Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
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Ruth Simpson
Oct 1, 2008
Ruth Warrior Simpson, resident of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2008 in Wichita, Kansas. She was 72. Ruth was born February 24, 1936 on the Ponca Indian Reservation, the daughter of Amos Mitchell Warrior and Irene LeClair Warrior. She was a 1955 graduate of Ponca City High School and was the first person in Ponca City High...

Fran Garrison
Sep 30, 2008
Fran Garrison, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 80. Fran was born on January 25, 1928 in Ponca City, the daughter of Guy Lane and Bessie Edmiston Lane. She attended Ponca City schools and after graduation, art school in Kansas City. She married Jeff Garrison on...

Sue Gregg
Sep 27, 2008
Marilyn Sue Gregg, resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, September 27, 2008 at Westminster Village. She was 66. Sue was born November 20, 1941 in McAlester, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles W. Crane and Ruth Whiteing Crane. She was a 1959 graduate of Ponca City High School. She was married to Delbert Gregg in October of 1960 at...

Jo Wiehle
Sep 27, 2008
Jo Celestine Swanson Wiehle, longtime rural Ralston resident, passed away Saturday, September 27, 2008 at her home. She was 82. Jo was born January 17, 1926 in Kaw City, the daughter of Joseph Newton Newt Swanson and Maudie Fronkier Swanson. She moved with her family as a child to the Little Chief community and was a graduate of Fairfax...

Linda Delaney
Sep 25, 2008
Linda June Delaney, former resident of Ponca City, died Thursday morning, Sept. 25, 2008, in Birmingham, Ala. She was 61. Funeral will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at IOOF Cemetery. Service will be officiated by David Frees of St. Luke's Nazarene Church. The family will hold a visitation at Grace Memorial Chapel Monday...

Helena Walkingsky
Sep 22, 2008
Helena Orpah Primeaux Walkingsky, longtime resident of the Ponca City community, passed away Monday, September 22, 2008 at the Willow Haven Nursing Home in Tonkawa. She was 76. Helena was born July 28, 1932 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Homer Primeaux and Alice Grant Primeaux. She attended the Pawnee and Chilocco Schools. She was married to Charles Paul...

Jonathan Powell
Sep 20, 2008
Jonathan Jon Boy Lane Powell, resident of Ponca City, passed away early Saturday morning on September 20, 2008. He was 15. Jonathan whose name means gift of God was born the son of Elvin Lee Powell and Lysetta Earlene McGill Powell in Ponca City, Oklahoma on October 15, 1992. He attended Kildare Elementary School and was a sophomore at...

Howard Buxton
Sep 20, 2008
Howard L. Hoot Buxton, longtime resident of Fairfax, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008 in Select Specialty Hospital located in St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa. He was 88. Howard was born April 28, 1920 in Claremore, Oklahoma, the son of Wills P. Buxton and Ida Alice Beathe Buxton. He received his education in the Fairfax schools. As a young man...

Betty Adams
Sep 19, 2008
Betty Ann Adams, resident of Ponca City, passed away on September 19, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 60. Betty was born the daughter of Jack Odell Hutchison and Helen Marie Riley Hutchison on May 23, 1948 in Fairfax, Oklahoma. She grew up in Fairfax and attended Fairfax Public Schools. On January 22, 1965 she married...

Velma Jones
Sep 15, 2008
Velma Louise Jones, resident of Ponca City, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 15, 2008 the same day in September her mother died 45 years earlier. She was surrounded by her loving family. Velma was given the name Mii Ma Shin meaning rising moon and was born the daughter of Narcissus Pensoneau and Elizabeth Littlecook Pensoneau Hernandez on January...

Lois Scott
Sep 13, 2008
Lois Maxine Scott, lifelong resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 90. Lois was born one of twelve children, July 29, 1918 at Ponca City, the daughter of David Taylor Robins and Myra Alzine Brown Robins. She started attending the First Church of God as a...

Angeline Soudry
Sep 11, 2008
Angeline Angie Kemble Soudry, resident of Midwest City and former Ponca City area resident, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2008 in Wichita, Kansas. She was 54. Angie was born February 26, 1954 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Edmond Steven Kemble and Rita Mae Roy Kemble. She attended the Chilocco Indian School.She was married to Larry Soudry on October...

Lois Keeler
Sep 10, 2008
Lois May Keeler, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday morning, September 10, 2008 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 86. Lois was born May 18, 1922 in Drumright, Oklahoma, the daughter of Morgan L. Shannon and Dona Mae Henry Shannon. She attended the schools in the Avant and Wolco area. She was married...

Everett Delaney
Sep 9, 2008
Everett Louis Duke Delaney, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday morning, September 9, 2008 at his home. He was 63. Everett was born June 17, 1945 in Ponca City, the son of James Aaron Delaney and Gladys Delone Kirchner Delaney. He was a part of the1963 class of Ponca City High School. He was inducted into the...

Royce Baker
Sep 6, 2008
Royce Baker, longtime Shidler and Ponca City area resident, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 84. Royce was born March 24, 1924 in Weir, Kansas, the son of John Stewart Baker and Hazel Williams Baker. He was married to Verla Moore on December 3, 1944 in Illinois. He was employed some...

Ronald Wilson
Sep 5, 2008
Ronald Wayne Wilson, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday, September 5, 2008 in New Port Richey, Florida. He was 71. Ronald was born September 15, 1936 in Ponca City, the son of Coyd James Wilson and Lamona House Wilson. Ronald attended Roosevelt School prior to his graduation from Ponca City High School in 1955. He was married...

Etheleen Eagle
Sep 4, 2008
Etheleen Mae Eagle, lifelong resident of Ponca City, passed away at her home on Thursday, September 4, 2008. She was 28. Etheleen was born the daughter of Frannie Arlene Littlewalker Eagle and Marcus Manuel Eagle on August 21, 1980 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. She grew up in Ponca City and went to Ponca City Schools and attended Ponca Indian...

Hania Slavin
Sep 3, 2008
For many months, the family anxiously prepared for Hanias arrival. They had hopes, dreams and wishes for their baby boy who was loved before anyone had even seen him. Hania Slade Slavin, infant son born to Casey Don Slavin and Tiffany Shae Lindenman Slavin went to be in the Lords loving care on September 3, 2008. He is survived...

Lester Mathes
Sep 1, 2008
Lester W. Mathes, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Monday, September 1, 2008 at his home after an extended illness. He was 79. Lester was born the son of John and Bessie Mathes on December 17, 1928 on the Big V Ranch of Marland, Oklahoma where he began school. The family moved to Ponca City in 1934, where...

Jack Dye
Aug 29, 2008
Dale J. Jack Dye, resident of Ponca City, passed away at Shawn Manor Nursing Home Friday, August 29, 2008, at the age of 84. Jack was born May 22, 1924 to Roscoe E. Kate E. Dye in Rago, KS at home with his Grandmother, Minnie Mae Dye as the midwife. Jack met Grace Seigh in Pennsylvania during World War...