Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
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Sue Juckes
Jan 30, 2011
Frances Sue Juckes was born on April 2nd, 1936. Sue was the daughter of Carrie Temple Brown and Austin Howard Schofield. The oldest of three children she had one brother, Paul Howard Schofield and a sister Edith Gertrude Schofield Finch. Though most people thought Sue was too forceful a presence to die, she did pass away on January 30th,...

Billie Winkelman
Jan 29, 2011
Billie Maxine Winkelman, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Fairfax Manor Nursing Home. She was 74 year of age. Billie was born June 2, 1936 in Ponca City, the daughter of Russell Brown and Elsie Day Brown. She attended the Ponca City Schools and completed nursing school through the then St. Josephs...

Vivian Cross
Jan 28, 2011
Vivian Marcella Cross, resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 85 years of age. Vivian was born February 1, 1925 at the family home outside of Stillwater. She was the daughter of Ralph Walter Welch and Mildred Searcy Welch. On a blind date arranged by her future sisterinlaw...

Lindy Carmack
Jan 28, 2011
Lindy Lynn Carmack, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at his home. He was 80 years of age. Lindy was born September 6, 1930 at Muskogee, Oklahoma, the son of LeAnder and Jesse Carmack. He attended schools in Missouri and was inducted in the United States Army on February 21, 1952. He served a...

Mary Spencer
Jan 16, 2011
Mary B. Jean Spencer, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Sunday morning, January 16, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 91. Jean was born July 19, 1919 at Yale, Oklahoma, the daughter of Adam Weber and Maggie Matthews Weber. She moved with her family to Ponca City at the age of nine where she graduated from...

George Bear
Jan 10, 2011
George Henry Bear, infant son of Wesley Wade Bear and Jamee Lynn Black, went to be with his Lord on Monday, January 10, 2011. He was one hour and 26 minutes old. George is survived by his parents, Wesley and Jamee of Ponca City, Oklahoma, sister, Kyleigh Ann Bear grandparents, Gabriel and Dana Wilson, Albert and Teresa Black, Tamara...

Wilma Barnes
Jan 7, 2011
Wilma Mae Barnes, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed peacefully in her sleep at her home on January 7, 2011. She was 86 years of age. Wilma was born January 26, 1924 in Howell County, Missouri, the daughter of William Elbert Bristow and Augusta Inez Keeler Bristow. She attended the Ponca City Schools with her four brothers. She was...

Wanda Alley
Jan 6, 2011
Wanda May Alley, resident of Perry, Oklahoma passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at Perry Memorial Hospital. She was 62. Wanda was born June 9, 1948 in Dimmitt, Texas the daughter of Charles William Pennington and Agnes May Behrends Pennington. She graduated from Billings High School in 1966 and later earned her L.P.N. degree where she was in...

Harlan Thompson
Jan 6, 2011
Harlan Buel Thompson was born September 23, 1930 and passed in his home on January 6, 2011. He was born to Buel and Stella Thompson in Stigler, Oklahoma. Being the oldest son, he worked beside his father on the family farm from the time he was a young boy. As a teenager he would ride horseback as much as...

Bobby Spore
Jan 2, 2011
Bobby Gene Spore, resident of Ponca City, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 81 years of age. Bobby was born May 11, 1929 in Ponca City, the son of Levi Ray Spore and Flossie Mae Levings Spore. His early education was received in the Ponca City Schools. He was married to...

Thomas Gawhega
Jan 1, 2011
Thomas Gawhega, longtime resident of the Ponca City area, passed Saturday, January 1, 2011 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He was 52. Thomas was born December 8, 1958 in Ponca City, the son of Roy Daniel Gawhega and Eva Sylvia Kihega Gawhega. He was a 1976 graduate of Marland High School. Thomas honorably served his country in the United State Air...

Kevin Lawson
Dec 29, 2010
Kevin Lee Roy Lawson died December 29, 2010, at his home in Ponca City. He was born October 13, 1963 in Ponca City and was the son of Barbara and William Hargraves and Kenneth and Marilyn Lawson all of Ponca City. He was married to Milissa Widener. Kevin was employed at Sober Brothers Construction in Ponca City. He enjoyed...

Jo Friend
Dec 26, 2010
Jo Ella Friend, Tonkawa resident passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2010 at her home. She was 98. Jo Ella was born September 13, 1912 the daughter of Henderson J. Mink and Martha Smith Mink in Childress, Texas. She married Richard H. Friend on May 29, 1943 in Ponca City, Oklahoma and to this union, one child, Pamela was...

Don Kelsey
Dec 24, 2010
Kenneth Donald Kelsey, longtime resident of the Shidler community, passed away Friday, December 24, 2010 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 85 years of age. Don was born October 25, 1925 at Drumright, Oklahoma, the son of Lawrence Marvin Kelsey Sr. and Nora Ellen VanNatta Kelsey. He attended school in Shidler but graduated from Drumright High School...

Johnny Whitehorn
Dec 23, 2010
Johnny Whitehorn, Tulsa resident, passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2010. He was 62. Johnny was born July 25, 1948 in Stillwater, Oklahoma to Mark Whitehorn and Elsie Elvina Springer Whitehorn. He attended Enid Public Schools and graduated from Enid High School in 1966. He served in the United States Army from 1967 to 1970. Johnny later attended the...

Helen Craft
Dec 20, 2010
Helen Lorene Craft, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Monday, December 20, 2010 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 87 years of age. Helen was born September 2, 1923 at Tonkawa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Harold Sterling Breidenbach and Wanda Stewart Aldridge Breidenbach. She was a graduate of Tonkawa High School. She was married to Bobby...

Duwayne Oscarson
Dec 14, 2010
DuWayne L. Oscarson, resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 63. DuWayne was born April 5, 1947 in Salinas, California, the son of Lloyd Oscarson and LaDonna Schaffer Oscarson. He moved with his family to Fargo, North Dakota where he attended school, graduating from Fargo Central High School...

Bill Harless
Dec 11, 2010
Bill Harless, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2010 at his home. He was 72. Bill was born May 21, 1938 in Pryor, Oklahoma, the son of Harry Harless and Ada Loleta Plummer Harless. His early schooling was in the Pryor Schools prior to moving to Ponca City where he attended East Jr. High School....

Micah Braucht
Dec 3, 2010
Micah David Braucht, infant son of David and Lori Braucht, passed away Friday, December 3, 2010 in Ponca City at the age of 2 months and 12 days. Micah was born September 21, 2010 in Oklahoma City. He is survived by his parents, David and Lori, of the home paternal grandparents, Fred and Patricia Braucht of Corpus Christi, Texas...

Elton Ely Sr.
Dec 3, 2010
Elton Burns Ely Sr., resident of Wellington, Kansas and member of the Ponca Nation passed away Friday, December 3, 2010 in Wellington, Kansas. He was 59. Elton was born June 26, 1951in Pawnee, Oklahoma the son of Joe and Mary Ely. His early education was in the Red Rock area schools. He was married to Cheryll Kennedy on July...