Obituaries

Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

Recent Obituaries

Lucinda Morris

Lucinda Morris

Oct 22, 2014

Lucinda A. Cindy Morris, 72, of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Ponca City Medical Center. Cindy was born on April 18, 1942 in Ponca City, OK to Iden and Billie Harris Ward. Cindy grew up in the Ponca City area, graduate of Ponca City High School. She and Billy Morris were married on July 8,...

Virgil Adams

Virgil Adams

Oct 14, 2014

Virgil Lee Adams, resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at his home. He was 55 years of age. Virgil was born November 16, 1958 in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Carl W. Adams and Greta Marie Brown Adams. He was a 1977 graduate of Red Rock High School and then attended Indian Meridian VoTech School...

Nora Higginbotham

Nora Higginbotham

Oct 13, 2014

LaVerne Higginbotham, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed October 13, 2014 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 86 years of age. LaVerne was born May 25, 1928 in Ponca City, the daughter of Paul Martin Irwin and Grace Edith Collins Irwin. She was a graduate of Ponca City High School. She had worked as a...

Sandra Haight

Sandra Haight

Oct 13, 2014

Sandra Irene Hinman Haight, 55, of Ponca City, passed away Monday, October 13, 2014 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sandra was born on Nov. 10, 1958 in Pawnee, OK to Samuel Hinman and Wanda Youker. Sandra was a lifelong area resident, graduating from Marland high School. She was an avid fan of OU and the Dallas Cowboys where NO ONE said...

Warren Rivers

Warren Rivers

Oct 9, 2014

Warren Telford Rivers, lifelong resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, October 9, 2014 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 72 years of age. Warren was born February 2, 1942 in Ponca City, the son of Eugene E. Rivers and Delma Elizabeth Young Rivers. He attended the Ponca City Public Schools and was a 1961 graduate of Ponca...

Louise Wilson

Louise Wilson

Oct 5, 2014

Louise E. Knight Wilson Louise E. Knight Wilson, longtime Ponca City resident, passed Sunday, October 5, 2014 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 93 years of age. Louise was born June 1, 1921 in Alton, Missouri, the daughter of W. B. Palmer and Auttie Ellen Hunter Palmer. She attended grammar school in Birch Tree, Missouri, then schools...

James Deel

James Deel

Oct 5, 2014

James W. Deel, 71, of Ponca City, passed away Sunday, October 5, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. James was born on June 16, 1943 in Holdenville, OK to Wilson and Lucille Bryer Deel. He grew up in the Holdenville area and graduated from Holdenville High School and then enlisted in the US Army. He graduated from OSU...

Irene Davis

Irene Davis

Oct 2, 2014

Irene M. Davis, longtime Ponca City resident, passed Thursday, October 2, 2014 at her home. She was 77 years of age. Irene was born July 3, 1937 in Osage County, the daughter of Lawrence Elmer Lauver and Grace Elizabeth Fowler Lauver. She attended grade school at Peters School, middle school in Burbank and high school in Ponca City. She...

Pansy Rockett

Pansy Rockett

Oct 2, 2014

Pansy Pauline Rockett, 80, Ponca City, passed away October 2, 2014. She was born June 20, 1934, to KC and Lavena Walton Oliver in Blanchard, OK. Pansy married Lowell A. Rockett on July 15, 1950. Pansy was an accomplished artist and loved quilting. Pansy also enjoyed sharing her faith by teaching Bible truths about the blessings the earth and...

Wayne Fleharty

Wayne Fleharty

Oct 1, 2014

On October 1, 2014, Wayne Ivan Fleharty, 81, went to be with the Lord, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was at his home in Kaw City, Oklahoma. Wayne was born February 25, 1933 in Old Kaw City, Oklahoma to John Screech and Mary Netty Bowker Fleharty. He grew up in Old Kaw City, and graduated from Kaw...

Kenneth Carpenter

Kenneth Carpenter

Sep 30, 2014

Funeral Arrangements are pending with ChristianWay Funeral Home of Pine Bluff, AR. 8705362800.

Gerald Fish

Gerald Fish

Sep 26, 2014

Gerald Chester Fish, 72, of Shidler, Oklahoma, passed away Sept 26, 2014 at his home. Gerald was born on March 4, 1942 in Alton, Illinois, to Chester Leon and Evelyn Rose Kneevers Fish. Gerald lived for 22 years in the Shidler area. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He is survived by his first wife Marcia...

Thomas Ackerson

Thomas Ackerson

Sep 21, 2014

Thomas Duane Ackerson passed away at his home on Sunday, September 21, 2014 in his 60th year. Tom was born on February 22, 1954 in Alliance, OH to George Oval and Bertdell Harvey Ackerson. He was a loving husband, Father and Grandfather. He was a veteran of the US Army serving from 19711972 during Vietnam. After his honorable discharge...

Kieth Hambleton

Kieth Hambleton

Sep 14, 2014

Kieth DeWayne Hambleton, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Sunday, September 14, 2014 at his home, with his loving family by his side. He was 76 years of age. Kieth was born July 4, 1938 in Ponca City, the son of Gerald Kieth Hambleton and Winifred Biby Hambleton. At the age of 10 he began working for his dad...

Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor

Sep 12, 2014

Mark Allen Taylor, resident of Ponca City, passed September 12, 2014 at his home. He was 46 years of age. Mark was born June 30, 1968 in Ponca City, the son of William Douglas Taylor and Gloria Jean Keeler Taylor. He attended the Ponca City schools. He was a welder by trade and had been employed with Mertz Corp....

William Crowder

William Crowder

Sep 8, 2014

William Allan Crowder passed unto the Lord on Sept 8, 2014, with family by his side, in Ponca City, Oklahoma. William Bill is survived by Brother Dale Crowder and five children, Bart Allan Crowder, Barry Don Crowder, Kurt Allan Crowder, Cassandra Kay Hammond, and Kyle Evan Crowder. Thirteen surviving grandchildren include: Sydney Crowder, Lauren Crowder, Corbin Crowder, Destiny Crowder,...

Sandra Whiting

Sandra Whiting

Sep 5, 2014

Sandra Kay Whiting, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Friday, September 5, 2014 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was 75 year of age. Sandra was born May 8, 1939 in Ponca City, the only child born to Arless Parker and Mildred Irene Johnson Parker. She was a 1957 graduate of Ponca City High School and...

Leroy Dilbeck

Leroy Dilbeck

Aug 31, 2014

Leroy William Dilbeck, 85, of Ponca City, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2014 at his residence. Leroy was born on August 9, 1929 in Roosevelt, OK to William Penn and Mattie Elsie Newport Dilbeck. Leroy entered the US Marine Corp on June 20, 1947 and was honorably discharged on June 19, 1950. He was married in 1951 and had...

Ruth Bennett

Ruth Bennett

Aug 27, 2014

Ruth M. Bennett, longtime resident of Shidler, passed Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in Bartlesville. She was 86 year of age. Ruth was born December 9, 1927 in Webb City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Columbus C.B. Hutsell and Ora E. Williamson Hutsell. She received her education in the Webb City and Oklahoma City Schools. She was married to Henry Edward...

Donald Gamble

Donald Gamble

Aug 24, 2014

Donald B. Gamble, resident of Tonkawa, passed Sunday, August 24, 2014 at his home, surrounded by loving family. He was 67 years of age. Don was born January 18, 1947 in Chester, Pennsylvania, the son of Albert E. Gamble and Mildred Brown Gamble. He was raised in Aston, Pennsylvania where he graduated from Sun Valley High School in 1964....