Oct 27, 2008

Margaret Delorous Bonner Chappell, resident of Newkirk, formerly of Shidler, OK, passed away on October 27, 2008 at the age of 86 years old at the Newkirk Nursing Center. Born February 7, 1922 to Katie Mae Auld Bonner and Clarence F. Bonner in the old town of Dilworth, Oklahoma. She received her education in the Dilworth Schools, where she...

Oct 26, 2008

Oct 26, 2008

Thelma R. Buffalohead, longtime resident of the Ponca City area, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 85. Thelma was born December 26, 1922 near Ponca City, the daughter of Thomas Roy and Lizzie Makes Cloud Roy. She received her education in the Pawnee Schools. She was married to Thurman Buffalohead on...

Oct 20, 2008

Zelma Irene Sneed Cauthon, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Monday, October 20, 2008. She was 77. Zelma was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma to Tom and Lillian Lola Brown Sneed on May 20, 1931. She attended Lone Chimney Grade School and Pawnee High School. She met Virgil Sam Cauthon in Pawnee, Oklahoma and they were married on February...

Oct 20, 2008

Emma Jane Jeannie Robbins, resident of Marland, Oklahoma passed away on Monday, October 20, 2008 at her home surrounded by family. She was 71. Jeannie was born the daughter of Harry Menkhoff and Jessie Elizabeth Mercer Menkhoff in Liverpool, Ohio on March 30, 1937. On September 20, 1955 she married Bill Robbins in Ponca City, Oklahoma, and to this...

Oct 17, 2008

Cameron Kamoo Page, resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, October 17, 2008 at St. Anthonys Hospital surrounded by his family. He was 57. Cameron was born the son of Virgil Page and Nellie Bonnie Kent McElroy on January 30, 1951 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He grew up in Ponca City, Oklahoma and graduated from Concho Indian School....

Oct 15, 2008

Oneita Underwood Gargiulo, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. She was 88. Oneita was born to Thomas Lee Underwood and Betsy Beulla Patterson Underwood on January 27, 1920 in Talihina, Oklahoma. Oneita married Anthony Angelo Gargiulo on October 27, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York where the couple made their home. She was employed as...

Oct 14, 2008

Alvin A.C. Calhoun Holmes Jr., resident of Ponca City, passed away on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 84. Alvin was born on November 16, 1923 to Alvin Calhoun Holmes Sr. and Alpha Ward Pugh Holmes in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A.C. served in the United States Army in Germany during WWII and...

Oct 11, 2008

Roy James Long Jr., resident of Shidler, passed away Saturday, October 11, 2008 at St. Anthonys Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was 84. Roy was born April 22, 1924 in Pershing, Oklahoma, the son of Roy James Long Sr. and Johnnie Mabel Sigler Long. He was a graduate of Nowata High School. Immediately after high school, in May of...

Oct 2, 2008

Joe Lynn Presson, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Thursday morning, October 2, 2008 at the Integris Blackwell Regional Hospital. He was 72. Joe was born November 25, 1935 in Ponca City, the son of Charles Presson and Imogene Strouse Presson. He was a 1954 graduate of Ponca City High School. Joe entered the United States Army on...

Oct 1, 2008

Ruth Warrior Simpson, resident of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2008 in Wichita, Kansas. She was 72. Ruth was born February 24, 1936 on the Ponca Indian Reservation, the daughter of Amos Mitchell Warrior and Irene LeClair Warrior. She was a 1955 graduate of Ponca City High School and was the first person in Ponca City High...

Sep 30, 2008

Fran Garrison, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 80. Fran was born on January 25, 1928 in Ponca City, the daughter of Guy Lane and Bessie Edmiston Lane. She attended Ponca City schools and after graduation, art school in Kansas City. She married Jeff Garrison on...

Sep 27, 2008

Marilyn Sue Gregg, resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, September 27, 2008 at Westminster Village. She was 66. Sue was born November 20, 1941 in McAlester, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles W. Crane and Ruth Whiteing Crane. She was a 1959 graduate of Ponca City High School. She was married to Delbert Gregg in October of 1960 at...

Sep 27, 2008

Jo Celestine Swanson Wiehle, longtime rural Ralston resident, passed away Saturday, September 27, 2008 at her home. She was 82. Jo was born January 17, 1926 in Kaw City, the daughter of Joseph Newton Newt Swanson and Maudie Fronkier Swanson. She moved with her family as a child to the Little Chief community and was a graduate of Fairfax...

Sep 25, 2008

Linda June Delaney, former resident of Ponca City, died Thursday morning, Sept. 25, 2008, in Birmingham, Ala. She was 61. Funeral will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at IOOF Cemetery. Service will be officiated by David Frees of St. Luke's Nazarene Church. The family will hold a visitation at Grace Memorial Chapel Monday...

Sep 22, 2008

Helena Orpah Primeaux Walkingsky, longtime resident of the Ponca City community, passed away Monday, September 22, 2008 at the Willow Haven Nursing Home in Tonkawa. She was 76. Helena was born July 28, 1932 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Homer Primeaux and Alice Grant Primeaux. She attended the Pawnee and Chilocco Schools. She was married to Charles Paul...

Sep 20, 2008

Jonathan Jon Boy Lane Powell, resident of Ponca City, passed away early Saturday morning on September 20, 2008. He was 15. Jonathan whose name means gift of God was born the son of Elvin Lee Powell and Lysetta Earlene McGill Powell in Ponca City, Oklahoma on October 15, 1992. He attended Kildare Elementary School and was a sophomore at...

Sep 20, 2008

Howard L. Hoot Buxton, longtime resident of Fairfax, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008 in Select Specialty Hospital located in St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa. He was 88. Howard was born April 28, 1920 in Claremore, Oklahoma, the son of Wills P. Buxton and Ida Alice Beathe Buxton. He received his education in the Fairfax schools. As a young man...

Sep 19, 2008

Betty Ann Adams, resident of Ponca City, passed away on September 19, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 60. Betty was born the daughter of Jack Odell Hutchison and Helen Marie Riley Hutchison on May 23, 1948 in Fairfax, Oklahoma. She grew up in Fairfax and attended Fairfax Public Schools. On January 22, 1965 she married...

Sep 15, 2008

Velma Louise Jones, resident of Ponca City, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 15, 2008 the same day in September her mother died 45 years earlier. She was surrounded by her loving family. Velma was given the name Mii Ma Shin meaning rising moon and was born the daughter of Narcissus Pensoneau and Elizabeth Littlecook Pensoneau Hernandez on January...