Leroy C. Farabough
Mar 15, 2013
Leroy C. Farabough of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday, March 15, 2013, at his residence at the age of 88 years. Leroy C. Farabough was born on June 8, 1924, in Nardin, Oklahoma to Dow and Agnes Farabough. He grew up in Nardin attending school in Nardin and then completing his last year of high school in Blackwell, graduating in 1942....
Fern Juanita Tripp
Mar 12, 2013
Fern Juanita Tripp of Edmond, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in the Sterling House in Edmond at the age of 92 years. Fern Juanita Tripp was born on April 24, 1920, in Freedom, Oklahoma, to Eber Herbert and Ethel Lillie (Redding) Dotter. She grew up in Freedom graduating from Freedom High School in 1938. She furthered her education by...
Joyce Williams
Mar 11, 2013
Ruby Joyce Williams of Blackwell, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2013, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital in Blackwell at the age of 84 years. Ruby Joyce Williams was born on December 9, 1928, in Stroud, Oklahoma, to John Thomas and Alta Mae (Loman) Loveall. As one of fifteen children, Joyce grew up in Stroud and attended Stroud Public...
Leaha Ruth Kelle
Mar 7, 2013
Leaha Ruth Kelle of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, at her residence at the age of 51 years. Services are pending.
Andy Anderson
Mar 7, 2013
With his family by his side, Farris M. "Andy" Anderson of Oklahoma City died unexpectedly on March 7, 2013 in the Oklahoma Heart Hospital at the age of 85 years. Farris M. "Andy" Anderson was born on March 2, 1928, in Ninnekah, Oklahoma, to Harry H. and Ethel (Hughes) Anderson. He grew up in Grady County and attended Ninnekah Public...
Bertha Maxine Vaughn
Feb 26, 2013
Bertha Maxine Vaughn of Yukon, Oklahoma, died, Tuesday, February 26, 2013, in the Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City at the age of 81 years. Bertha Maxine Vaughn was born on January 24, 1932, near Braman, Oklahoma, to Guy Willard and Anna (Pantenburg) Riley. She attended rural Kay County Schools before graduating from Braman High School in 1949. Following her...
Patricia Ann North
Feb 21, 2013
Patricia Ann " Pat" North of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday, February 21, 2013, at the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell at the age of 79 years. Patricia Ann "Pat" North was born on July 6, 1933, in Blackwell to William and Frances (Olds) Jobe. She grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools graduating from Blackwell High School in...
Blanche Louetta Pontius
Feb 21, 2013
Blanche Louetta Pontius of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday morning, February 21, 2013, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell at the age of 92 years. Blanche Louetta Pontius was born on October 15, 1920, in Blackwell to Joel E. and Bessie L. (Hummel) Stout. She grew up in Newkirk, Oklahoma, attending Newkirk Public Schools. Following her education she married...
John Richard Smith
Feb 21, 2013
John Richard Smith of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday, February 21, 2013, in the Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 59 years. John Richard Smith was born on November 21, 1953, in Blackwell to Jack and Lucille (Eakins) Smith. He grew up attending Nardin School before graduating from Blackwell High School in 1972. While in high...
Fern O. Hoecker
Feb 15, 2013
Fern O. Hoecker of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday, February 15, 2013, at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in Blackwell, Oklahoma, at the age of 92 years. Fern O. Hoecker was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma, on August 2, 1920, to Robert Lee and Virgie Edith (Houser) Dice. She grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools. Following her education she married Walter...
Harold George Bolton
Feb 13, 2013
Harold George Bolton of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Wednesday, February 13, 2013, in the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 66 years. Harold George Bolton was born on August 26, 1946, in Des Moines, Iowa, to George David and Edith Faye (Harman) Bolton. At the age of ten he moved to California and returned to Iowa at...
Josephine Marie Stockton
Feb 13, 2013
Josephine Marie (Colbert) Stockton of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Wednesday, February 13, 2013, in the Via Christi Westminster Village in Ponca City at the age of 102 years. Josephine Marie (Colbert) Stockton was born on January 19, 1911, northwest of Newkirk, Oklahoma, in the Middleton Community, to Carl and Emma (Van Pelt) Colbert. She grew up in the Dale and Newkirk...
Ruth May
Feb 8, 2013
Ruth Dean May, formerly of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday evening, February 8, 2013, in the Parkwood Healthcare Center, Bedford, Texas, at the age of 89 years. Ruth Dean May was born on March 1, 1923, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, to Clarence and Lela May. She attended Star Elementary School near Blackwell before attending Braman High School and graduating from Blackwell High...
Joann Laverne Pennington
Feb 8, 2013
Joann Laverne Pennington of Nardin, Oklahoma, died Friday morning February 8, 2013, at the Blackwell Regional Hospital, Blackwell, Oklahoma, at the age of 78 years. Joann Laverne Pennington was born on February 25, 1934, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Vern C. and Alice (Heap) Stewart. She attended and graduated Blackwell Public Schools. She married Harold G. Pennington on April 12, 1952,...
Lucille Smith
Feb 8, 2013
Virginia Lucille Smith passed away Friday, February 8, 2013. She was a lifelong member of the Nardin and Blackwell communities. Lucille was born at the home of her grandparents (McKeehan) southwest of Braman, OK to Richard Charles Eakins and Dora Pearl (McKeehan) Eakins. The family moved to Nardin in 1926, where she resided her entire life. Lucille attended Nardin school...
Izetta Tolle
Feb 2, 2013
Izetta Tolle of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Saturday, morning February 2, 2013, at the Blackwell Regional Hospital in Blackwell at the age of 91 years. Izetta Tolle was born on September 16, 1921, on a farm in Grant County, Oklahoma, to H.O. and Lela B. (Ballard) Snouffer. She grew up in the Deer Creek area attending Deer Creek Public Schools and...
Houston L. Hall
Jan 31, 2013
Houston Lamar Hall of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died early Thursday morning, January 31, 2013, at his home in Blackwell at the age of 91 years. Houston Lamar Hall was born on November 12, 1921, in Colleyville, Texas, to William H. and Alice Hall. He grew up in Colleyville attending CeeVee and Colleyville Rural School before graduating from Paducah High School. Following...
Michael Don Bigler
Jan 31, 2013
Michael Don Bigler of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday, January 31, 2013, at his home in Blackwell at the age of 53 years. Michael Don Bigler was born on April 13, 1959, in Arkansas City, Kansas, to Donald Clyde and Marilyn Kay (Mirt) Bigler. He grew up in Pratt, Kansas, attending Pratt Public Schools and graduated from Pratt High School in...
Angie Coussens
Jan 29, 2013
Angie Coussens, left to be with Jesus in Heaven on January 29, 2013. She was born on October 7, 1932 in Carnegie, OK to David Lester Jones and Loretta Smith Jones. She married Bill J. Coussens on November 2, 1951 in Oklahoma City and was a homemaker raising five children. Her family moved to Blackwell, Oklahoma in 1972, where she...
Lila Wilson
Jan 23, 2013
Lila Smith Taylor Wilson of Braman, Oklahoma, died January 23, 2013, at her daughter's home in Lyons, Kansas, at the age of 100 years. Lila Smith Taylor Wilson was born on August 7, 1912, in Kay County, Oklahoma, to pioneer parents, James W. and Inez (Stevens) Smith. Her father was a homesteader in the opening of the Cherokee Strip in...
