Veronika Jenkins
Jul 25, 2008
Veronika Jenkins of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday evening, July 25, 2008, at her residence in Blackwell, Oklahoma, at the age of 84 years. Veronika Jenkins was born on February 26, 1924, in Ering a/Inn, Germany, to Joseph and Maria (Kottbauer) Wieser. She grew up in Ering a/Inn attending school through the eighth grade. She then moved with her family to...
Benjamin E. Frohock
Jul 25, 2008
Benjamin E. Frohock of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday morning, July 25, 2008, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital at the age of 92 years. Benjamin E. Frohock was born on September 20, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois, to Benjamin H. and Laura (Meires) Frohock. At the age of three he moved with his family to Blackwell where he grew up and attended...
Willa Mae Overman
Jul 25, 2008
Willa Mae Frisch Overman went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday afternoon, July 25, 2008, at the age of 83 years. Willa Mae Frisch Overman was born on January 13, 1925, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of William Henry and Elsie May (Clavin) Frisch. She attended rural school, Weston District # 46, and graduated from...
Wilma Nadine Valentine
Jul 21, 2008
Wilma Nadine (Cowell) Valentine of Blackwell, Oklahoma, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, July 21, 2008, at the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell, Oklahoma at the age of 85 years. Wilma Nadine (Cowell) Valentine was born in Caldwell, Kansas, to Ira and Leota (White) Cowell. She grew up on the family farm north of Deer...
Bret Hall
Jul 17, 2008
Derek Bret Hall of Nardin, Oklahoma, died Thursday afternoon, July 17, 2008, the result of a tractor accident west of Nardin at the age of 47 years. Derek Bret Hall was born on November 8, 1960, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Harold Lee and Becky Kay (Shoemaker) Hall. He grew up in rural Nardin attending Nardin Schools before completing his education...
Ernie Owen
Jul 17, 2008
Ernest "Ernie" Owen of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday evening, July 17, 2008, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell at the age of 95 years. Ernest "Ernie" Owen was born on July 16, 1913, in Limestone, Arkansas, to Joseph A. and Susie R. (Bryant) Owen. He grew up and attended school in Limestone before moving with his family west...
Clara Jane Wisley
Jul 17, 2008
Clara Jane Wisley of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday, July 17, 2007, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital at the age of 95 years. Clara Jane Wisley was born on December 9, 1912, in Sentinal, Oklahoma, to Warren and Jessie (Bass) Ashby. She grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools. She married John Wisley and they lived most of their adult...
Marie Agnes Davis
Jul 17, 2008
Marie Agnes (Shroyer)Thompson Davis of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died early Thursday morning, July 17, 2008, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital at the age of 84 years. Marie Agnes (Shroyer) Thompson Davis was born on November 4, 1923, in Casper, Wyoming, to Walter and Rose (Lipskey) Shroyer. She grew up in Casper and graduated from Natrona County High School in 1943. She...
Lyman Frank Harman
Jul 12, 2008
Lyman Frank Harman of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died early Saturday morning, July 12, 2008, at the Kansas Veterans Home in Winfield, Kansas, at the age of 80 years. Lyman Frank Harman was born on April 22, 1928, in McPherson, Kansas. He was the son of Alvin S. and Nellie Olive (Miller) Harman. He grew up in Chase, Kansas, attending Chase Public...
Kent Haslam Randall
Jul 12, 2008
Kent was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma, September 13, 1919. After graduating in 1937 from Blackwell High School, he worked as an engineer on various rural electric lines, starting with Kay Electric Cooperative in Blackwell and continuing his work across Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas. As a naval officer, beginning in 1940, Kent served posts in Ottumwa, Iowa, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before...
Jo Sisk
Jul 10, 2008
Adrah JoAnne "Jo" Sisk of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Thursday morning, July 10, 2008, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital at the age of 75 years. Adrah JoAnne "Jo" Sisk was born on December 2, 1932, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Cliff and Veryl G. Criger. She grew up in Blackwell before moving with her family to Wichita, Kansas, in 1940, where she...
Stella Mae Colvin
Jul 8, 2008
Stella Mae Colvin was born on January 12, 1922, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Alphie L. and Alta May (Shierrey) Houser. She grew up on a farm southwest of Blackwell and attended District 61 Rural School before attending Blackwell Public Schools. She married Walter Ray Colvin on April 24, 1940, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. In 1951 she began working for Boeing...
Rodney Lowell Miller
Jun 29, 2008
Rodney Lowell Miller of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died early Sunday morning, June 29, 2008, at his home in Blackwell at the age of 79 years. Rodney Lowell Miller was born on October 20, 1928, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Earl Leonard and Hazel Beatrice (Conway) Miller. He grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools graduating in 1946. Following his education he...
James Charlie Truhlar
Jun 28, 2008
James Charlie Truhlar of Medford, Oklahoma, died early Saturday morning, June 28, 2008, in the St. Mary's Hospital in Enid, Oklahoma, at the age of 70 years. James Charlie Truhlar was born on April 6, 1938, near Deer Creek, Oklahoma, to Charlie and Rose Mildred (Pribl) Truhlar. He grew up on a farm northwest of Deer Creek graduating from Deer...
Ray Lewis Davis
Jun 27, 2008
Long time Blackwell resident Ray Lewis Davis passed peacefully from this life surrounded by his family on June 27, 2008. Ray fought a long battle with Alzheimer's with dignity and humor, the last three years under the twenty-four hour care of his four sons and granddaughter, Elise. Ray was born on November 30, 1926, in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, to Walter Ellis...
Gerald Bea Clapp
Jun 27, 2008
Gerald Bea Clapp of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday evening, June 27, 2008, in the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 68 years. Gerald Bea Clapp was born on May 12, 1940, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, to Alex Bea and Zenoba (Plant) Clapp. He grew up in Barnsdall graduating from Barnsdall High School. Following his education he entered...
Dora Jaunita Dunning
Jun 24, 2008
Dora Jaunita Shroff Dunning was baorn on May 15, 1918, in Blackwell, Oklahoma. She took her final breath on EARTH and her first breath in HEAVEN on June 24, 2008, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell at the age of 90 years. Dora graduated from Blackwell High School in 1936. She married Paris Delmer Dunning on June 3,...
Ynona Faye Baumgardner
Jun 21, 2008
Ynona Faye (Hoffmann) Baumgardner, born February 9, 1930 in Lamont, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully at her home on June 21, 2008. She attended junior and senior high school in Blackwell, Oklahoma, where she met her future husband, Marvin, who was living next door with his grandmother. After graduation, she attended the University of Oklahoma, where she graduated with a degree...
Anna Belle Burks
Jun 20, 2008
Anna Belle Burks of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday morning, June 20, 2008, at her home in Blackwell at the age of 84 years. Anna Belle Burks was born on December 26, 1923, in Slick, Oklahoma, to George Washington and Edna Melissa Ellen (Sill) Gibbs. She grew up in Slick graduating from Wolf High School in Seminole, Oklahoma. Following her education...
Paul Gene Wynn
Jun 18, 2008
Paul Gene Wynn of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Wednesday evening, June 18, 2008, in the Ponca City Regional Medical Center in Ponca City, Oklahoma, at the age of 71 years. Paul Gene Wynn was born on March 30, 1937, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Joshua Rivers and Lusta Gerleta (Romine) Wynn. He grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools. Following his...
