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Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

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Waylon Ray Jimboy

Waylon Ray Jimboy

May 30, 2024

Waylon Ray Jimboy, 26, born on February 24, 1998, to Carrie and Alan Jimboy, was taken too soon on May 30, 2024, at his home in Tulsa, OK.

 Waylon enjoyed playing video games, watching anime, spending time with family and eating. He also loved rotating his tires instead of buying new ones; And changing the wrong brake pads. Lol... 

 To cherish his...

Clairene Arkeketa

Clairene Arkeketa

May 30, 2024

Clairene CrazyBear Arkeketa, age 88, was called home to be with our lord and savior on May 30th, 2024. Clairene is a proud member of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma and was born March 29, 1936, to Nora and Perry CrazyBear of Ponca City. In 1955 Clairene was married to Alfred (T-Bone) Arkeketa and shortly after they had children –...

Bessie Brown

Bessie Brown

May 29, 2024

Bess Agnes (Phelps) Brown passed into rest on May 29th, 2024. She was residing at Shawn Manor Nursing Home for the final portion of her time with us. Bess was born to her loving parents Robert Earl Phelps and Bessie Agnes (Hawkins) Phelps on April 2nd, 1939 in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

Bess moved from Ponca City to Tryon, Oklahoma, Carney, Oklahoma,...

Joan Faken

Joan Faken

May 26, 2024

Joan Sophronia Ratliff Faken passed on to be with the Lord on May 26th, 2024, in Bloomington, Minnesota. Joan was born to loving parents Lee Thurman Ratliff and Carrie (Smith, Simmons) Ratliff in Ponca City, Oklahoma on December 20th, 1933. Joan grew up in Ponca City, and attended Ponca City schools, graduating in 1952 from Po-High. Shortly after graduating she...

Russell Crawford

Russell Crawford

May 23, 2024

Russell Crawford graduated with the class of 1981 at Ponca City High School after attending Garfield East Junior High. He was a proud member of the Big Blue Marching band playing the tuba. Russell also dabbled in playing the trumpet. 

Russell’s greatest passion was for photography. He was the owner of his own photography business Russell’s Photography, it all started at...

Tony McCombs

Tony McCombs

May 20, 2024

In loving memory of Tony McCombs, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and brother who passed away on May 20, 2024, in Ponca City, Oklahoma, at the age of 84. He was born on May 31, 1939, in Fairview, IL, to Charles and Bonnie (Edwards) McCombs.

He was a member of the United States Air Force for 4 years and after his...

Jacob Ramirez

Jacob Ramirez

May 18, 2024

Jacob Matthew Ramirez, 31, passed away May 18, 2024 in Enid, Oklahoma. He was born on February 27, 1993, to Yrineo Ismale Ramirez and Jo Elaine (Beebe) Winsett, in Enid, Oklahoma.

Jacob was a masonry bricklayer, a father, and a friend. He took great pride in his native heritage and loved his Tonkawa Tribe. His greatest joy was found in family...

Michelle Hoffman

Michelle Hoffman

May 17, 2024

Michelle Eileen (Sarchet) Hoffman passed away peacefully in Ponca City, Oklahoma on May 17, 2024, at the age of 76.  She was born April 7, 1948, in Wellington, KS to Henry and Eileen Sarchet.  She graduated as the Valedictorian of Midwest City High School in May of 1966.  Later she graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Secretarial Administration degree....

Danny Alexander

Danny Alexander

May 16, 2024

Danny Ray Alexander, 69, of Shidler passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2024. He was born to Bill and Ruth Meyer Alexander on Sept. 17, 1954, in Borger, TX.

Danny grew up in Phillips Camp, Shidler, and graduated with the class of 1972. After high school Danny went to Okmulgee Tech, graduating with a mechanics degree. After college, Danny worked for...

Helen L. Cook

Helen L. Cook

May 8, 2024

Helen L. Cook passed away at her home on May 8, 2024, she was 88 years of age. Born August 1, 1935, she was the third of eleven children born to Azem and Florence Gee Lawson.

Helen grew up in the Osage of Ponca City and she met the love of her life Emery F. Cook, and they were married September...

Lauri De'Ann Lopez

Lauri De'Ann Lopez

May 7, 2024

Lauri De’Ann Lopez, 59, formerly of Enid, Oklahoma, traveled the path of her undeterred journey from this formidable world on her celestial passage into the heavens on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024, in the early afternoon at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri after her unforeseen and impetuous, yet valiant battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. 

Born April 13th, 1965, in Kingfisher,...

William Ray Thomas

William Ray Thomas

May 7, 2024

William Ray Thomas, known to many as Woody Thomas, passed away on May 7th, 2024, at the age of 65. William was born in Riverside, California to parent Paul Thomas and Ruth (Silky) Thomas on August 6th, 1958.

William and his family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma when he was 6 years old in 1964. William met his beautiful bride Sonja Kaye...

Ruby (Raelene) Brown

Ruby (Raelene) Brown

May 1, 2024

Ruby (Raelene) Brown went to be with Jesus on May 1, 2024. She was 93 years old. Raelene was born April 30, 1931, to James Raymond Nichols and Emma Eleanor (Voegeli) Nichols.

Raelene graduated from Covington High School in 1949, where she played basketball, softball and was a cheerleader all through high school. Her senior year she was invited to join...

Victor Bradley

Victor Bradley

Apr 30, 2024

Victor Bradley, 74, beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Brother, was called to his eternal resting place on April 30, 2024. He entered this world on April 15, 1950, in Ponca City, OK, born to Thomas W. and Marjorie L. Rowe Bradley.

Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024, 11:30 a.m., in the Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation...

Katherine Headman Duncum

Katherine Headman Duncum

Apr 19, 2024

Katherine Duncum, 84, of Midwest City, OK went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 19, 2024, at William Newton Memorial Hospital in Winfield, KS.

Katherine was born to Hoskie Woody and Inez Big Thumb on the top of Black Mesa, AZ on April 4, 1940.  She is a member of the Navajo (Dine’) Tribe, and her clan was Deeshchii’ne....

Stephen Wayne Struble

Stephen Wayne Struble

Apr 13, 2024

Stephen Wayne (Steve) Struble of Ponca City, Oklahoma, passed away on April 13, 2024. He was 70 years old. Steve was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma to John Emmitt Struble and Lorene (Wilkerson) Struble on June 24th, 1953.

He started his education at Garfield School and later on at McCord after the family house burned to the ground, then on to...

Gilbert Henry Rippe

Gilbert Henry Rippe

Apr 9, 2024

Gilbert Henry Rippe of Newkirk, Oklahoma was born on June 12, 1948 and left this earth for his heavenly home on April 9, 2024.  He was 75 years old.  

Gilbert was the son of Edwin and Malinda Rippe.  He grew up loving the country life and tormenting his little sissy, Joyce. He was a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church...

Steven Antoine Floyd Roy

Steven Antoine Floyd Roy

Apr 6, 2024

Steven Antoine Floyd Roy, lovingly known as "Chubbs", 38, passed away on April 6, 2024, in Oklahoma City, OK. He was born on August 30, 1985, in Ponca City, OK to Steven Roy and Althena LeRoy. He was raised by his great-grandparents Floyd and Ida Little Raven, who called him "Dude", until their death. He then went to live with...

Sabin Kaell Green

Sabin Kaell Green

Apr 4, 2024

Sabin Kaell Green, 47, passed away peacefully at home in Wichita, Kansas on April 4, 2024, where he was surrounded by his loved ones every day. He was of the Ponca, Otoe, and Kickapoo tribes. From his Ponca side, he is a descendant from the Howe and Headman family; from his Otoe side, he is a descendant from the Charles...