Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
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Freda Head
Jun 15, 2011
Freda Mae Head, longtime resident of the Grainola Community, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. She was 85 years of age. Freda was born May 9, 1926 at Fairland, Oklahoma, the daughter of James Leroy Miller and Minnie Hazel Long Miller. She was a 1944 graduate of Shidler High School. She was...
Opal Day
Jun 15, 2011
Opal M. Day, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a long battle with cancer. She was 81 years of age. Opal was born October 14, 1929 at Syracuse, Kansas, the daughter of Claude Wormington and Josephine Smith Wormington. She was a graduate of Syracuse High...
Morgan Steele Jr.
Jun 14, 2011
Morgan Jonas Steele Jr., resident of Ponca City, went to his heavenly home on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at his home. He was 74 years of age. He was born November 21, 1936 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the son of Jonas Morgan Steele Sr. and Goldie Marie Shelton Steele. He was a 1956 graduate of Ponca City High School. He...
Madeline Hunt
Jun 13, 2011
Madeline G. Hunt Madeline G. Hunt, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Monday, June 13, 2011 at the Shawn Manor Nursing Center. She was 87 years of age. Madeline was born March 25, 1924 in Ponca City, the daughter of Fred O. Nelson and Minnie Eaton Nelson. She attended the Burbank and McCord schools before graduating from Ponca...
John Psikal
Jun 12, 2011
John Edgar Psikal, resident of Kildare, passed Sunday morning, June 12, 2011 at his home. He was 65 years of age. John was born May 22, 1946 in Ponca City, the son of Elmer John Psikal Jr. and Wanda Lee Randol Psikal. He was a 1965 graduate of Ponca City High School. He served his country in the Oklahoma...
Shirley Anderson
Jun 7, 2011
Shirley Joe Hill Anderson, resident of Ponca City and former resident of Tonkawa, passed Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at her home. She was 70 years of age. Shirley was born August 23, 1940 in Seminole, Oklahoma, the 5th of 13 children born to Clarence and Cora Henderson Smith. She attended the Deer Creek School at Little, Oklahoma near Seminole....
Wanda Gifford
May 31, 2011
Wanda Jean Gifford Wanda Jean Shorty Gifford, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at the Integris Blackwell Regional Hospital. She was 83 years of age. Wanda was born February 3, 1928 at Idabell, Oklahoma, the daughter of Robert Givens and Molly Smith Givens. She was married to Harry Walter Gifford on April 4, 1948 in...
Kelly Nelson
May 31, 2011
Kelly Ray Nelson Kelly Ray Nelson, former Tonkawa resident and current Bartlesville resident, passed Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at his home in Bartlesville. He was 34 years of age. Kelly was born June 24, 1976 in Ponca City, the son of Terry Ray Nelson and Linda Kay Haen Nelson. He was a 1994 graduate of Tonkawa High School. He...
Damon Owens
May 30, 2011
Damon Kyle Owens, resident of Ponca City, went to meet his heavenly Father on Monday, May 30, 2011. He was 40 years of age. Damon was born May 13, 1971 in Ponca City, the son of Jim and Patsy Bales Owens. Damon attended the McCord School where he enjoyed playing soccer and football. He also attended Ponca City High...
Ava Willsey
May 20, 2011
Ava Rae Willsey, resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday, May 20, 2011. She was 85 years of age. Ava was born October 10, 1925 in Paris, Arkansas, the daughter of Clifford Lee Riley and Nora Dean Nelson Riley. She moved with her family at the age of five to Fairfax, Oklahoma where she received her education. While attending...
William Jones
May 19, 2011
William Richard Willie Jones, resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, May 19, 2011 at the Integris Blackwell Hospital. He was 80 years of age. He was a member of the Kaw Tribe and his given Native American name was TAHDAYONHSAH which means strong wind. William was born April 29, 1931 at Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Richard Jones and...
Kathy Wilhelm
May 18, 2011
Kathy Jenay Wilhelm, resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, May 18, 2011 in Oklahoma City. She was 58 years of age. Kathy was born January 4, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Jack Douglas Waymire and Melba Virginia Penny Howe Waymire. She was a 1971 graduate of the H. Grady Spruce High School in Dallas, Texas. She was...
Douglas Blubaugh
May 16, 2011
Douglas Morlan Doug Blubaugh, resident of Tonkawa, and former resident of Ponca City, a well known Olympic Gold Medal wrestler, passed away Monday, May 16, 2011in Tonkawa as a result of a vehicle accident. He was 76 years of age. Doug was born December 31, 1934 in rural Ponca City, the son of Edward Raymond Blubaugh and Audrey Marie...
Wilma Harkins
May 13, 2011
Wilma Mieir Harkins, longtime resident of Ponca City, went home to be with the Lord early Friday morning, May 13, 2011 with her youngest son, Robert Harkins, with her. She was 98 years of age. Robert has been her loving caregiver for the past 10 years, with the last 5 months being 247 with only the exception of Wilmas...
Shirley Towse
May 7, 2011
Shirley Ann Towse, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Saturday, May 7, 2011. She was 76 years of age. Shirley was born September 14, 1934 at Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Richard Paul Jennings and Leone Pagan Jennings. She received her early schooling in Salina, Hutchinson Schools and Hutchinson Junior College. She was married to Lyle Towse on March...
Lena Stewart
May 7, 2011
Lena Faye Corkey Stewart, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Saturday, May 7, 2011. She was 80 years of age. Corkey was born January 21, 1931 in Moran, Texas, the daughter of Bill Brewer and Mattie Walker Brewer. Corkey was a nickname given to her when she was very young and has been with her ever since. She had...
Lora Morland
May 5, 2011
Lora Fay Morland, longtime resident of Ponca City, was called home Thursday evening, May 5, 2011. She was 86 years of age. Lora was born October 2, 1924 at Dighton, Kansas, the daughter of Ira Clarence Potts and Daisy May Lord Potts. She was a graduate of Ponca City High School. She married Bill Sindelar on October 9, 1945...
Albert Black
May 5, 2011
Albert Henry Hank Black, a Ponca City resident left this life to be with his Savior on Thursday, May 5, 2011. He fought a five year and seven month hard battle with renal cell carcinoma. He was 52 years of age. Albert was born May 3, 1959 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of James O. Black and Lupe T....
Joella Thompson
May 4, 2011
JoElla Thompson former resident of Ponca City, passed May 4, 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was 80 years of age. JoElla was born March 13, 1931 in Higgins, Texas, the daughter of Fred E. Brown and Lottie Mae Pittendrigh Brown. She grew up in Shattuck, Oklahoma and attended high school there where she met a handsome young man,...
Ivan Avery
Apr 23, 2011
Ivan Edwin Avery, resident of Webb City, passed April 23, 2011 in Webb City. He was 68 years of age. Ivan was born November 17, 1942 in Winfield, Kansas, the son of Benjamin Avery and Louise Kellogg Avery. He attended the Winfield Schools. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Ivan was a longtime...
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