Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
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Jennifer Jean Willard
Nov 10, 2023
Jennifer “Jenny” Willard (Kekahbah), age 57, of Newkirk passed away Friday November 10, 2023 at 6pm surrounded by family. She was a Newkirk High School graduate in 1984. Jenny was an athlete to say the least. Basketball being her sport of choice through her school days. After graduating she enjoyed many leisure activities including slow pitch softball, bowling, fishing and...
Thomas Baconrind
Nov 8, 2023
Thomas Scott Baconrind passed in Ponca City, Oklahoma on November 8, 2023. He was born January 20, 1948, in Ponca City, Oklahoma to George and Gladys (Coleman) Baconrind. He was a great-grandson of Chief Baconrind. He began life in Newkirk, Oklahoma with his parents and brother, Andy. The family moved to Kansas when he was a small child. ...
Nancy Hursh
Nov 8, 2023
Nancy Joyce Hursh (Smith, Lawrence, Skibbe) passed away November 8th in Weatherford, OK after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born May 20, 1937 to Wayne T. and Ethel [Stubblefield] Smith in Ponca City Oklahoma. As a young child she had six Shetland ponies. She entered every parade with them either pulling a covered wagon or cart. Following the...
Lucy Kent
Nov 7, 2023
Lucy Linda Murie Kent, 83, of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, November 7th, 2023, with family. She was born August 24, 1940, to Frank Crowmeat & Avis (Rice) Murie, in Pawnee, OK. She was a full blood member of the Pawnee Nation from the Chaui & Skidi Bands. She grew up in Pawnee, OK and attended Chilocco Indian School where...
Belvadora Kay Clinton
Nov 7, 2023
Belvadora (Kay) Clinton, 81, beloved Mother, grandmother, and sister, was called to her eternal resting place on November 7, 2023. She entered this world on April 25, 1942, in Ponca City, Oklahoma, born to Henry and Belvadora Loraine McAlester Sanders.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, November 13, 2023, in the Free Will Baptist Church with Pastor Adam...
Ramon Galindo-Moreno
Nov 2, 2023
Ramon Galindo-Moreno, 86, beloved Husband, grandfather, and great grandfather, was called to his eternal resting place on November 2, 2023. He entered this world on July 30, 1937, in Hildalgo de Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico, born to Ramon Galindo and Concepcion Moreno.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, November 6, 2023, in Grace Memorial Chapel of Ponca City,...
Barbara Gamble
Nov 1, 2023
Barbara Gamble, 75, beloved mother and grandmother, was called to her eternal resting place on November 1, 2023 in Alva, Oklahoma. She entered this world on April 10, 1948 in Chester, Pennsylvania, born to John and Jean (Grucela) Fitz.
She attended Notre Dame High School in Moylan, Pennsylvania and graduated with the class of 1966. Later, she met and...
Jerry Dean Brown, Sr.
Oct 24, 2023
After a lengthy and strong battle with dementia, Jerry gained his angel wings at his home in Ponca City, OK. He was 80 years old.
Jerry Dean Brown, Sr. was born on February 19, 1943 in Ponca City, OK. He is the thirteenth child, the fifth son of Hubert Owen and Dora (Eaton) Brown. Jerry graduated from Ponca City High...
Bonnie Joyce Estes
Oct 24, 2023
Bonnie Estes, 84, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, passed peacefully in her sleep on October 24, 2023, surrounded by her family at home.
A funeral service will be held at 10:30 Friday, October 27, 2023, at Grace Memorial Chapel with family officiating. A private family burial will be held at Nash Cemetery on a later date.
Bonnie was born in Massac...
Donna Marie Steenburgh
Oct 20, 2023
Donna Marie Steenburgh (McDonald), known to most as Nana, passed away at her home on the evening of October 20, 2023 at the age of 73.
Donna was born in Victorville, CA and moved to Modesto, CA at the age of 2. At 16, she met the love of her life, Bill Steenburgh, at church in February 1966 and married...
Leona Anderson
Oct 20, 2023
Leona Anderson, 95, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother passed away on October 20, 2023.
Leona was born on June 27, 1928, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, to Martin L. Collins and Ethel M. Potts Collins. Leona began her love of cooking at the age of nine on a homemade oven built by her dad, while her family was living in Arizona...
Norma Jeanne Allen
Oct 9, 2023
Good-bye Norma Jeanne ~Obituary for Norma Jeanne Allen prepared by Norma Jeanne Allen
Norma Jeanne Barbee Allen was born in Afton, Oklahoma, July 11, 1924, to William H. Barbee and Maude Mann Barbee. She was the youngest of three children, brother, John Wesley and sister, Madeline.
She had wonderful Christian parents who took their children to Sunday School,...
Lamont Brown II
Oct 5, 2023
Lamont “NDN” Brown II, son of Mava and Eugene Brown and husband of the late Mary Martha Warrior Brown passed away in his home on October 5, 2023. Lamont’s paternal grandparents were the well known Ponca traditional singer Lamont Brown and Sadie NoEar. His maternal grandparents were Ed Roy and Beulah Roy.
Lamont was nicknamed “NDN” when he was a...
Lavera Middlebusher
Oct 4, 2023
Lavera Middlebusher, 94, beloved Mother, grandmother, great grandmother, & great, great grandmother. and sister, was called to her eternal resting place on October 4, 2023. She entered this world on May 1, 1929, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, born to Rora Reese and Marguerite Berry Reese.
Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 13, 2023, at Grace Memorial Chapel with...
Lizzie Roy
Oct 3, 2023
Lizzie Michelle Roy, born on February 19, 1971, peacefully passed away on October 3, 2023, at her residence in Ponca City, OK, at the age of 52. Lizzie was a beloved daughter, mother, grandmother, and friend who brought joy and laughter to all who knew her.
Lizzie had a zest for life and cherished the simple pleasures it offered. She...
Emilson Amon Kerong
Sep 30, 2023
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Winter Moon Dowell
Sep 30, 2023
Winter was born on January 24, 2023 in Stillwater, Oklahoma to the parents of Christianna Hernandez and Robert Dowell. Winter went from her mama’s arms on earth to her father’s arms in Heaven on September 30, 2023. She was in Children’s Mercy in Kansas City, Missouri, due to a liver transplant.
Everyone who knew Winter knows she loved to yell...
Un Su (Jay) Hudson
Sep 28, 2023
Un Su (Jay) Hudson, 84, of Ponca City, passed away on September 28th, 2023 while surrounded by loved ones. Jay was born on January 10th, 1939 in Chung Nam, Korea to her parents Jung Ha, Lee and Si Bak, An. Jay met her husband Richard when he was stationed in Korea while serving in the United States military. They were...
Robert W. McWhorter
Sep 28, 2023
Robert W. McWhorter was born September 29, 1924, and died one day before his 99th birthday.
Robert was born to Walter William and Florence Wright McWhorter on Sept. 29, 1924, in Okemah. His mother died when he was young and his aunt Ethel McWhorter Grimma Johnson raised he and his older brother Mac. Robert attended Roosevelt Elementary, Ponca City...
Ben Waters
Sep 27, 2023
Benjamin Paul Waters was born on February 25, 1983, in Ponca City, Oklahoma to the parents of Denise Roughface and Charlie Waters. Benjamin passed away on September 27, 2023. Everyone who knew Benjamin knew how much he loved praising and worshipping the Lord, the Dallas Cowboys, reading his Bible, being active in his recovery, helping anyone in need, and...
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