Fairfax City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Fairfax City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
Recent Obituaries
Merlyn "Mert" Martin
Dec 23, 2022
Merlyn Martin, or Mert, as she was called by everyone who knew her, died Friday, December 23, 2022. She was 77 years old.
Mert was born on September 16th, 1945 in Stillwater and was the daughter of Merle and Helen King. She grew up in Stillwater where she attended Stillwater High School and Oklahoma State University. After...
John Williams
Dec 22, 2022
John “Johnny” W. Williams Sr. born November 21, 1947, in Pawnee, OK Died December 22, 2022, at his home in Grayhorse, OK. He was the son of Lester Earl “Pete” Williams and Mary M. Webster Williams (Grayhorse District), he is of the Ponca Peacemaker clan. He graduated from Fairfax High School in 1966, and from there he...
Sue Damron
Dec 18, 2022
Sue Emma Damron, age 100, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday night, December 18, 2022, while a patient at the Fairfax Manor in Fairfax, Oklahoma.
Sue was born to Hungarian parents Joe Szenasi and Esther Budai Szenasi on March 24, 1922, in Caddo, Oklahoma. She attended school, played basketball, and graduated at Caddo....
Bonnie Cox
Nov 30, 2022
Bonnie B Cox passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 30, 2022. She was 90 years of age. Bonnie was born May 23, 1932 in Chinook Montana, the youngest of six children born to Iola and Max Blatt.
Bonnie was 1950 graduate of Chinook Montana High School. She joined the Women’s Air force (WAF) immediately following...
Jerry Shaw
Nov 17, 2022
Jerry Shaw, 80 years old, passed from this life on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at his home, surrounded by family.
Born on January 21, 1942, in Ponca City, Oklahoma, Jerry Shaw was the son of Homer and Cora Bates Shaw. His paternal grandparents were Abby and William Shaw and maternal grandparents Joe and Elizabeth Bates. Jerry married...
Betty Guiney
Oct 26, 2022
Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 12
Dr. Betty Lee Guiney, 81 years old, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at the Heart Hospital of New Mexico.
Betty was born on December 12, 1940, the only child of Lee Claude and Floy May (Gallaway) Reddick in Fairfax, Oklahoma....
Samuel Abbington
Oct 5, 2022
Samuel Abbington of Fairfax, Oklahoma passed away on Oct 5, 2022.
Services will be 2p.m., Saturday, October 29, at the Sweet Home Baptist Church, 401 North 1st Street, Fairfax Oklahoma with Pastor Tommie Ross officiating.
Ronald Goodeagle
Sep 15, 2022
In the early morning hours of September 15, 2022, the Grayhorse District of the Osage Nation lost one of its best friends and dancers when Ronald Dee Goodeagle Sr., age 69, began his next journey to meet his creator from his home in Red Rock, Oklahoma. Passing just weeks after a gathering honoring and celebrating his life was held...
Vonda Mcgavran
Sep 6, 2022
Vonda Lea Koger was born on Valentine’s Day 1938, in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Ivan and Vilora Koger (Driesel). She was one of four children - three of them feisty daughters! Her eyes and her smile were her most distinguishing features and she was generous enough to share this trait with her daughters Terry Sue and Tammy. Vonda lived...
Dale Brewer
Jul 29, 2022
Dale W. Brewer, age 94, affectionately known as “Ripper” would like for you to know that his work here on earth is complete. He received a call Friday evening, a sort of an offer you cannot refuse, for an appointment from which he will not be returning. This assignment comes with a huge sign-on bonus, a reunion with family...
Charles Yandell
Jul 23, 2022
Charles “Eugene” Yandell began his journey to heaven on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at the age of 87. He had resided at the Fairfax Manor for the past two years where he passed away.
“Eugene”, as he was affectionately called, per his request, was the third child born to Charles Edward Yandell and Ovie Julia White on...
Patricia Thorpe
Jul 14, 2022
Patricia (Pat) Rose Thorpe, age 88, recently residing in Temecula, California but longtime resident of Gilbert, Arizona, joined the love of her life on Thursday, July 14, 2022 when she entered the gates of heaven. She was surrounded by loved ones in the hospital.
Born Patricia Rose Raia on January 27, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois to proud...
Lu Skillern-Keeler
Jun 19, 2022
Lu left on her last flight June 19, 2022, from Fairfax, OK with crew standing by.
Lu was born February 28, 1938 in Ponca City, OK. She was the eldest child of Wayne and Delores Thomas Kothe. Grandparents were Harry and Ethel Looper Kothe; Charles Thomas and Mary Gilbert Roesner.
She graduated Ponca City High...
Roger Welch
Jun 2, 2022
Roger was born on December 17, 1945 in Allegan, Michigan to Delbert and Agnes Welch, the last of their three children. He and Patty McNamara started kindergarten together and after twelve years of close friendship and deepening love, they graduated in the same class of 1964 in Gobles, Michigan. He attended Northern Michigan University where he played football. With the...
Suzanne Beree
May 29, 2022
Suzanne “Sue” Beree was born to Ralph and Pansy Beree on March 11, 1932, in Ponca City, Oklahoma. She died on May 29, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla.
Sue graduated from Fairfax High School in 1950 then went to Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha from 1950-1954. She received her Master’s Degree from University of Tulsa in 1962....
Mark Rice
May 22, 2022
An obituary is not available at this time for Mark C Rice. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.
Ted Howard
May 20, 2022
Ted G. Howard, former Fairfax, Oklahoma resident and businessman, passed peacefully Friday morning, May 20, 2022 with his daughter by his side in the Stillwater Creek Nursing Home where he had resided the last few years. He was 92 years young.
Born in Oilton, Oklahoma on January 6, 1930 to parents Charles and Burl Marie (Hagel) Howard,...
Rob Chitwood
May 19, 2022
Rob Chitwood of Fairfax, Oklahoma passed away on May 19, 2022. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.
No formal services are planned at this time, family plans are to have something at a later date.
Mary Willard
Apr 24, 2022
Mary Cecelia Willard, resident of Burbank, Oklahoma, began her journey to heaven late Sunday afternoon, April 24, 2022, while a patient at the OSU Medical Center in Tulsa. She was 65 years, 6 months, and 27 days young.
A member of the baby boomer generation, Mary was born to Joan Porter and Benjamin Salvatore Klein on Wednesday,...
Karen Lockett
Mar 31, 2022
Karen A. Lockett, age 61, longtime Fairfax resident, joined her mother in heaven Thursday evening, March 31, 2022. Following complications from a blood clot, she passed peacefully at Hillcrest Medical in Tulsa, Okla. with family by her side.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 at Fairfax City Cemetery with Rev. Russ Hughes officiating.
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