Norman Pat Deffner of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Wednesday, June 27, 2018, in the Integris Baptist Bass Health Center in Enid, Oklahoma, at the age of 78 years.

No public services are planned and a private family service will held at a later date.

A memorial has been established in his honor with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for pulmonary research in c/o Roberts and Son Funeral Home, 120 W. Padon, Blackwell, Oklahoma  74631.