Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
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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...
Ruth Fruits
Apr 5, 2009
Ruth Marie Fruits, longtime resident of Kaw City, passed away on Sunday, April 05, 2009 at Baptist Integris Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was 85. Ruth was born the daughter of Donald Vane Tebow and Catherine Miller Tebow on September 10, 1923 in Enid, Oklahoma. She grew up in Lamont, Oklahoma on the family farm. On April 18,...
Gambler Martinez
Apr 1, 2009
Gambler Gami Susan Martinez, resident of Norman, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at the OU Medical Center. She was 46. Gambler was born the daughter of Clarence Romine and Marilyn Louise LeRoy Standsblack on July 19, 1962 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. She grew up in Ponca City and attended Ponca City Public Schools. Gambler had many enjoyments....
Ruby Jackson
Mar 29, 2009
Ruby Elene Jackson, resident of Fairfax, passed away at Fairfax Manor Nursing Home on Sunday, March 29, 2009. She was 89. Ruby was born the daughter of Harley Hyder and Pearlee Grissom Hyder on January 12, 1920 in Avilla, Missouri. She grew up in Missouri and later married Howard William Jackson on March 3, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri....
Edward Him Sr.
Mar 28, 2009
Edward Calls Him Sr., member of the Ponca Tribe with the Indian name of Gee-Bom-bi, made his final journey Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 10 a.m. surrounded by his family and friends. He was 56. Edward, also known as Fast Eddie, was born March 29, 1952 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of the Rev. George Calls Him Sr. and...
Lisa Mason
Mar 25, 2009
Lisa G. Mason, resident of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at her home. She was 51. Lisa was born June 23, 1957 in Anderson, Indiana, the daughter of Roe W. and Barbara Wilson. She received her education in the Anderson Schools. She moved to Oklahoma City in October of 1981 and was employed with the Rainbo...
Harold Cavett
Mar 25, 2009
Harold Ray Cavett, resident of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at his home. He was 72. Harold was born April 30, 1936 in Ponca City, the son of Howard B. Cavett and Muriel Odum Cavett. He was a 1954 graduate of Ponca City High School. He entered the United States Navy on July 2, 1954 and...
Marilyn Payne
Mar 22, 2009
Marilyn Kay Payne, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2009 at her home. She was 63. Marilyn was born January 4, 1946 in Ponca City, the daughter of Wesley Burright and Rosamond Summers Burright. She received her early education in the Ponca City Schools. She was married to Jim Payne on October 30, 1962 in...
Thomas Terry Iii
Mar 20, 2009
Thomas Daniel Terry III, resident of Ponca City passed away on Friday, March 20, 2009 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was 28. Thomas was born the son of Thomas Daniel Terry, Jr. and Delores DeLodge Terry in Claremore, Oklahoma on May 12, 1980. He attended Ponca City High School and graduated in 2000. While in high school,...
Gene Sullivan
Mar 20, 2009
E. Eugene Gene Sullivan, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. He was 86. Gene was born the son of John Woody Sullivan and Mariah Adeline Baker Sullivan on June 3, 1922 in Darwin, Oklahoma. He grew up in Darwin and attended high school in Atoka until he...
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