Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  JUDITH A. (McCLAIN) SEWELL

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JUDITH A. (McCLAIN) SEWELL

OCNS - Former Pawhuska, Oklahoma, resident, Judith A. (McClain) Sewell, 
59, passed away October 20, 2001, in Richton Park, Illinois, after a 
courageous battle with cancer.

Judith McClain was born August 9, 1942 in Pawhuska, the daughte of 
Torence "Tony" and Cecelia "Smuggs" (Labadie) McClain.   She attended 
Pawhuska Schools, graduating with the PHS Class of 1960.   Following 
graduation from Oklahoma State University, Judy married James "Buddy" 
Sewell in Pawhuska.   She was a kindergarten teacher at Marion Yates 
Middle School in Richton Park, Illinois, a wonderful wife, mother, teacher 
and friend.

Survivors are:   her husband, James "Buddy" Sewell of the home; her 
daughter and son-in-law, Julie and Jeff Heitman of Chicago, Illinois; her 
son, Steve Sewell of Tulsa, Oklahoma; her mother, Cecelia "Smuggs" Mcclain 
and an aunt, Thelma Benson, both of Pawhuska; and a host of other 
relatives and friends.

Judy was preceded in death by her father and her brother, Frederick W. 
McClain.

Mass was recited October 25, 2001, in the Immaculate Conception Catholic 
Church in Pawhuska with interment in the Pawhuska City Cemetery.

Father Leonard Higgins officiated.

Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.