All Obituaries

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 School in 1955 and immediately went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone as an operator.  She was also employed by First National Bank, Security Bank and Conoco in...

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 call of Uncle Sam sounding loudly in 1966, he and Pat were married. The Army sent them to  Ft. Carson in Colorado...

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. She taught physical education in the Tulsa Public Schools for 32 years, retiring in 1986. She enjoyed traveling in the U.S. and several foreign...

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, Ted spent his early years growing up and attending school in Depew, Oklahoma. After graduating from high school, he went into the Army in 1950. He proudly...

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 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, September 26, 1956, in Miami Florida.  On Friday, February 12, 1999, in Bentonville, Arkansas, Mary wed her best friend and love of her life, Larry Willard....

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.  Born on Monday, February 27, 1961, in Fresno, Calif., Karen was the daughter of Coy Gene and Kathryn Ann (Carver) Hicks - having one...

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 12, 1934. She was united in marriage with James Wilson, Jr. on Sunday, August 3, 1952 in Leadville, Colorado. They made their home in Colorado and during this time were blessed...

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 Elizabeth, and Melissa Gaye.    Dolores, known to most who knew her as Dodo, was a proud member of the Osage Nation, Grayhorse District, and a long...