Obituaries

Donna Mae Cooper, age 85, resident of Ponca City, Oklahoma, passed away January 1, 2024, at her home. A memorial ceremony will be held January 26, 2024, at 3:00 PM, at Longwood Cemetery, with Pastor Don Stanton officiating.

Curtis Dale Love, 72, of Ponca City, OK, died on January 14, 2024, in Sulphur, OK. No viewing is scheduled at this time. A Graveside Ceremony will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, January 18, 2024, at Resthaven Memorial Park in Ponca City, OK, with Doug Stephens officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home & Crematory, 505 W. Grand Ave., Ponca City, OK, 74601.

June Haub, 89, beloved Wife, Mother, and Grandmother was called to her heavenly father on January 15, 2024. She entered this world on December 23, 1934, in Mooreland, Oklahoma, born to Frederick Wirz and Grace Eldene Reeves Wirz.

October 28, 1962January 11, 2024 Monty Ladon Casey was born October 28th, 1962 in Oklahoma City, OK to William and Frances (Burnes) Casey. He grew up in Oklahoma City until the 1970’s when the family moved to Moore, OK.

David Howard Robb Sr., born January 21, 1957, in Clay Center Kansas, to Mary Ann Hill. He enjoyed hunting and fishing at his Grandma Hill’s farm in Northern Kansas.

Molly Jane (Blew) Wright, 93, passed peacefully into the loving arms of our Lord and Savior on Tuesday, December 26th, 2023, at Renaissance Assisted Living facility in Ponca City, OK. Molly was born November 28, 1930, in Red Rock, OK, at the farmhouse where she grew up. She was the youngest of six children. She graduated Red Rock High School where she met the love of her life, Johnnie M. Wright, whom she married on May 14, 1950. A celebration of life will be held at Woodlands Christian Church in Ponca City, OK, Saturday, January 20th, at 10am, with burial to follow.

Paul was born of American parents in a hospital operated by an American doctor in the town of La Cumbre, Colombia while his Father was working as an engineer at his family’s sugar plantation Manuelita, near Palmira. His father rode the 30-mile trip on horseback from Palmira to the hospital, guided by one of the plantation engineers, to be at his wife’s side at Paul’s birth, but unfortunately did not make it in time.

Dennis Ray Fine, 89, passed away (12-22-2023) at Via Christi Village in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Dennis was born May 25, 1934, to William and Klois Fine in Mannsville, Oklahoma.

Albert Samuel “Sam” Johnson, age 91, of Hudson, Wi died Friday, January 5, 2024, at his home with his wife and daughter by his side. He was born October 4, 1932, in Ponca City, Oklahoma, the son of Albert and Orma Johnson. Sam was a proud member of the Cherokee Nation. He and his three younger brothers, Martin, Raymond, and John kept their parents busy with their mischievous antics.