Obituaries

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Lela Frances Johnson Welch

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Lela Frances Johnson Welch, died on January 11, 2023, in Tulsa, OK. Viewing will be from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Wednesday, January 18, 2023. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, January 19, 2023, with Reverends Lois and Francis Barley officiating. Burial will immediately follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home & Crematory, 505 W. Grand Ave, Ponca City, OK, 74601.
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Wesley Sheldon Young

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Wesley Sheldon Young, 69, of Ponca City, OK, left this life on January 9, 2023. A Celebration of Life Ceremony will take place at 1:00 PM, Saturday, January 14, 2023, at Ponca City Assembly, with Sean Searl officiating. Inurnment will immediately follow at Resthaven Memorial Park, Ponca City, OK. Those unable to attend the Funeral Ceremony, may attend virtually on the Trout Funeral Home website, www.troutfuneralhome. com and click on the live-stream or toolbar icon on the top right corner after 12:45 PM. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home & Crematory, 505 W. Grand Ave, Ponca City, OK, 74601.
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Marjorie Ann Schairer Dew

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Marjorie Ann Schairer Dew passed peacefully on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at age 97, surrounded by her family at Saint Simeon’s Senior Community in Tulsa, OK. A celebration of Marjorie’s life will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church in Ponca City, OK.
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Cheryl Anne LeMonnier

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Cheryl Anne LeMonnier, age 79, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, passed away January 10, 2023, at her home. A celebration of her life will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, January 16th, 2023, at First Baptist Church with Gayle Young officiating the service. Cheryl will be laid to rest at Odd Fellows Cemetery after the service with Pastor Michael Taylor officiating. Those unable to attend the Funeral Ceremony, may attend virtually on the Trout Funeral Home website, www.troutfuneralhome.
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Pastor Tom Ramsey

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Tom was born on March 30, 1945 in Youngstown, Ohio to Walter and Ella Ramsey. He graduated from Brown University in Providence, RI in 1968 after which he was drafted into the United States Marine Corps. He served in Honolulu, Hawaii until 1970. He then worked in the insurance industry during which time he met and married his wife, Peggy on June 16, 1973 in Denver, Colorado. They subsequently lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, Boston, Massachusetts and Dallas, Texas.

Mary Lou Penka

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Mary Lou Penka of Ponca City, Oklahoma, died Friday evening, January 6, 2023, in the Ponca City Nursing and Rehab Center at the age of 95 years. Graveside services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Friday, January 13th in the Blackwell Cemetery with Rev.