Bernis C. Ropp
Jun 2, 2011
Bernis C. Ropp of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday afternoon, June 2, 2011, in The Commons in Enid, Oklahoma, at the age of 79 years. Bernis C. Ropp, youngest of nine children, was born on October 28, 1931, in Hulbert, Oklahoma, to John F. and Carrie (Briggs) Potts. She grew up in Hulbert graduating from Hulbert High School in 1950. She...
James Robert Yunker
May 30, 2011
James Robert Yunker of Braman, Oklahoma, died Monday, May 30, 2011, at his home near Braman at the age of 73 years. James Robert Yunker was born on December 25, 1937, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Robert Aloysius and Martha Vaughn (Craig) Yunker. He grew up in Braman and attended Pleasant Hill School before graduating from Braman High School in 1956....
Olive Opal Ball
May 25, 2011
Olive Opal Ball formerly of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Wednesday afternoon, May 25, 2011, in the Maple Lawn Manor in Hydro, Oklahoma, at the age of 90 years. Olive Opal Ball was born on January 22, 1921, in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, to Joe and Resa (Sumner) Siler. She grew up in Tonkawa where she was involved with many school activities and graduated...
Kenneth Martin Boyer
May 21, 2011
Kenneth Martin Boyer, 64, of Sunray, formerly of Ulysses, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at his home in Sunray. Kenneth was born on September 14, 1946 in Blackwell, Oklahoma to Elijah and Ruth Boyer. Ken grew up in Blackwell along with seven other brothers and sisters. He graduated from Blackwell High School, and then proceeded to Tonkawa...
Brandon James Blay
May 14, 2011
Brandon James Blay of Ponca City, Oklahoma, died Saturday, May 14, 2011, in Blackwell at the age of 30 years. Brandon James Blay was born on February 21, 1981, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Robert Brent and Shelley (Loveall) Blay. He grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools graduating from Blackwell High School in 2000. He furthered his education on...
Virgil Johnnie Tanner
May 6, 2011
Virgil Johnnie Tanner of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday evening, May 6, 2011, in the Bass Integris Medical Center, Enid, Oklahoma, at the age of 58 years. Virgil Johnnie Tanner was born on April 27, 1953, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Virgil and Dorothy (Huston) Tanner. He attended grade school in Peckham and graduated from Newkirk High School in 1971. Johnnie also...
James Edward Hill
May 2, 2011
James Edward "Jimmy" Hill of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Monday, May 2, 2011, at his home in Blackwell at the age of 54 years. James Edward "Jimmy" Hill was born on December 15, 1956, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Eugene and Beulah (Peters) Hill. He was married to Sharron Cantrell and they had three children before separating. Jimmy liked to race motorcycles...
Leah Lillian Dollarhide
Apr 26, 2011
Leah Lillian Dollarhide of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Tuesday morning, April 26, 2011, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital at the age of 92 years. Leah Lillian Dollarhide was born on May 5, 1918, in Leavenworth, Kansas, to Lee Erskin and Lillian Leah (Lake) Gaither. As a young girl she moved with her family to a farm near Braman, Oklahoma, before moving...
Jack Winfred Pemberton
Apr 24, 2011
Jack Winfred Pemberton of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Sunday evening, April 24, 2011, in the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 89 years. Jack Winfred Pemberton was born on January 20, 1922, in Fitzhugh, Oklahoma, to Lonnie Winfred and Frances Katherine (McDonald) Pemberton. As a young boy he moved with his family to Blackwell before locating in...
Myrtle Helen Colwell
Apr 23, 2011
Myrtle Helen (Hitzman) Colwell of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Saturday evening, April 23, 2011 in the Blackwell Regional Hospital in Blackwell at the age of 88 years. Myrtle Helen Colwell was born on January 1, 1923, in Chicago, Illinois, to Fred and Antonia Hitzman. She married Cletis Colwell on May 1, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, and he preceded her in...
Rama Eleanor Barnes
Apr 22, 2011
Rama Eleanor Barnes of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday evening, April 22, 2011, in the Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 13 years. Rama Eleanor Barnes was born on August 30, 1997 in Joplin, Missouri, to Merle Dan and Laura Fay (Ellis) Bradshaw. She enjoyed playing sports. She played basketball, ran track and was water girl for the...
Tristan Dean Wynn
Apr 18, 2011
Tristan Dean Wynn of Blackwell, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011, at his home in Blackwell at the age of 17 years. Tristan Dean Wynn was born on July 1, 1993, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Darin Dean and Cindy Lynn (Rowe) Wynn. He grew up in Stillwater before moving to Blackwell where he attended Blackwell Public Schools all his...
Ellen Elaine Rhea
Apr 17, 2011
Ellen Elaine Rhea of Ponca City, Oklahoma, died Sunday, morning April 17, 2011, at Shawn Manor Nursing Home in Ponca City Oklahoma, at the age of 87 years. Ellen Elaine Rhea was born on October 13, 1923, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Jesse and Zelma Nadine (Hood) Foster. She grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools. After her education she...
Lucille M. Almack
Apr 14, 2011
Lucille Mable Almack of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday morning, April 14, 2011, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital at the age of 84 years. Lucille Mable Almack was born on January 19, 1927, in Braman, Oklahoma, to Herman and Gladys (Bennett) Bradley. She grew up in Nardin attending Nardin Public Schools before attending Deer Creek High School graduating in 1945. She...
Alexander N. Wilson Iii
Apr 10, 2011
Alex N Wilson, III, "Doc", was born on December 5, 1945, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Alex N. (Jr.) and Dorothy Wilson and died April 10, 2011. He attended grade school in Stillwater and Greenfield (OK) before moving to Mountain View (OK) to begin the seventh grade and where he graduated from high school. His father was a football and basketball...
Thomas Dwight Horsburgh
Apr 9, 2011
Thomas Dwight Horsburgh, a 45 year resident of Blackwell, died peacefully at home with his family by his bedside April 9, 2011 in Oklahoma City. Born in Kiowa, Kansas March 30, 1919, Tom had recently celebrated his 92nd birthday surrounded with family and friends. Tom was a first generation American born of his Scottish immigrant father, Thomas Darling and his...
Hazel Pauline Rowan
Apr 9, 2011
Hazel Pauline Rowan of Blackwell, Oklahoma died Saturday, April 9, 2011, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell, Oklahoma, at the age of 91 years. Hazel Pauline Rowan was born on August 31, 1919, in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, to Walter and Georgia (Osburn) Boydston. She married David W. Hurst in August of 1934 in Seminole, Oklahoma. During World War II...
Warren Dale Combs
Apr 1, 2011
Warren Dale Combs of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died on Friday, April 1, 2011, at his residence in Blackwell at the age of 64 years. Warren Dale Combs was born on August 22, 1946, in Winfield, Kansas, to Jack and Violet Marie (Bowker) Combs. He grew up Winfield, Kansas, Stillwater and Blackwell, Oklahoma, attending Blackwell Middle School and Blackwell High School. Following...
Harvey Earl Pameticky
Apr 1, 2011
Harvey Earl Pameticky of Blackwell, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on Friday afternoon April 1, 2011, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell, Oklahoma, at the age of 93 years. Harvey Earl Pameticky was born on March 6, 1918, in Taloga, Oklahoma, to John and Mary (Jezek) Pameticky. Following graduating from Morrison High School in 1935, he enlisted in the...
Karen Ruth Niles
Mar 24, 2011
Karen Ruth Niles of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday morning, March 24, 2011, at her home in Blackwell at the age of 65 years. Karen Ruth Niles was born on May 17, 1945, in Wichita, Kansas, to Virgil Lee and Ruth Eileen (Bomhoff) Elliott. She began school in Wichita, Kansas. Following kindergarten the family moved to Blackwell where she completed her...
