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Samantha Jane Cogburn, 42, Seminole resident died Sunday, May 6 at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
She was born June 21, 1969 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Samantha was employed at Pioneer Nursing Home in Seminole as a Certified Nurse’s Assistant (CNA) and assisted patients with restoring their health.
She was a graduate of Meeker High School in Meeker, Oklahoma and had lived and worked in Seminole for the past 10 years.
She is survived by her husband, Leslie Cogburn of Seminole, her father and mother who raised her, Glenn Lavonne Pettitt and Norma Jean (Winter) Pettitt of Meeker, her biological mother Dolly Yancy of Oklahoma, four sons Tony Blocker of Sallisaw, Toby Blocker of Seminole, Travis Blocker of Bethany, and Jessie Blocker of Seminole, two daughters Rosanna Blocker of Enid, and Samantha Blocker of Ohio. She is also survived by five brothers and five sisters including Evon Pettitt and Dolly Pettitt of Seminole.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at the Temple of Praise Church at 1100 N. University in Seminole. Burial will be at Little Cemetery.
Funeral services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole, Oklahoma.
Samantha Cogburn
Samantha Jane Cogburn, 42, Seminole resident died suddenly May 6, 2012 at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City.
She was born June 21, 1969 in Oklahoma City.
Samantha was employed at Pioneer Nursing Home in Seminole as a Certified Nurse’s Assistant (CNA) and assisted patients with restoring their health.
She was a graduate of Meeker High School in Meeker and had lived and worked in Seminole for the past 10 years.
She was a very loving person to her family and took very good care of her patients.
The family remembers her as having a unique personality, a hard worker and had a great sense of humor who loved to study the bible and attend church.
She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She is survived by her husband, Leslie Cogburn of Seminole; her father and mother who raised her, Glenn Lavonne Pettitt and Norma Jean (Winter) Pettitt of Meeker; her biological mother, Dolly Yancy of Oklahoma; her mother-in-law, Carol Williams of Seminole; four sons, Tony Blocker of Sallisaw, Toby Blocker of Seminole, Travis Blocker of Bethany and Jessie Blocker of Seminole; two daughters, Rosanna Blocker of Enid and Samantha Blocker of Ohio, and her step-son, Les Cogburn and step-daughter Lisa Cogburn both of Seminole. She is also survived by five brothers and five sisters including Evon Pettitt and Dolly Pettitt of Seminole.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at the Temple of Praise Church at 1100 N. University in Seminole. Burial will be at Little Cemetery, Rev. Jeff Nance will officiate at the service.
Funeral services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole, Oklahoma
Bessie Cohen
Cohen, Bessie (Betty), 83, of Wewoka died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012 at her home in Wewoka.
Betty was born on Aug. 19, 1929 in Chelsea, Massachusetts and was the eldest of the four children of Leonard Charles Silver and Sylvia Golob Silver.
Interment was at the Emanuel Hebrew Cemetery, Oklahoma City, on Oct. 3, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
Melvin Moran, long-time family friend, officiated at the graveside service.
She is survived by her three daughters, Leah Barnhard (William) of Wichita, Kansas, Judy Cohen of Virginia City, Nevada and San Jose, Costa Rica and Sandra McHugh (Brian) of Columbia, Missouri; brothers, Norman (Judith) Silver of Stoughton, Massachusetts and Jack (Shelly) Silver of Durham, North Carolina; grandchildren, Edward Fonseca of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Rachel Barnhard of Nashville, Tennessee, Adam Barnhard of Denver Colorado, Jeff McHugh and Matt McHugh of Columbia, Missouri and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Leonard Charles Silver and Sylvia Golob Silver and her husband of 50 years, Jonathan Louis Cohen.
Betty moved to Wewoka upon her marriage to Mr. Cohen on Nov. 6, 1949.
There she worked side by side with her husband in their stores, Cohen’s of Wewoka and the Corner Liquor Store until his death on May 22, 2000 at age 86.
She was an active member of the Wewoka Music Club, Wewoka High School Band Boosters and the Jewish Community Center in Seminole.
She was a voracious reader and never forgot anything she had read.
She loved to quilt. Her favorite baby gift to family and friends was "the perfect quilt".
A short story about Cohen’s of Wewoka and her baskets of quilt scraps, which sat at the entrance to the store, appears in the book "Work is Love Made Visible" by Jeanetta Calhoun Mish.
She served as the adult leader of the Wewoka Hospital Candy Stripers in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, a role she cherished, as she introduced the young women of Wewoka to the joys of nursing.
Memorials have been established with the Seminole Nation Museum, Wewoka and the Jewish Community Center, Seminole.
Betty Cohen
Graveside funeral services for longtime Wewoka business leader, Betty Cohen are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 at Emanuel Hebrew Cemetery in Oklahoma City.
She died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2012 in Wewoka at the age of 83.
Funeral services are under the direction of Myers Funeral Home in Wewoka.
The cemetery is located on SW 104th Street between South Walker and South Western.
Helen Cole
Helen Juanelle (Guthrie) Cole, 70 year-old Maud resident passed from this life on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 in Midwest City.
She was born April 19, 1942 in Canyon, Texas to parents John Archie Guthrie, Jr. and Irma Laverne (Curyea) Guthrie.
Helen earned her Associate Degree from the University of Houston. She worked as a registered nurse at the Doctor’s General Hospital in Oklahoma City.
Helen was of the Methodist faith and was a member of the Shawnee Volunteer Auxiliary earning a lifetime member status.
Survivors include one daughter, Lisa Cole of Maud; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Loye and Karen Cole of Columbus, Georgia and Brian Cole of Maud.
She is also survived by three grandchildren, Cabb Cole, Chad Votaw, and Chelsea Pack and by one great-grandchild, Jaycee Pack.
Helen is preceded in death by her parents and by one sister, Ann Rayburn.
Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 at Cummings Cemetery in Maud with Rev. Larry Sparks officiating the service.
Honorary casket bearers will be Caleb Cole, Chad Votaw and Jeff Pack.
Services are under the direction of Knight-Swearingen Funeral Home in Maud 405-374-2424.
William Coley
William Dave Coley, 73 year-old, lifelong Seminole resident was brought into this life July 20, 1938 by parents Ina (Harjoche) Coley and Sam Houston Coley in Quinton, Oklahoma.
He was raised North of Wewoka and attended Sams Elementary and graduated from Butner School in 1959.
William answered the "Call of Duty" and enlisted in the United States Navy.
William became an aviations electrician for the VF-111, "Sun Downers" squadron during the J.F.K.'s "Cuban Missile Crisis".
He proudly served on the Super Carrier U.S.S. Kitty Hawk and sailed around the World.
After an Honorable Discharge in 1965, William put his newly attained skills to work at Boeing and Tinker Air Force Base.
William earned his Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from East Central University in Ada.
He soon went to work for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a caseworker helping the needy with assistance and other urgencies.
After receiving a back injury at Commercial Brick, William was left disabled in the early 80's.
Struggling on so little, William survived by selling terrapins, garage selling, and performing odd jobs.
Williams sense of duty to help others and especially help his people of The Seminole Nation rekindled in the mid-90's.
William was elected to represent his band, Tom Palmer and serve his people as they directed.
He made a vie for assistant chief but fell short in the "Old Spirits Can Vote by Absentee" debacle.
This did not deter him from serving his people as he was appointed to many comities from former Chiefs to present.
William kept up his 'politican' until the end.
William was a wheeler and dealer some people said that he sold a local tribe a great luxurious mansion that was built from their ancestors oil royalties signed over to a Doc due to a language and literacy barrier.
William and his son Eric opened a second hand antique store on Main Street and stayed open for two years during the early nineties.
William loved to fish and camp with his ol' buddy Nathan Blanton underneath the Bearden Bridge or anywhere else he could wet his line.
He would tinker on small motors all day to get his merchandise ready for market or to get his nieces, nephews, or son, back on their " hogs."
William also loved his pets dearly.
Often you would see his dogs eating a meal that was better than his visitors ate all day.
William loved the outdoors so much; he would have the crew move his entire bed under the stars every summer.
Dad loved his History and A&E channels.
On his usual Sunday it was a dose of Old Country Gospel on his porch followed by Nascar with Jeff Gordon being his favorite driver.
Then he would hope to finish the day off with the Dallas Cowboys losing.
William was Saved and then Baptized by the Late George Jesse of Spring Baptist Church.
William knew his bible forwards and backwards.
He never backed down from a good argument about the scriptures.
William was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Herb Coley and Richard Coley; sister, Patricia Robertson and a infant sister, Francis.
William will be waiting for the arrival of and welcome his brothers, Jack Coley, John Coley, and Monty Coley; sister, Marilyn Hodge; only son, Eric Coley; daughters, Tina McDowell, Amy Harrison, and Tawny Lena; his hardworking niece, Belinda Coley and daughter, Cameron; special friends, Rosetta, Lina, and sister-in-law, Frankie Coley; two grandchildren, Daniel and Trey Sanders; plus baby Coley due in January and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Too many to remember and name, but you know who you are.
Dad, You will be greatly missed by all whom you have touch with your knowledge, kind generosity, and love.
Your big heart keeps on giving even after death.
You will never be forgotten unless there is no one left to remember.
We will see you at those pearly gates someday, and when we all do get to heaven, we will jump and shout for "Victory!"
A wake service was held Wednesday evening, July 18, 2012 at Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 19, 2012 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole with Military Honors.
Leon "Chippy" Postoak will officiate the service.
Interment will follow at the New Coley Family Cemetery.
Casket bearers will be Monty Coley, Thomas Cunningham, Sterling Cully, Colton Coley, Dale Stewart and Brent Hopper.
Honorary bearers will be Stanley Andrews, Tommy Martin, Jimmy Taylor, Rodney Factor, Daniel Sanders, Trey Sanders, Claude Davis, Terry Griffith and Kenneth Chambers.
Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole.
