Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
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Bettie Fox
Dec 16, 2018
Mrs. Bettie Mae Fox, 89, of Ponca City went to be with her lord on December 16, 2018. Friends are welcome to pay their respects at Grace Memorial Chapel on Friday from from 9-5. A memorial Service will be held for Bettie at the First Baptist Church Chapel in Ponca City on Saturday, December 22, 2:00 p.m. Pastor Mark...
Thomas Miner
Dec 5, 2018
Thomas "Tommy" Miner longtime Ponca City resident passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018 in Oklahoma City with his loving family by his side. He was 68 years of age. He was born on October 30, 1950 in Watonga, OK to Virginia Sammons Miner. Memorial services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, December 15, 2018 in the Ranch Drive Baptist...
Matthew Queen
Dec 3, 2018
MATTHEW ALLEN QUEEN Matthew Allen Queen, Tator to those who are close to him, left his Earthly home December 3rd, 2018 at his home in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Matt was born to Troy and Jerri (Leatherman) Queen on June 3rd, 1992 in Liberal, Kansas. He was raised and attended school in Liberal until his family moved to Ponca City...
Irene Lawson
Dec 1, 2018
Irene Laura Lawson former resident of Ponca City passed away Saturday evening, December 1, 2018 in Oklahoma City. She was 55 years of age. She was born on November 24, 1963 in Pawnee, OK to William and Ruth Warrior Simpson. Funeral services will follow the traditional noon feast and give away will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 4,...
David Shofner
Dec 1, 2018
David Lee Shofner of Marland, Oklahoma, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, December 1, 2018. He was 60 years old. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2018, at Grace Memorial Chapel, 2016 North 14th Street, Ponca City, Oklahoma. David was born on March 22, 1958, to Don and Helen (McMahan) Shofner in Pawhuska,...
Donna Spoons
Dec 1, 2018
Donna Jean Spoons, also known as Petie, resident of Ponca City, Okla., died on Nov. 26, 2018 at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Okla., surrounded by loved ones at the age of 63. Donna was born on July 23, 1955 in Pawhuska, Okla. to Walter and Mary Harriman. She grew up in Pawhuska and graduated from Pawhuska High...
Joey Clark Jr
Nov 30, 2018
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Visitation Tonakwa Gymnasium Tonakwa, OK Sunday, December 2, 2018 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Service Noon Feast Tonkawa Gymnasium Tonkawa, OK Monday, December 3, 2018 Noon Cemetery Tonkawa Tribal Cemetery Tonkawa, OKErma Mendenhall
Nov 28, 2018
Erma Mendenhall former longtime resident of Ponca City passed away in Wichita, KS with her family by her side. She was 99 years of age. Erma was born on April15, 1919 in Elgin, Iowa to Grey and Louise Nydegger Reed. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 3, 2018 in the Sunset Baptist Church with Pastor Matt...
Curtis Lieb
Nov 28, 2018
Curtis Lieb former Ponca City resident passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at his home in Tulsa with his family by his side. He was 90 years of age. Curtis was born October 19, 1928 in Ponca City, OK to Henry and Josephine No Ear Lieb. Traditional Noon feast and give away will be held Saturday, December 1, 2018...
Barbara Newland
Nov 23, 2018
Barbara Jean Newland (Nee Ford) went home to her heavenly resting place on November 23, 2018 in her home surrounded by family. She enjoyed crocheting and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her mother and step father Ruby L and Melvin Watkins, her father Eldon J Ford, her sister Carole...
Wilson Atkins
Nov 19, 2018
Wilson Dale Atkins of Red Rock, OK passed through the gates of heaven on Monday, November 19, 2018. He was 64. A traditional tribal service will be held on Thursday, November 22, 2018. The feast will begin at noon at the Otoe-Missouria Community Building with a giveaway to follow. Tribal graveside services will proceed at the Otoe-Missouria Cemetery in...
Dewey Crain
Nov 18, 2018
Dewey Crain, of Ponca City, went home to be with the Lord and his loved ones Sunday afternoon, November 18, 2018. He was 81 years old. Dewey was born November 22, 1936 to Cecil G. Crain and Blendena C. (Miller) Crain. Dewey attended Ponca City public schools. On October 13, 1954, Dewey married Loretta Delores StandsBlack in Shidler, OK....
Gk Bassett
Nov 15, 2018
GK Bassett longtime Red Rock resident passed away Thursday, November 15, 2018 at his home in Red Rock. He was 74 years of age. GK was born September 26, 1944 in Pawnee, OK to Joe and Genevieve Littlecrow Bassett. Traditional Otoe Missouria services will follow the Noon feast and giveaway Saturday, November 17, 2018 in the Otoe Missouria Tribal...
Dawnell Burgess
Nov 6, 2018
Dawnell Ann Burgess, 66, of Enid, Oklahoma passed away. A traditional Otoe-Missouria tribal service will be held on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at the Otoe-Missouria Tribal Complex in Red Rock. Morning services will begin at 10 a.m., followed by a noon feast with burial around 2:00 p.m. at the Otoe-Missouria Cemetery. The minister Jim White will officiate the service....
Patricia Gammon
Nov 3, 2018
Patricia "Pat" Gammon Longtime Ponca City resident passed away Saturday morning with her loving family by her side. She was 78 years of age. Pat was born on January 4, 1940 to Merl J. Kelly and Rachel A. Wood Kelly in Ponca City, OK. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, November7, 2018 at Grace Memorial Chapel with...
Carolyn Long
Oct 29, 2018
Carolyn Sue Long, longtime resident of Shidler, OK passed away Monday morning in Lindsay, OK. She was 80 years of age. Carolyn was born August 7, 1938 in Shidler, OK to Olin "Dick" Farrar and Ruby Bray Farrar. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday, November 2, 2018 in the Shidler First Christian Church with Pastor Ron Kirk...
Maynard Taylor
Oct 25, 2018
Maynard ("Bean") McKinley Taylor, 81, returned home Thursday, October 25, 2018 and is now with his sweetheart, Ella Mae, who preceded him in death. He died due to complications of age. He was living in Ocean Springs MS, with his daughter Bettina, but was hospitalized in Meadeville, MS at the time of his passing. He was tall and skinny...

Willis Lockwood
Oct 14, 2018
Willis Lockwood passed through the gates of heaven on Sunday, October 14, 2018. He was 64 years old. HE was born on September 6, 1954 in Arkansas City, Kansas to MR Byron Harold Lockwood, Sr. and MRs Gail Evelyn Watson (Lockwood) Kahler. A resident of Ponca City, he enjoyed making guitars, song writing and internet radio tinkering. Willis graduated...
Carolyn Sauzek
Oct 13, 2018
Earth lost a beautiful soul to heaven on Saturday, October 13th, 2018. Carolyn Sauzek was born on October 18, 1941 to Evelene and Carroll Donley in Oxford, KS. She spent much of her childhood on the farm enjoying her time outdoors and riding horses. She graduated from Oxford High School in 1959, and it was there she met the...
Evelyn Rahn
Oct 11, 2018
Evelyn Jean Bussey Golay Rahn, age 80 went to be with her Lord on Thursday, October 11, 2018 in her home at Kaw Lake surrounded by her family. A private celebration of life will be held at a later date in her honor. Cremation has been effected. Evelyn was born in Ponca City, OK on January 11, 1938. She...