Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
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Julia Cerre
Apr 16, 2014
Julia Ann Cerre, 64, of Ponca City, passed away peacefully on April 16, 2014 at her home. Julia was born on July 12, 1949 in Pawnee, OK to Mitchell and Dora Fire Shaker Cerre. Julia was the baby of 6 brothers and sisters. Julia loved being with her family the most. She enjoyed spending every moment she could with...
Elizabeth Goodno
Apr 15, 2014
Elizabeth Marie Sober Goodno, 33, of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2014 in Wichita, KS. Elizabeth was born on May 16, 1980 in Ponca City to David and Sarah Bennett Sober. Growing up in the Marland area, she graduated from Frontier High School in 1998. She attended cosmetology school and worked for J.C. Penney Salon. She became...
Helen Watson
Apr 14, 2014
Helen Odell Watson, of Ponca City, went to her heavenly home on Monday, April 14, 2014 at Via Christi Village. She was 92 years of age. Odell was born on October 19, 1921, in Mena, Arkansas, the daughter of James Hermon Shirley and Olive Lee Stokes Shirley. She graduated from Mena High School in 1940 and went to work...
Hazel Riggs
Apr 13, 2014
Hazel O. Riggs went to be with the Lord to receive her reward on Sunday, April 13, 2014, Palm Sunday. Hazel was born to John and Julie Hutson in Drumright, Oklahoma on January 14, 1934. She lived in Ponca City most of her life. Hazel was a longtime member of Faith Tabernacle Church. She was married to Mike Riggs...
Irene Clair
Apr 13, 2014
Irene M. Le Clair, 57, of Ponca City, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, April 13, 2014 at the Ponca City Medical Center. Irene was born on June 5, 1956 in Ponca City to Antoine and Marie Buffalohead Le Clair. Irenes hobbies included making Gods eyes, putting beads on stuffed animals, liked playing casino and making...
Johnnie French
Apr 11, 2014
Johnnie Eugene French, resident of Ponca City, passed April 11, 2014 in Denver, Colorado. He was 66 years of age. Johnnie was born November 12, 1947 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, the son of Lester and Mable French. He attended school in Ponca City and served his country in the Vietnam War. He was a member of United States Army Company...
George Eubank
Apr 10, 2014
George David Dave Eubank, of Ponca City, OK, died at home surrounded by loving family on April 10, 2014. He was 79. George was born October 1, 1934 in Texarkana, TX, the son of George and Lois Eubank. He married Virginia Harrison on February 18, 1956 and together they had two sons, David George Eubank and Jeffrey Harrison Eubank....
Otta Beck
Apr 6, 2014
Otta Lea Beck, resident of Ponca City, passed Sunday, April 6, 2014 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 92 years of age. Otta Lea was born September 30, 1921 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, the daughter of Otis and Ethel Davis McDaniel. At the age of 2 years she moved with her family to Three Sands, Oklahoma, south of...
Patsy Larue
Apr 3, 2014
Patsy Leona Wilson LaRue, 72, of Ponca City, passed away on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at her home. Patsy was born on January 1, 1942 in Ralston, OK to Riley and Cora Goad Wilson. She grew up in Osage County and graduated from Ralston High School. She married Larry LaRue on November 10, 1959 in Fairfax, OK. She had...
Vesta Gates
Apr 2, 2014
Vesta Ilene Woodward Gates, longtime Big Bend, Ralston area resident, passed away April 2, 2014 in Tulsa. Surrounded by close family, she left this world during her favorite season, springtime. She was 86. Vesta was born on September 30, 1927 in Deer, Arkansas, the fourth of 12 children born to John Woodward and Lillie Belle Adams Woodward. She moved...
Gary Morgan
Mar 31, 2014
Gary Eugene Morgan, resident of Ponca City, passed Monday, March 31, 2014 in Wichita, Kansas. He was 65 years of age. Gary was born May 1, 1948 in Woodward, Oklahoma, the son of Floyd and Greta Goddard Morgan. He was a 1966 graduate of Woodward High School and then attended the University of Central Oklahoma. He married Brenda Sue...
Bill Bell
Mar 25, 2014
Bill D. Bell, 91, of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Bill was born on June 15, 1922 in Altoona, Kansas to Hiram and Ruby Sims Bell. He moved with his family to Ponca City when he was 3 years old. He graduated from Ponca City High School in...
Joann Waymire
Mar 16, 2014
Joann Waymire, 61, of Ponca City, passed away Sunday, March 16, 2014 at the St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, KS. Joann was born on January 18, 1953 in Taylorville, IL to Joe and Anna Witka Ward. She moved to Ponca City in the mid 1970s, loved to cook, do crosswords, read and enjoyed to take care of her houseplants...
Robert Cole
Mar 16, 2014
Robert Cole, 57, beloved brother, uncle and grandfather, passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at his home in White Eagle. Bobby was born on August 21, 1956 in Pawnee, OK to Gilbert Cole, Jr. and Florence Calls Him Cole. Robert was a lifelong area resident, attending schools in Ponca City and Chilocco Indian School. He also attended Okmulgee...
Cherry Alexander
Mar 7, 2014
Cherry L. Alexander, longtime resident of Ponca City, went home to join the Lords choir on Friday, March 7, 2014 at the age of 80. She was born February 8, 1934 in Dothan, Alabama, to the late Bruce McDaniel and Ethel Peterson McDaniel. She attended the Dothan Public Schools. She was married to Sylvester Alexander on November 2, 1960...
George Woodall
Mar 5, 2014
George Ezu Woodall of Ponca City passed away peacefully in his home with family by his side on Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 at the age of 67. George was born in Ponca City on August 7th, 1946 to the late George and Edna Woodall of Ponca. George proudly served in the US Army where he was primarily stationed in...
Katherine Thompson
Mar 4, 2014
Kathy Thompson, longtime resident of Fairfax, passed away Tuesday, March 4. She was 62 years old. Kathy was born on August 31, 1951 in Fairfax. She was the daughter of Joe Ethel White of the Big Bend area. Kathy attended Ralston High School and was a member of the graduating class of 1969. In 1970 she married the love...
Teresa Willaford
Feb 24, 2014
Teresa Kay Terri Willaford, resident of rural Ponca City, passed Monday, February 24, 2014 at her home. She was 58 years of age. Terri was born November 30, 1955 at San Bernardino, California, the daughter of Charles Richard Jarvis and Ruby Jeanette Lehman Jarvis. Her early education was in California and in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She moved to Oklahoma...
Kathryn Hansen
Feb 24, 2014
Kathryn Ellen Kitty Hansen, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Monday, February 24, 2014 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 93 years of age. Kitty was born March 10, 1920 at Stockertown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Marcus Sandt and Carrie Rebecca Abel Sandt. She attended elementary school at Stockertown and two years of High School in Nazareth,...




