OBITUARIES

Joan Elizabeth Shaffer Bushnell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Paul Keith Tebow

Paul Keith Tebow

Sep 2, 2024



June 7, 1932 – September 2, 2024 

PAUL KEITH TEBOW passed away at the age of 92 in Enid, Oklahoma, on September 2, 2024. He was surrounded by his loving family. Paul was born in Jefferson, Oklahoma to Walter and Georgia (Bales) Tebow on June 7, 1932. 

After graduating from Jefferson High School in 1952, Paul joined the U.S. Navy and served...

Jennifer Rebecca (Becky) Halcomb

Jennifer Rebecca (Becky) Halcomb

Aug 6, 2024

 Becky Halcomb went on to the Glory, Jesus promised all believers, the morning of August 6, 2024, in her home at four corners west of Pond Creek, Oklahoma. Jennifer Rebecca Phelps was born January 19, 1971, in Enid, OK and lived her entire life calling Pond Creek home. She was the daughter of Lois May Geil Phelps and Harvey Phelps....

Richard Wayne Tennant

Richard Wayne Tennant

Jul 22, 2024

 Richard was born October 9, 1958, to Eugene and Marie Tennant in Wichita, Kansas. Richard went to his heavenly home July 22, 2024. 

Richard served in the Army from 1976-1978. He worked for a factory at Apple for a short time at Western Sprinklers and a window cleaning company. 

 Richard was a loving father, grandfather, son and brother. Richard was also a...

Helga Anna Hardin

Helga Anna Hardin

Jun 3, 2024

   Celebration of Life for Helga Hardin, 84, of Enid, OK will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 8, 2024, at Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek, OK with the Rev. Randy Kiel officiating.  Helga was born September 29, 1939, in Mannheim, Germany, the daughter of George and Ella Bolldorf. She passed on June 3, 2024, in Enid, OK.   She grew up...

Bryan Lee Kugel

Bryan Lee Kugel

May 23, 2024

BRYAN LEE KUGEL, 92, was born January 16, 1932, inBlackwell, Oklahoma to Harry and Helen Kugel. He passedaway peacefully at his home in Lamont, May 23, 2024. Bryangraduated from the Lamont High School and then 2 years atN.O.C. Tonkawa, and the A.M. College in Stillwater.Bryan was a member of the Methodist Church, Lamont. Bryanwas a farmer, aircraft mechanic and his...

Lee Alan Keown

Lee Alan Keown

Mar 26, 2024

  Lee Alan Keown was born in Harper, Kansas, on January 7, 1956, to Robert Eugene Keown and Betty Louise Norris.  He died on March 26, 2024, as a result of a fall in his home in Pond Creek, Oklahoma.

  Lee started his life on a farm in Harper, Kansas, and moved to Pond Creek, Oklahoma, in 1966.  He spent...

Clinton Ryan Kemna

Clinton Ryan Kemna

Jan 22, 2024

 Clinton Ryan Kemna was born February 20, 1976, in Enid, Oklahoma to Willford and Joyce Kemna. Clinton was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Breckenridge, Oklahoma on April 4, 1976. Clinton went to school at the Autry Tech co-op program and in 1997 received a certificate of completion from Pond Creek-Hunter High School.

  Clinton lived with his parents at home...