette in Strang, Oklahoma. Later the family, including her younger sister, Geri, moved to Lawton, Oklahoma, where her father was in the Army. When the girls were young, the family moved to Colorado Springs when it only had a population of 35,000 people because Elmer was transferred there to help open up what was then Camp Carson, later to become the well-known Fort Carson....

Alta Louise Cole, 73, passed away Thursday, November 24, 2022 at the Pawhuska Hospital.   Alta was born January 13, 1949 in Fort Sill, OK the daughter of Maynard L. and Mary Rose (Brave) Revard.  She was the granddaughter of Julia Baconrind Whitehorn and Andrew Brave and the great granddaughter of Baconrind and Rose Chouteau.  On September 20, 1991, she married Patrick Warren Cole, Jr in Bartlesville, OK.  Alta was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church...

Sandra Sue Brace, 66, of Pawhuska, OK, passed away from natural causes on November 19, 2022. Her funeral service will be held Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 9:00 am at Wakon Iron Chapel located at 133 Wakon Iron in Pawhuska, OK. Pastor Mark Buchannan will be officiating. Visitation will be at Wakon Iron Chapel beginning Wednesday afternoon. Graveside service will take place at a private cemetery. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Kendrick McCartney Johnson Funeral Home in Pawhuska,...

It is with great sadness that the Bible family announce the passing of George Donald Bible Jr. He passed away on Saturday November 19, 2022 from brain cancer.   Donnie was born on March 7, 1960 to George Donald Bible Sr and Dorothy Dunn Bible. He graduated high school from Dewey and went on to work for PSO for 38 years. He was a jack of all trades and master of all. He could do it all from sewing and making homemade pies to overhauling an engine and building a house. Donnie enjoyed...

  Patia Anne Pearson, age 66, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma passed away unexpectedly on November 18, 2022 near Guthrie, Oklahoma in an automobile accident. Patia was born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma on February 27, 1956 where she lived with her family in Pawhuska as well as nearby Pearsonia, then Chula Vista, California and back to Edmond, Oklahoma where she graduated from Edmond High School. Patia attended Southwestern State University in Weatherford graduating in 1978 with a Bachelor of...

John Harvey Garroutte passed away Monday, November 7, 2022, at his home in Ponca City, OK.  He was 80 years old.   John joined the United States Navy in 1959 and served as a Torpedoman’s  Mate Petty Officer.     A beloved mail carrier for 33 years and a trusted school bus driver for 21 years after retiring from the Ponca City Postal Service.    He is survived by his wife, Carnita Garroutte.   John attended the Church...

Alma Jean Dilbeck passed away peacefully on November 5, 2022 at the age of 97. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was born in Pulare, OK January 20, 1925.  She was the youngest child of David and Essa Mae Lay.  Her mother died when she was only 3 years old.  She was raised by her dad and her older sisters in her early childhood around Prairie View.  Most of her childhood she lived with her dad in a room in the back of a country store. ...

Charles Robert Drummond, known as Chuck, died in Pawhuska on Friday, November 4.  Chuck was a well-loved father, grandfather, cattleman and friend. Chuck was born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma on March 12, 1943.  He was president of his senior class and earned 36 merit badges as a Boy Scout.  Chuck graduated from Pawhuska High School in 1961 and studies Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.  Chuck married Nan...

  James “Jim” Edward Malaske, age 85, of Pawhuska Ok, passed October 25, 2022 in the Pawhuska Hospital. James “Jim” Malaske was born in the Pawhuska Hospital to George and Florence Malaske on July 14, 1937.  He attended Pawhuska Schools. On November 6, 1981, he married Juanita Sue Miller at the Osage County Courthouse, Pawhuska. Jim started working as a carpenter with his dad and continued to work with his brother until retirement.  He loved hunting...

Jimmy Wayne Holt went home to be with the Lord on October 20, 2022 in Pawhuska, OK.  He was 69 years old.  He was born to Odin and Doris Holt (Wadsworth) on September 12, 1953 in Tulsa, OK.  He grew up and attended school in Skiatook, OK.  Jimmy married Faye Passino on October 23, 1971.  To this union, three sons were born.  They tried but couldn’t make things work.   Jimmy later married Janet Patton on February 11, 1985 in Avant, OK.  To this...