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Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

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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...

Jessica Balman

Jessica Balman

Apr 20, 2013

Jessica Balman, 40, of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Red Rock, OK. Jessica was born on July 25, 1972 in Tulsa, OK to Joseph and Tommie Lang Elliott. Jessica grew up in the Ponca City area graduating Ponca City High School in 1990. She then went to Northern Oklahoma College and received an Associates degree...

Tennyson Overland

Tennyson Overland

Apr 19, 2013

Tennyson John Overland, 73, of Ponca City, passed away Friday, April 19, 2013 in OKC. Born on October 8, 1939 in Pawnee, OK to William and Helen Waters Overland. He was a lifelong area resident, veteran of the U.S. Army and member of the Ponca Indian United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, sisterAnna Mae,...

Imelda Willett

Imelda Willett

Apr 17, 2013

Services are pending.

Julian Thompson

Julian Thompson

Apr 16, 2013

Julian Ray Butch Thompson, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the Ponca City Medical Center when he decided it was time to be with his Lord and Savior after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 67 years of age. Butch was born November 12, 1945 at Ponca City, the son of Joseph Ray...

Glenn Griffith

Glenn Griffith

Apr 11, 2013

Glenn A. Griffith, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, April 11, 2013 at his home. He was 95 years of age. Glenn was born May 15, 1917 in a dugout at Bliss, Oklahoma, the son of Ira Griffith and Minta Stice Griffith. He attended the Marland Public Schools. He was married to Edna Mae Wilkins on May 30,...

Roger Abel

Roger Abel

Apr 11, 2013

Roger Dean Abel, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, April 11, 2013 in Tulsa. He was 67 years of age. Roger was born March 26, 1946 in Okemah, Oklahoma, the son of Clifford Abel and Evelyn Crews Abel. He moved with his family to Ponca City where he started the third grade. He graduated from Ponca City High...

Everett Rinehart

Everett Rinehart

Apr 11, 2013

Everett E. Rinehart, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, April 11, 2013 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 67 years of age. Everett was born March 24, 1946 in Ponca City, the son of Harold Erwin Rinehart and Mary O. West Rinehart. He was a 1964 graduate of Ponca City High School and attended Northern Oklahoma...

Jay Warner, Jr.

Jay Warner, Jr.

Apr 9, 2013

Jay M. Warner, 88, of Ponca City, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jay M. Warner Jr. was born October 1st, 1924 to Jay M. and Carrie Belt Warner in Ponca City, Oklahoma. He served his country in the US Army during World War II from 19431945....

Christine Holmes

Christine Holmes

Apr 6, 2013

Christine E. Holmes, 80, of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2013 in Wellington, KS. Christine was born on February 17, 1933 in Tahlequah, OK. She and William Bill Holmes were married on April 26, 1950 in Tahlequah. Bill passed away on February 21, 2009. They moved to Ponca City in 1953, she was of the Baptist Faith,...

Miles Seward

Miles Seward

Apr 3, 2013

Miles Albert Seward Miles Albert Seward, resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at his home in the Osage. He was 70 years of age. Miles was born February 7, 1943 at Oilton, Oklahoma, Creek County, the son of Albert John Seward and Cleo Inez Jones Seward. His early education was in the Middle Enterprise School East...

Noble Mears Sr.

Noble Mears Sr.

Mar 26, 2013

Noble Bruce Mears Sr., longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 93 years of age. Noble was born January 30, 1920 in a log cabin at Caney, Oklahoma. He was the son of Thomas Murphy Mears and Lela Janetta Beall Mears. He received his early education...

Carolyn Evans

Carolyn Evans

Mar 26, 2013

Carolyn Evans, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Via Christi Village. She was 85 years of age. Carolyn was born June 17, 1927 in Grandfield, Oklahoma, the daughter of William Thomas Clarke and Mae Ross Clarke. She attended the Ponca City Schools and was a graduate of PoHi. She was married to Harry Lee...

Mary Hammans

Mary Hammans

Mar 23, 2013

Mary Lou Hammans, 79, of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013 at her residence. Mary Lou was born on May 21, 1933 in Inglewood, CA to Charles A. and Emma Hislop Rhodes. She moved to Ponca City in 1950. Married Robert Lee Bob Hammans on December 13, 1951 in Ponca City. He passed away on November 28,...

Flora Nash

Flora Nash

Mar 21, 2013

Flora Irene Nash, 88, of Ponca City, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013 at Ponca City Medical Center. Flora was born on September 2, 1924 in Drumright, OK to Elijah and Mima James Ashcraft. She attended Drumright Schools, member of the Free Will Baptist Church in Ponca City. Married to Elza Eldridge Nash on October 6, 1941 in Drumright,...

Christine Smith

Christine Smith

Mar 15, 2013

Services are Pending.

Joseph Leclair

Joseph Leclair

Mar 4, 2013

Joseph LeClair, 44, of Ponca City, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013 at Ponca City Medical Center. Joe was born on January 22, 1969 in Claremore, OK to Jesse and Mable BlueBack LeClair. Joe was a lifelong area resident, liked to play dominoes, chess and shinny. Joe was a general laborer in construction. Joe was preceded in death by...

Evelyn Abel

Evelyn Abel

Mar 3, 2013

Evelyn Crews Abel, 91, of Ponca City, passed away Sunday March 3, 2013 in Tulsa. Evelyn was born on October 27, 1921 in Mounds, OK to Alonzo Odor and Maud Annalee Campbell Crews. She was raised and went to school in Blackwell. Evelyn married Clifford Abel on July 23, 1938 in Seminole, OK. They lived in many interesting places...