Nov 16, 2009

Faye Louise Petersen, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Monday morning, November 16, 2009 at her home. She was 86 years of age. Faye was born January 24, 1923 on a farm near Peckham, Oklahoma, the daughter of Raymond Rancie Hasselbring and Cynthia Ella Trenary Hasselbring. She was baptized at an early age at the Tonkawa Christian Church and...

Nov 15, 2009

Ella L. Phillips, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Sunday, November 15, 2009 at her home. She was 85 years of age. Ella was born November 28, 1923 at Albion, Oklahoma, Pushmataha County. She was the daughter of Andrew Jackson Cranford and Etta Minerva Odom Cranford. She lived in the Choctaw Nation prior to moving to Lindsey, Oklahoma in...

Nov 15, 2009

Kimberly Ann Howard, lifelong resident of Ponca City, passed away Sunday evening, November 15, 2009 at her home. She was 41 years of age. Kimberly was born August 10, 1968 in Ponca City, the daughter of Edward Corky Gammon and Patricia Ann Kelly Gammon. She was a 1986 graduate of Ponca City High School. Kim was married to Lyle...

Nov 14, 2009

Hazel Irene Bryant, resident of Ponca City, died Saturday morning, November 14, 2009 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehab Center. She was 92 years old. Hazel was born to Ira Lee McNaught and Luella Gertrude Peaney McNaught on the family homestead outside Mooreland, Oklahoma on June 10, 1917. She lived through the great depression and the dust bowl....

Nov 13, 2009

Larry Shannon Platt, resident of Ponca City, died on Friday, November 13, 2009 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. He was 64. Larry was born on April 3, 1945 to William Star Platt and Francis Myrtle May Cannady Platt in Lucien, Oklahoma. He attended school in Lucien, Hayward and Perry where he made the wrestling team at...

Nov 12, 2009

Mildred Marie Jones, resident of Ponca City passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 91 years old. Born August 1, 1918 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of John T. and Daisy Brown Harris. She grew up in the Skedee area. Mildred married Delbert Lee Jones on September 11, 1937...

Nov 9, 2009

Mary L. Faken, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed on Monday, November 9, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 82 years of age. Mary was born April 15, 1927 in rural Noble County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Henry Edward Faken and Anna Marie Bishop Faken. She moved with her family at the age of 2 years...

Nov 6, 2009

Viola Ann Collins, resident of White Eagle, passed away on Friday, November 6, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was 55 years old. Viola was born the daughter of Adolphus Warrior and Lucille Littlevoice Warrior on May 27, 1954 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. She grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and moved to Ponca City in 1975. She...

Nov 4, 2009

Clinton Dwayne Melton, resident of Ponca City, died on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was 49 years old. Clinton was born on January 15, 1960 in Fairfax, Oklahoma the son of Charles Edward Melton and Mary Delores Sroufe Melton. He grew up in Fairfax and graduated from Fairfax Public Schools. He moved to...

Nov 1, 2009

Betty Ann Carson, resident of Ponca City, passed Sunday morning, November 1, 2009 at the Shawn Manor Nursing Center. She was 69 years of age. Betty was born August 23, 1940 in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of William Smith and Marjorie Karr Smith. She moved with her family to California at an early age and graduated from high...

Oct 23, 2009

Irene Jane Johnson, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Friday, October 23, 2009 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehab Center. She was 87. Irene was born the daughter of Ira Lewis Stringfield and Mary Elizabeth Cumming Stringfield on June 9, 1922 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Irene grew up in Pawhuska and was a Pawhuska High School Graduate. She...

Oct 20, 2009

Marie Estus, resident of Lakeside, California, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, California. She was 89. Marie was born to Luther Hankins and Lula Jordan Hankins on December 27, 1919, in Ripley, Oklahoma. She attended Ripley High School and graduated with the class of 1937. She married George Estus on March...

Oct 20, 2009

Denise D. Eddinger Denise D. Eddinger, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was 56. Denise was born September 16, 1953 in Ponca City, the daughter of Kenneth E. and Wilima L. Davis. She was married to Timothy Jay Eddinger on June 10, 2000 in Ponca City. Denises...

Oct 19, 2009

Jackie Jack Rand Jorgenson, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2009 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehab Center. He was 54 years old. Jack was born to Burnell D. Jorgenson and Ethel G. Maphet Jorgenson on June 28, 1955 in Edmond, Oklahoma. He attended and graduated from Ponca City High School. After high school...

Oct 15, 2009

Alice Cora Simpson, resident of Shidler, Oklahoma passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at St. Marys Regional Medical Center in Enid. She was 78. Alice was born on June 3, 1931 in Shidler, Oklahoma to Alice Cora Simpson Orutt. She grew up in Shidler and moved briefly to Washington and in her late 20s she returned to Shidler...

Oct 12, 2009

Linda Marie Johnston, resident of Hemingford, Nebraska passed away on Monday, October 12, 2009. She was 58 years old. Linda was born the daughter of Mike J. Hall and Wanda Lou Bryant Hall Morgan in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on July 26, 1951. She grew up in Blackwell and attended Blackwell High School. She married James Holder in 1973 and later...

Oct 11, 2009

David Russell Jody Rush, who was given the Indian name Dade Onsah and was a member of the Wind Clan of the Omaha Tribe, passed Sunday afternoon, October 11, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 61 years of age. Jody was born December 30, 1947 in Ponca City and was the son of Russell Rush and...

Oct 10, 2009

Oct 9, 2009

Marland Dale Floyd, resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday evening, October 9, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 75 years of age. Dale was born July 14, 1934 in rural Akins, Oklahoma, the son of E.W. and Beulah Vesta Wickett Floyd. Dale was a 1952 graduate of Sallisaw High School. After high school, he enlisted...

Oct 9, 2009

Benjamin Michael LeClair, resident of Marland, passed Friday morning, October 9, 2009 at his home. He was 60 years of age. Michael was born October 16, 1948 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Leo LeClair and Elsie Green LeClair. He was a 1967 graduate of Chilocco Indian School and then attended Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. At the age...