Juanita Glass
Mar 11, 2016
Juanita Glass of Blackwell, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016 at the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell at the age of 91 years. Juanita Maxine Glass was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma on October 13, 1924 to Robert Anderson Lewis and Vida Marie (Davis) Glass. Juanita attended Blackwell Public Schools, and graduated from Blackwell High School in 1941....
Connie Schones
Mar 10, 2016
Connie Denise Schones of Ponca City, Oklahoma passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2016 as a result of a car accident. Connie D. (Craig) Schones was born March 27, 1952 in Montezuma, Kansas to Gerald Dean and Anita Lucille (Cope) Craig. Connie grew up in Blackwell, where she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age....
Cruz Payan
Mar 8, 2016
Cruz Payan passed away at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at the age of 53 years. Cruz Payan was born on May 3, 1962, in Chihuahua, Mexico, to Refugio and Socorro (Loya) Payan. He married Ana Marrufo on April 4, 1979, in Parral Chihuahua, Mexico and later divorced. He moved to Idaho in...
Jerry Lynn White
Feb 28, 2016
Jerry Lynn White of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died late Sunday evening, February 28, 2016, in the AllianceHealth Ponca City at the age of 73 years. Jerry Lynn White was born on August 7, 1942, in Blackwell to Arthur Virgil and Phyllis Aileen (Koch) White. He grew up in Blackwell and attended Blackwell Public Schools. During his high school years he moved...
Mary Alice Oberlender
Feb 23, 2016
Mary Alice Oberlender formerly of Blackwell, Oklahoma passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at the Via Christi Village in Ponca City, Oklahoma at the age of 82 years. Mary Alice Oberlender was born on October 17, 1933 in Waynoka, Oklahoma, to Arthur Leonard and Gladys Viola (Hammond) Paige. Mary grew up in Waynoka before moving to Missouri with her...
Clarence Junior Oard
Feb 17, 2016
Clarence Junior Oard, formerly of Braman, Oklahoma, died Wednesday afternoon, February 17, 2016, in the Greenview Manor Nursing Home in Waco, Texas, at the age of 86 years. Clarence Junior Oard was born on July 19, 1929, on the family farm in Braman, Oklahoma, to Clarence Albert and Gertie Mae (Silver) Oard. He grew up in Braman and graduated from...
Katherine Dryer Hackett Whitman
Feb 13, 2016
Katherine (Dryer) Hackett Whitman of Blackwell, Oklahoma passed on to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 9 am while in Integris Bass Baptist Health Center in Enid, Oklahoma at the age of 90 years after a six month illness that took her away from her active life in Blackwell. Katherine Heuer Dryer was born on November...
Rex Ernest Hall
Feb 8, 2016
Rex Ernest Hall of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Monday, February 8, 2016, in the Specialty Hospital in Oklahoma City at the age of 65 years. Rex Ernest Hall was born on December 20, 1950, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Lorin Ernest and Ica Maurine (Fauchier) Hall. He grew up in Blackwell and attended Nardin Schools before transferring to Blackwell High School. Following...
Bernice Gessel
Feb 6, 2016
Bernice Gessel of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Saturday evening, February 6, 2016 in the Oklahoma State University Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 75 years. Bernice Gessel lived her life as a Daughter, Sister, Nurse, Wife, Friend, Mother, Farmer and Grandma. She was an avid O.S.U. Cowboys fan, a great fisherman and a lucky gambler. She had a deep...
Joella Affholder
Feb 5, 2016
Joella F. Affholder of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday evening, February 5, 2016, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home, Blackwell, Oklahoma, at the age of 85 years. Services are pending.
James Marvin Frazier
Feb 2, 2016
James (Jim) Marvin Frazier, 97, passed away at his home in Blackwell, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, February 2, 2016. He was born on April 23, 1918, in Blackwell, to James Milburn and Bertha Elizabeth Cross Frazier. He was one of eight children and grew up on the Blackwell family farm obtained in the Land Run. Jim graduated from Blackwell High School...
Robert Austin
Jan 30, 2016
Robert Austin of Blackwell, Oklahoma passed away at AllianceHealth Blackwell on January 30, 2016 at the age of 58 years. Robert Lynn Austin was born on September 24, 1957 in Okarche, Oklahoma to Albert Frank and Shirley June (Nix) Austin. Robert graduated from Geary High School in 1975 and went on to attend Canadian County VoTech where he studied small...
Sue Laughlin
Jan 28, 2016
Karen "Sue" Laughlin, of Blackwell, Oklahoma, passed away on January 28, 2016, in the Northwest Specialty Hospital in Enid, Oklahoma, at the age of 73 years. Karen "Sue" Laughlin was born on April 7, 1942, in Neal, Kansas, to Clyde "Buddy" and Gladys (Nelson) Williams. One of thirteen children, five sisters and seven brothers, she grew up in Neal and...
Tony Vowel
Jan 28, 2016
James Anthony Vowel, loved and known by all as Tony, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016. Tony was born in Blackwell, OK on January 5, 1949, to James and Elizabeth Vowel. Tony married Linda Riseling on June 19, 1971. After living in Oklahoma City for a couple of years, they decided to make Blackwell their home. Tony worked with his...
Beverly Ann Simmons
Jan 28, 2016
Beverly Ann Simmons was born on October 11, 1941, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to Delbert and Ruth Ledoice (Bush) Van Blaricom. As a young girl she moved with her family to Tonkawa where she grew up and graduated from Tonkawa High School in 1959. She furthered her education by attending Northern Oklahoma Junior College. She married Marvin D. Simmons on February...
Doris O. Foresman
Jan 23, 2016
Doris Orlene Foresman, formerly of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Saturday morning, January 23, 2016, at the Greenbrier Skilled Nursing Center, Enid, Oklahoma, at the age of 87 years. Doris Orlene Foresman was born on August 10, 1928, in Coats, Kansas, to Orin Joseph and Mildred Ethel (McGauhey) Branson. She attended Coats Public Schools and graduated with the class of 1946. She...
Jerry J. Johnson
Jan 22, 2016
Jerry J. Johnson of Blackwell, Oklahoma, passed away early morning on January 22, 2016, at his home at 83 years of age. Jerry was born April 2, 1932 south of Hunnewell, Kansas, on an Oklahoma farm to his parents Harvey and Evelyn (Corn) Johnson. He joined a sister, Betty and later by a sister, Mary. They lived there until he...
Chad Eric Mcnamara
Jan 21, 2016
Chad Eric McNamara, of Pond Creek, passed away in a tragic car accident on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at the age of 41 years. Chad Eric McNamara was born the son of Bruce Gene McNamara and Renee Lynn (Brown) McNamara of Blackwell, Oklahoma, on October 20, 1974, in Blackwell. He spent his childhood in Blackwell growing up at the family...
Anna Belle Tarrant
Jan 18, 2016
Anna Belle Tarrant of Blackwell, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, January 18, 2016 at Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home at the age of 95 years. Anna Belle "Annie" Tarrant was born on March 23, 1920 to Elige Wilson Snow and Savannah Mae Snow in Mena, Arkansas. The family moved to Blackwell around 1927 where she grew up. She married Calvin "Leon"...
Donald Ray Mayden
Jan 15, 2016
Donald Ray Mayden of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died early Friday morning, January 15, 2016 at his home at the age of 83 years. Donald Ray Mayden was born on July 4, 1932, in Elkhart, Texas, to James Alfred and Levora (Rankin) Mayden. He grew up in various communities in Texas and Oklahoma and completed his education at Okmulgee High School in...
