Ora "Kiki" Christine Patten
Mar 9, 2012
Ora Christine "Ki Ki" Patten of Tonkawa, Oklahoma, died Friday afternoon, March 9, 2012, at the age of 92 years. Ora Christine "Ki Ki" Patten was born on March 13, 1919, on a ranch, where her father worked, at Little Chief, Oklahoma, near Pawhuska, to William Sylvester and Audie Belle (Woods) Hudson. As a young girl she moved with her...
Charlene Faye Koksal
Mar 7, 2012
Charlene Faye Koksal of Blackwell, Oklahoma, departed this life to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell at the age of 69 years. Charlene Faye Koksal was born on November 21, 1942, in Texhoma, Oklahoma, to John and Lavon (Jones) Koksal. She attended elementary and middle school in...
Betty June Weir
Mar 4, 2012
Grateful to be released from a body laden with pain & cancer, Betty June Weir, 77, of Blackwell, Oklahoma entered into the gates of heaven on March 4, 2012. She was born in Standard, Louisiana to Joe & Georgia Ellis. Betty graduated in Kansas from Leavenworth High School & Saint Margret's School of Nursing in Kansas City. Betty began her...
Wilma Mae Tolle
Mar 1, 2012
Wilma Mae Tolle of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday morning, March 1, 2012, in the Sterling House in Ponca City, Oklahoma, at the age of 93 years. Wilma Mae Tolle was born on November 20, 1918, in Lamont, Oklahoma, to William and Emma Mae (Moody) Landis. She grew up in Lamont graduating from Lamont High School in 1936. Following her education...
Janet Elaine Loftis
Feb 29, 2012
On February 29th, 2012, Janet Elaine Loftis left this world to be with her Heavenly Father. She passed peacefully in her sleep at 11:45 p.m. in her home with her husband and daughter. Janet Elaine Claybaker was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma on December 14, 1959, to Max and Dorothy Claybaker. She was the third of five children and the second...
Floy Anna Curl
Feb 29, 2012
Floy Anna Curl of Braman, Oklahoma, died Wednesday evening, February 29, 2012, in the Presbyterian Manor in Arkansas City, Kansas, at the age of 83 years. Floy Anna Curl was born on October 4, 1928, in Dilworth, Oklahoma, to Robert and Viola (Elwood) Gibson. She grew up in Dilworth attending Dilworth Public Schools before graduating from Braman High School in...
Altus Patton
Feb 25, 2012
Altus Lahoma Patton of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Saturday evening, February 25, 2012, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell, Oklahoma, at the age of 88 years. Altus Lahoma Patton was born on September 16, 1923, in Cleveland, Oklahoma, to Henry Clay and Inez (Hooper) Higgins. She married Willard Smith on April 14, 1965 and he preceded her in death...
Peggy Annette Allbaugh
Feb 15, 2012
Peggy Annette Allbaugh of Blackwell, Oklahoma, passed peacefully from this life Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at Life Care Center in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 80 years. One of three children, Peggy was born May 31, 1931, to Henry Hudson (USA) & Mary Thelma (Bennett) Cummings of Garber, Oklahoma. She graduated from Blackwell High School in 1949 and married...
Donna Jean Martin
Feb 15, 2012
Donna Jean Martin formerly of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died on February 15, 2012, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 51 years. Donna Jean Martin was born in Dallas, Texas. She was the daughter of Burn L. Martin Jr. and Billie (Parker) Martin. She grew up in Dallas, Texas and in Tulsa, Oklahoma, attending Tulsa Public Schools. In 1978 she...
Frank Kucera
Feb 11, 2012
Frank Kucera Jr., resident of Deer Creek, died February 11, 2012, at his home at the age of 85. Frank Kucera Jr., was born November 7, 1926, in Geuda Springs, Kansas, to Frank and Mary Kaiser Kucera. He grew up northwest of Newkirk, Oklahoma, and attended Pleasant View Country School and graduated from Newkirk in 1944. After graduation he purchased...
Happy Riseling
Feb 11, 2012
"Happy" Beulah Mae Davis-Riseling was born on February 3, 1931, in Oakwood, Oklahoma, to Creyton and Edna Davis. She died on February 11, 2012, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, at the age of 81. Happy had a beautiful, beautiful life and loved her family. Although she is absent from the body, she is present with the Lord. Happy was the devoted wife...
Norman Dee Buxton
Feb 8, 2012
Norman D. Buxton of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Wednesday afternoon, February 8, 2012, at his home in Blackwell at the age of 80 years. Norman D. Buxton was born on February 26, 1931, in Rosston, Oklahoma, to Millard Forrest and Olive Fern (Demuth) Buxton. He grew up in western Oklahoma before moving with his family to a farm west of Deer...
Jack Crews
Feb 5, 2012
Lloyd Wesley "Jack" Crews of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Sunday morning, February 5, 2012, at his home in Blackwell at the age of 82 years. Lloyd Wesley "Jack" Crews was born on October 28, 1929, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Alonzo Oder and Maud Annalee (Campbell) Crews. He grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools and graduated from Blackwell High School...
Verda Lorraine Taylor
Feb 4, 2012
Verda Lorraine Taylor of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Saturday, February 4, 2012, at the Via Christi Village in Ponca City, Oklahoma, at the age of 89 years. Verda Lorraine Taylor was born March 13, 1922, in Portland, Kansas, to William "Bill" and Olga (Welsch) Wolf. She grew up in Portland attending Portland Grade School and then attended the South Haven High...
Hardie Mack Higgins
Jan 23, 2012
Today we rejoice in the knowledge that Hardie Higgins is forever at home with the Savior he faithfully served for 67 years. He was a son, given by the Lord, to Jack and Lenore Higgins in Blackwell, Oklahoma on September 8, 1944. He moved to his heavenly home January 23, 2012. At the time of his death he resided in...
Kathryn Alicia Mcclaflin
Jan 21, 2012
Kathryn Alicia McClaflin of Braman, Oklahoma, died Saturday morning, January 21, 2012, at her home in Braman at the age of 52 years. Kathryn Alicia McClaflin was born on August 19, 1959, in Arkansas City, Kansas, to Lincoln Deleno and Jovita Socorro (Garcia) Day. She attended Arkansas City Public Schools before moving with her family to Blackwell in 1968 and...
Louis Madison Balliet
Jan 21, 2012
Louis Madison Balliet of Newkirk, Oklahoma, died Saturday, January 23, 2012, at his residence in Newkirk, Oklahoma, at the age of 71 years. Louis Madison Balliet was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma, on August 21, 1940, to Carl W. and Imildia (Foust) Balliet. He grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools and graduated from Blackwell High School in 1959. At...
Albert E. Butzbach
Jan 21, 2012
Albert Earl Butzbach Jr. of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died January 21, 2012, in the Barnsdall Nursing Home in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, at the age of 57 years. Albert Earl Butzbach was born on July 20, 1954, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Albert Earl and Iva Mae (Hurley) Butzbach Sr. He grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools before moving to Arkansas. Following...
Billy Dean Almack
Jan 15, 2012
Billy Dean Almack, formerly of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Sunday, January 15, 2012, in the Jack C. Montgomery Veterans Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma, at the age of 82 years. Billy Dean Almack was born on May 25, 1929, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Archie C. and Emily Bly (Thompson) Almack. He grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public School graduating from Blackwell...
Viola Elizabeth Tremble
Jan 15, 2012
Viola Elizabeth Tremble formerly of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died early Sunday morning, January 15, 2012, in The Gardens in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, at the age of 99 years. Viola Elizabeth Tremble was born on January 22, 1912, in Altoona, Kansas, to August F. and Letha L. (Morrison) Huhn. As a young girl she moved with her family to Sand Springs, Oklahoma, where...
