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Fairfax City, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Fairfax City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

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Lois Wilson

Lois Wilson

Mar 19, 2022

On Saturday evening, March 19, 2022 God called Lois N. Wilson home to rest after a long battle with cancer. She passed peacefully in her sleep at the age of 87 at home with family by her side.

Lois Nadine was born to John Wesley Nygren and Doris Virginia (McAllister) Nygren in Longmont, Colorado on Sunday, August...

Delores (Dodo) Barnett

Delores (Dodo) Barnett

Mar 13, 2022

Dolores Ann Barnett passed from this life on March 13, 2022 at the age of 83 years old. She was born on September 23, 1938 at the Pawnee Hospital to parents Mary Madeleine Marie and Charles Anthony Goad. She married James F. Barnett and together they had five children, Janet Elaine, Mary Hepsi B., James Franklin Jr. (Barney), Dolores...

Glynda Fosnight

Glynda Fosnight

Mar 11, 2022

Glynda Fosnight, long-time Fairfax, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life into God’s hands on Friday, March 11, 2022, at the Fairfax Hospital after a brief stay in the Fairfax Manor Nursing Home. She was 78.

Glynda Louise was born on April 22, 1943, to Glynn Dewitt and Linney “Juanita” (Hise) Hutchison in Fairfax, Oklahoma. She graduated from...

Josephine (Tess) Willie

Josephine (Tess) Willie

Mar 10, 2022

Josephine Tascel “Tess” Wolfvoice Willie passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Fairfax, OK.

Tess entered this world on February 14, 1950, in Pawnee, OK to the late Gloria Patricia Cox Tallchief and Dewey Wolfvoice. Her maternal grandparents were Gladys Tascel Cox and Joseph Cox.  Her paternal grandparents were Grover and Jenny Wolfvoice.

She was...

Shirley Howell

Shirley Howell

Mar 7, 2022

Shirley Ann Blackbird Howell, 86, passed from this life on March 7, 2022.  She was born in a summer house in Grayhorse, Ok on July 12, 1935, to the late John Dyke (Ki-he-kah-tah) and Nora Fisher Blackbird. Shirley was from the Grayhorse District.  She was Eagle Clan from the Governor Joe band.  Her given Osage name is Wah-ko-ki-he-kah, meaning...

Cooper Bassham

Cooper Bassham

Mar 1, 2022

Our little Angel, Cooper Lee Bassham, who will always be a precious gift and memory, was born on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. He passed peacefully at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Cooper, the son of Cody Blake Bassham and Chelsea Ree Dailey, is Osage, Iowa of Oklahoma, Otoe-Missouri, and Cherokee Native American. He comes from a...

Kelly Stephens

Kelly Stephens

Feb 26, 2022

Adventurous Traveler, Kelly Wayne Stephens, embraced life right up until early Saturday morning, February 26, 2022, when he made his final journey to Heaven. He passed from his home in Fairfax, Oklahoma, at the age of 66 years, 11 months, and 25 days old.

He was born in Hominy on March 1, 1955, to Bob J. Stephens...

Walter Davis (Dub)

Walter Davis (Dub)

Feb 22, 2022

Fairfax Community lost a long-time resident, Tuesday February 22, 2022. Walter Kellow Davis known mostly by his family and friends as W.K. or Dub, passed away peacefully at Fairfax Manor Nursing Home at the age of 80.

He was born in Waldron, Arkansas April 12, 1941, to Cledis and Ann Davis. He grew up in Plainview Ark....

Charles Tillman Jr.

Charles Tillman Jr.

Feb 1, 2022

The Osage Nation has lost one of its most distinguished leaders, Former Principal Chief Charles Owen Tillman Jr., (Ho.Tha.Lin), longtime resident of Fairfax, Oklahoma. He passed peacefully on February 1, 2022, at the age of 84. He was born September 22, 1937, to parents Charles Owen Tillman Sr. and Josephine Goode Tillman in Ponca City, Okla. His grandparents, Hall...

Karen Harrington

Karen Harrington

Jan 11, 2022

Karen Lynn (Smith) Harrington, 57, of Fairfax, OK passed away at home on January 11, 2022.

Karen, the daughter of Harry and Ruth Smith, was born on May 21, 1964 in Joliet, IL. Karen resided in Lemont, IL until she was 9. At age 9, her family moved to Lake Geneva, WI. She loved swimming in the...

David Beaver

David Beaver

Jan 1, 2022

Former Oklahoma State Trooper David Ed Beaver entered the gates of Heaven on Thursday night, February 3, 2022 from his home in rural Fairfax, Oklahoma. He was 69 years young.

David, affectionately known as Eddie, was born on Saturday, April 26, 1952 in Pawnee, Okla. to proud parents Edward LeRoy and Irene Willie (Parks) Beaver. Growing up...

Carole Grimm

Carole Grimm

Dec 19, 2021

Carole Jean Grimm resident of Ralston, Oklahoma passed away Sunday December 19,2021 at Jane Phillips Hospital in Bartlesville. She was 85 years of age.

Carole was born September 3, 1936 at Pawnee, Okla. the daughter of Floris and Kelly Brandenburg.

She went to high school and graduated in Parsons Kansas. Then later in life met...

Mary Jo Hendrix

Mary Jo Hendrix

Dec 8, 2021

Lately, I have looked at the birth date and the passing date of too many of my family and friend’s. But that little line which separates the dates, is something that tells the legacy of a person. Moms little line was something else, looking back at what she did and how she lived her life, making sure we all...

Barrett Cook

Barrett Cook

Dec 3, 2021

Barrett Shelby Cook, son of Caleb Shelby Cook and Kimberly Lyn McKinney, was born at 4:02 pm on Friday December 3, 2021, at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Shortly afterwards, he went to join the Angels in Heaven with his parents by his side.

Little Barrett will be remembered by his parents Caleb and Kimberly; three brothers,...

Jeff Irons

Jeff Irons

Nov 21, 2021

Jeff Irons, age 65, passed away Sunday morning November 21, 2021 at his home in Tyler, Texas. Rosary will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday November 28 at the Grayhorse Chapel with Father Desmond Ibeneme and services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, November 29, also at Grayhorse Chapel. Internment will follow at Fairfax City Cemetery under...

Billy Sanders

Billy Sanders

Nov 10, 2021

Billy Wayne Sanders, born August 22,1958 went to Heaven on November 10, 2021 to be with his parents, 9 siblings, his son Micheal Sanders, and son in law Mark Carnley.  He left behind a brother Jim Parker and close friend Patty Parker; 4 children Anna Sanders and son in law Anthony Patton, Lana Easley and son in law Travis...

Lester Keeler

Lester Keeler

Oct 27, 2021

Lester (Les) Verlin Keeler was born June 1, 1936, at home in the Big Bend of Osage County, Ok. To Forrest and Deloris Douglass Keeler, He was the eldest of 6 children. His paternal grandparents were Charles and Rebecca Keeler, and maternal grandparents were John and Clara Douglass.

He and Carolyn Ranzau were married in 1958 in...

Cleo Abbott

Cleo Abbott

Oct 25, 2021

Cleo Marie (Robertson) Abbott, longtime Fairfax resident, gained her wings and left this world early in the dawn on Monday, October 25, 2021, to enter Heaven’s gates.

She was 78.She was born in Sugar Grove, Arkansas the daughter of Robert Wesley and Ella Vernice (Weaver) Robertson, Sr. on Sunday, April 25, 1943. Her father and grandfather, Howard L....

Ronald Smith

Ronald Smith

Oct 21, 2021

Ronald Ray Smith, longtime Fairfax resident, entered the gates of his heavenly home on Thursday, October 21, 2021 in the OU Health University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. He was 60 years young. Ronnie was born July 6, 1961 in Pawhuska, Ok to Margaret Louise (Moon) and J.C. Smith. He was one of eight children born to his parents....

Charles Hensley

Charles Hensley

Oct 7, 2021

C. Dwain Hensley, age 80, beloved husband, cherished father, devoted grandfather, brother, and fierce friend passed from this life on October 7, 2021. He entered this world on April 17, 1941 at Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, born to Manuel and Teresa (Young) Hensley. A miraculous survivor of the Polio epidemic in the 1950s, he married Dottie Z. (Parker) Hensley...