Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
Recent Obituaries
Patrick Williams
Jul 12, 2012
Patrick Dwayne Williams, former resident of the Ponca City area, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2012 in Oklahoma City. He was 51 years of age. Patrick was born March 20, 1961 in Talihina, Oklahoma, the son of Paige Arthur Williams and Ardena Clark Williams. He earned his GED while living in Dallas, Texas, and then earned an Associate Degree...
William I
Jul 10, 2012
William Marvin Buffalohead, I, 68, of Denton, TX, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at Ponca City Medical Center. Billy was born on April 21, 1944 in Pawnee, OK to Henrietta DeLano and Robert Buffalohead. Billy grew up in Webb City with his grandparents, John and Clara Downs. He attended Shidler Schools. Billy moved to Grand Prairie, TX in...
Nellie Chester
Jul 3, 2012
Nellie Chester, 90, of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at Ponca City Nursing and Rehab Center. Nellie was born on July 13, 1921 in Ponca City, OK to H. and Sarah Lynn Watson Chester. Nellie attended Attucks Schools, was a member of St. John Baptist Church and had been a Nurses Aide at Shawn Manor and...
Barbara Delano
Jul 2, 2012
Barbara Ann Allen Delano, 79, passed away on July 2, 2012 in Ponca City, OK. Barbara was born August 31, 1932 in Kaw City, OK to Samuel and Cora Allen and her older brother Junior. She received her education at the Kaw City Public Schools. Barbara married Thearn H. Delano on March 11, 1950 in Newkirk, OK. They made...
Virginia Williams
Jul 2, 2012
Virginia Ann Williams, 76, of Ponca City, passed away Monday, July 2, 2012 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehab Center. Born on July 18, 1935 in Ponca City to Ira Blue and Irenia Watson. Virginia was a lifelong area resident attending Attucks Schools. She had been a domestic engineer for over 25 years, Housekeeper for Frontier Federal Bank,...
Venetia Hess
Jun 28, 2012
Venetia Lila Hess, 48, of Ponca City, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2012 at her home. Venetia was born on January 14, 1964 in Denver, CO to Anthony and Katherine Primeaux Warrior, Sr. Venetia had been living in the Ponca City area since 1969 moving from Denver. Venetia married Richard Hess in April of 1983, he passed away in...
Takoda Pruett
Jun 25, 2012
Takoda Elan Pruett infant son of Johnathan Wayne and April Dawn Delano Pruett, died at birth at Ponca City Medical Center on June 25, 2012. He was survived by both parents and three brothers, Samuel Ethan and Kaleb Pruett, all of Marland, Oklahoma. He was survived by maternal grandparents, Richard and Melinda Delano of Marland, Oklahoma and paternal grandparents,...
Carl Tankersley
Jun 25, 2012
Carl W. Tankersley, 82, of Ponca City, passed away at his residence on Monday, June 25, 2012. Carl was born on November 20, 1929 in Lone Grove, OK to Oliver Winston Wink and Melvina Shrader Tankersley. Part of his youth was spent in Oklahoma and California. After a short stint in the Army, he held various jobs throughout the...
Ernest Mehojah
Jun 23, 2012
ErnestEmmett Mehojah, resident of Ponca City, passed Saturday, June 23, 2012 at his home. He was 74 years of age. Ernest was a member of Kaw Nation Night Clan. Ernest was born April 3, 1938 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Jesse Mehojah Jr. and Eva Ione Cassity Mehojah. He attended Pawnee grade school and earned his GED while...
Larry Harrison
Jun 18, 2012
Larry Dale Harrison, longtime resident of Ponca City, went home to be with his Lord on Monday, June 18, 2012. He was 73 years of age. Larry was born August 28, 1938 in Olustee, Oklahoma. He was the only child of James A. and Wilma L. Bradley Harrison. From the age of 2 he was raised in Mangum, Oklahoma....
Dewey Dailey Jr.
Jun 15, 2012
Dewey L. Dailey Jr. longtime resident of the Red Rock community, passed away Friday, June 15, 2012 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 89 years of age. Dewey was born March 17, 1923 at Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Dewey Washington Dailey and Susie Caleb Dailey. He was a member of the OtoeMissouria Eagle Clan. He attended...
Jefferson Littlecrow Sr.
Jun 13, 2012
Jefferson H. Jeff Littlecrow Sr., longtime resident of Red Rock, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday morning, June 13, 2012 at the Stillwater Medical Center. He was 71 years of age. Jeff was born March 13, 1941 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Amos Littlecrow and Frances Kihega Littlecrow. He was a graduate of Red...
Mary Prince
Jun 12, 2012
Mary Emma Prince, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 87 years of age. Mary Emma was born July 5, 1924 in Atkins, Arkansas, the daughter of Irl R. Darr and Alice Patton Darr. She was a graduate of Atkins High School. She was employed at one...
Robert Rogers
Jun 8, 2012
Robert BOB Eugene Rogers, 70, of Ponca City passed away on Friday, June 8, 2012 at his residence Bob was born on Jan 13, 1942 in Ponca City, OK to John Chris and Audrey Wright Rogers. Bob attended Ponca City Schools and graduated in 1960. Bob then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1962 where he retired after...
Jack Clemens
Jun 2, 2012
Jack Butch Lynn Clemens, 61, of Ponca City, passed away at home on June 2, 2012. Butch was born on March 7, 1951 in Ponca City to Alvin Homer and Delpha Lee Evans Clemens. Butch attended and graduated Ponca City Schools. After graduation, Butch joined the U.S. Navy and received an Honorable Discharge in April, 1971. Butch was a...
Jerome Koshiway
May 26, 2012
Jerome Lynn Koshiway, resident of Del City and former resident of the Red Rock community, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2012 at the Oklahoma University Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was 51 years of age. Jerome was a member of the Eagle Clan of the OtoeMissouria Indian Tribe. Jerome was born November 24, 1960 in Riverside, California, the...
June Casparis
May 24, 2012
June McGraw Casparis, resident of Ponca City, passed away Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the Shawn Manor Nursing Home on her 80th birthday. June was born May 24, 1932 in Red Rock, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles B. Carter and Cora L. Cooper Carter. Junes enjoyments included spending time with her grandchildren, working in the yard, especially working with...
Donal Smart
May 24, 2012
Longtime resident of Ponca City Mr. Donal Dewane Smart passed into eternity on May 24, 2012 in Ponca City, Oklahoma at the age of 78 years. Donal was born December 15, 1933 to his parents James Looney and Clara Birchett Smart in Boydsville, Arkansas. Donal worked for Whitmore Co. pouring and dipping molds for several years. He enjoyed tinkering...
Carolyn Hiatt
May 24, 2012
Carolyn Raye Hiatt, resident of Ponca City, passed away Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 71 years of age. Carolyn was born June 3, 1940 in Ponca City, the daughter of W.H. Hallmark and Martha Mae Covill Hallmark. She was a 1958 graduate of Ponca City High School. She then earned her associate...
Kathryn Kitchell
May 18, 2012
Kathryn Sue Kitchell, 77, of Ponca City, passed away Friday, May 18, 2012 in Colorado Springs, CO. Kathryn was born on December 27, 1934 in Red Rock, OK to Gerald Wilford and Golden Clifton Franklin. Kathryn was a lifelong area resident. She was a member of Faith Tabernacle Church, loved to sew, crochet, read and playing solitaire. She married...




