Oneita Gargiulo

Oneita Underwood Gargiulo, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. She was 88. Oneita was born to Thomas Lee Underwood and Betsy Beulla Patterson Underwood on January 27, 1920 in Talihina, Oklahoma. Oneita married Anthony Angelo Gargiulo on October 27, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York where the couple made their home. She was employed as an insurance underwriter for 11 years there. Her husband was an Italian chef and taught Oneita the art of Italian cooking. She became a great Italian cook and many of her recipes are fondly remembered. Among her hobbies she was an amateur radio operator, call sign, KAZNPJ. Although she never had any children of her own, she dearly loved her many nieces and nephews as well as animals. She is survived by her beloved sister, Jimmie Smith of Ponca City, Oklahoma; numerous nieces, nephews and very good friends, Tamara and Alan Webber of Ponca City. She is preceded in death by her parents; loving husband; brothers, Everett Underwood and Willie Underwood; sister, Gladys Wooten; and brother-in-law, Elvis Smith. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, October 20, 2008 at Grace Memorial Chapel with Reverend David L. Bigger of First Free Will Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Ponca City under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel. Memorial contributions can be made in Oneitas honor to The Ponca City Humane Society, P.O. Box 1671, Ponca City, Oklahoma 74602 or to St. Josephs Catholic Church, 320 W. N. Ave., Tonkawa, Oklahoma 74653.