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Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

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Dennis Jones

Dennis Jones

Mar 6, 2009

Dennis Mike Michael Jones, member of the Ponca Tribe and resident of Stillwater, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, March 6, 2009 at St. Johns Medical Center in Tulsa. He was 69. Mike was born the son of Lee Otis Jones and Velma Louise Pensoneau Jones on April 23, 1939 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He graduated from Chilocco Indian School in...

Will Hardiman Sr.

Will Hardiman Sr.

Mar 1, 2009

Will L. Hardiman Sr., resident of Ponca City, went home to Glory on Sunday, March 1, 2009. He was 46. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 9, 2009 at the Power House of Faith Church, 114 North Oak. Pastor J.R. Thompson will preside over the service with a dinner to be served at the J.R....

Melvin Butler

Melvin Butler

Feb 28, 2009

Melvin Ray Butler, resident of Newkirk, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 65. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 2009 at Grace Memorial Chapel, Ponca City, with Pastor Charley Hudspeth of the First Assembly of God Church in Newkirk, presiding. Interment will follow in the Kaw...

Luverne Wrolstad

Luverne Wrolstad

Feb 25, 2009

Luverne Olaf Wrolstad, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away, Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 78. Luverne was born October 13, 1930 in North Dakota to Mabel Wrolstad. He received his early education in North Dakota. He loved playing basketball and football in high school. Luverne served in the United States Army...

Glenwood Conklin

Glenwood Conklin

Feb 23, 2009

Glenwood Guy Glen Conklin, 1 Forest Road, died Monday afternoon, February 23, 2009, at Shawn Manor. He was 99 years old. The funeral service will be held Friday, February 27 at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Ponca City with the Rev. Michael Smith officiating. Burial will follow at the Grandview Cemetery in Kaw City. Arrangements...

William Holmes

William Holmes

Feb 21, 2009

William Bill Edward Holmes, resident of Ponca City passed away on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 81. Bill was born the son of Holly Holmes and Julie B. Wilson Holmes on September 30, 1927 in Hobart, Oklahoma. He grew up in Kaw City, Oklahoma and later moved to Tahlequah and...

Betty Longley

Betty Longley

Feb 21, 2009

Betty Jo Longley, resident of Holdenville, Oklahoma passed away on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was 79. Betty was born the daughter of J.B. Forbes and Elsie E. Jones Forbes on March 19, 1929 in Talladega, Alabama. She lived in Alabama until she was 12 years old and then the family...

Walter Radabaugh

Walter Radabaugh

Feb 19, 2009

The evening of Thursday, February 19, 2009, Walt Held JoAnnes hand for one last moment, before taking his last earthly breath. Born November 13, 1931, in White County Arkansas, Walter Robert Radabaugh was born the son of Walter E. Radabaugh and Gertrude Franklin Radabaugh. Walt attended schools in Denmark and Brandon, Arkansas, Pleasant Hill and Durant, Oklahoma. At age...

Jesse Leclair, Sr.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...