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Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

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Charles Robedeaux

Charles Robedeaux

May 20, 2013

Charles J. Joe Robedeaux, 64, of Ponca City, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013 in Arkansas City, Kansas. Joe was born on June 7, 1948 in Pawnee, OK to C. G. and Dorothy DeRoin Robedeaux. Joe spent his early years in Greasy Creek on the farm in Enid, OK. He graduated Ponca City High School in 1966. On March...

Doris Hall

Doris Hall

May 20, 2013

On August 18, 1925 an angel, Doris Jean Hall, was born in Webb City, OK and on May 20, 2013 her Heavenly Father wrapped her in his arms and took her back to live her eternal life with Him and her Savior, Jesus Christ. A native to Ponca City, Oklahoma, she was preceded in death by her husband Melvin...

Earlene Ely

Earlene Ely

May 19, 2013

Earlene Ely, resident of Red Rock, passed Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Enid. She was 79 years of age. Earlene was born October 31, 1933 in rural Perry, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charlie Pettit and Esther Belle Burgess. She attended school in rural Perry. She was married to Clayton Lewis Ely. She was employed some 20 plus years as...

Fannie Donelson

Fannie Donelson

May 15, 2013

On Wednesday, May the 15th Fannie Mae Beartrack Donelson left us to join our creator. She was born in San Antonio, Texas on March 4th, 1933 to Paul C. Beartrack and Mary Morrell Beartrack. She was raised on her mothers family home place where White Hair Memorial is now located. Raised in her native ways she was very active...

Martha Bolz

Martha Bolz

May 10, 2013

Martha Lee Bolz Martha Lee Bolz, longtime Shidler area resident, passed Friday, May 10, 2013 in Bartlesville. She was 71 years of age. Martha was born May 1, 1942 in Bassett, Texas, the daughter of Wesley Conway Roach and Mittie ArDella Tinsley Roach. She attended James Bowie High School in Simms, Texas. She was married to Chester Lee Bolz...

Tony Francis

Tony Francis

May 8, 2013

Tony Francis, resident of Red Rock, passed Wednesday, May 08, 2013 at St. Marys Regional Medical Center in Enid. He was 67 years of age. Tony was born May 9, 1945 in Eufaula, Oklahoma, the son of John Francis and Minnie Polk Francis. He attended school at Haskell Institute High School in Lawrence, Kansas, graduating in 1963. He earned...

Lois Eaton

Lois Eaton

Apr 30, 2013

Lois Dee DEEDLE Eaton, 91, of Tonkawa, went to meet her Lord on Tuesday evening, April 30, 2013 at the Willow Haven Nursing Home in Tonkawa. She was born on March 31, 1922 in Foraker, OK to Dee and Goldie Mae Bridges Martin. Lois was the third daughter of eight children. The family moved to Blackland, which is now...

Eva Center

Eva Center

Apr 28, 2013

Eva Mae Center, 77, of Shidler, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at the Ponca City Medical Center. Eva Mae was born on May 30, 1935 in Little Chief, Oklahoma to George Frederick and Nora Martha Ann Stoops Crain. She and Bobby Gene Center were married on December 24, 1952. To this union,...

Mary Krow

Mary Krow

Apr 27, 2013

Mary Vandesteene Krow, former resident of Otisville, Michigan and current resident of Ralston, Oklahoma, passed Saturday, April 27, 2013 at her home in the arms of her husband. She was 56 years of age. Mary was born February 18, 1957 in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of Robert K. Vandesteene and Maureen J. Morrow Vandesteene. She graduated from LakeVille High...

Johnny Rogers

Johnny Rogers

Apr 26, 2013

Johnny Ray Rogers, resident of Ponca City, passed unexpectedly, Friday, April 26, 2013. He was 34 years of age. Johnny was born November 3, 1978 in Huntsville, Texas, the son of Randy DeWayne Rogers and Jenny Shidler Rogers. His father died when Johnny was a young infant and was then raised and adopted by Bobby Lee Buckner. Johnny attended...

Virginia Grider

Virginia Grider

Apr 25, 2013

Virginia Lee Grider, resident of the McCord community, passed Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 70 years of age. Virginia was born July 3, 1942 at Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Robert Martin and Pearline Neal Martin. She grew up at several locations around the state of Oklahoma as her father was a...

Guy Thomas, Sr

Guy Thomas, Sr

Apr 21, 2013

Guy Lee Thomas, Sr., 52, passed away Sunday in Mississippi. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2013 at White Eagle United Methodist Church. Burial to follow in the Ponca Tribal Cemetery.

Jerye Gauger

Jerye Gauger

Apr 21, 2013

Jerye Gauger, longtime area resident of the Braden community, passed Sunday, April 21, 2013 in Tulsa. She was 88 years of age. Jerye was born May 6, 1924 in Clinton, Oklahoma, the daughter of George W. Smith and Eva Bredy Smith. She was a graduate of Medicine Lodge, Kansas High School. She was married to Ray Gauger on April...

Jessica Balman

Jessica Balman

Apr 20, 2013

Jessica Balman, 40, of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Red Rock, OK. Jessica was born on July 25, 1972 in Tulsa, OK to Joseph and Tommie Lang Elliott. Jessica grew up in the Ponca City area graduating Ponca City High School in 1990. She then went to Northern Oklahoma College and received an Associates degree...

Tennyson Overland

Tennyson Overland

Apr 19, 2013

Tennyson John Overland, 73, of Ponca City, passed away Friday, April 19, 2013 in OKC. Born on October 8, 1939 in Pawnee, OK to William and Helen Waters Overland. He was a lifelong area resident, veteran of the U.S. Army and member of the Ponca Indian United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, sisterAnna Mae,...

Imelda Willett

Imelda Willett

Apr 17, 2013

Services are pending.

Julian Thompson

Julian Thompson

Apr 16, 2013

Julian Ray Butch Thompson, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the Ponca City Medical Center when he decided it was time to be with his Lord and Savior after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 67 years of age. Butch was born November 12, 1945 at Ponca City, the son of Joseph Ray...

Glenn Griffith

Glenn Griffith

Apr 11, 2013

Glenn A. Griffith, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, April 11, 2013 at his home. He was 95 years of age. Glenn was born May 15, 1917 in a dugout at Bliss, Oklahoma, the son of Ira Griffith and Minta Stice Griffith. He attended the Marland Public Schools. He was married to Edna Mae Wilkins on May 30,...

Roger Abel

Roger Abel

Apr 11, 2013

Roger Dean Abel, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, April 11, 2013 in Tulsa. He was 67 years of age. Roger was born March 26, 1946 in Okemah, Oklahoma, the son of Clifford Abel and Evelyn Crews Abel. He moved with his family to Ponca City where he started the third grade. He graduated from Ponca City High...

Everett Rinehart

Everett Rinehart

Apr 11, 2013

Everett E. Rinehart, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, April 11, 2013 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 67 years of age. Everett was born March 24, 1946 in Ponca City, the son of Harold Erwin Rinehart and Mary O. West Rinehart. He was a 1964 graduate of Ponca City High School and attended Northern Oklahoma...