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Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

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Elva Gardner

Elva Gardner

Aug 16, 2014

Elva Lea Simanek Gardner, 83, of Ponca City, passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Ponca City Medical Center. Elva Lea was born on October 5, 1930 at her Grandma Downings house in Medford, OK to Stanley Frank and Ruth N. Downing Simanek. Elva Lea attended 1st grade in a country school on the Red River, 2nd grade...

Brandy Pursley

Brandy Pursley

Aug 14, 2014

Brandy Nicole Jester Pursley, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2014 in Modesto, CA at the young age of 31. Brandy was born on September 20, 1982 in Ponca City to Mark Jarita Hopkins Jester. She was a 2001 graduate of Ponca City High School. In 2004, Brandy was blessed with the greatest gift of all, a beautiful baby girl...

Brandi Torres

Brandi Torres

Aug 12, 2014

Brandi DeAnn Torres, Lifelong Ponca City resident was called home to the Heavenly Father on Tue. August 12th 2014, she was 34 Brandi was born November 4th, 1979 to Brennan Montgomery and Cheryl Jordan Montgomery in Ponca City. Brandi attended Garfield Elementary and Roosevelt Elementary, She graduated from Ponca City High School in 1998. Brandi was married to Jose...

Anna Butler

Anna Butler

Aug 10, 2014

Anna Mae Hall Butler, former Ponca City resident, passed Sunday, August 10, 2014 at Integris Blackwell Regional Hospital. She was 74 years of age. Anna was born June 14, 1940 in Ponca City, the daughter of Charles Lew Hall and Erie Mable Fortune Hall. She was a 1959 graduate of Ponca City High School. Anna served her country in...

Woodrow Kent

Woodrow Kent

Aug 4, 2014

Woodrow Solon Kent, former resident of Ponca City and recent resident of Tulsa, passed Monday, August 4, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was 65 years of age. Woodrow was born August 2, 1949 in Ponca City, the son of Woodrow Kent and Augustine Elk Little Warrior. He was a graduate of Ponca City High School. He...

Charles Hare

Charles Hare

Aug 1, 2014

Charles Charlie Donald Hare, 82, resident of Ponca City, passed away on Friday August 1, 2014. Charlie was born on July 9, 1932, the son of Leonard and Allie Thomas Hare in Broken Bow, OK. He was the oldest of 10 children. He married Ruth Ellen Clinkenbeard in 1951 and they had 2 daughters. Charlie was very proud of...

Linda Woodall

Linda Woodall

Jul 31, 2014

Linda Lou Woodall of Ponca City went to be with the Lord peacefully on Thursday, July 31st, 2014. Linda was born in Blackwell, OK on July 17, 1947 to Virgil and Naomi McDowell Crook. Linda was a Graduate of Ponca City High School in 1965 and her main loves in life were spending time with her grandchildren, listening to...

Thomas Looper

Thomas Looper

Jul 26, 2014

Thomas Earl Looper Sir Thomas, known to his biker friends as 10 Cent, passed Saturday, July 26, 2014 at his home in Ponca City with his family by his side. He was 46 years of age. Thomas was born August 2, 1967 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, the son of Thomas Ray Looper and Anita Darlene Bare Looper and was a...

Arron Johnson

Arron Johnson

Jul 26, 2014

Ponca City resident Arron ODale Johnson, made his journey to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 26, 2014. He was 52. Born on Dec. 30, 1961 in Ponca City to Jerry K. Alma Coleen Gore Johnson. He was the youngest of their four children. Arron went to Ponca City Schools and as a young adult, worked for Mendenhall...

Jo Gauger

Jo Gauger

Jul 18, 2014

Jo Grace Gauger, 85, longtime resident of Osage CountyMcCord District, went to meet her Lord on Friday, July 18, 2014. Jo was born on February 26, 1929 in rural Osage County east of Ponca City to Gus Lemuel and Grace Majel Ruby Hess. Jo was a 1947 graduate of Ponca City High School. She the graduated from Pioneer Vo...

Ramona Sheldon

Ramona Sheldon

Jul 16, 2014

Ramona Jeanine Rheam Sheldon, 77, of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2014 in Tulsa, OK. Ramona was born on May 22, 1937 in Ponca City to Arnold and Eula Black Rheam. She had attended Roosevelt School, East Jr. High, and was a 1955 graduate of Ponca City High School. Ramona married B.P. Nick Sheldon in October 1958....

Sandy Osborn

Sandy Osborn

Jul 16, 2014

Sandy Osborn, longtime resident of Osage County, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday morning, July 16, 2014 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 60 years of age. Sandy was born June 3, 1954 in Ponca City, the daughter of John Ross DeNoya and Bonita Klapper DeNoya. She attended school in Osage County at Braden School,...

Marvina Cerre

Marvina Cerre

Jul 13, 2014

Marvina Cerre, 57, of OKC, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2014 at OU Medical Center of OKC. Marvina was born on May 10, 1957 in White Eagle to Marvin and Marion McDugan Cerre. She grew up in the White Eagle area and attended Chilocco Indian School. She had lived in OKC for the past 40 years. She was preceded...

Johanne Mead

Johanne Mead

Jul 13, 2014

Johanne Mead, entered eternal rest on July 13, 2014. Johanne was born August 10, 1925 to Ola Mae Fowler and Lacy Ollie Fleenor in Gainesville, Texas. The family moved to Ponca City in June of 1935 where Johanne remained for the next 75 years. She loved her town and was proud to tell people she was from Ponca City....

Beverley Mehojah

Beverley Mehojah

Jul 9, 2014

Beverley Ann Childs Mehojah, resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, July 9, 2014 in Oklahoma City. She was 65 years of age. Beverley was born December 30, 1948 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of George Childs and Virginia Lonelodge Childs. She attended the Red Rock public schools. She was baptized as a child in the Red Rock Assembly of...

Dr. Dean

Dr. Dean

Jul 8, 2014

Dr Jack Fredrick Dean, 90, who called Ponca City home, passed away on July 8, 2014 in Dallas, TX. He was born on November 16, 1923 in Ponca City to mother Lula May Adair Dean and father Herman Dean who worked at the Conoco refinery. They preceded him in death along with his first wife Lucille, and second wife...

Christopher Richter

Christopher Richter

Jul 8, 2014

On the evening of December 11, 1995, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Chris and Charlien Richter blessed their son Chad with the very best Christmas present ever, a baby brother. Christopher Andrew Richter came roaring into life that winter as a 100, Aone boy. He loved all of the things that allow little boys to get dirty: fishing, camping, and shooting...

James Smith

James Smith

Jul 6, 2014

James Stanley Smith, 77, of Ponca City, succumbed on July 6, 2014 following a brief illness. James was born on January 25, 1937 in Fairfax, OK to William Theodore and Virginia Leulla Smith. He was raised by his mother and Stepfather Norman Miller. They preceded him in death along with his first wife of 48 years, Glenna M. Smith....

Bob Guinn

Bob Guinn

Jul 5, 2014

Lifelong Ponca City resident, Bob Loan Guinn, beloved husband, father, grandfather, greatgrandfather and friend to everyone fortunate enough to meet him, lived a blessed, Christian life for 90 plus years. He left this earthly domain after a short battle with cancer to enter the heavenly kingdom that awaited him on Saturday, July 5, 2014. As he was in life,...

Wanda Griffith

Wanda Griffith

Jun 29, 2014

Wanda Griffith, 79, of Ponca City, passed away Sunday, June 29, 2014 at home. Wanda was born on August 4, 1934 in Ponca City to Dewey and Lucretia Newlin Wright. Her mother passed away when she was 3 years old and was raised by her father and her Aunt Lydia NewlinWright. She grew up in the Ponca City and...