Obituaries

Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

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Sarah Cook

Sarah Cook

Jul 28, 2009

Ponca City resident Sarah Elizabeth Cook, affectionately known as Sarah Beth, entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 in Oklahoma City. She was 30. Sarah was born January 1, 1979 in Ponca City, the first baby of the New Year. She was the daughter of Chris Cook and Sara Jane...

Francine Mendoza

Francine Mendoza

Jul 26, 2009

Francine Dyahne Little Deer Mendoza, resident of Ponca City, went to be with our Lord on Sunday, July 26, 2009. She was 30 years old. Francine was born on April 20, 1979 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Darlene Harjo. She was the granddaughter of Edward Pensoneau and Harriet Collins Pensoneau. She grew up in Ponca City and attended Riverside...

Charles Dunham

Charles Dunham

Jul 23, 2009

Charles Ray Charlie Dunham, longtime resident of the Red Rock and Ponca City area, passed Thursday, July 23, 2009 in Ponca City. He was 77. Charles was born June 4, 1932 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, the son of V.R. Dunham and Lura L. Roberts Dunham. He was a 1950 graduate of Red Rock High School. He married Helen Coleen Hayes...

Clay Donelson

Clay Donelson

Jul 21, 2009

C.E. Clay Donelson, resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, July 21, 2009. He was 49. Clay was born February 9, 1960 in Ponca City, the son of R.L. Donelson and Fannie Beartrack Donelson. He attended the Burbank Elementary School, the Fairfax Middle School and Ponca City High School. He had served on the Grayhorse Dance Committee. Clay was very...

Bobbie Thomas

Bobbie Thomas

Jul 21, 2009

Bobbie Bob Thomas, resident of Ponca City, passed July 21, 2009 at the Newkirk Nursing Center. He was 82. Bobbie was born on October 14, 1926 near Binger, Oklahoma, the son of Norman Thomas and Clesta Fleting Thomas. He was raised on a cotton farm near Binger. His early schooling was in the Binger area schools. He entered the...

Elvus Farrow

Elvus Farrow

Jul 14, 2009

Elvus E.J. Jerry Farrow, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 68. E.J. was born the son of Aven Orel Farrow and Hazel Luciell Peyton Farrow on March 25, 1941 at his home in Cushing, Oklahoma. He grew up in Shidler, Oklahoma and attended Shidler Public schools...

Mary Vann

Mary Vann

Jul 13, 2009

Mary E. Vann, 89, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. Mary was born on August 14, 1919 the daughter of Nelson Franklin and Maud Newberry Franklin in Hennepin, Oklahoma. Mary married George Columbus Vann of Cedar, Oklahoma on August 18, 1950 in Newkirk, Oklahoma. She was an active...

Gary Williams

Gary Williams

Jul 5, 2009

Gary Robert Williams, lifelong resident of Ponca City, passed Sunday, July 5, 2009. He was 60 years of age. Gary was born January 12, 1949 in Ponca City, the son of Dale B. Williams and Lenetta Mae Lynn Hewitt Williams. He was a 1967 graduate of Ponca City High School and a 1969 graduate of Northern Oklahoma College of...

James Dressen

James Dressen

Jul 4, 2009

James Dale Jim Dressen, lifelong resident of Ponca City passed on Independence Day, July 4, 2009 at his home after a three year courageous battle with cancer. He was 61 years of age. Jim was born April 6, 1948 in Ponca City, the son of Dale Glen Dressen and Ruth Elizabeth Reed Dressen. He attended both Jefferson and Lincoln...

Paul Martin

Paul Martin

Jul 3, 2009

Paul Wilton Martin Paul Wilton Martin, resident of Ponca City, passed Friday, July 3, 2009 at the Ponca Medical Center. He was 88. Paul was born May 13, 1921 at Elk City, Oklahoma, the son of Lewis Martin and Mary Deweese Martin. He received his early education in the Elk City and Canute Schools.He was married to Altha Burnham...

Bea Hudson

Bea Hudson

Jun 26, 2009

Beatrice Bea E. Hudson, resident of Blackwell, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, June 26, 2009 at Hillcrest Manor in Blackwell. She was 91. Beatrice was born the daughter of Herbert Hudson and Thelma M. Pux Hudson on February 19, 1918 in Red Rock, Oklahoma. She attended Chilocco Indian School in Oklahoma and then moved to California to start her...

Elmer Townley

Elmer Townley

Jun 26, 2009

Elmer J.R. Townley, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Friday, June 26, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 79. J.R. was born the son of Elmer Townley and Elsie Rosalie Anderson Townley on March 19, 1930 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. He married Doris Hill of Muskogee, Oklahoma on March 19, 1948 in Ponca City and...

Ressie Nelson

Ressie Nelson

Jun 23, 2009

Ressie Kuxhaus Nelson, former resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, June 23, 2009 in Sun City, California near her daughters home. She was 92. Ressie was born March 29, 1917 at Okeene, Oklahoma, the daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Nusz. She resided in Ponca City from 1953 to 2008. She owned and operated Wimpys and The Pioneer Grill for...

Timothy Arnswald

Timothy Arnswald

Jun 23, 2009

Timothy Tim Arnold Arnswald, resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, June 23, 2009. He was 43years of age. Tim was born March 17, 1966 in Hollywood, California, the son of Darrell Walter Arnswald and Edlouise Kay Mendenhall Arnswald. He was a 1984 graduate of Ponca City High School. He married Julie Carithers in 1989 and to this union were...

Joe Ball Sr.

Joe Ball Sr.

Jun 22, 2009

Joe Allen Ball Sr., resident of Blackwell, passed away on Monday June 22, 2009 at the Northwest Specialty Hospital in Enid, Oklahoma. He was 86. Joe was born the son of Otis Lee Ball and Kittie Crain Ball on March 3, 1923 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He grew up in Bartlesville and graduated from Ochelata High School. He enlisted in...

Rita Anderson

Rita Anderson

Jun 17, 2009

Rita Mary Anderson, resident of Las Vegas, Nevada passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at Nathan Adelson Hospice West in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was 80. Rita was born the daughter of James Flynn and Mabel Stanton Flynn on August 30, 1928 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Rita married George Anderson, the love...

Darrel Davis

Darrel Davis

Jun 16, 2009

Darrel Davis, Your Friendly OTASCO Man and longtime Ponca City business owner, passed away early Tuesday morning, June 16th, 2009 at his home. Darrel was born on April 21, 1933, in McCurtain, Oklahoma, and moved to Ponca City at the age of ten. When he was sixteen, he began working at OTASCO as a tire buster. After graduating from...

Addenia Donnelly

Addenia Donnelly

Jun 14, 2009

Addenia Mozelle Donnelly, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was 74. Addenia was born the daughter of Benjamin Albert Foster and Mellie Marie Kidder Foster on August 2, 1934 in Augusta, Kansas. She married Carl Neil Donnelly on November 1, 1949 in El Dorado, Kansas....

Cindy Crites

Cindy Crites

Jun 13, 2009

Cindy Carol Crites, lifelong resident of Ponca City, passed Saturday, June 13, 2009 at her home. She was 58. Cindy was born March 2, 1951 in Ponca City, the daughter of Robert Crites and Elda Valentine Frazier Crites. She received her early education in the Ponca City Schools. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of...

Nellie Zuccaro

Nellie Zuccaro

Jun 12, 2009

Nellie Warrior Zuccaro went to join in her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on June 12, 2009, after an extended illness. Nellie, E Nee Thah Be, was born to Sylvester Warrior and Violet White Star Warrior on September 29, 1950. Nellie was a member of the Blood Clan of the Poncas and was proud of her heritage. She lived...