Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
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Kelly Nelson
May 31, 2011
Kelly Ray Nelson Kelly Ray Nelson, former Tonkawa resident and current Bartlesville resident, passed Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at his home in Bartlesville. He was 34 years of age. Kelly was born June 24, 1976 in Ponca City, the son of Terry Ray Nelson and Linda Kay Haen Nelson. He was a 1994 graduate of Tonkawa High School. He...
Damon Owens
May 30, 2011
Damon Kyle Owens, resident of Ponca City, went to meet his heavenly Father on Monday, May 30, 2011. He was 40 years of age. Damon was born May 13, 1971 in Ponca City, the son of Jim and Patsy Bales Owens. Damon attended the McCord School where he enjoyed playing soccer and football. He also attended Ponca City High...
Ava Willsey
May 20, 2011
Ava Rae Willsey, resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday, May 20, 2011. She was 85 years of age. Ava was born October 10, 1925 in Paris, Arkansas, the daughter of Clifford Lee Riley and Nora Dean Nelson Riley. She moved with her family at the age of five to Fairfax, Oklahoma where she received her education. While attending...
William Jones
May 19, 2011
William Richard Willie Jones, resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, May 19, 2011 at the Integris Blackwell Hospital. He was 80 years of age. He was a member of the Kaw Tribe and his given Native American name was TAHDAYONHSAH which means strong wind. William was born April 29, 1931 at Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Richard Jones and...
Kathy Wilhelm
May 18, 2011
Kathy Jenay Wilhelm, resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, May 18, 2011 in Oklahoma City. She was 58 years of age. Kathy was born January 4, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Jack Douglas Waymire and Melba Virginia Penny Howe Waymire. She was a 1971 graduate of the H. Grady Spruce High School in Dallas, Texas. She was...
Douglas Blubaugh
May 16, 2011
Douglas Morlan Doug Blubaugh, resident of Tonkawa, and former resident of Ponca City, a well known Olympic Gold Medal wrestler, passed away Monday, May 16, 2011in Tonkawa as a result of a vehicle accident. He was 76 years of age. Doug was born December 31, 1934 in rural Ponca City, the son of Edward Raymond Blubaugh and Audrey Marie...
Wilma Harkins
May 13, 2011
Wilma Mieir Harkins, longtime resident of Ponca City, went home to be with the Lord early Friday morning, May 13, 2011 with her youngest son, Robert Harkins, with her. She was 98 years of age. Robert has been her loving caregiver for the past 10 years, with the last 5 months being 247 with only the exception of Wilmas...
Lena Stewart
May 7, 2011
Lena Faye Corkey Stewart, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Saturday, May 7, 2011. She was 80 years of age. Corkey was born January 21, 1931 in Moran, Texas, the daughter of Bill Brewer and Mattie Walker Brewer. Corkey was a nickname given to her when she was very young and has been with her ever since. She had...
Shirley Towse
May 7, 2011
Shirley Ann Towse, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Saturday, May 7, 2011. She was 76 years of age. Shirley was born September 14, 1934 at Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Richard Paul Jennings and Leone Pagan Jennings. She received her early schooling in Salina, Hutchinson Schools and Hutchinson Junior College. She was married to Lyle Towse on March...
Albert Black
May 5, 2011
Albert Henry Hank Black, a Ponca City resident left this life to be with his Savior on Thursday, May 5, 2011. He fought a five year and seven month hard battle with renal cell carcinoma. He was 52 years of age. Albert was born May 3, 1959 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of James O. Black and Lupe T....
Lora Morland
May 5, 2011
Lora Fay Morland, longtime resident of Ponca City, was called home Thursday evening, May 5, 2011. She was 86 years of age. Lora was born October 2, 1924 at Dighton, Kansas, the daughter of Ira Clarence Potts and Daisy May Lord Potts. She was a graduate of Ponca City High School. She married Bill Sindelar on October 9, 1945...
Joella Thompson
May 4, 2011
JoElla Thompson former resident of Ponca City, passed May 4, 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was 80 years of age. JoElla was born March 13, 1931 in Higgins, Texas, the daughter of Fred E. Brown and Lottie Mae Pittendrigh Brown. She grew up in Shattuck, Oklahoma and attended high school there where she met a handsome young man,...
Ivan Avery
Apr 23, 2011
Ivan Edwin Avery, resident of Webb City, passed April 23, 2011 in Webb City. He was 68 years of age. Ivan was born November 17, 1942 in Winfield, Kansas, the son of Benjamin Avery and Louise Kellogg Avery. He attended the Winfield Schools. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Ivan was a longtime...
Chleora Stewart
Apr 20, 2011
Chleora Catherine Stewart, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at the Shawn Manor Nursing Home. She was 92 years of age. Chleora was born July 25, 1918 at Leon, Kansas, the daughter of Edward V. Campbell and Eva Marie Teatsorth Campbell. She moved with her family to Ponca City at the age of 12. She...
Loretta Pappan
Apr 20, 2011
Loretta Lynne Pappan, resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at the Willow Haven Nursing Home in Tonkawa. She was 47 years of age. Loretta was born May 4, 1963 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Francis Buster Pappan and Lowellia Wakolee Pappan. She was a member of the SacNFox Tribe and Ponca Tribe. She received her...
Robert Sylvester
Apr 20, 2011
Robert Sylvester, resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 86 years of age. Robert was born November 9, 1924 at Oilton, Oklahoma, the son of Howell Robert Sylvester and Vonnie Lee Bray Sylvester. He was a 1942 graduate of Oilton High School. He served his country in the U.S....
Iris Brewer
Apr 16, 2011
Iris Lee Brewer longtime resident of Ponca City passed away Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Shawn Manor Nursing Home. She was 87 years of age. Iris was born July 8, 1923, in Guymon, Oklahoma, the daughter of Lee Sloan Hill and Verdie Robinson Hill. She was a 1941 graduate of Eldorado High School and attended Cameron Junior College in...
Minnie Miller
Apr 14, 2011
Minnie Kathryn Miller, resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday evening, April 14, 2011 at the home of her daughter, Mary Spore. She was 91 years of age. Minnie was born August 1, 1919 in Ponca City, the daughter of Orville Reeves and Mabel Klopp Reeves. She attended the Enterprise school thru the 8th grade and graduated from Ponca City...
Richard Tautfest Jr.
Apr 13, 2011
Richard Lee Rick Tautfest Jr., longtime resident of the Marland and Red Rock communities, passed Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at his home. He was 54 years of age. Rick was born February 19, 1957 in Ponca City, the son of Richard Lee Tautfest Sr. and Margaret Louise Willerton Tautfest. He received his early education in the Marland School. He...
Norma Hammert
Apr 13, 2011
Norma June Hammert, resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at her home. She was 78 years of age. Norma was born March 5, 1933in Oklahoma City, the daughter of William H. and Flora Cline. She was a graduate of Newkirk High School. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri for one year and then transferred to...
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