Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
Recent Obituaries
Sye Morris
Apr 19, 2015
Sye Morris, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 85. Graveside services will held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Dennis Wildman presiding. Arrangements are under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel Funeral Home. Friends may pay...
Gary Petty
Apr 18, 2015
Gary L. Petty went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 18, 2015 after a long battle with cancer. He was 71 years of age. Gary was born on September 29, 1943 in Ponca City, the son of Ted Owen Petty and LaRose (Sherbon) Petty. In his younger years Gary was an excellent roller hockey player...
Norma Zimmerman
Apr 18, 2015
Norma Gertrude Van Buren was born on a farm near Delavan, Kansas on June 20, 1926. She was the daughter of William (Bill) and Marie Meyer Van Buren, both of whom have preceded her in death. Her early childhood education was at Lone Star, a one-room county school in Morris County, Kansas. She graduated from Herington High School as...
David Kelly
Apr 17, 2015
David Wayne Kelly, Lifelong resident of Ponca City, died Friday, April 17, 2015 at Shawn Manor Nursing Home. He was 63 years of age. David was born July 19, 1951 in Ponca City, the son of Dewey Wayne Kelly and Genevieve Ione (Poulter) Kelly. He attended the Ponca City Schools and was a Po-Hi graduate. He then attended Okmulgee...
Berenice Johnson
Apr 13, 2015
Berenice L. Johnson, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed April 13, 2015 at her home after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was 72 years of age. Berenice was born October 23, 1942 in Lamar, Colorado, the daughter of John Calvin Neal and Anna Carson (Lacy) Neal. Her early schooling was in Omaha, Nebraska and Ponca City....
Cecil Jeffries
Apr 12, 2015
Cecil L. Jeffries, longtime Bressie Community and Ponca City resident, passed Sunday, April 12, 2015 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 85 years of age. Cecil was born June 4, 1929 in the Bressie Community, the son of Fletcher Jeffries and Bertha Mae (Howell) Jeffries. He received his early education in the Bressie Tierney and Marland Schools....
Bridgette Coleman
Apr 11, 2015
Bridgette Alexis Coleman, resident of Ponca City, passed April 11, 2015 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 21 years of age. Bridgette was born March 30, 1994 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Holly Ann Coleman. She had attended schools in Tulsa and Owasso. Bridgette's enjoyments were playing the guitar, art, and the mountains. She is survived...
Leroy Marlow
Apr 9, 2015
Leroy Marlow, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015 at his home in Oklahoma City. He was 80 years old. Leroy was born April 1, 1935 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Henry John Marlow and Stella Lucille Burgess Marlow Whitecloud. He received his education in the Pawnee Indian School and was a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and the...
Belinda Howlingwolf
Apr 9, 2015
Belinda Sue Howlingwolf, resident of Red Rock, passed Thursday, April 9, 2015 in Tulsa. She was 44 years of age. Belinda was born February 7, 1971 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alman Duane Howlingwolf and Inez Mae (Black) Howlingwolf. She was a 1989 graduate of Red Rock High School and then attended Northwestern State University in Alva, Oklahoma....
Sylvester Alexander
Apr 5, 2015
Sylvester Alexander, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed April 5, 2015 in Stillwater. He was 91 years of age. Sylvester was born May 18, 1923 in Pauls Valley, the son of George "Curly" Alexander and Marie (Williams) Alexander. He moved with his family to Ponca City at the age of four. He graduated from Attucks High School in 1941...
Betty Oldham
Apr 4, 2015
Betty Moffitt Oldham, resident of Ponca City, passed April 4, 2015 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 91 years of age. Betty was born March 27, 1924 in Bear Creek, North Carolina, the daughter of Braudy Fletcher Moffitt and Alma (Loyd) Moffitt. She received her early education in the Bonlee, North Carolina schools. She was...
Thomas Primeaux
Apr 3, 2015
On this 3rd day of April, 2015 year of our Lord, Thomas Primeaux made his final journey to be with his Heavenly Father. Thomas was born January 11, 1955 to Press L. and Rachel Makescry Primeaux. He was 60 years of age. Thomas grew up west of Ponca City, in beautiful farm country, near the Chikaskia River. He was...
Frost Nix
Mar 26, 2015
Frost L. "Frosty" Nix, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, March 26, 2015 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 86 years of age. Frosty was born June 17, 1928 in Wellington, Kansas, the son of George McKinley Nix Sr. and Helen Mae (Tinklepaugh) Nix. He attended the Ponca City Schools and graduated from Ponca City High...
Sarah Paul
Mar 25, 2015
Sarah Roughface Paul, former Ponca City resident, passed March 25, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. She was 85 years of age. Sarah was born August 11, 1929 at White Eagle, the daughter of Nelson Roughface and Leona (Biggoose) Roughface. She attended Pawnee Indian School and was a graduate of Haskell Indian School in 1946. She completed nurses...
W. Grace
Mar 24, 2015
W. Leon Grace passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015. He was 84 years of age. Leon was born April 14, 1930 in Bryant, Oklahoma to Elmer and Vallie Grace. He graduated from Henryetta high School in 1948 and later received a degree from Oklahoma A&M Tech in Okmulgee. He served in the United States Army from 1953 to 1955,...
Hope Mitchell
Mar 18, 2015
Hope Esther Case Mitchell, 95, of Ponca City, OK, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Ponca City Medical Center. She was born on May 10, 1919 in Rural Ponca City to John P. and Effie (Paul) Case. She attended Lincoln Grade School and High School in Ponca City. During her teen years, she met Virgil Lee Mitchell and...
Leroy Almy, Jr.
Mar 13, 2015
Leroy Ross Almy, Jr., 88, of Ponca City, passed away Friday, March 13, 2015 at Ponca City Nursing and Rehab Center. Leroy was born on May 24, 1926 in Keystone, OK to Leroy Ross and Beulah Dean (Lewis) Almy. Leroy was better known as "L.R." and lived with his beloved maternal grandparents in Westville, OK. His mother then came...
Samuel Anson
Mar 9, 2015
Samuel I. Anson, 4 months old, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2015 at his residence surrounded by his family. Samuel was born on November 12, 2014 in Ponca City to Brooke Steele and Dwayne Anson, Jr. Samuel was preceded in death by his Great-Grandparents; Ronny Anson, Sr., Robert Freeman, Martin Keller, Sr., and Mabel Steele. Great Great Grandfather...
Jerry Payne, Sr.
Mar 8, 2015
Jerry William Payne, Sr, of Ponca City, went to be with his Lord and savior on March 8, 2015 at 6:30 a.m., at his home surrounded by his family. Jerry was born on November 14, 1959 in Clinton, OK to Louis Carl and Pearlie Mae (Jones) Payne. Jerry loved his family and friends, he loved to work on cars...
Leeora Bruner
Mar 6, 2015
LeeOra Bruner, longtime Shidler area resident, passed March 6, 2015 in Oklahoma City. She was 87 years of age. LeeOra was born January 1, 1928 in Wellsville, Kansas, the daughter of Lloyd Crain and Laura (Finch) Crain. She was a graduate of Russell, Kansas High School. She was married to Dwight Arlan Bruner on July 7, 1946 in Russell,...




