Thomas Eugene Kraus
Apr 17, 2025
Thomas Eugene Kraus was born on January 5, 1941, to Jean Glahn-Kraus and Thomas Edward Kraus. He passed away on April 17, 2025, at the age of 84.
Tom was raised on the family farm near Hawley, Oklahoma. He attended Gore, St. Joseph Catholic, and Jefferson schools, graduating from Jefferson High School in 1959. He went on to attend Northwestern Oklahoma...
Jimmy Darling Stowers
Apr 13, 2025
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Jimmy Darling Stowers was born on February 14, 1941, in Pond Creek, Oklahoma to Vance and Thressie (Barwick) Stowers. Jim attended Pond Creek Schools until he began working with his dad at the Pond Creek packing plant. In 1960 Jim began working for the city of Pond Creek, where he was elected as Street Commissioner, until his retirement in...
Harlan Dale Strait
Apr 11, 2025
Harlan Dale Strait, age 90, of Jet, OK passed away on Friday, April 11, 2025, in Enid, OK. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, April 21, 2025, at the Bethel Hawley Baptist Church with Rev. Gary Lillie officiating. Interment will follow at New Home Cemetery, West and South of Nash.
On April 6, 1935, Harlan was born to...
Frances "Sug" Lorraine Myrick Hutcheson
Mar 26, 2025
Frances “Sug” Lorraine Hutcheson was born June 18,1929 to Francis “Frank” and Vera “Curly” Combs Myrick and passed from this life on March 26, 2025. She is survived by daughter Verna Lea Shroads and husband Glenn, son Lyle Hutcheson and wife Malynda, brother Billy Myrick and many cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by husband, Vernald, parents,...
Noel John Rayner
Mar 24, 2025
JOHN RAYNER was born December 23, 1939, at St Mary's hospital in Enid, Oklahoma to Wilbur and Opal Rayner. He was the youngest of four children. They were all raised on the family farm south of Wakita.
John graduated from Wakita high School in 1958 and went to business college soon after. He married Wilma Jayne Collier of Enid in February...
Marvin Gene Cink
Mar 6, 2025
Marvin Gene Cink was born on October 5, 1936 to Edward and Susie (Conrady) Cink in Manchester, Ok. He was the youngest of 5 boys, Robert, Leon, Bill, and twin Marion. He attended school in Wakita, Ok where he graduated in 1954.
Marvin entered the National Guard shortly after graduating high school. He later went to work for Boeing...
Melvin Joseph Maly
Feb 12, 2025
Melvin Joseph Maly 67, was born March 27, 1957, in Enid, Oklahoma. He passed away peacefully February 12, 2025.
Melvin had a sense of dedication and devotion for his family, always comforting everyone and welcoming anyone. He enjoyed cooking, baking and canning his garden, these traits he learned from his mom and grandma Maly. His ability to use and work with...
Joan Elizabeth Shaffer Bushnell
Jan 20, 2025
Joan Bushnell passed away on January 20, 2025, in Independence, Kansas. She was born to Thomas Fisher Shaffer and Goldie Fern Disney Shaffer on October 13, 1932, in Pond Creek, Okla. She married Charles Byron Bushnell on January 16, 1949, in Pond Creek. They took up residence in Jefferson, Oklahoma for 70 years. They raised five children: Charles Bruce, Carter...

Margaret Ann Davis
Jan 10, 2025
Graveside service for Margaret Scott Davis will be 11:30 a.m. Monday, January 20, 2025, at the Pond Creek Cemetery.
Margaret Scott Davis was born January 9, 1944, to John and Irene Nolenburger Scott, in Jefferson, OK. She graduated from the Pond Creek High School. Margaret married Marion Davis in 1985. She lived in Pond Creek most of her life.
She died January...
Kay Halcomb Geiser
Jan 5, 2025
Kay Halcomb Geiser 88 of Enid, Oklahoma went to be with the Lord on January 5, 2025, after a 28-year struggle with heart disease. Kay was born to Silven and Amanda Ledbetter on September 27, 1936, in Wewoka, Oklahoma. She lived in the rural Butner area attending school there until she moved to Pond Creek where she finished high school...
Luella Mae Stacy
Dec 30, 2024
Friends and family are invited to the celebration of life for Luella Mae Stacy 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 4, 2025, at the First Church of Lamont with Pastor Coty Nguyen officiating. Interment will be at 1:30 P.M. at the Garber Cemetery.
Luella died following a lengthy illness at Hillcrest Manor, Blackwell, Oklahoma on December 30, 2024. Luella was born...
Mary Martha Jones
Dec 30, 2024
Mary Martha Jones, 80, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2024, in Enid, Oklahoma. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Mary lived a life of love, faith, and joy, leaving behind cherished memories for all who knew her.
Mary was born on July 2, 1944, in Nash, Oklahoma, to Gorman and Flora (Landwehr) Mitchell. She graduated from Nash High School...
Betty Carol (Johnson) Parks
Nov 26, 2024
Betty was born to Frank and Doris (Combs) Johnson in Nash, Oklahoma, where she was a lifelong resident and a member of Nash Christian Church. She graduated from Nash High School in 1959. She married Kenneth Nichols on June 4, 1959. They had three children together. She later married Brent Parks on October 15, 1976.
Betty was an avid OKC Thunder...
Alice Smrcka
Nov 1, 2024
Alice Smrcka was born October 31, 1947, to Stanley L. Smrcka and Algie Flora Nulik Smrcka at Caldwell, Kansas. Her older sister was Mariann Smrcka.
Alice attended Springdale for first grade. Springdale was a one room schoolhouse out in the country northwest of Renfrow, Oklahoma. She graduated from Medford High School in 1966 and graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma College (NWOSU) in...
Kenneth Lloyd Taylor
Oct 13, 2024
Kenneth Lloyd Taylor, 93, of Newport News, Virginia, passed away Sunday, October 13, 2024. Kenneth was born March 26, 1931, to John Max and Althea Sprague Taylor in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Kenneth married Bessie Edna Josephine Fine August 1, 1955, at Randolph Air Force Base. They later moved to Pond Creek in 1966.
He was a custom cutter for...
Lucas Eugene Shaffer
Oct 5, 2024
Lucas Eugene Shaffer, 64, was born January 8, 1960, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Enid, OK to Jack LaRue and Louise Roberts Shaffer. Lucas passed away at O.U. Medical Center October 5, 2024.
Lucas married Annette James and to this union Tony Lee Shaffer was born; He married Janet Taylor and together they had one son Brian. Luke served two years in...
Harold (Bud) Hess Wilkens
Oct 1, 2024
Harold “Bud” Hess Wilkens passed from this life on October 1, 2024 in Guthrie, OK, surrounded by his loved ones. Bud was born to Sonny and June Hess in Wichita, KS on July 3, 1940. He was preceded in death by a daughter, June Wilkens, his adoptive parents, Fred and Ann Wilkens, his biological parents, Sonny and June Hess, and...
Peggy Shirlene Reid
Sep 30, 2024
Peggy Shirlene Reid entered this world on September 21, 1947, in Anthony, KS, and passed peacefully on September 30, 2024. Born the youngest of 8 children to Orpha and Opal Grayson, she lived East of Hawley on the family farm. After graduating high school in Nash, she attended Oklahoma State University until she wed her true love, Lynden, in the...
Kenny Lee Wire
Sep 16, 2024
Kenny Lee Wire, age 78, passed away peacefully on September 16th, 2024, surrounded by his loving family at his home in Medford, Oklahoma. Born in Enid, Oklahoma on April 15th, 1946, Kenny lived a life full of love, dedication, and service to his family, friends, and community.
Kenny spent his childhood in Medford, Oklahoma, and was a proud graduate of the...
Robert Christopher Grannis
Sep 13, 2024
Robert Christopher Grannis age 58, passed away on September 13,2024 in Medford, OK. Visitation will be 5:00-6:30 P.M. Sunday, September 22, 2024, at Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek, OK. Graveside service will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, September 23, 2024, at the Pond Creek Cemetery, Pond Creek, officiated by Pastor Randy Kiel. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be...
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