Sally Jo Morrill
Jan 16, 2008
Funeral services for Sally Jo Morrill, 72, lifetime Blackwell resident, will be held on Saturday, January 19th, at 1:00 p.m., in the First Presbyterian Church in Blackwell with the Rev. Eric Dittman officiating. Burial will follow in the Blackwell Cemetery under the direction of Roberts and Son Funeral Home. Sally was born on October 16, 1935, in Blackwell to Irvin...
Dovie Lou Richmond
Jan 10, 2008
Dovie Lou Richmond was born on January 27, 1926, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Jesse and Myrtle (Gay) Webb. She grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools graduating in 1944. She married Lloyd Everett Richmond in 1947 in Wellington, Kansas, and they settled in Blackwell where she worked as a sales clerk for the Lew Howard Drug Store and worked...
Doris Evelyn Kracke
Jan 10, 2008
Doris Evelyn Kracke was born on June 12, 1933, in Winkler, Kansas, to Arthur Otto and Fern (Mueller) Popp. As a young girl she moved to various communities in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma, where her father served as pastor of the Lutheran Church. She lived in Colorado for a while before moving to Leola, South Dakota. While living there she...
William Eugene Barber
Jan 9, 2008
William Eugene "Bill" Barber was born on December 22, 1925, in Canadian, Texas, to Elmer Matthew and Mildred Jane (Cathey) Barber. As an infant he moved with his family to Blackwell where he grew up and attended Blackwell Public Schools graduating in 1944. He entered the United States Army on June 28, 1944, serving during World War II. While serving...
Rae Catherine Arterburn
Jan 7, 2008
Rae Catherine Arterburn was born on November 22, 1914, in Cleora, Oklahoma, to Woot and Lillian (Devon) Preston. As a young girl she moved with her family to Webb City, Oklahoma, where she grew up and graduated from Webb High School in 1932. Following her education she married Fred Munroe in Newkirk, Oklahoma, and they settled for a short time...
Mary Jane Wood
Jan 1, 2008
Mary Jane Wood was born on January 6, 1908, on a farm near Kingfisher, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Antone Cerny and Mary Forman. She grew up near Kingfisher attending Kingfisher Public Schools and graduating form Capital Hill High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She then went on to further her education at the University of Central Oklahoma for...
Daisy Ann Watson
Dec 31, 2007
Daisy Ann Watson was born on September 14, 1946, in Century, Florida. She was the daughter of Finis Watson and Alice Angeline (Nims) Pruett. She grew up in Maysville, Oklahoma, attending Maysville Public Schools and graduating from Maysville High School. She then began working as a waitress in Maysville. On December 2, 1966, she married Stanley Joe Watson in Oklahoma...
Rozella Francis Goodwin
Dec 30, 2007
Rozella Francis Goodwin of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died early Sunday morning, December 30, 2007, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell at the age of 89 years. Rozella Francis Goodwin was born on January 16, 1918, in Independence, Kansas, the daughter of Willard and Anna Lillibridge. She grew up in Tyro, Kansas, where she graduated high school. She was a...
Pearl Pauline Crittenden
Dec 24, 2007
Pearl Pauline Crittenden was born on April 11, 1920, in Greenburg, Kansas, to Oliver and Cora (Taylor) Selby. As a small girl she moved with her family to Braman, Oklahoma, where she grew up and attended Braman Public Schools graduating in 1938. She then furthered her education by attending St. Francis Nursing School in Wichita, Kansas, where she became a...
Myrtle Marie Staten
Dec 24, 2007
Myrtle Marie Staten was born on April 28, 1941, in Harrison, Arkansas, to George and Opal (Roberts) Creekmore. She grew up in the Rogers and Pea Ridge, Arkansas, area. As a young girl she moved with her family to Blackwell and attended Blackwell Public Schools. She married Bob Staten on May 15, 1956, in Perry, Oklahoma, and they settled in...
Lottie A. Schone
Dec 21, 2007
Lottie Amelia Schone was born on January 9, 1928, in Pawnee, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Walter and Gladys (Brim) Meeker. She grew up in Pawnee attending Pawnee Public Schools, graduating from Pawnee High School in 1945. She married Cleo Charles Schone on December 23, 1945, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, and they settled in Pawnee for 2 years, where she...
Steve Allen Levalley
Dec 21, 2007
Dr. Steve Allen LeValley was born on November 16, 1937, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Harley Stephen and Mary Edith (Gillespie) LeValley. He grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools graduating in 1956. He furthered his education by attending the University of Oklahoma in Norman and then Oklahoma University Medical School where he graduated as a medical doctor n 1963....
Pearl Scott Johnson
Dec 20, 2007
Pearl Scott Van Derveer Johnson was the fifth of six children born to the 1893 Land Run pioneers, Charles Franklin Scott and Mary Wolf Scott. She started school at five years of age in a one-room school near Braman. At the age of twelve she moved to Waukomis to live with her sister and graduated from Waukomis High School. She...
Mary Rose Roundtree
Dec 19, 2007
Mary Rose Roundtree was born on March 18, 1939, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, to Joe and Inez (Standridge) Norton. She grew up in Blackwell attending Blackwell Public Schools graduating from Blackwell High School. She then attended Northern Oklahoma Junior College in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, for one year. She married Kenneth Roundtree on July 23, 1955, in Cromwell, Oklahoma, and they settled in...
Vera Julia Neal
Dec 18, 2007
Vera Julia Neal was born on February 14, 1921, in Douglas, Oklahoma, to Samuel C. and Jane Dell (Rothrock) Avery. As a small girl she moved with her family to Peckham where she attended Peckham School and Blackwell High School graduating in 1939. While in Blackwell she met and married Carl William Neal on March 1, 1940, in Newkirk and...
Mae Arthurs
Dec 15, 2007
Mae Arthurs was born on February 7, 1919, in Perry, Oklahoma, to Albert and Elizabeth (Harrington) Thiele and grew up on a farm east of Blackwell. On October 20, 1936, she married Kenneth C. Arthurs in the St. John's Lutheran Church northeast of Blackwell. In 1939 they moved to Maywood, California, to make their home. In 1942, they returned to...
William B. Jones
Dec 15, 2007
William Brownlow Jones was born on September 29, 1924, in Braman, Oklahoma, to Hobart B. and Ruby Marie (Orr) Jones. He grew up in Braman attending Braman Public Schools. Following his graduation he continued his education by attending Northern Oklahoma Junior College in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, and then Oklahoma A. & M. in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He entered the United States Army...
Alva Wayne Kivett
Dec 11, 2007
Alva Wayne Kivett was born on November 23, 1913, in Page, Nebraska, to Aldur O. and Edna May (Buster) Kivett. As a young boy he moved with his family to Kansas where he graduated from Friends Academy in Haviland, Kansas, in 1932. In 1933 he moved to Manchester, Oklahoma, where he began his farming operation. On March 11, 1934, he...
Harriett Helen Huston Gurley
Dec 8, 2007
Harriett Helen Huston Gurley, 88, died December 8, 2007, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mrs. Gurley was born on Winfield, Kansas, on July 28, 1919, and moved to Blackwell when her father accepted a job as a high school teacher and coach. Mr. Huston was later appointed high school principal and superintendent for many years. She was preceded in death by her...
Joan Marion Arnold
Dec 6, 2007
Joan Marion (Anderson) Arnold was born on April 28, 1932, in Dilworth, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Levi and Leona (Bryan) Anderson. She grew up in the Dilworth Community and attended Dilworth Grade School and then Braman High School. As a young girl she attended the First Baptist Church in Braman and at the age of 15 she accepted...
