Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
Recent Obituaries
Dede Kerr
May 24, 2015
DeDe Kerr, longtime resident of Shidler, passed Sunday, May 24, 2015 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 66 years of age. DeDe was born January 24, 1949 in Shidler, the daughter of Sidney Lee Vaden and Hollis N. (Garrett) Vaden. She was a 1967 graduate of Shidler High School. She was married to James Franklin "Jim" Kerr...
Wendell Pappan
May 22, 2015
Wendell H. Pappan passed from this life to the next last Friday, May 22, 2015 at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa following a short illness. He was 52 years of age and would have turned 53 on the 25th of May this year. He was a member of the Ponca and Sac & Fox Tribes. Wendell was cared for...
Betty Sears
May 22, 2015
Betty "Nana" Simmons Sears 86, Longtime Shidler resident changed her address to be with her Savior Jesus Christ on May 22, 2015 at her daughter's home near Shidler. Nana was born on February 12, 1929 in Webb City, OK to Sidney W. and Ada Rush Vaden. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 6 to 8...
Harold Newland
May 18, 2015
Harold Eugene Newland, resident of Ponca City, passed Monday, May 18, 2015 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 83 years of age. Harold was born February 24, 1932 in Blackwell, the son of C.M. Newland and Berniece (Tate) Newland. He was a 1950 graduate of Blackwell High School. He completed college at Oklahoma University in 1957 with...
Bob Ferguson
May 17, 2015
Bob Ferguson, lifelong resident of Ponca City, passed Sunday, May 17, 2015 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 68 years of age. Bob was born November 17, 1946 in Ponca City, the son of Cecil Jay Ferguson and Mary Amanda Ferguson Brown. He was a 1965 graduate of Ponca City High School and a 1970 graduate of...
Clark Bauman
May 15, 2015
Clark Mindred Bauman 90, of Conroe Texas passed away May 15, 2015. Clark was born February 26, 1925 in Sentinel Oklahoma to Richard and Ruth Bauman. Clark is preceded in death by his parents Richard and Ruth Bauman, brother: Charles Bauman; sister: Juanita Faye Hyde; and sister-in-law: Jody Bauman. Clark was a Master Machinist and retired from Westinghouse Apparatus...
John Hess
May 11, 2015
John William Hess, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Monday, May 11, 2015 in Tulsa. He was 84 years of age. John was born December 11, 1930 in Ponca City, the son of Gus Hess and Grace (Ruby) Hess. He was a graduate of Ponca City High School. He served his country in the United States Army, serving in...
Virginia Brown
May 6, 2015
Virginia Christina Brown, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at Creekside Village, Ponca City. She was 92 years of age. Virginia was born January 16, 1923, the daughter of Raymond and Francis Sheridan. She attended Ponca City Schools, graduating from Ponca City High School. After graduation she attended Ponca City Hospital Nursing School. It was...
Gordon Roy
May 5, 2015
Gordon E. Roy, former resident of Ponca City area, passed Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in Oklahoma City. He was 78 years of age. Gordon was born March 31, 1937 at White Eagle, the son of Mitchell Roy Sr. and Rosa Primeaux - Motah. He attended Ponca City High School and graduated from Chilocco Indian School then attended Minot State...
Sara Posey
Apr 28, 2015
Sara Lynn Posey, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at her home. She was 56 years of age. Sara was born September 11, 1958 in Ponca City, the daughter of Kenneth Eugene McKee and Wanda Laverne (Wilkson) McKee. She attended Lincoln, West Jr. High and was a 1976 graduate of Ponca City High School. She...
Sye Morris
Apr 19, 2015
Sye Morris, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 85. Graveside services will held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Dennis Wildman presiding. Arrangements are under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel Funeral Home. Friends may pay...
Gary Petty
Apr 18, 2015
Gary L. Petty went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 18, 2015 after a long battle with cancer. He was 71 years of age. Gary was born on September 29, 1943 in Ponca City, the son of Ted Owen Petty and LaRose (Sherbon) Petty. In his younger years Gary was an excellent roller hockey player...
Norma Zimmerman
Apr 18, 2015
Norma Gertrude Van Buren was born on a farm near Delavan, Kansas on June 20, 1926. She was the daughter of William (Bill) and Marie Meyer Van Buren, both of whom have preceded her in death. Her early childhood education was at Lone Star, a one-room county school in Morris County, Kansas. She graduated from Herington High School as...
David Kelly
Apr 17, 2015
David Wayne Kelly, Lifelong resident of Ponca City, died Friday, April 17, 2015 at Shawn Manor Nursing Home. He was 63 years of age. David was born July 19, 1951 in Ponca City, the son of Dewey Wayne Kelly and Genevieve Ione (Poulter) Kelly. He attended the Ponca City Schools and was a Po-Hi graduate. He then attended Okmulgee...
Berenice Johnson
Apr 13, 2015
Berenice L. Johnson, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed April 13, 2015 at her home after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was 72 years of age. Berenice was born October 23, 1942 in Lamar, Colorado, the daughter of John Calvin Neal and Anna Carson (Lacy) Neal. Her early schooling was in Omaha, Nebraska and Ponca City....
Cecil Jeffries
Apr 12, 2015
Cecil L. Jeffries, longtime Bressie Community and Ponca City resident, passed Sunday, April 12, 2015 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 85 years of age. Cecil was born June 4, 1929 in the Bressie Community, the son of Fletcher Jeffries and Bertha Mae (Howell) Jeffries. He received his early education in the Bressie Tierney and Marland Schools....
Bridgette Coleman
Apr 11, 2015
Bridgette Alexis Coleman, resident of Ponca City, passed April 11, 2015 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 21 years of age. Bridgette was born March 30, 1994 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Holly Ann Coleman. She had attended schools in Tulsa and Owasso. Bridgette's enjoyments were playing the guitar, art, and the mountains. She is survived...
Leroy Marlow
Apr 9, 2015
Leroy Marlow, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015 at his home in Oklahoma City. He was 80 years old. Leroy was born April 1, 1935 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Henry John Marlow and Stella Lucille Burgess Marlow Whitecloud. He received his education in the Pawnee Indian School and was a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and the...
Belinda Howlingwolf
Apr 9, 2015
Belinda Sue Howlingwolf, resident of Red Rock, passed Thursday, April 9, 2015 in Tulsa. She was 44 years of age. Belinda was born February 7, 1971 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alman Duane Howlingwolf and Inez Mae (Black) Howlingwolf. She was a 1989 graduate of Red Rock High School and then attended Northwestern State University in Alva, Oklahoma....
Sylvester Alexander
Apr 5, 2015
Sylvester Alexander, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed April 5, 2015 in Stillwater. He was 91 years of age. Sylvester was born May 18, 1923 in Pauls Valley, the son of George "Curly" Alexander and Marie (Williams) Alexander. He moved with his family to Ponca City at the age of four. He graduated from Attucks High School in 1941...