Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
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Jesse Leclair, Sr.
Feb 15, 2009
Jesse Levi LeClair Sr. former Ponca City resident, passed away Sunday, February 15, 2009 at the Okemah, Oklahoma Care Center. He was 71. Jesse was born November 13, 1937 at Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Ed Charles LeClair and Ada Grant LeClair. He received his education at the Chilocco Indian School. He was employed as a licensed welder in...

Lana Burris-Walker
Feb 14, 2009
Baby Lana Rose Burris Walker, infant daughter of Laverne Burris and Gary Walker, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 3 months and 11 days. Lana was born October 31, 2008 in Tulsa. She is survived by her parents, Laverne and Gary; her maternal grandfather, Gary Burris of Lawton,...

Everette Howe
Feb 10, 2009
Everette Eason Howe, age 45, passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at White Eagle. Eason was born July 26, 1963 at Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Earl Howe Sr. and Vivian Moore Howe. He attended grade school in Ponca City and graduated from the Sequoia Indian School in Tahlequah. Eason was of the Baptist faith and his enjoyments included...

Warner Littlecook
Feb 10, 2009
Warner Dave Littlecook, age 62, passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at White Eagle. Dave was born September 26, 1946 at Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Warren Littlecook and Wanda Youker Littlecook. Dave attended the Riverside Indian School at Anadarko, Oklahoma and the Fort Sill Indian School at Lawton, Oklahoma. He was of the Baptist faith and his enjoyments...

William Ogan
Feb 9, 2009
W.T. Bill Ogan went on to his heavenly reward at 10:53 pm on February 9, 2009 at the Shawn Manor Nursing Center in Ponca City. He was 87 years of age. Bill was born March 8, 1921 at Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the son of William Harrison Ogan and Nellie Mae Eikenberry Ogan. He was a graduate of Nelogany High School...

Karen Rush
Feb 8, 2009
Karen Kay Rush, resident of Ponca City passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 65. Karen was born the daughter of Reverend Mervin Thiodore Hoskins and Luella Cole Hoskins on November 14, 1943 in Compton, California. She married Floyd Richard Rush on August 23, 1986 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Karen was...

Gary Porter
Feb 7, 2009
Gary Darryl Porter, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 64. Gary was born the son of Paul Franklin Porter and Sylvia Odell McWhirt Porter on October 16, 1944 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. He was raised in Osage County. He attended McCord Elementary School and later graduated...

Wanda Smith
Feb 7, 2009
Wanda Pauline Smitty Smith, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 83. Wanda was born April 23, 1925 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the daughter of George Harrison Smith and Bessie Marie Blankenship Smith. She attended the Braman Elementary School and graduated from Maud High School in...

David Clark
Feb 5, 2009
David Kelly Clark, resident of Ponca City passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at his home. He was 65. David was born to Margaret Clark Yoder on December 11, 1943 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He lived in Seminole, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and during the last 10 years he resided in Ponca City. David served in the United States...

Arnissa Blueback
Feb 4, 2009
Arnissa Ann Blueback, resident of White Eagle, passed away early Wednesday morning, February 4, 2009 at her home. She was 38 years of age. Arnissa was born August 11, 1970 at Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Arthur Blueback and Rena Waters Blueback. She attended the Ponca City Public Schools. Arnissa was a member of the Nazarene Church and her...

Carl Pollak
Jan 29, 2009
Carl Louis Pollak, resident of Ponca City, passed away Thursday, January 29, 2009 at his home. He was 78. Carl was born March 26, 1930 in Edmunds, North Dakota, the son of Louis and Flora Linde Pollak. While living in Ponca City, Carl worked for Vacu-Maid and Gruners Smith International Inc.. He was employed by Clark Truck Lines in...

Judith Brown
Jan 29, 2009
Judith Ann Brown, resident of Red Rock, passed away Thursday, January 29, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 60. Judith was born September 7, 1948 in San Diego, California, the daughter of Lee Parsley and Geneva Rose Fleharty Parsley. She attended schools in Phoenix, Arizona. Her enjoyments included her grandchildren, her daughter, cooking, baking, listening to...

Sheri O'Leary
Jan 29, 2009
Sheri Ann OLeary, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Thursday, January 29, 2009 in Newkirk. She was 57. Sheri was born January 9, 1952 at Tinker Air Force Base, Midwest City, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Robert Dallas Walters and Dixie Lou Reynolds Walters. She was a 1970 graduate of Ponca City High School and a 1974...

Jean Ziegler
Jan 26, 2009
Jean V. Ziegler, former resident of Ponca City, passed away Monday, January 26, 2009 in Lenexa, Kansas. She was 92. Jean was born January 27, 1916 in Ponca City, the daughter of William R. and Alice A Beech Huff. Jean was a 1934 graduate of Ponca City High School. She was married to Edward J. Ziegler on April 4,...

Fred Ashworth
Jan 23, 2009
Fred D. Ashworth, 83, longtime resident of Ponca City went home to be with his Savior on Friday, January 23, 2009. Fred was born on September 3, 1925 to William Sydney and Anna Lee Elam Ashworth east of Sand Springs, Oklahoma. He moved to Ponca City at an early age and attended McKinley Grade School, Ponca City High School...

Bobby Mcdonald
Jan 23, 2009
Bobby Joe Little Man McDonald, resident of Arkansas City, Kansas passed away on Friday, January 23, 2009 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home in Arkansas City, Kansas. He was 82. Bobby was born the son of Howard Joe McDonald and Beulah Eva Harris McDonald on November 24, 1926 in Pilot Point, Texas. Bobby was employed with the New Caney School...

Ernestine Beller
Jan 21, 2009
Ernestine Tene Beller, resident of North Highlands, California and former resident of Ponca City, passed away January 21, 2009 in Sacramento, California. She was 89. Tene was born February 22, 1919 in Oklahoma. She is survived by her grandchildren, Teri McComas of Sacramento, California, Amber Baker of Oklahoma, Ron Baker of Kentucky; great grandchildren, Brandon Miller, Derick Bahn, Jerod...

Esther Snyder
Jan 19, 2009
Esther Pauline Snyder, lifelong resident of Ponca City, went to be with her Lord Monday night January 19, 2009. She passed peacefully in her sleep with her family by her side. Esther was born November 28, 1916, in Burbank, Oklahoma to Ollie and Mary Francis Tow Williams. She attended and graduated from Ponca City schools in 1935. Esther and...

Howard Reed
Jan 16, 2009
Howard Junior Reed, 73, of Ponca City, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 17, 2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Howard was born January 19, 1935 to Jerry Reed and Alice Northup Reed in Hominy, Oklahoma. He grew up in Ralston, Oklahoma and later enlisted in the United States Army. He proudly served his country for three...

Maxwell Noear
Jan 15, 2009
Maxwell Phillip Noear, resident of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2009 at St. Lukes Plaza. He was 70. Maxwell was born the son of Jack Noear and Salina King Noear on October 26, 1938 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He served in the United States Army and was proud of his Native American culture and community. He...