Obituaries

Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

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Mary Hendrickson

Mary Hendrickson

Dec 23, 2008

Mary A. Hendrickson, formerly of Ponca City, died on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Silverado Senior Living in Plano, Texas where she resided the past five years to be close to family. She was 89. Mary was the only child born to Joseph Alexander Biggs and Mary Catherine Dues Biggs. She was born on May 8, 1919 in Bartlesville,...

Thomas Terry

Thomas Terry

Dec 18, 2008

Thomas Daniel Terry, resident of Ponca City, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2008 at his home. He was 56. Thomas was born July 24, 1952 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the son of Thomas Terry and Marie Capps Terry. His early education was in the Pawhuska Schools. He enlisted in the United States Army on August 4, 1972 and served a...

Betty Walker

Betty Walker

Dec 14, 2008

Betty Jo Walker, resident of Ponca City passed away on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. Betty was born the daughter of James Dennis Wright and Fannie Audrey Roby Wright in Ponca City, Oklahoma. She grew up in Ponca City and attended Ponca City High School. Betty operated the Community Building elevator for over 14...

Fern Freeman

Fern Freeman

Dec 11, 2008

Fern Jeanette Freeman, resident of Ponca City passed away on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 85. Fern was born the daughter of Walter Lee Freeman and Anna Jergens Freeman on July 6, 1923 in Rural Noble County near Red Rock. She grew up on a farm south of town receiving...

Gale Pemberton

Gale Pemberton

Dec 9, 2008

Gale Ray Pemberton, resident of Blackwell, died Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at Integris Blackwell Regional Hospital. He was 61. Gale was born the son of Coy Ray Pemberton and Dorothy Mae Bradford Pemberton on April 27, 1947 in Blackwell, Oklahoma. He grew up in both Blackwell and Ponca City and graduated from Ponca City High School. He was a...

Juanita Payne

Juanita Payne

Dec 5, 2008

Juanita Pearl DeLodge Payne, longtime resident of the Ponca City area, passed away Friday, December 5, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 72 years of age. Juanita was born January 24, 1936 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Baptiste DeLodge and Lizzie Hairyback DeLodge. She attended the Pawnee Indian School. In earlier years Juanita was a...

Virginia Shook

Virginia Shook

Dec 4, 2008

Virginia Jean Shook, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Thursday evening, December 4, 2008 at her home. She was 83. Virginia was born September 12, 1925 in rural Ponca City, the daughter of Fred Hunt and Laura Catherine Pruett Hunt. She attended the rural McCord and Peters School. She was married to Leo Dale Shook on March 18,...

Wanda Weidman

Wanda Weidman

Dec 3, 2008

Wanda Elaine Weidman, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away, Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at the Shawn Manor Nursing Center. She was 81. Wanda was born July 31, 1927 in McKinney, Texas, the daughter of M.S. Odle and Ruby Miller Odle. She received her early education in the McKinney area schools. She moved to the Ponca City community in...

Candy Hurst

Candy Hurst

Nov 28, 2008

Candy Jo Hurst, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Friday, November 28, 2008 in Ponca City. She was 40. Candy was born the daughter of Max Hale and Georgie Mae Murphy on July 10, 1968 in Liberal, Kansas. At a young age she moved to Guymon, Oklahoma where she attended school. She later moved to Ponca City in...

Boyd Morgan

Boyd Morgan

Nov 27, 2008

Boyd William Morgan, resident of Enid, Oklahoma passed away on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at St. Anthonys Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was 78. Boyd was born the son of Scott Morgan and Maudie House Morgan on September 15, 1930 in Webb City, Oklahoma. He grew up in the Shidler, Oklahoma area and graduated from Shidler High School. At...

Tara Overland

Tara Overland

Nov 24, 2008

Tara Barnett Overland, former resident of Ponca City, passed away Monday, November 24, 2008 in Dallas, Texas. She was 30. Tara was born November 30, 1977, the daughter of Terry Barnett and Teresa Elaine Jones Barnett. She attended the Ponca City Schools and completed her GED. She was married to Frank Overland on October 24, 1991 in Ponca City....

Esther Bolding

Esther Bolding

Nov 22, 2008

Esther Grace Bolding, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2008 at her home. She was 87. Esther was born May 28, 1921 in Ponca City, the daughter of John Henry Buser and Doris Anna Heinze Buser. She was a 1939 graduate of Ponca City High School. She was married to Lloyd K. Smith on August...

Lauren Simmons

Lauren Simmons

Nov 21, 2008

Lauren Junior Shorty Simmons, resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday, November 21, 2008 at Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 76. Lauren was born the son of Lauren J. Simmons, Sr. and Henrietta Olston Simmons on April 24, 1932 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. He served in the Korean War with the Ponca City 45th Division. After...

Luther West

Luther West

Nov 21, 2008

Luther Romines West, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Friday, November 21, 2008 at Westminster Village. He was 87. Luther was born the son of Frank Everett West and Louise Romines West on February 15, 1921 in Raymondville, Missouri. In 1927, the family moved to Oklahoma and Luther attended and then graduated from Ponca City High School in...

Louise Gawhega

Louise Gawhega

Nov 18, 2008

Louise Gawhega, resident of Ponca City, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. She was 70. Louise was born the daughter of Sidney PooreHorse and Jeanette Primeaux PooreHorse on February 4, 1938 in Pawnee, Oklahoma at Pawnee Indian Hospital. She was reared and educated in Marland, Oklahoma. She graduated from Marland High School and then...

Logan Leroy

Logan Leroy

Nov 10, 2008

The precious life of our relative, Logan Henry LeRoy passed on to our Heavenly paradise on November 10, 2008 in Oklahoma City. He was 48. Logan was born March 25, 1960 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Henry Logan and Evelyn Snake LeRoy. Logan attended the McKinley Elementary School and East Jr. High School of Ponca City before attending...

Raymond Bivin

Raymond Bivin

Nov 5, 2008

Raymond L. Bivin, resident of Shidler, died Wednesday, November 5, 2008, at his home. He was 78 years of age. Raymond was born on November 27, 1929, in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Ferrel C. and Margaret E. Dewitt Bivin. The family moved to Shidler when he was two years old, where he graduated from Shidler High School in...

Hope Sober

Hope Sober

Nov 5, 2008

Nancy Hope Sober, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at Westminster Village. She was 83. Hope was born January 4, 1925 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Tom Smith and Mai M. Carter Smith. She was inducted into the United States Navy on July 3, 1945 and served as a Navy Wave as a...

Evelyn Newman

Evelyn Newman

Nov 4, 2008

Evelyn M. Newman, lifelong resident of Ponca City community, passed away Tuesday, November 4, 2008 in Stillwater. She was 93. Evelyn was born December 10, 1914 in Ponca City, the daughter of Michael Seigler and Emma Deda Seigler. She attended the Ponca City Schools. She was married to Lloyd V. Newman on November 22, 1945 in Ponca City. She...

Donald Davis

Donald Davis

Nov 4, 2008

Donald Claude Davis, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 72. Don was born August 21, 1936 in Ponca City, the son of Cole Thomas Davis and Sophie Cobb Davis. He was a 1954 graduate of Ponca City High School and in that same year...