Patrick Jerome Sheehan, USMC Gunnery Sgt. Retired, of Calumet, passed away Dec. 27, 2024, at the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Clinton after a long battle with cancer. 

Patrick was born Sept. 17, 1957, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He served his country for 23 years in the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps with duty as a small boat coxswain, CADRE trainer, infantry unit leader, scout sniper and machine gunner. He retired from the Marine Corps as a gunnery sergeant in 1996.

Patrick was a weapons expert, gun enthusiast and a member of the Catholic Church and VFW Post 382 in El Reno.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Dreu Kopf wiped back tears as she relived the day she was shot and her friend lay mortally wounded protecting Kopf’s two toddlers in another room.

The Pardon and Parole Board last week voted 4-1 to deny clemency for Wendell A. Grissom. Susan Stava cast a vote for clemency.  

Grissom is set to die March 20 for the Nov. 3, 2005, shooting death of Amber Dawn Matthews, 23, during a break-in at an isolated home near Watonga.

William “Skip” Harris, a beloved husband, stepfather, grandfather and friend, passed away peacefully Feb. 11, 2025, at the age of 70.

Born July 1, 1954, in Greenville, Miss., he was the son of William B. Harris and Billie Harris.

Skip was a hard worker and a dedicated family man.

He dedicated 42 years of service to the same company in the oil and gas industry.

He is survived by his loving wife of 22 years, Donna; his stepson, John Wigley; and his sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Stan Woodcock of Greenville, Miss.

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