Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
Recent Obituaries
Wanda Alley
Jan 6, 2011
Wanda May Alley, resident of Perry, Oklahoma passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at Perry Memorial Hospital. She was 62. Wanda was born June 9, 1948 in Dimmitt, Texas the daughter of Charles William Pennington and Agnes May Behrends Pennington. She graduated from Billings High School in 1966 and later earned her L.P.N. degree where she was in...
Harlan Thompson
Jan 6, 2011
Harlan Buel Thompson was born September 23, 1930 and passed in his home on January 6, 2011. He was born to Buel and Stella Thompson in Stigler, Oklahoma. Being the oldest son, he worked beside his father on the family farm from the time he was a young boy. As a teenager he would ride horseback as much as...
Bobby Spore
Jan 2, 2011
Bobby Gene Spore, resident of Ponca City, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 81 years of age. Bobby was born May 11, 1929 in Ponca City, the son of Levi Ray Spore and Flossie Mae Levings Spore. His early education was received in the Ponca City Schools. He was married to...
Thomas Gawhega
Jan 1, 2011
Thomas Gawhega, longtime resident of the Ponca City area, passed Saturday, January 1, 2011 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He was 52. Thomas was born December 8, 1958 in Ponca City, the son of Roy Daniel Gawhega and Eva Sylvia Kihega Gawhega. He was a 1976 graduate of Marland High School. Thomas honorably served his country in the United State Air...
Kevin Lawson
Dec 29, 2010
Kevin Lee Roy Lawson died December 29, 2010, at his home in Ponca City. He was born October 13, 1963 in Ponca City and was the son of Barbara and William Hargraves and Kenneth and Marilyn Lawson all of Ponca City. He was married to Milissa Widener. Kevin was employed at Sober Brothers Construction in Ponca City. He enjoyed...
Jo Friend
Dec 26, 2010
Jo Ella Friend, Tonkawa resident passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2010 at her home. She was 98. Jo Ella was born September 13, 1912 the daughter of Henderson J. Mink and Martha Smith Mink in Childress, Texas. She married Richard H. Friend on May 29, 1943 in Ponca City, Oklahoma and to this union, one child, Pamela was...
Don Kelsey
Dec 24, 2010
Kenneth Donald Kelsey, longtime resident of the Shidler community, passed away Friday, December 24, 2010 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 85 years of age. Don was born October 25, 1925 at Drumright, Oklahoma, the son of Lawrence Marvin Kelsey Sr. and Nora Ellen VanNatta Kelsey. He attended school in Shidler but graduated from Drumright High School...
Johnny Whitehorn
Dec 23, 2010
Johnny Whitehorn, Tulsa resident, passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2010. He was 62. Johnny was born July 25, 1948 in Stillwater, Oklahoma to Mark Whitehorn and Elsie Elvina Springer Whitehorn. He attended Enid Public Schools and graduated from Enid High School in 1966. He served in the United States Army from 1967 to 1970. Johnny later attended the...
Helen Craft
Dec 20, 2010
Helen Lorene Craft, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Monday, December 20, 2010 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 87 years of age. Helen was born September 2, 1923 at Tonkawa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Harold Sterling Breidenbach and Wanda Stewart Aldridge Breidenbach. She was a graduate of Tonkawa High School. She was married to Bobby...
Duwayne Oscarson
Dec 14, 2010
DuWayne L. Oscarson, resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 63. DuWayne was born April 5, 1947 in Salinas, California, the son of Lloyd Oscarson and LaDonna Schaffer Oscarson. He moved with his family to Fargo, North Dakota where he attended school, graduating from Fargo Central High School...
Bill Harless
Dec 11, 2010
Bill Harless, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2010 at his home. He was 72. Bill was born May 21, 1938 in Pryor, Oklahoma, the son of Harry Harless and Ada Loleta Plummer Harless. His early schooling was in the Pryor Schools prior to moving to Ponca City where he attended East Jr. High School....
Micah Braucht
Dec 3, 2010
Micah David Braucht, infant son of David and Lori Braucht, passed away Friday, December 3, 2010 in Ponca City at the age of 2 months and 12 days. Micah was born September 21, 2010 in Oklahoma City. He is survived by his parents, David and Lori, of the home paternal grandparents, Fred and Patricia Braucht of Corpus Christi, Texas...
Elton Ely Sr.
Dec 3, 2010
Elton Burns Ely Sr., resident of Wellington, Kansas and member of the Ponca Nation passed away Friday, December 3, 2010 in Wellington, Kansas. He was 59. Elton was born June 26, 1951in Pawnee, Oklahoma the son of Joe and Mary Ely. His early education was in the Red Rock area schools. He was married to Cheryll Kennedy on July...
Dewey Kelly
Dec 3, 2010
Dewey Wayne Kelly, longtime resident of the Bressie community, passed away Friday, December 3, 2010 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 82. Dewey was born May 4, 1928 at Bressie. His early education was received in the Rein School, later attending Ponca City Schools, graduating in 1947. He was active in F.F.A. where he showed various livestock...
Virgil Mcclung
Nov 29, 2010
Virgil Wendell McClung, longtime resident of the Ponca City area, passed away Monday, November 29, 2010 at the Shawn Manor Nursing Center. He was 92 years of age. Virgil was born March 24, 1918 at Uncas, Oklahoma, the son of Frank McClung and Susie Finley McClung. His early education was received at the Pleasant Ridge School District 97 in...
Herman Headrick Jr.
Nov 24, 2010
Herman Herbert Headrick, Jr., longtime resident of Ponca City died Wednesday, November 24, 2010, at Ponca City Medical Center. He was 76. Herman was born on May 16, 1934, in Pryor, Oklahoma to Herman Herbert Headrick, Sr. and Nellie Mae Butler Headrick. He spent much of his childhood moving about the United States with his mother preceding and during...
Eva Mehojah
Nov 20, 2010
Eva Ione Mehojah, resident of Kaw City, passed away Saturday evening, November 20, 2010 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 93. Eva was born April 12, 1917 at Cooties Bluff, Oklahoma, the daughter of Leonard Cassity and Mae Varner Cassity. During Evas school days she was very active in basketball and softball. She was married to Jesse...
John Sebor
Nov 19, 2010
John Norman Sebor, lifelong resident of the Ponca City area, passed away Friday afternoon, November 19, 2010 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 71 years of age. John was born August 17, 1939 in Ponca City, the son of Arnold John Sebor and Lillie Frances Malone Sebor. He attended the Kildare elementary school and was a 1957...




