Obituaries

Wylidene Brewer went home to be with her Lord and Savior early Friday morning, January 26th, 2024. Viewing will be Tuesday, January 30, 2024, from 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, with family present from 5:00 - 8:00 PM at Trout Funeral Home. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday January 31, 2024, at Sunset Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Odd Fellows Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home & Crematory, 505 W Grand Ave, Ponca City, OK 74601.

Our beloved mother, sister and aunt, Artie Mae Miller, 84, of Ponca City, OK, passed away peacefully on December 16, 2023 after a brief illness. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home & Crematory, 505 W. Grand Ave, Ponca City, OK, 74601.

Loren Robert Fitzgerald of Tonkawa died Sunday afternoon, January 21st at the Renaissance assisted living in Ponca City, OK. He was 99 years old. Loren was born July 9th, 1924 to John Waldo Fitzgerald and Edna Pearl (Ingram) Fitzgerald. He spent his childhood living in rural Grant County on a family farm 5 miles North of Lamont, OK. Loren and his younger brother Delmer attended grade school at the country schoolhouse 1 mile North of their home and attended high school at Lamont High. Shortly after graduating high school, Loren went to work for Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, KS.

Bill Meadows, 89, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully in his home January 22, 2024. He was born in Chickasha, OK in 1934, to Louis and Mirl Meadows. In 1956, he married Joyce and together they raised their three children. Bill started work at Nickles Machine Shop and later began a career at Pelton Company from where he retired. He enjoyed working on his 1968 Corvette and showing it off in car shows. He loved boating and in his younger years, he enjoyed water skiing, which he passed down to his kids and grandkids teaching them to ski and enjoy water sports too. He sure did love spending time with his family at Beaver Lake where many memories were made.

Jo Monica (Warrior) Burgess, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, was born November 18, 1933 in Fairfax, Oklahoma. She passed away in Irving, Texas, on November 29, 2023 at 90 years of age.

Robert (R.J.) Duckwall, 81, beloved father, grandfather, and great grandfather, was called to his eternal resting place on January 24, 2024. He was born on April 12, 1942, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Ralph and Lucile Ash Duckwall.