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Paul Garcia

Paul Garcia

Jun 10, 2013

Paul R. Garcia, 61, of Ponca City, OK, passed away Monday June 10, 2013 at his home. Paul was born on the 4th of July, 1951 in Abilene, Texas. Raised in Wichita, Ks became an altar boy and knew how to play the accordion. Growing up Paul like to play jokes, needless to say he really enjoyed life and...

Phyllis Ladner

Phyllis Ladner

Jun 8, 2013

Phyllis B. Ladner, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Saturday, June 08, 2013 at the Via Christi Nursing Center. She was 85 years of age. Mrs. Ladner was born June 17, 1927 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, the daughter of John Bruce Wells and Thelma Arnetta Mitchell Wells. As a youngster Phyllis had a great fondness for her grandmother Effie Wells....

Martha Gann

Martha Gann

Jun 6, 2013

Martha Rose Gann was born December 12, 1926 to Oscar Cecil and Cecyle Peterson Trostle and went to be with her Lord on June 6, 2013 in Chickasha, OK. As she would always say, she was born in Webb City, OK before there even was a Webb City. She is survived by her only daughter, Joyce Corrales and granddaughters...

George Hoppes

George Hoppes

Jun 4, 2013

George G. Hoppes, 95of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at Ponca City Medical Center. George was born on November 28, 1917 in Eaton, IN to Evert and Marie Hoppes. George was parts manager for Metropolitan Water District in Southern California, he tried to enlist in military but was told he was too valuable working at Boeing...

Nellie Taylor

Nellie Taylor

May 30, 2013

Nellie Ellen Taylor died early Thursday, May 30, 2013. She was 84 years old. Nellie was born at her parents home in Cobb, OK on July 25, 1928, the second child of Grady and Ona Kenner Pigg. She attended a country school in Rock Creek, OK, and often laughed that she started at age four because her older brother...

Maxcene Adams

Maxcene Adams

May 29, 2013

Maxcene Humble Adams Mildred Maxcene Almy was born in a tent in Maramec, Oklahoma, August 6, 1922 to Beulah Dean Lewis and Leroy Ross Almy. She spent her early years in Westville, Oklahoma, living with her maternal grandparents, Ira and Effie Lewis. She returned to Ponca City where she completed her education. She married Ervin Leroy Humble on September...

Clifton Stevenson

Clifton Stevenson

May 21, 2013

Clifton Ray Stevenson, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 76 years of age. Ray was born December 7, 1936 in Oklahoma City, the son of Melvin Howard Stevenson and Charlotte Hasty Stevenson. Ray graduated from Loveland, Oklahoma High School in 1955. He then attended and graduated from...

Doris Hall

Doris Hall

May 20, 2013

On August 18, 1925 an angel, Doris Jean Hall, was born in Webb City, OK and on May 20, 2013 her Heavenly Father wrapped her in his arms and took her back to live her eternal life with Him and her Savior, Jesus Christ. A native to Ponca City, Oklahoma, she was preceded in death by her husband Melvin...

Charles Robedeaux

Charles Robedeaux

May 20, 2013

Charles J. Joe Robedeaux, 64, of Ponca City, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013 in Arkansas City, Kansas. Joe was born on June 7, 1948 in Pawnee, OK to C. G. and Dorothy DeRoin Robedeaux. Joe spent his early years in Greasy Creek on the farm in Enid, OK. He graduated Ponca City High School in 1966. On March...

Earlene Ely

Earlene Ely

May 19, 2013

Earlene Ely, resident of Red Rock, passed Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Enid. She was 79 years of age. Earlene was born October 31, 1933 in rural Perry, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charlie Pettit and Esther Belle Burgess. She attended school in rural Perry. She was married to Clayton Lewis Ely. She was employed some 20 plus years as...

Fannie Donelson

Fannie Donelson

May 15, 2013

On Wednesday, May the 15th Fannie Mae Beartrack Donelson left us to join our creator. She was born in San Antonio, Texas on March 4th, 1933 to Paul C. Beartrack and Mary Morrell Beartrack. She was raised on her mothers family home place where White Hair Memorial is now located. Raised in her native ways she was very active...

Martha Bolz

Martha Bolz

May 10, 2013

Martha Lee Bolz Martha Lee Bolz, longtime Shidler area resident, passed Friday, May 10, 2013 in Bartlesville. She was 71 years of age. Martha was born May 1, 1942 in Bassett, Texas, the daughter of Wesley Conway Roach and Mittie ArDella Tinsley Roach. She attended James Bowie High School in Simms, Texas. She was married to Chester Lee Bolz...

Tony Francis

Tony Francis

May 8, 2013

Tony Francis, resident of Red Rock, passed Wednesday, May 08, 2013 at St. Marys Regional Medical Center in Enid. He was 67 years of age. Tony was born May 9, 1945 in Eufaula, Oklahoma, the son of John Francis and Minnie Polk Francis. He attended school at Haskell Institute High School in Lawrence, Kansas, graduating in 1963. He earned...

Lois Eaton

Lois Eaton

Apr 30, 2013

Lois Dee DEEDLE Eaton, 91, of Tonkawa, went to meet her Lord on Tuesday evening, April 30, 2013 at the Willow Haven Nursing Home in Tonkawa. She was born on March 31, 1922 in Foraker, OK to Dee and Goldie Mae Bridges Martin. Lois was the third daughter of eight children. The family moved to Blackland, which is now...

Eva Center

Eva Center

Apr 28, 2013

Eva Mae Center, 77, of Shidler, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at the Ponca City Medical Center. Eva Mae was born on May 30, 1935 in Little Chief, Oklahoma to George Frederick and Nora Martha Ann Stoops Crain. She and Bobby Gene Center were married on December 24, 1952. To this union,...

Mary Krow

Mary Krow

Apr 27, 2013

Mary Vandesteene Krow, former resident of Otisville, Michigan and current resident of Ralston, Oklahoma, passed Saturday, April 27, 2013 at her home in the arms of her husband. She was 56 years of age. Mary was born February 18, 1957 in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of Robert K. Vandesteene and Maureen J. Morrow Vandesteene. She graduated from LakeVille High...

Johnny Rogers

Johnny Rogers

Apr 26, 2013

Johnny Ray Rogers, resident of Ponca City, passed unexpectedly, Friday, April 26, 2013. He was 34 years of age. Johnny was born November 3, 1978 in Huntsville, Texas, the son of Randy DeWayne Rogers and Jenny Shidler Rogers. His father died when Johnny was a young infant and was then raised and adopted by Bobby Lee Buckner. Johnny attended...

Virginia Grider

Virginia Grider

Apr 25, 2013

Virginia Lee Grider, resident of the McCord community, passed Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 70 years of age. Virginia was born July 3, 1942 at Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Robert Martin and Pearline Neal Martin. She grew up at several locations around the state of Oklahoma as her father was a...

Guy Thomas, Sr

Guy Thomas, Sr

Apr 21, 2013

Guy Lee Thomas, Sr., 52, passed away Sunday in Mississippi. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2013 at White Eagle United Methodist Church. Burial to follow in the Ponca Tribal Cemetery.

Jerye Gauger

Jerye Gauger

Apr 21, 2013

Jerye Gauger, longtime area resident of the Braden community, passed Sunday, April 21, 2013 in Tulsa. She was 88 years of age. Jerye was born May 6, 1924 in Clinton, Oklahoma, the daughter of George W. Smith and Eva Bredy Smith. She was a graduate of Medicine Lodge, Kansas High School. She was married to Ray Gauger on April...

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