Fairfax City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Fairfax City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
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Philip Mcmurray
May 5, 2010
Philip Wesley Flea McMurray Sr., longtime resident of Fairfax, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at St. Johns Hospital in Tulsa. He was 58. Philip was born February 26, 1952 in Artesia, Arkansas, the son of James Robert McMurray and Blanche Hess McMurray. He attended the Fairfax Schools where he participated in band and was a 1972 graduate. He...

Theodore Mckinney
Apr 25, 2010
Theodore Melvin McKinney, Pawnee resident passed away on Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Southern Oaks Nursing Center in Pawnee. He was 76. Melvin was born on July 9, 1933 to Ben Franklin McKinney Sr. and Leona Bernadette Taylor McKinney in Oologah, Oklahoma. Melvin enjoyed walking, working on lawn mowers and visiting with people. He especially loved animals. He is...

Wesley Dusen
Apr 20, 2010
Wesley Robert Rob Van Dusen Jr. resident of Fairfax, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2010 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was 44. Rob was born January 23, 1966 in Hominy, Oklahoma, the son of Wesley Robert Van Dusen Sr. and Joyce K. Benson Van Dusen Chapman. He was a 1985 graduate of Ralston High School. He proudly served his in...

Venus Yandell
Apr 7, 2010
Venus Yandell, longtime resident of Fairfax, passed away Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at the Fairfax Hospital. She was 87. Venus was born March 24, 1923 in Stigler, Oklahoma, the daughter of Rudy Fuller and Mary Alcy McGheeFuller. She was married to Wallace Yandell on January 8, 1949 in Fairfax. She was a member of the Fairfax Full Gospel Church....

Willia Brown
Mar 25, 2010
Willia Mae Billye Brown, longtime resident of the Fairfax and Ralston communities, passed away Thursday, March 25, 2010 at the Fairfax Manor Nursing Center. She was 85. Billye was born April 15, 1924 in Quinton, Oklahoma, the daughter of George Pete Barnes and Hattie Coppenger Barnes. She was a graduate of Quinton High School. She was married to Arnell...

Olma Chambers
Mar 10, 2010
Olma Jean Heppel Chambers went to be with our Lord on March 10, 2010 in Houston, Texas. Jean was a long time resident of Fairfax born to Ed and Margaret Heppel on June 5, 1926. She is survived by her elder sister, Emma Mae McIntosh also from Fairfax, who now resides in Shattuck, Oklahoma with her husband, Robert. Jean...

Durwood Bonner
Mar 10, 2010
Durwood Cotten Bonner, longtime resident of Fairfax, passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at the Talihina, Oklahoma Veterans Home. He was 79 years of age. Cotten was born September 2, 1930 at Blue Mountain, Arkansas, the son of Grover Cleveland Bonner and Allie Jane Terry Bonner. He received his early education in the Blue Mountain area schools. He served...

Margaret Phillippe
Mar 4, 2010
Longtime resident of Fairfax, Margaret Jane Phillippe, known as Janie by all her family and friends, passed away Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the Fairfax Manor Nursing Home. She was 92. Janie was born September 18, 1917 at Crowder, Oklahoma, the daughter of Arch Cleveland AC Hightower and Beulah Christina Fisher Hightower. She was a 1935 graduate of Fairfax...

Buddy Hall
Dec 30, 2009
Buddy Mike Hall Buddy Mike Hall, longtime resident of the Burbank and Shidler communities, passed early Wednesday morning, December 30, 2009 at his home in Burbank. He was 54. Buddy was born April 22, 1955 in Ponca City, the son of Alfred Hall and Frieda Frank Hall. He attended the Burbank and Shidler Schools, graduating from Shidler High School...

Clara Diehm
Dec 17, 2009
Clara May Jeep Diehm, resident of rural Red Rock, and former longtime resident of Fairfax, passed Thursday morning, December 17, 2009 at the Stillwater Medical Center. She was 79 years of age. Clara May was born February 8, 1930 at Winfield, Kansas, the daughter of George Elliott and Viola Howerton Elliott. She grew up in the Naval Reserve community...

Rudy Fuller, Jr.
Nov 22, 2009
Rudy Fuller, Jr. Rudy Fuller Jr., resident of Fairfax, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2009 at his home. He was 76. Rudy was born August 22, 1933 at Blackburn, Oklahoma, the son of Rudy Fuller and Alcy McGhee Fuller. Jr. was a hard working man and played hard in his younger days. He made so many friends throughout his...

Sue Thompson
Oct 23, 2009
Sue Driesel Thompson, former resident of Ponca City and Fairfax, passed Friday, October 23, 2009 in the OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was 57 years of age. Sue was born March 19, 1952 in Ponca City, the daughter of Willard Driesel and Lois Dial Driesel. She was a graduate of Ponca City High School and then completed...

Bobby Stingley
Oct 19, 2009
Bobby Eugene Stingley, resident of rural Ponca City, passed Monday morning, October 19, 2009 at his home in Osage County . He was 77 years of age. Bobby was born on the family farm east of Ponca City on June 1, 1932. He attended St. Marys Catholic School in Ponca City, graduating in 1950. He was inducted into the...

Harold Gamble
Oct 11, 2009
Harold Earl Gamble, longtime resident of Fairfax, passed Sunday morning, October 11, 2009 at his home. He was 88 years of age. Harold was born August 29, 1921 in Blue Mountain, Arkansas, the son of Herbert Earl Gamble and Ola Florence Yarbrough Gamble. He was a 1939 graduate of Fairfax High School. He was married to Carolyn Elizabeth Thornburg...

Hazel Gamble
Oct 10, 2009
On October 5, 1931, Jim and Anna Danner Wood of rural Hominy, OK welcomed the 5th of their 6 children with the assistance of a midwife She passed away surrounded by her family and closest friends on the evening of Saturday, October 10, 2009 at Fairfax, OK . Hazel grew up in the Hominy area and attended Hominy schools,...

Elizabeth Summers
Oct 7, 2009
Elizabeth Jane Betty Summers, resident of Fairfax, passed Wednesday morning, October 7, 2009 at her home. She was 68 years of age. Betty was born August 27, 1941 at Warren, Ohio, the daughter of Vern Evan Williams and Ruby Amelia Weir Williams. After high school Betty entered the United States Navy. After her tour of service she attended college...

Marie Dobbs
Oct 6, 2009
Marie L. Dobbs, longtime resident of Fairfax, passed Tuesday morning, October 6, 2009 at the Fairfax Manor Nursing Center. She was 93 years of age. Marie was born May 14, 1916 at Mounds, Oklahoma, the daughter of Rex J. Harbeson and Laura Mae Shelton Harbeson. She attended schools in Shidler, Oklahoma, graduating from Shidler High School in 1935. She...

Johnie Looney
Sep 16, 2009
Johnie Ray Looney Johnie Ray Looney, resident of Fairfax, passed on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at his home. He was 56 years of age. Johnie was born August 21, 1953 near Muskogee, Oklahoma. He was the son of John Coe Looney and Viola June Moton Looney. He received his formal education in the Ralston Public Schools. In earlier years...

A.P Wiehle
Sep 5, 2009
A.P. Al Wiehle, longtime resident of the Ralston Big Bend community, passed on Saturday, September 5, 2009 at the Stillwater Medical Center. He was 87 years of age. Mr. Wiehle was born January 8, 1922 on the Isle of Pines, U.S. Territory. His parents were Elizabeth Heilman Wiehle and Paul Wiehle. He served his country in the United States...