Phyllis Jean (Mann) Wiles, age 92, resident of Ponca City, OK, passed away April 5, 2020, at Via Christi Rehabitation Center.

Phyllis was born October 21, 1927, to Charles O. Mann and Jennie Marie (Blair) Mann in Ponca City. She grew up in Ponca City, graduating from Ponca City High School in 1946.

September 3, 1948, Phyllis married Hugh D. Wiles at the Evangelical Church (now Albright UMC) in Ponca City, OK. Hugh’s work took them to Tulsa, Texas, New Mexico, Lindsay, OK, Utah, Wyoming, and Pauls Valley, OK. While in Texas, they were blessed with a son, Arnal David Wiles. Phyllis worked at banks in Utah and Wyoming. She made life-long friends at the banks, some who called her daily the last few years of her life.

Phyllis was a member of The First Families of Oklahoma. She was an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution until her health prevented her participation. Phyllis researched the genealogy of her family and her husband’s family and had extensive volumes of the families’ history. She was a member the the First Baptist Church of Ponca City. She was not shy about sharing the Word of the Lord. She was a prayer warrior. Phyllis loved jigsaw puzzles and spent many hours with her friend and neighbor, Lilly Freeman, working on them.

Phyllis is survived by her sister-in-law, Carol (Thompson) Mann, of Ponca City; nephews and nieces: Douglas Mann (Marsha) and Debi (Mann) Wolin (Marc) of Tulsa; Lisa (Mann) Kuecker (James) of Arkansas City, KS; Todd Mann (Paula) of Palmer, AK; and Martha (Palmer) Chambers of New Castle, PA; great nieces and nephew: Courtney Wolin and Kendall (Wolin) Gipson, of Tulsa; Audra Mann-Janz (Tom) and Levi Mann of Wichita; Katelyn (Kuecker) Clites (Aaron) of Wichita; and Candace Kuecker of Lenexa, KS and great-great nephews Jett, Grayden and Bridger Gipson.

Phyllis was preceded in death by her son, Arnal, in 1978, her husband, Hugh, in 2006, and her parents and brothers, James O. Mann and Kenneth C. Mann.

A graveside service was held April 8, 2020 at Resthaven Memorial Park. Pastor Michael Taylor, First Baptist Church, Ponca City, officiated. Trout Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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