Helen Irene Wright
May 3, 2012
Helen Irene Wright of Ponca City, Oklahoma, died Thursday evening, May 3, 2012, at her home at the age of 87 years. Helen Irene Wright was born on April 19, 1925, in Quaw, Oklahoma, to Floyd Albert and Artie Mish (Rowden) Brown. She grew up and attended Shamrock Public Schools graduating in 1943. She married W. A. Wright on January...
Bill Simer
May 1, 2012
Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Dylan Thomas "Cautiously optimistic" were the doctors' only words of hope 13 years ago when Bill was diagnosed with heart disease. Defying the odds, Bill Simer gave his family the ultimate gift of an additional 13 years. He reluctantly passed from this Earth in...
Boyd Briggs
May 1, 2012
Boyd Odell Briggs of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Tuesday afternoon, May 1, 2012, at the Blackwell Regional Hospital, Blackwell, Oklahoma, at the age of 92. Boyd Odell "Short" Briggs was born on October 29, 1919, in Madill, Oklahoma to Ernest and Manerva Mason Briggs. He attended Whitefield Public Schools. He enlisted in the United States Army in March of 1942 and...
Ray Lowder
Apr 29, 2012
Donald Ray Lowder of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died April 29, 2012, in the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 54 years. Ray Lowder was born on May 29, 1957, in Duncan, Oklahoma, to Bill G. and Pamela June (Dowlen) Lowder. He grew up in Duncan attending Duncan Public Schools and graduated in 1975. He furthered his education...
Ann Lee Ganer
Apr 29, 2012
Anna Lee Rea Ganer (Granny Ann) celebrated her birthday into Heaven, when she went to be with Jesus, on Sunday, April 29, 2012 at the age of 100 years, 9 months and 4 days. Anna Lee was born July 24, 1911, to Thomas E. and Melvina (Highfill) Rea in Charity, MO. At two years of age, Ann's family, moved to...
Vernon Leroy Osborn
Apr 24, 2012
Vernon Leroy Osborn of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital at the age of 77 years. Vernon Leroy Osborn was born on October 8, 1934, in Salt Fork, Oklahoma, to Jess William and Gladys Faye (Osburn) Osborn. He attended Lamont Public Schools graduating in 1952. Following his education he entered the United States Air...
Lora Alma Rector
Apr 21, 2012
Lora Alma Rector, of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Saturday morning, April 21, 2012, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home, Blackwell, Oklahoma, at the age of 92. Lora Alma Rector was born on April 26, 1919, in Bristow, Oklahoma, to Roy Lee Turner and Flora (Welch) Turner. She attended Bristow public schools and later obtained her nurses license. She married Oscar O....
Doy Allen Day
Apr 19, 2012
Doy Allen Day of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday morning, April 19, 2012, at his home in Blackwell at the age of 47 years. Doy Allen Day was born on January 17, 1965, in Arkansas City, Kansas, to Lincoln Deleno and Jovita Socorro (Garcia) Day. He grew up on a farm east of Blackwell and attended Blackwell Public Schools through his...
Mary Frances Denton
Apr 14, 2012
Mary Frances Denton, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and lifetime resident of Kay County, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the age of 96. Mary Frances was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma, on March 21, 1916, and was the youngest child of Marshall and Edith Baldwin. She was preceded in death by her siblings, Clark and Bertha Louise. She married...
Marian Mcmillioan
Apr 12, 2012
Marian Frances McMillioan of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died early Thursday morning, April 12, 2012, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell at the age of 92 years. Marian Frances McMillioan was born on November 20, 1919, in Billings, Oklahoma, to Lewis Arthur and Anna Elizabeth (Barnett) Fitch. As a young girl she moved with her family to Blackwell where she...
Gordon Sandy Prather
Apr 9, 2012
Gordon Sandy Prather formerly of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Monday afternoon, April 9, 2012, in the Thomas Creek Veterans Hospital in Amarillo, Texas, at the age of 79 years. Gordon Sandy Prather was born on August 30, 1932, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Harold Gordon and Lois Mae (Moore) Prather. He grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools and graduated from...
Lynn Lenker
Apr 8, 2012
Margaret Lynn Lenker formerly of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Sunday, April 8, 2012, at her home in Norman, Oklahoma, at the age of 60 years. Margaret Lynn Lenker was born on January 17, 1952, in Ponca City, Oklahoma, to Lyman Gilbert and Virginia (Ralston) Lenker. She grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools and graduating from Blackwell High School in...
James Rex Parr
Apr 2, 2012
James Rex "Jim" Parr of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Monday afternoon, April 2, 2012, in the Presbyterian Tower at the O.U. Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City at the age of 71 years. James Rex "Jim" Parr was born on July 10, 1940, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Rex and Minnie (Steffen) Parr. He grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools...
Boyd Briggs
Apr 1, 2012
Boyd Briggs of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Tuesday afternoon, May 1, 2012, at the Blackwell Regoional Hospital, Blackwell, Oklahoma, at the age of 92. Services are pending.
Ralph Carl Matthews
Mar 27, 2012
Ralph Carl Matthews of Deer Creek, Oklahoma, died Tuesday morning, March 27, 2012, in the Robert Dole Veterans Hospital in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 80 years. Ralph Carl Matthews was born on July 12, 1931, in Stigler, Oklahoma, to Rose Matthews. He grew up in Stigler attending Stigler Public Schools. In 1948 he entered the United States Army...
Philip Duane Tannehill
Mar 23, 2012
Philip Duane Tannehill was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma on December 29, 1948 to Ted R. and Opal Loraine (Harris) Tannehill and departed this life surrounded by family at 11:45 p.m. March 23, 2012. He grew up on a farm northwest of Blackwell attending Bethel Rural School. He also attended elementary grades in Liberal, Kansas and Argonia, Kansas before finishing his...
Leo Charles Stewart
Mar 19, 2012
LEO CHARLES STEWART was born Nov. 18, 1925 to William and Adeline Stewart in Blackwell, Okla. Leo died March 19, 2012, at the age of 86 in Green Valley, Ariz. Leo attended Blackwell schools, where he played basketball, football and track. He graduated from high school with the Class of 1944 and was immediately inducted into the United States Army...
David Daniel Barrows
Mar 16, 2012
David Daniel Barrows of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday, March 16, 2012, at the Blackwell Regional Hospital in Blackwell at the age of 76 years. David Daniel Barrows was born on February 7, 1936, in Blackwell, Oklahoma. He was the son of William David and Mabel Lee (McCoy) Barrows. He grew up in Blackwell attending Newkirk and Blackwell Public Schools. After...
Richard Patrick Sawyers
Mar 12, 2012
Richard Patrick Sawyers of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Monday, March 12, 2012, in the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 49 years. Richard Patrick Sawyers was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma on February 3, 1963, to Robert L. and Barbara S. (Honeycutt) Sawyers. He grew up in Ponca City attending Ponca City Public Schools graduating from Ponca City...
Charles Garland Clark
Mar 12, 2012
Charles Garland "Chuck" Clark of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died early Monday morning, March 12, 2012, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital at the age of 52 years. Charles Garland "Chuck" Clark was born on July 28, 1959, in El Paso, Texas, to Bonnie Garland and Isabel (Aguilar) Clark. As a young boy he moved with his family to Sallisaw, Oklahoma, where he...
