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Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

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Marlyn Ronan

Marlyn Ronan

Nov 22, 2014

Marlyn Juanita Cooper Ronan, 81, longtime Ponca City resident, died Saturday evening, November 22, 2014 in Via Christi Nursing Home. The daughter of Walter Henry Cooper and Esther Juanita Maxwell, Marlyn was born on October 3, 1933, in Ronan, Montana. She is the youngest of thirteen children. After graduating from Ronan High School, Marlyn attended Bible College in Saskatchewan,...

Bessie Grace

Bessie Grace

Nov 18, 2014

Bessie Lopeman Newman Grace was born to Virgil F. and Cleo Cox Lopeman on November 19, 1935 in Ponca City, OK. At the age of 9 months she moved with her family to Tonkawa, OK. She attended Tonkawa schools and graduated from Tonkawa High School in 1953. Following her graduation she went to work for the Southwestern Bell Telephone...

Bobby Westmoreland

Bobby Westmoreland

Nov 17, 2014

Bob Westmoreland, a lifelong resident of Ponca City, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, at Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 88. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, at Grace Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Larry B. Metzger, pastor of Ponca City First Christian Church presiding. Bob was born Sept. 7, 1926,...

Muriel Cartlidge

Muriel Cartlidge

Nov 13, 2014

Muriel Jean Cartlidge, resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday morning, November 13, 2014 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 76 years old. Muriel was born June 13, 1938 to Argus Leo Osborne and Eva Estes Long Osborne Sasnett. She was the oldest of Evas eight children and a 1956 graduate of McAlester High School. She was married...

Amelia Johnson

Amelia Johnson

Nov 8, 2014

Amelia Louise Johnson died Saturday, November 8th, in Enid, Okla., at the age of 67. She was born in Blackwell, Okla. to Isaiah and Frances Wilson Williams, the youngest of three children. Amelia is survived by her husband of 38 years, Wendell Johnson of Enid her mother, Frances Williams of Enid her four daughters: Cynthia Walker, of Allen, Tx....

Fern Smith

Fern Smith

Nov 5, 2014

Fern Ellen Smith received her eternal reward of life with Jesus in heaven on Wednesday evening, November 5th, 2014 at the age of 72 here in Ponca City. She was born July 18th, 1942 to Louis and Beatrice nee Robbins Knief. She was a faithful member at First Lutheran Church of Ponca City all her life. It was there...

Ruth West

Ruth West

Oct 27, 2014

Ruth Lorraine Brown West was born on Cowskin Prairie near Grove, Oklahoma on August 4, 1923. She passed away on October 27, 2014 in Evans,Colorado in the Gray Cara West group home where she was so blessed to reside. Her parents, George Richard Brown and Elva Lentz Brown, were proud of Georges Cherokee Indian heritage, and Ruth was the...

Roberta Phillips

Roberta Phillips

Oct 26, 2014

Roberta Sue Buffalohead Phillips, passed Sunday, October 26, 2014 at her home in Newkirk. She was 71 years of age. Roberta was born April 26, 1943 at Washunga, Oklahoma, the daughter of Robert Buffalohead and Henrietta DeLano Buffalohead. She grew up in Webb City and was raised by her maternal grandparents John and Clara Downs. She was a 1961...

Lynden Younge

Lynden Younge

Oct 25, 2014

Lynden Clay Younge, 55, of Morrison, OK, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2014 in Tulsa, OK. Born on June 7, 1959 in San Francisco, CA to Llewellyn and Leora Zimmerman Younge. He came to Oklahoma at a very early age and graduated Red Rock High School. He was a construction worker by trade. He loved his family with all...

Dr. Brown

Dr. Brown

Oct 23, 2014

Dr. Q. Harold Brown, DDS, 84, of Ponca City, passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at his residence. He was born on Jan. 12, 1930 in Clovis, NM to Horace and Lola White Brown. He was preceded in death by his parents his brother, Gerald Brown his sister, Betty Armstrong and granddaughter, Miranda Brown. Survivors include his sons...

Lucinda Morris

Lucinda Morris

Oct 22, 2014

Lucinda A. Cindy Morris, 72, of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Ponca City Medical Center. Cindy was born on April 18, 1942 in Ponca City, OK to Iden and Billie Harris Ward. Cindy grew up in the Ponca City area, graduate of Ponca City High School. She and Billy Morris were married on July 8,...

Virgil Adams

Virgil Adams

Oct 14, 2014

Virgil Lee Adams, resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at his home. He was 55 years of age. Virgil was born November 16, 1958 in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Carl W. Adams and Greta Marie Brown Adams. He was a 1977 graduate of Red Rock High School and then attended Indian Meridian VoTech School...

Nora Higginbotham

Nora Higginbotham

Oct 13, 2014

LaVerne Higginbotham, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed October 13, 2014 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 86 years of age. LaVerne was born May 25, 1928 in Ponca City, the daughter of Paul Martin Irwin and Grace Edith Collins Irwin. She was a graduate of Ponca City High School. She had worked as a...

Sandra Haight

Sandra Haight

Oct 13, 2014

Sandra Irene Hinman Haight, 55, of Ponca City, passed away Monday, October 13, 2014 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sandra was born on Nov. 10, 1958 in Pawnee, OK to Samuel Hinman and Wanda Youker. Sandra was a lifelong area resident, graduating from Marland high School. She was an avid fan of OU and the Dallas Cowboys where NO ONE said...

Warren Rivers

Warren Rivers

Oct 9, 2014

Warren Telford Rivers, lifelong resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, October 9, 2014 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 72 years of age. Warren was born February 2, 1942 in Ponca City, the son of Eugene E. Rivers and Delma Elizabeth Young Rivers. He attended the Ponca City Public Schools and was a 1961 graduate of Ponca...

Louise Wilson

Louise Wilson

Oct 5, 2014

Louise E. Knight Wilson Louise E. Knight Wilson, longtime Ponca City resident, passed Sunday, October 5, 2014 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 93 years of age. Louise was born June 1, 1921 in Alton, Missouri, the daughter of W. B. Palmer and Auttie Ellen Hunter Palmer. She attended grammar school in Birch Tree, Missouri, then schools...

James Deel

James Deel

Oct 5, 2014

James W. Deel, 71, of Ponca City, passed away Sunday, October 5, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. James was born on June 16, 1943 in Holdenville, OK to Wilson and Lucille Bryer Deel. He grew up in the Holdenville area and graduated from Holdenville High School and then enlisted in the US Army. He graduated from OSU...

Irene Davis

Irene Davis

Oct 2, 2014

Irene M. Davis, longtime Ponca City resident, passed Thursday, October 2, 2014 at her home. She was 77 years of age. Irene was born July 3, 1937 in Osage County, the daughter of Lawrence Elmer Lauver and Grace Elizabeth Fowler Lauver. She attended grade school at Peters School, middle school in Burbank and high school in Ponca City. She...

Pansy Rockett

Pansy Rockett

Oct 2, 2014

Pansy Pauline Rockett, 80, Ponca City, passed away October 2, 2014. She was born June 20, 1934, to KC and Lavena Walton Oliver in Blanchard, OK. Pansy married Lowell A. Rockett on July 15, 1950. Pansy was an accomplished artist and loved quilting. Pansy also enjoyed sharing her faith by teaching Bible truths about the blessings the earth and...

Wayne Fleharty

Wayne Fleharty

Oct 1, 2014

On October 1, 2014, Wayne Ivan Fleharty, 81, went to be with the Lord, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was at his home in Kaw City, Oklahoma. Wayne was born February 25, 1933 in Old Kaw City, Oklahoma to John Screech and Mary Netty Bowker Fleharty. He grew up in Old Kaw City, and graduated from Kaw...