All Obituaries

Mary Willard of Burbank, Oklahoma passed away on Apr 24, 2022. Her loved ones are composing her obituary, which you will be able to read here.

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...

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 Fairfax High School in 1961. In the spring of 1963, she met Donald Rex Fosnight and later that year they were married on...

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 of Northern Cheyenne, Osage, and Pawnee descent.  She was of the Osage Eagle Clan, and her Osage name was Xhu...

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 Woman Chief, which fit her personality well.  She attended Grayhorse and Fairfax Public Schools. Shirley was united in marriage...

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 long line of Chiefs duly recognized by the United States Government. He leaves behind to cherish his memory, his parents Cody Bassham and...

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 and Hazel Lee (Wood) Stephens-Gamble. He grew up and attended school in the Hominy area. On September 4, 2009, he was united in marriage to Wanda (Stephens) Fitzgerald in Missouri....

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. and graduated high school there in 1959. He then moved to Fairfax, Oklahoma and married Mary Marie Kensel on November 14, 1960. They had two children in the home when they...