Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
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Shirley Meadows
Jul 18, 2008
Shirley M. Meadows, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday, July 18, 2008 at the Ponca City Nursing Rehabilitation Center with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren at her side. She was 73. Shirley was born July 25, 1934 in Ponca City, the daughter of Lee Harvey Hicks and Helen Bernice Cline Hicks. She received her education and...

Gary Gillespie
Jul 17, 2008
Gary Lee Gillespie, resident of Ponca City, went to be with our Lord, Thursday, July 17, 2008. He was 57. Gary was born August 13, 1950 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the son of Gerold Lee Gillespie and Rosalee Mayes Gillespie. Shortly after his birth his family moved to Ponca City where he attended school and remained a resident for the...

Levi Crawford
Jul 16, 2008
Levi Others Crawford, former resident of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2008 in the Muskogee Nursing Center. He was 78. Levi was born November 20, 1929 in Ponca City, the son of Bessie Others Pappan. Levi served his country in the United States Army. In earlier years he was employed as a laborer in the construction business....

Eva French
Jul 15, 2008
Eva French, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at the Westminster Village Nursing Center. She was 97. Eva was born June 30, 1911 at Haney, Oklahoma, the daughter of Frank James and Jennie Caulkins James. She received her early education in the Yale, Oklahoma schools. She was married to Paul Robert French on December...

Charles Bond
Jul 14, 2008
Charles Allen Chuck Bond, resident of rural Ponca City, passed away Monday, July 14, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 53. Chuck was born January 26, 1955 in Inglewood, California, the son of Orville Bond and Alice Geneva Jackson Bond. He received his early schooling in the Ponca City schools prior to attending Northern Oklahoma College...

Ron Fossen
Jul 12, 2008
Ronald Charles Fossen Sr., longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2008 at his home. He was 68. Ron was born July 20, 1939 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the son of Orley E. Fossen and Charlotte Fulmer Fossen. He was married to Mary Ann Mattos on September 24, 1989. Mary preceded him in death on...

Joann Kelsey
Jul 11, 2008
JoAnn Kelsey, resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday, July 11, 2008 at the Ponca City Nursing Home. She was 77. JoAnn was born the daughter of Amos Lee Work and Addie Ivon Gerard in Oilton, Oklahoma on February 14, 1931. She grew up in Oilton where she was the pianist at the Baptist Church, her school, and various...

Betty Daugherty
Jul 11, 2008
Betty J. Daugherty, long time resident of Ponca City, passed away on Friday, July 11, 2008 at St. Mary's Hospital in Enid, Oklahoma. She was 77 years old. Betty was born on October 28, 1930 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Warren Henry Lamm and Eva Mae Hurlbet Lamm. She attended schools in Ponca City, Kildare...

Carla Bales
Jul 8, 2008
Carla Ann Annie Hodges Bales, resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 34. Carla was born March 27, 1974 in Ponca City, the daughter of Vickie and J.D. Stephenson and Carl Hodges. She was raised in the area and graduated from Ponca City High School with the class...

Edward Swygert
Jul 8, 2008
Edward Swygert, longtime Ponca City resident, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 8, 2008. He was 88 years old. He will be deeply missed by his wife, children and grandchildren. His grandchildren had several special names for him from; Dee Dee, Big Daddy, Pops, to PaPa, he was very much loved. Edward...

Bernice Selvey
Jul 8, 2008
Bernice Louise Keeler Selvey, resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 71. Bernice was born on March 10, 1937 on a farm west of Fairfax, Oklahoma daughter of Chester Otis Keeler and Esta Martha Murrell Keeler. She was raised in both Fairfax and Burbank Oklahoma. She attended Burbank...

Barbara Oswalt
Jul 8, 2008
Barbara Jean Oswalt, resident of Ponca City passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 79. Barbara was born the daughter of Alfred Medley and Margaret Lillian Darby Medley in Tonkawa, Oklahoma on January 5, 1929. She grew up in Tonkawa and graduated from Tonkawa High School. She was employed at the...

Betty Elliott
Jul 7, 2008
Betty J. Elliott, longtime resident of the Fairfax Community, passed away Monday, July 7, 2008 at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. She was 79. Betty was born January 10, 1929 in Bristow, Oklahoma, the daughter of Lee Files and Wilma McCory Files. She moved with her family to the Fairfax area at the age of one. At a young...

Mary Phipps
Jul 7, 2008
Mary Alice Phipps, longtime Ponca City area resident, passed away Monday, July 7, 2008 at the Shawn Manor Nursing Center. She was 76. Mary was born March 22, 1932 in Kaw City, Oklahoma, the daughter of John D. Bain and Fern M. Fox Bain. She received her early education in the Uncas area schools. She was married to Alfred...

Ella Hinkle
Jul 5, 2008
Ella Mae Hinkle, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, July 5, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 90. Ella Mae was born May 9, 1918 in Park Hill, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ned Still and Myrtle Nave Still. She was raised at Park Hill and attended the Chilocco Indian School. Ella Mae was a...

Harry Blueback Iii
Jul 5, 2008
Harry Walter Blueback III Wana'p'azi, pronounced wah-nonh-pah-zhee and means not afraid, passed away Saturday, July 5, 2008 near Kaw Lake. He was 22. Harry was born August 1, 1985 at Ponca City, the son of Harry Walter Blueback and Rosetta Primeaux Blueback. Harry attended the Garfield Elementary School, West Middle School, East Jr. High School, Ponca City High School...

Agnes Holt
Jul 5, 2008
Agnes Holt was born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma on May 25, 1922. She was 86 years old when she went to her lord, on Saturday, July 5, 2008. She was the oldest child of Irvin and Rillie Eatherly Mayo. As a young child, her parents moved from Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, to the River Route area between Fairfax and Ponca...

Warren Faulk
Jun 24, 2008
Warren Lee Faulk, resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at his home surrounded by his family. He was 55. Warren was born the son of Billy George Faulk and Lillian Lee Huddleston Faulk on December 8, 1952 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. He grew up in Ponca City and graduated from Ponca City High School in...

Mary Felty
Jun 24, 2008
Mary A. Felty, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 79. Mary was born January 14, 1919 in Humphries, Oklahoma, the daughter of William Andrew Buck and Cora Elizabeth Harrington Buck. She attended the Humphries area grade school. She was married to J.C. Felty on...