Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
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Mary Morrow
Aug 29, 2011
Mary A. Morrow, former resident of Ponca City, passed Monday, August 29, 2011 in Clearwater, Kansas. She was 86 years of age. Mary was born April 22, 1925 in Oakwood, Texas, the daughter of William DeWitt Smith and Lela Bell Patrick Smith. Her early schooling was in the Kanard, Texas area where she excelled in basketball and also participated...
Howard Buxton
Aug 28, 2011
Howard Dewayne Buxton, resident of Ponca City, passed Sunday, August 28, 2011. He was 59 years of age. Howard was born March 3, 1952, the son of Joe Buxton and Margaret Shorty Looney Buxton. He was a 1970 graduate of Fairfax High School. He had been employed as a DI Tech with Water Service Company. He is survived by...
Rev. Hinman
Aug 26, 2011
Rev. Edwin Hinman, longtime resident and minister of the Ponca City area, passed Friday, August 26, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 74 years of age. Rev. Hinman was born April 2, 1937 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Roy Hinman and Evalina Barnaby Hinman. He attended school at Concho and White Eagle. He served his...
Phoebe Headman
Aug 25, 2011
Phoebe Diamond Headman, resident of White Eagle, passed on her birthday, Thursday, August 25, 2011 at St. Anthonys Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was 83 years of age. Phoebe was born August 25, 1928 at White Eagle, the daughter of William Diamond and Jeanette Raise the Others. Phoebe was a member of the Bear Clan of the OtoeMissouria Nation....
Troy Warrior
Aug 25, 2011
Troy Lynn Warrior, resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, August 25, 2011 at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was 48 years of age. Troy was born February 18, 1963 in Oklahoma City, the son of Otis C. Warrior and Alma R. Pettit Warrior. He grew up in Oklahoma City and attended Western Heights School. He moved...
Laveta Shelton
Aug 19, 2011
Laveta Mae Shelton, longtime resident of Ponca City, was called home by her Lord and Savior on Friday, August 19, 2011. Laveta was born November 13, 1934 at Newkirk, Oklahoma, the daughter of William J. Fox and Lillie Mae Knight Fox. She was a 1953 graduate of Ponca City High School. Laveta was married to her best friend and...
Marie Pappan
Aug 15, 2011
Marie Pappan, resident of White Eagle, passed away on her birthday, Monday, August 15, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 67 years of age. Marie was born August 15, 1944 in White Eagle, Oklahoma, the daughter of Roy Hinman and Evalina Barnaby Hinman. The granddaughter of Samuel Hinman and great granddaughter of Chief Standing Buffalo. She...
Elvena Sylvester
Aug 3, 2011
Elvena Ruth Sylvester, resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 87 years of age. Elvena was born May 21, 1924 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Clyde B. Haga and Hazel Florence Tipton Haga. She was a 1943 graduate of Pawnee High School. She was married to...
Orrin Pederson
Jul 25, 2011
Orrin N. Pederson, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Monday, July 25, 2011 in Norman, Oklahoma. He was 88 years of age. Orrin was born March 12, 1923 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, the son of Palmer Pederson and Alma Anderson Pederson. He was a graduate of Thief River Falls High School where he excelled at sports and was...
Randy Ramsey
Jul 23, 2011
Randy Joe Ramsey, at the age 61, died unexpectedly of cancer on July 23rd, 2011 at his home in Houston, Texas with his family by his side. Randy was born to Bill and Betty Ramsey August 11th, 1949 in the Ponca City Hospital. He grew up in a small oil camp called Carter Nine just outside Shidler Oklahoma. Randy...
Iva Mcgavran
Jul 23, 2011
Iva Leota Burnett McGavran, longtime resident of Ponca City, died Saturday, July 23, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 75 years of age. A graveside service will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery with Pastor Ron McCormick and Steve Bradshaw presiding. Arrangements are under the direction of Grace...
Katherine Maddox
Jul 17, 2011
Katherine Teresa Wey Maddox Kay Maddox went to be with her Lord and Savior on July 17, 2011, dying peacefully in her sleep, after living a rich and full life for 97 years, 1 month and 15 days. Kay was born in Leedy, OK, on June 2, 1914. She was the oldest of four 4 children born to Paul...
Stella Brown
Jul 10, 2011
Mamas birthday is being celebrated in Heaven today. Free of doctors, hospitals and pain. Stella Ruth Deines Ridgeway Brown was born July 11, 1921, in Wakeeney, Kan., to immigrants from Russia, Henry Deines and Mary Ehrlich. She cleaned houses for a quarter a day. She was raised in Russell, Kan. She babysat for Senator Bob Dole when he was...
Donna Newlin
Jul 9, 2011
Donna Gail Newlin, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was 58 years of age. Donna was born August 30, 1952 in El Dorado, Arkansas, the daughter of Glen Cranford and Katherine Montgomery Cranford. She attended Lincoln Elementary School, West Jr. High and was a 1971...
Lee Hollingsworth
Jul 4, 2011
Lee J. Hollingsworth, resident of rural Ponca City, passed away Monday, July 04, 2011 in Oklahoma City. He was 81 years of age. Lee was born November 19, 1929 at Hunnewell, Kansas, the son of Thomas and Flecie Hollingsworth. He grew up on a farm near South Haven, Kansas. He was a 1951 graduate of Shidler High School. He...
Claude Lewis
Jul 4, 2011
Claude Woodrow Woody Lewis, resident of Ponca City, passed away Monday, July 04, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 51 years of age. Woody was born June 5, 1960 at West Liberty, Kentucky, the son of James H. Lewis and Ruby Lyons Lewis. He was a graduate of Xenia, Ohio High School. He served his country...
Edward Selvey Sr.
Jun 27, 2011
Edward Lawrence Selvey Sr. Edward Lawrence Selvey Sr., longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Monday, June 27, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 74 years of age. Edward was born July 14, 1936 in Ponca City, the son of Paul Brizie Selvey and Esther Carlean Hall Selvey. He attended Jefferson Elementary and Ponca City High...
Margaret Headrick
Jun 23, 2011
Margaret Beth Headrick, lifelong resident of Ponca City, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011 at her home. She was 76 years of age. Margaret was born October 3, 1934 in Ponca City, the daughter of Cyrol Bennett and Dorothy Margaret Friedley Bennett. She was a 1952 graduate of Ponca City High School and played clarinet in the PoHi marching...
Kenneth Bufton
Jun 18, 2011
Kenneth E. Bufton, 87, of Ponca City, Oklahoma died at 11:35 a.m. on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at his home. Kenneth was born July 12, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan to his immigrant parents, Arthur Asa and Anne Christine Thornton Bufton. Following his high school graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas. While...
C.H. Sims
Jun 17, 2011
C.H. Sims, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday, June 17, 2011 at his home. He was 70 years of age. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials contribution may be made to the American Cancer Society, Oklahoma Chapter, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731231718. Grace...
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