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...

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,...

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...

Apr 20, 2011

Chleora Catherine Stewart, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at the Shawn Manor Nursing Home. She was 92 years of age. Chleora was born July 25, 1918 at Leon, Kansas, the daughter of Edward V. Campbell and Eva Marie Teatsorth Campbell. She moved with her family to Ponca City at the age of 12. She...

Apr 20, 2011

Loretta Lynne Pappan, resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at the Willow Haven Nursing Home in Tonkawa. She was 47 years of age. Loretta was born May 4, 1963 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Francis Buster Pappan and Lowellia Wakolee Pappan. She was a member of the SacNFox Tribe and Ponca Tribe. She received her...

Apr 20, 2011

Robert Sylvester, resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 86 years of age. Robert was born November 9, 1924 at Oilton, Oklahoma, the son of Howell Robert Sylvester and Vonnie Lee Bray Sylvester. He was a 1942 graduate of Oilton High School. He served his country in the U.S....

Apr 16, 2011

Iris Lee Brewer longtime resident of Ponca City passed away Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Shawn Manor Nursing Home. She was 87 years of age. Iris was born July 8, 1923, in Guymon, Oklahoma, the daughter of Lee Sloan Hill and Verdie Robinson Hill. She was a 1941 graduate of Eldorado High School and attended Cameron Junior College in...

Apr 14, 2011

Minnie Kathryn Miller, resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday evening, April 14, 2011 at the home of her daughter, Mary Spore. She was 91 years of age. Minnie was born August 1, 1919 in Ponca City, the daughter of Orville Reeves and Mabel Klopp Reeves. She attended the Enterprise school thru the 8th grade and graduated from Ponca City...

Apr 13, 2011

Richard Lee Rick Tautfest Jr., longtime resident of the Marland and Red Rock communities, passed Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at his home. He was 54 years of age. Rick was born February 19, 1957 in Ponca City, the son of Richard Lee Tautfest Sr. and Margaret Louise Willerton Tautfest. He received his early education in the Marland School. He...

Apr 13, 2011

Norma June Hammert, resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at her home. She was 78 years of age. Norma was born March 5, 1933in Oklahoma City, the daughter of William H. and Flora Cline. She was a graduate of Newkirk High School. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri for one year and then transferred to...

Apr 13, 2011

James Lloyd Bennett, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 90 years of age. James was born January 28, 1921 in Cleburne, Texas, the son of Franklin M. Bennett and Arline Lloyd Bennett. He was a graduate of Cleveland, Oklahoma High School. James served his country in the...

Apr 12, 2011

Dana John Keith Fisher, resident of Cushing, Oklahoma and former resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at the Cushing Regional Hospital. He was 62 years of age. Dana was born April 12, 1949 in Ponca City, the son of Harold Fisher Jr. and Fern Thompson Fisher. He was a member of the Buffalo Clan of the...

Apr 11, 2011

Darlene Rae Couture, resident of Blackwell, passed Monday, April 11, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 66 years of age. Darlene was born December 15, 1944 in Yakima, Washington, the daughter of Joe and Maxine Brandt. She was employed as a Registered Nurse, retiring in 2006. She served her country in the United States Army and...

Apr 8, 2011

Marcia Lea Courtney, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Friday, April 8, 2011 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 70 years of age. Marcia was born February 15, 1941, the daughter of the late Senator Roy E. Grantham and Martha Elizabeth Young Grantham. She was a 1959 graduate of Ponca City High School. She attended...

Apr 4, 2011

Pamela Kay Howell, resident of Ponca City, passed Monday, April 4, 2011 at her home. She was 60 years of age. Pamela was born September 13, 1950 at Grove, Oklahoma, the daughter of Doc Caudill and Dovie Lea Hanna Caudill. She received her early education in the Ponca City Schools. She lived for some time in Wayne, Michigan before...

Apr 4, 2011

Apr 4, 2011

John Paul Jay Steward, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Monday, April 4, 2011 at his home. He was 83 years of age. Jay was born December 29, 1927 in Nocona, Texas, the son of Leonard and Lota Pemberton Stewart. He attended the Nocona area schools. He was married to Lena Corkey Brewer on July 21, 1963 at Pampa,...

Apr 4, 2011

Dicie L. Jones, resident of Ponca City, passed Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 72 years of age. Dicie was born March 21, 1939 in Blue Mountain, Arkansas, the daughter of Jessie Isaac Goldman and Anna Marie Capps Goldman. She was married to John Silas in 1957. She later married Larry Fisher in...

Apr 3, 2011

Dolores B. Kimmel, resident of Ponca City, passed Sunday, April 3, 2011 at the Via Christi Village. She was 81. Dolores was born December 23, 1929 at Dunkerton, Iowa, the daughter of Mathias J. Ortner and Margaret Loretta Brown Ortner. She attended the Dunkerton Schools and later taught school in the area. She was a member of St. Marys...

Apr 1, 2011

Hugh D. Griff Griffin Hugh D. Griff Griffin, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Friday, April 1, 2011 at the Sterling House in Ponca City. He was 91 years of age. Griff was born January 19, 1920 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, the son of Mark Eugene Griffin and Montana Saunders Griffin. While growing up he helped his parents operate...