Paul A. Stegeman
Jul 13, 2010
Paul August "Pat" Stegeman of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Tuesday morning, July 13, 2010, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital at the age of 92 years. Paul August "Pat" Stegeman was born on February 12, 1918, in Leoville, Kansas, to William and Margaret (Campbell) Stegeman. Following his high school graduation he entered the United States Army on October 3, 1941, serving in...
James Thilsted
Jul 13, 2010
James Thilsted of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, July 13, 2010, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital at the age of 80 years. James Thilsted was born on June 3, 1930, on a farm in the Rose Hill community northwest of Alva, Oklahoma, to Pete and Freda (Eckert) Thilsted. He married Lois Jean Hensley on July 9, 1949. To this marriage they...
Doreen Armstrong
Jul 6, 2010
Doreen Armstrong of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, June 6, 2010, at her home in Blackwell, Oklahoma, at the age of 87 years. Doreen Armstrong was born on November 25, 1922 in Liverpool, England. She was the daughter of Thomas and Ada Bibby, but was reared in England by her grandmother. She attended school in England. Following her education she met...
Katherine Lucille Conaway
Jul 5, 2010
Katherine Lucille (Meeker) Conaway, former Blackwell resident, passed away on Monday, July 5, 2010, in the Hospice of the Upstate in Anderson, South Carolina, at the age of 99 years. Katherine Lucille (Meeker) Conaway was born on January 30, 1911, to Ione and May Belle (Hamilton) Meeker at their home near Belle Plaine, Kansas. Her mother died when she was...
Lucille Love Dawson
Jul 2, 2010
Lucille Love Dawson of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died early Friday morning, July 2, 2010, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital at the age of 95 years. Lucille Love Dawson was born on January 6, 1915, in Risen, Arkansas, to John Franklin and C. T. (Cozad) Potts. As an infant she moved with her family to Terlton, Oklahoma, where she grew up and...
Lilie Marie Randolph
Jun 30, 2010
Lilie Marie Randolph of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Wednesday morning, June 30, 2010, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital at the age of 77 years. Lilie Marie Randolph was born on January 23, 1933, in Bazine, Kansas, to Lester P. and Bessie M. (Warden) Willis. She grew up and attended schools in Kansas. She married Charles McCleary and settled in Washunga, Oklahoma,...
Bernice Emeline Hiatt
Jun 26, 2010
Bernice Emeline Hiatt passed away Saturday, June 26 at the age of 94 years, in her rural Braman home with family at her bedside. She was born on July 1, 1915, in Sumner County, Kansas, to Roy and Edna (Johnson) Foy. She grew up on a farm near South Haven, Kansas, attending a one-room school house through her elementary years....
Mary Louise Nutt
Jun 18, 2010
Mary Louise Nutt of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday, June 18, 2010, at her daughter's home in Blackwell at the age of 78 years. Mary Louise Nutt was born on January 5, 1932, on a farm southeast of Deer Creek, Oklahoma, to Homer Harry and Blanche Margaret (Grimsley) Jamieson. She grew up on the farm and attended Deer Creek High School...
Allene (Ruff) Coffin
Jun 18, 2010
Allene (Ruff) Coffin of Ponca City, Oklahoma, died Friday, June 18, 2010, in the Ponca City Medical Center at the age of 83 years. Allene (Ruff) Coffin was born on February 7, 1927, in Rudy, Arkansas, to Simon Peter and Callie Orland (Freeman) Ruff. As a child, her family resided in Sasakwa and Seminole, Oklahoma. In 1943, her family settled...
Eunice Nadine Mullen
Jun 16, 2010
Eunice Nadine Mullen of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell at the age of 79 years. Eunice Nadine Mullen was born on April 25, 1931, in Kit Carson, Colorado, to Ervin Leo and Blanche Marie (Irwin) Kolb. She grew up in Kit Carson and attended Kit Carson Public Schools. Following her...
Robert Eugene Johns
Jun 14, 2010
Robert Eugene "Bob" Johns of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Monday morning, June 14, 2010, at his home in Blackwell at the age of 70 years. Robert Eugene "Bob" Johns was born on June 30, 1939, in Pittsburg, Kansas, to John J. and M. Lorenine. (Duvalt) Johns. As a young boy he moved with his family to Blackwell where he grew up...
William Kenneth Roundtree Sr.
Jun 11, 2010
William Kenneth Roundtree Sr. of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday morning, June 11, 2010, in the Ponca City Nursing Home at the age of 79 years. William Kenneth Roundtree Sr. was born on October 12, 1930, in Stroud, Oklahoma, to William Finas and Nannie Elander (Reed) Roundtree. He grew up in Stroud attending Rocky Point School and later moved to Cromwell...
Verna Pearl Baugus
Jun 7, 2010
Verna Pearl Baugus formerly of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Monday afternoon, June 7, 2010, in the Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center in Houston, Texas, at the age of 72 years. Verna Pearl Baugus was born on February 8, 1938, in Austin, Texas, to Jacob and Josie C. (Drake) Burney. She grew up in Houston, Texas, attending Houston Public Schools. Following...
Rita F. Stuever
May 31, 2010
Rita Fae Stuever of Alva, Oklahoma died Monday, May 31, 2010, at the age of 85, after a short illness. Rita was born October 27, 1924 to Martin Fred Stuever and Tressa Kort Stuever in Blackwell, Oklahoma. She graduated from Blackwell High School in 1942. In 1946 Rita obtained her B.A. degree in English from Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison,...
Lory Lynn Johnson
May 30, 2010
Lory Lynn Johnson former resident of Ponca City, Oklahoma, died Sunday afternoon, May 30, 2010, at her home in Blackwell at the age of 50 years. Lory Lynn Johnson was born on July 4, 1959, in Los Angeles, California, to Robert J. and Diane Edith (Sommers) Johnson. As an infant she moved with her family to Oklahoma where she lived...
Kenneth Levalley
May 24, 2010
Kenneth LeValley of Braman, Oklahoma, died Monday morning, May 24, 2010, in the Ponca City Medical Center at the age of 89 years. Kenneth LeValley was born on October 14, 1920, on the family farm east of Braman to John Harvey and Clella Vergie (Dowd) LeValley. He attended grade school at Lowe Center and graduated from Braman High School in...
Maurine Sheets
May 23, 2010
On Sunday, May 23, the corner of heaven was lifted down, and Maurine Sheets was carried up in spirit on the golden wings of a thousand angels. Both of Maurine's grandfathers acquired land in the Cherokee Run. It was on that land and in that humble, Christian home where her father lived his entire life that Maurine was born November...
Mildred Clonts
May 21, 2010
Mildred Clonts of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday evening, May 21, 2010, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell at the age of 96 years. Mildred Clonts was born on January 8, 1914, in Viola, Arkansas, to Tim and Fannie (Lancaster) Foster. As a young girl she moved with her family to Gypsy, Oklahoma. On March 13, 1936, she married...
Helen Mae Dye
May 21, 2010
Helen Mae Dye of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday, May 21, 2010, in the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 81 years. Helen Mae Dye was born on March 3, 1929, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Earl William and Gertrude Deloma (Marr) Moore. She grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Schools and Braman Schools. She finished her education...
Harvey Jay Tucker
May 18, 2010
Harvey Jay Tucker, 81, longtime resident of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died early Tuesday morning, May 18, 2010, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital. Harvey Jay Tucker was born on July 29, 1928, in Stigler, Oklahoma, to Clarence and Fanny (Mason) Tucker. He moved with his family to Blackwell in the eighth grade and graduated from Blackwell High School in 1947. Harvey married...
