Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
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William Beavers
May 31, 2009
William Marion Beavers, Ponca City resident, died on Sunday, May 31, 2009 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 86. Marion was born the son of William Steven Beavers and Ruth Ellen Manahan Beavers on November 4, 1922 in Kay County. He enlisted in the United States Army on January 19, 1943 and served in Europe...

Lavonda Trueblood
May 27, 2009
Lavonda Marie Trueblood, longtime resident of Marland, passed away Wednesday evening, May 27, 2009 at her home. She was 73. Lavonda was born November 28, 1935 Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of LaRoye Wesley Gulley and Nellie Marie Bryan Gulley. The family moved to Galveston, Texas in the late 30s prior to moving to Oklahoma. Lavonda was a 1955...

Russell Clark
May 26, 2009
Russell D. Clark, resident of Ponca City passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at his home. He was 45. Russell was born on September 11, 1963 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son on Douglas Layton Clark and Valta Rhea Farmer Clark. He received his education in the Great Bend Schools. Russell also lived in Liberal, Kansas prior to...

Tristian Mcwithey
May 26, 2009
For many months, the family happily prepared for Tristians arrival. They had hopes, dreams and wishes for their precious baby boy who was loved before anyone had even seen him. Tristian Dane McWithey, infant son of Charles Todd McWithey and Summer Aimee Rickman McWithey entered into Gods care on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Tristian is survived by his parents,...

Scott Seymour
May 24, 2009
Scott E. Seymour, resident of Bethany, Oklahoma, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was 35. Scott was born the son of Donald Ray Seymour and Ramona Louise Hutson on August 21, 1973 in Panama City, Florida. He attended schools in Germany, Illinois, Florida and later attended the Opportunity Center in Ponca City and...

Gilbert Williams Jr
May 18, 2009
Gilbert Terrance Terry Williams Jr., former Ponca City resident, passed away May 18, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was 24. Terry was born January 19, 1985 in Anchorage, Alaska, the son of Gilbert Terrance Williams Sr. and Nettie Jean Buffalohead Williams. He received his early education in the Union Elementary School, West Jr. High and Ponca City High School....

May Dickson
May 16, 2009
May was born September 5, 1916 at Skiatook, Oklahoma, the daughter of A.C. Gillett and Effie Bertha Moody Gillett. She passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2009 on the 28th anniversary of her marriage to her beloved Tom Dickson. At the time of her death, May was 92 years old and a resident of Westminster Village. May grew up...

Dorothy May
May 6, 2009
Dorothy Louise May, resident of rural Covington, Oklahoma and former Ponca City resident, passed on May 6, 2009 in Oklahoma City. She was 87. Dorothy was born February 25, 1922 on the family home place near Covington. She was one of five children born to Walter Decker and Georgia Irene Triplett Decker. Her early education was received in the...

John Smith
May 3, 2009
John Guinn Smith, resident of Ponca City, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 53. John was born February 5, 1956 in Guymon, Oklahoma, the son of Herman Smith and Betty Jo Riggs Smith. John graduated from Guymon, Oklahoma High School in 1974 and attended the University of Oklahoma with courses taken...

Ruth Bass
Apr 26, 2009
Ruth Madeline Bass, resident of Ponca City, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 85. Ruth was born January 10, 1924 at Lindenhurst, New York, the daughter of Lewis F. Schortemeyer and Ida Jaeger Schortemeyer. She received her early education in the Lindenhurst schools. She began work at an early age and...

Rosemary Chatfield
Apr 25, 2009
Rosemary Chatfield died Saturday, April 25, 2009 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was 77. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in the First Baptist Church Worship Center, Ponca City, Oklahoma with the Rev. Dr. Michael Seabaugh officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction...

Mary Gehring
Apr 22, 2009
Mary Joe Jody Briggs Gehring, resident of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at her home. She was 52. Jody was born May 27, 1956 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, the daughter of Trulin Briggs and Mary Nuckolls Briggs. She was a 1975 graduate of Blackwell High School. Jody served in the Civil Service in the 1980s. She most...

Leland Pappan Jr.
Apr 19, 2009
Leland Pappan Jr., resident of White Eagle, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2009 at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was 61. Leland was born August 1, 1947 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Leland Pappan Sr. and Bessie Others Pappan. He was a 1965 graduate of Ponca City High School. He entered the United States Army...

Edna Brown
Apr 16, 2009
Edna May Brown, resident of the Ponca City area, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at her home. She was 82. Edna was born the daughter of Frank Green Morgan and Vesta Elizabeth Trean Morgan on August 17, 1926 in Arkansas City, Kansas. She grew up in the Ponca City area and married Leonard Fred Brown when she...

Jess Gates
Apr 12, 2009
Jess Phillip Gates passed away Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009. Surrounded by close family, he left this world where he came into it. In the Big Bend. On the family farm. His favorite place on earth. He was 85. Jess was born on July 31, 1923, the fifth of 12 children born to Edmund Gates and Mamie Tripp Gates....

Charles Haight
Apr 10, 2009
Charles W. Haight Charles W. Charlie Haight, resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday, April 10, 2009 in Oklahoma City after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 61. Charlie was born September 21, 1947 in Alva, Oklahoma, the son of Charles Francis Haight and Bessie Eveleyne Walker Haight. He attended the Watonga, Oklahoma schools. Charlie entered in the...

Fred Hurst
Apr 6, 2009
Fred Milton Hurst, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Monday, April 6, 2009 in Oklahoma City. He was 87. Fred was born January 29, 1922 in Chandler, Oklahoma, the son of Milt Augustus Hurst and Hannah Marilla Fast Hurst. He was a 1942 graduate of Chandler High School where he was an all-state football player. Fred was inducted...

Carlos Burgess
Apr 5, 2009
Carlos Eugene Burgess, resident of Ponca City, passed Sunday, April 5, 2009 at his home. He was 50 years of age. Carlos was born August 5, 1958 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was a 1976 graduate of Bartlesville College High School. He then completed training as an auto mechanic at Okmulgee Tech. Carlos was married to Rose Miller on April...