Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
Recent Obituaries
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...
James Davis
Oct 7, 2018
James Ora Dale Davis of Ponca City passed away Sunday, October 7, 2018 in Twin Falls, Idaho with his loving family by his side. Jim was 79 years of age. He was born July 29, 1939 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Juanita Ruth Foust Davis and adopted by Leon Ronald Davis. Graveside services were held Friday, October 12, 2018...
Darlene Parker
Oct 7, 2018
It is with heavy hearts that the Parker family announces the loss of their beloved matriarch, Darlene Gloria Parker. Darlene lived in Ponca City until her death on Sunday, October 7, 2018. She passed from this world peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was 80 years young. A funeral service will begin at 2:00 p.m. October...
Melanie Specht
Oct 4, 2018
Melanie Jean "Jeanne" Specht longtime Ponca City resident went to be with her heavenly father on October 4, 2018 in Ponca City OK. She was 70 years of age. Jeanne was born on August 31, 1948 in Coffeyville, KS to Tim and Virginia Edinger Duggan. Graveside memorial services will be held 1 p.m. Friday, October 19, 2018 in the...
Brandon Warrior
Oct 2, 2018
Brandon "Bing" Lee Warrior, Sr., resident of Tonkawa, Oklahoma, passed away on October 2, 2018. He was 43 years old. Traditional tribal noon feast, with services to follow, will be held at the Tonkawa Tribal Gym in Tonkawa, Oklahoma on Friday, October 5, 2018. Louis Headman, Jim White, and A.J. Carney will officiate. Burial will follow at the Ponca...
Doris Nix
Oct 1, 2018
Doris Fay Nix, a kind and loving citizen of Ponca City, has joined her father in heaven. She was 88 years young. A memorial Service will be held at Woodlands Christian Church beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 5, 2018. Senior Minister Truman Ferguson will officiate. Fay was born to Johnie Leo Hendley and Mary Nobie Gill Hendley...
Erna Huse
Sep 26, 2018
Erna Lois Huse, age 83, passed away peacefully at her home in Ponca City, Oklahoma on Wednesday, September 26, 2018. Erna Lois (known as "Bucky" to family and friends alike) was born in Malone, Texas on December 3, 1934 to Charlie and Elsie Menix. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to west Texas. Bucky was baptized and confirmed in the...
Jacqueline Payne
Sep 23, 2018
Jacqueline Lynn Payne passed away in the early hours of September 23, 2018. She was only 63 years old. She was born on August 31, 1955 to Marge Sue Vespier Smith and Verlan Smith of Ponca City, Oklahoma. Jackie attended Ponca City High School and had the great honor to be one of the first women to join ROTC...
Tommy Criner
Sep 23, 2018
Tommy Lee Criner left this earth September 23, 2018 at his home in Ponca City. Surrounded by family members who loved him throughout the day, he died peacefully. Tommy and his family were supported by the compassionate care of Humanity Hospice. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 2 p.m. at Resthaven Cemetery in Ponca...
Mildred Gamble
Sep 23, 2018
Mildred Virginia Gamble, June 4, 1927 - September 23, 2018. Mildred was the oldest of three children born in Red Rock, OK, to Harry W. Brown, AKA William Grant, and Faye Talbert Brown. Her mother was Cherokee Indian, and her father was a full-blood Otoe Indian. In 1937 when Mildred was 10 years old, her mother died and her...
John Robedeaux
Sep 20, 2018
John Robedeaux Jr passed away on September 20, 2018 at 2:32 a.m. at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. Traditional funeral services were held on Friday, September 28, 2018 at the Otoe Missouria Tribal Center with burial following at the Otoe Missouria Tribal Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel Funeral Home John was born...
Loren Correll Jr
Sep 19, 2018
Loren Correll Jr. longtime Ponca City resident passed away Wednesday morning, September 19, 2018 in Ponca City with his loving family by his side. He was 94 years of age. Loren was born on August 19, 1924 in Kaw City, OK to Loren Correll Sr and Ella Whitson Correll. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Friday, September 21,...
Alma Cline
Sep 19, 2018
Alma Dean Pope Cline longtime Ponca City resident passed away Wednesday evening, September 19, 2018 in Oklahoma City. She was 88 years of age. She was born October 27, 1929 in Webb City, OK. Alma was the daughter of Celia and Frank Pope. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Monday, September 24, 2018 in the Grace Memorial Chapel...




