Richard Becker

Jan 9, 2018

Richard J. Becker died January 9, 2018 at Blackwell, OK . He was 72 years of age. Richard was born on June 3, 1945 at St. Louis, MO., the son of Kenneth Bernard Becker and Celeste Gertrude (Kreutz) Becker Vaclavik. He worked at Smith Tool in Ponca City, OK for a number of years until his retirement. He was...

Patricia Hasenfratz

Jan 7, 2018

Patricia Ann "Pat" Hasenfratz longtime Ponca City resident went to be with the love of her life, Tom on January 7, 2018 with her daughter by her side. She was 75 years of age. Pat was born on April 9, 1942 in Ponca City, OK to J.T. and Tressa Wright Carter. Pat attended the Ponca City School system and...

Gale Prather

Jan 5, 2018

Gale D. Prather, life-long Ponca City resident, died Friday afternoon, January 5, 2018 at his home, Legend at Jefferson's Garden in Oklahoma City. He was 91, one month shy of his 92nd birthday. Graveside committal services for family and friends will be held at 2:00 Friday, January 12, 2018 at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery. A memorial service will follow...

Jerelean Hurd

Jan 5, 2018

Jerelean M. Hurd, lifelong resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday morning, January 5th, 2018. She was 90 years of age. Funeral service will be held at the Hartford Avenue Church of Christ with Don Huddleston officiating. The service will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 9, 2018. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction...

Gloria Gordon

Dec 30, 2017

Gloria A. Gordon entered the kingdom of heaven on Saturday, December 30, 2017. She was 66 years old. She was born at Guthrie on August 13, 1951. Gloria had two brothers and one sister. She graduated from Guthrie High School. Gloria went on to further her education at Langston University where she obtained a Bachelor's degree in business. In...

Sylvia Hare

Dec 30, 2017

Sylvia Jean Hare age 81, passed away Saturday December 30, 2017. Jean was born in Kennett, Missouri on November 26, 1936 to Henry and Lena Mae Turner. She was the youngest of six kids. Jean married Joe Mankins in 1952. To this union came two children Butch and Martha Jean. She later married Bill Dowell in 1962. To this...

Lemuel Rhodd Jr

Dec 28, 2017

Lemuel "Pinky" Rhodd Jr longtime Kay County resident passed away Thursday, December 28, 2017 in Oklahoma City. He was 72 years of age. Lemuel was born on November 22, 1945 in Pawnee, OK to Lemuel Rhodd Sr. and Iva Janette Little Standing Buffalo Rhodd. Funeral services will follow the Noon feast and giveaway at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 31,...

Virginia Beck

Dec 22, 2017

On Saturday, December 22. 2017 we lost our mother, grandmother, aunt and sister at 11:34 a.m. Virginia Louise "Ginger" Beck was born to Rock and Ila Haskins on August 11, 1937 at Arkansas City Memorial Hospital. Ginger attended Arkansas City High School and was active as a majorette in the Arkansas City High School band. She graduated in 1955...

Amarbe Pappan, Jr.

Dec 21, 2017

Amarbe Pappan, Jr "M.R." Age 51, resident of Ponca City, passed away at his home on Thursday, December 21, 2017. Amarbe was born on November 30, 1966 to Amarbe Pappan, Sr. and Juanell Pappan in Claremore, OK He grew up in Ponca City, attending Ponca City Schools. Following his education he entered the carpentry industry. He was married to...

Larry Larue

Dec 21, 2017

Larry LaRue was born on February 26, 1941 and passed peacefully from this world on December 21, 2017. He was born in Shidler, Oklahoma to Rex LaRue and Buelah Hall LaRue. He was raised and lived most of his life in Fairfax, OK, spending a big part of his life with his grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Hall of...

Victor Vaillancourt

Dec 15, 2017

Victor Vaillancourt (PAPPY), of Ruther Glen, Virginia, 61 years of age was born in Quantico, Virginia on Saturday, August 25, 1956; he departed this life in the early morning hours of December 15, 2017. He was preceded in death by his father, Phillip R. Vaillancourt, mother, Naomi R. Vaillancourt, and two brothers, Phillip Vaillancourt and Herbert Vaillancourt. He is...

Lois Turner

Dec 14, 2017

Obituary will be added at a later date.

Visitation Grace Memorial Chapel 2016 N. 14th Ponca City, OK  74601 Tuesday, December 19, 2017 10a.m. to 8 p.m. Service Grace Memorial Chapel 2016 N. 14th Ponca City, OK  74601 Wednesday, December 20, 2017 2 p.m. Cemetery IOOF Cemetery 1206 S. Waverly Ponca City, OK  74601

Elda Oestmann

Dec 10, 2017

Elda Oestmann formerly of Grainola passed away Sunday, December 10, 2017 in Muskogee, OK She was 91 years of age. Elda was born September 18, 1926 in Avery, OK to George and Viola Grother Wolff. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Thursday, December 14, 2017 in the St. John's Lutheran Church in Newkirk, OK with Pastor Mark Mozeik...

Jake Johndrow

Dec 8, 2017

Jake William Johndrow was born on August 20, 1994 and passed away on December 8, 2017. Jake was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, where he continued to live for 23 years. Jake attended the First Lutheran School for his early education and graduated from Ponca City High School in 2013. During his youth, he participated in many sports and...

Joyce Calvert

Dec 6, 2017

Joyce Ann Calvert of Claremore left this world to be with Jesus on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. She was 81. She was born on August 13, 1936 in Winfield, Kansas to Alfred E Hughes and Irene Louise Beeson Hughes. Joyce attended Ponca City High School. She enjoyed playing cards, completing word search puzzles, laughing and spending time with her...

Thomas Head, Jr.

Dec 4, 2017

Thomas Clayton Head, Jr, of Grainola, Oklahoma has passed from this earth on Monday, December 4, 2017. He was 91. He was born on May 1, 1926 in Shidler to Thomas Clayton Head and Pearl Irene Handley Head. HE attended Shidler High School. He Graduated in 1944 on a Friday and by Monday he had enlisted in the US...

Linda Epperson

Nov 30, 2017

Linda J. Wininger Epperson Linda J. Wininger Epperson longtime Ponca City resident passed away in Ponca City. She was 69 years of age. Linda was born April 5, 1948, in Ponca City, to Thomas and Janna Pinegar Wininger. Linda grew up in the Ponca City area, graduating from Ponca City High School. In 1966, a union of marriage was...

Rosella Deroin-Haragarra

Nov 29, 2017

Obituary for Rosella Ruth DeRoin-Harragarra Our beloved mother, Rosella Ruth DeRoin-Harragarra, peacefully passed away in the presence of her loving family on Wednesday evening at St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was 75. Rosella was born the daughter of Cleve & Julia DeRoin on August 1, 1942, in Pawnee, Oklahoma. Rosella was an proud member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe...

Wanda Mckee

Nov 19, 2017

Wanda McKee passed away after an extended illness on Sunday, November 19. She was 90 years old. She was born June 24, 1927 in Rush Springs, Oklahoma to Jess L. Wilkson and Opal M. Spears Wilkson. She was the next to the youngest of seven children. She attended high school in Sterling, Oklahoma. She met Kenneth McKee at the...

Elsie Thomas

Nov 14, 2017

Elsie Voleta Cooper Thomas, 100, of Ponca City passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. She was born on June 6, 1917 in Kellyville, OK to William Wilson Cooper and Lucinda H. Peacock Cooper. She met the love of her life, Emmit E. Thomas and they were married on December 24, 1936, in Kellyville. The couple made their home...