Obituaries

Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

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Angel Alvarez

Angel Alvarez

Jan 13, 2012

Angel Marie Alvarez, infant daughter of Michael and Debra Hernandez Alvarez passed away Friday, January 13, 2012 at the Ponca City Medical Center. Angel is survived by her parents, Michael and Debra two brothers, Miguel and Andrew Alvarez maternal grandparents, Rosa Biggoose Mendez and Leroy Biggoose paternal grandparents, Dorothy and Raul Alvarez aunts and uncles, Joe Alvarez and wife,...

Kenneth Ladner

Kenneth Ladner

Jan 7, 2012

Kenneth Wayne Ladner Kenny Ladner went to be with his Lord on Saturday, January 7, 2012, at Ponca City Medical Center. He was 62 years old. Born Kenneth Wayne Ladner on November 28, 1949, in Ponca City, Oklahoma, he was the youngest child of Jim and Phyllis Wells Ladner. Kenny had two older siblings, David and Linda. Growing up,...

Viola Haley

Viola Haley

Jan 3, 2012

Viola Pearl Bradshaw Kincy Haley, former 62 year resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in Granbury, Texas. She was 91 years of age. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at the Wiley Funeral Home. Graveside services will be 2: oo p.m. Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Resthaven Memorial Park...

Mary Kerns

Mary Kerns

Jan 3, 2012

Mary Lou McGaha Kerns, resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 73 years of age. Mary Lou was born January 24, 1938 in Ponca City, the daughter of R.H. McGaha and Florence Smith McGaha. She was a 1956 graduate of Ponca City High School. She completed...

Joe Brown

Joe Brown

Jan 1, 2012

Joe Douglas Brown, resident of the McCord community, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2012 at his home. He was 64 years of age. Joe was born April 29, 1947 at Ponca City, the son of Kenneth George Brown and Thelma Pauline McGuckin Brown. He was a 1965 graduate of Lamont High School. He was married to Nancy Lee Naaden...

Pearl Vickers

Pearl Vickers

Dec 31, 2011

Pearl E. Vickers, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2011 in Ponca City. She was 91 years of age. Pearl was born March 28, 1920 at Willow Springs, Missouri, the daughter of Robert Bruce Malcom and Zephae Mae Keeler Malcom. She was a 1938 graduate of Ponca City High School. She was married to Joe...

Thurman Buffalohead

Thurman Buffalohead

Dec 30, 2011

Thurman Buffalohead, longtime resident of the Ponca City area went to be with his Lord on Friday, December 30, 2011 at his home. He was 89 years of age. Mr. Buffalohead was born April 8, 1922 at Ponca City, the son of Pete Buffalohead and Nettie Littledance Buffalohead. His early education was received in the Ponca City Public Schools....

Albert Higgins

Albert Higgins

Dec 30, 2011

Albert Dewayne Higgins, resident of rural Ponca City, passed away Friday, December 30, 2011 at his home. He was 49 years of age. Albert was born October 21, 1962 in Ponca City, the son of Curtis Higgins and Violet Seward Higgins. He attended the Ponca City Schools. His enjoyments included fishing, hunting and guitar playing. He is survived by...

Doris Carlisle

Doris Carlisle

Dec 29, 2011

Doris Christine Carlisle, longtime resident of Grainola, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2011 at the Fairfax Hospital. She was 74 years of age. Christine was born June 16, 1937 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Herman Anderson and Ida Mills Anderson. She was a member of the Citizen Pottawatomi Nation. She moved with her family to Denoya at...

Myron Milner

Myron Milner

Dec 27, 2011

Goodbye my friend. Myron Henry Milner, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2011 in Ponca City. He was 63 years of age. Myron was born August 25, 1948 in Japan, the son of Obie Eldridge Milner and Veta Marguarite Hibbs Milner. His father was a member of the WWII Flying Tigers and died in a...

Kimberly Hamilton

Kimberly Hamilton

Dec 27, 2011

Kimberly Denise Hamilton, resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 40 years of age. Kim was born February 14, 1971 at Hope, Arkansas, the daughter of Joyce Hamilton. She received her early education in the Syracuse, Kansas, Dodge City, Kansas and Hope, Arkansas schools. She was a member of...

Lloyd Mains

Lloyd Mains

Dec 27, 2011

Lloyd Andrew Mains, 65, of Shidler, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at his residence. Lloyd was born on January 16, 1946 in Shidler to Lloyd Weldon and Bernice Brown Mains. Lloyd was a 1964 graduate of Shidler High School. He then attended OSU Okmulgee becoming a diesel mechanic. He ran a hay hauling business in 196869 following...

Ruby Anderson

Ruby Anderson

Dec 25, 2011

Ruby Wallace Anderson, 95, longtime resident of Ponca City, died at her home on December 25, 2011. Ruby Maxine Scott was born on March 16, 1916, at Windyville, Missouri to Calvin and Bessie Brackley Scott. She moved with the family to Ceres, Oklahoma at the age of one. She attended rural Long View School in Noble County and graduated...

Bessie Mcclelland

Bessie Mcclelland

Dec 22, 2011

Bessie BETH Veda Shaw Crain McClelland, 85, passed away Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 at her residence surrounded by her family. Beth was born on October 29, 1926 in Pawnee to William and Rose Shirley Shaw. Beth was a lifelong area resident. A longtime member of Faith Tabernacle Church where she ran the food closet for many many years. She...

Kenneth Vassar

Kenneth Vassar

Dec 20, 2011

Kenneth Eugene Vassar, born February 22nd, 1932 in Tulsa, Oklahoma died December 20th, 2011. Kenneth was very proud that his father, Orville E. Vassar, was a cowboy at the 101 ranch where Kenneths grandparents resided and worked for the Miller Brothers. It was there that his father met his mother, Ethel Francis Levings. At an early age his family...

Caroline Tapp

Caroline Tapp

Dec 17, 2011

Caroline LeClair Tapp, 70, of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 at Ponca City Regional Hospital. Caroline was born on March 5, 1941 in Pawnee, OK to Hugh and Rosa Blueback LeClair. She was a descendent of the Yellowberry Clan of Ponca Nation. Caroline lived her life around Ponca City and was a nurses aide. She married...

Jesse Vaden Jr.

Jesse Vaden Jr.

Dec 16, 2011

Jesse Lee Vaden Jr., longtime resident of Shidler, passed away Friday, December 16, 2011 as a result of an automobile accident. He was 80 years of age. Jesse was born August 3, 1931 in Slick, Oklahoma, the son of Jesse Lee Vaden Sr. and Lola Viola Weaver Vaden. He attended Webb City Elementary School and Shidler High School. He...

Mae Vaden

Mae Vaden

Dec 16, 2011

N. Mae Vaden, longtime resident of Shidler, passed Friday, December 16, 2011 as a result of an automobile accident. She was 72 years of age. Mae was born January 23, 1939 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Elwood Chouteau and Louise Werneke Chouteau. She attended school at Washunga and was very proud of her Native American Kaw heritage. She...

Ala Wilson

Ala Wilson

Dec 15, 2011

Pamala Rae Pam Wilson, longtime resident of Ponca City, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Thursday, December 15, 2011 at her home surronded by her loving family and friends. She was 49 years of age. Pam was born January 9, 1962 in Fairfax, Oklahoma, the daughter of Raymond R. Rankins and Gwen Burkhart Rankins. She...

George Whitehorn

George Whitehorn

Dec 13, 2011

George was born November 4, 1964, in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Calvin Douglas No Ear and Claudia Brown No Ear. He was taken to be with the Lord on December 13, 2011, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He was 47 years of age. Joey grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was a graduate of Edison High School before attending Northeastern State in...