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Dakota I. Baldwin
Obituaries
March 5, 2025
Dakota I. Baldwin

Funeral services for Dakota Baldwin were held Monday, March 3, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah.

Dakota Baldwin was born February 21, 1993, in Okmulgee. He passed away Thursday, February 27, 2025, in Henryetta at the age of 32.

Dakota graduated from Hamilton County High School in McLeansboro, Ill. He worked as a supervisor for Coke in Okmulgee and enjoyed weightlifting, fishing, grilling and sitting around the fire. Most of all, he loved spending time with his children. On May 30, 2020, in Weleetka, he and Randi Hill were married.

He is preceded in death by grandparents Gordon Baldwin and Peggy and Lindel Bell and his cousin, who was like a brother, Austin Peavler.

Survivors include his wife Randi Baldwin, of the home; his mother Sharita Johnson of Weleetka; his children, February 21, 1993 – February 27, 2025

Cole, Evelyn and Iris, with Ivory Baldwin on the way. He is also survived by his brother Benjamin Johnson of Weleetka; sister Ashlen Franklin of Tulsa; brothers-in-law Adam and Jason Hill of Okemah; sisters-in-law Dezirae and Jennifer Hill and Krystal Harris of Okemah; grandmother Mary Baldwin of Weleetka; fathersand mothers-in-law Bill and Della Hill and Mike and Randi Dunson of Okemah.

Services will be under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be made at www. ParksBrothersFuneral-Home.com.

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