All Obituaries

Katie was born Nov. 19th 1955 in Booneville, Arkansas to John and Verda Crenshaw and passed away at her home in Shidler, Oklahoma January 31st 2023.   Katie lived her life for her husband Wayne, her three children Clark (Boe), Kim and Joy; her 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Katie worked as a nutrition specialist for several years at various nursing homes. Katie was sober for 29 years and went on to work at Jordan’s Crossing ( a sober living house ) where she enjoyed...

Helen M. Buxton, long time resident of Fairfax. Oklahoma, succumbed to her death on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at CEARU Medical Resort in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she resided the past two years of her life. She was 99 years, 4 months, and 27 days of age. Her parents, Bill and Bertha McFadden, moved with their family of three daughters to Fairfax from Kentucky when Helen was quite young. She loved Fairfax and never gave up hope for its revival. Helen was educated in and graduated from Fairfax...

Sarah Ann Fish passed away December 31, 2022, a day after her 48th birthday. Sarah was born to Butch and Kari “Tincy” Irons Fish on December 30, 1974 at Pawhuska Hospital. At a young age, she and her parents moved to the Tulsa area when she grew up but spent many holidays and summers in Fairfax. She was classified as a daycare child where she attended many facilities. She started Kindergarten at Tulsa Mayo then Catoosa Public Schools until her sophomore year where the family...

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 college, Mert started a family where she had her 3 sons, Todd, Wade, and Jamie. Mert spent many years living in Burbank, Oklahoma. She worked at the Burbank Post...

  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 attended his freshman year of college at Northeastern State in Tahlequah, OK. He then transferred to Oklahoma State University for his 2nd...

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. Later, she attended Southeastern Teachers College in Durant, Oklahoma. On January 16, 1946, she married the love of her life, Gene Damron in Sherman, Texas. In...

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 graduation.  While in the WAF Bonnie served in the Special Investigation Unit in Wiesbaden Germany  serving the rank of Staff...

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 Bethene Adele Kester on June 10, 1960, after both graduated from Southeast High School in Wichita, Kansas.   Jerry lived on...

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. Raised in Fairfax, she graduated with the Red Devil Class of 1959. After High School, Betty attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma and Kansas State University in Manhattan,...

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.