Obituaries

Carolyn Joy Martin Sullivan was born in Hollis, OK on December 2, 1936, to George Glenn and Marie Madge (Collier) Martin. She grew up with a brother and four sisters around the Harper County towns of Buffalo and Selman in northwest Oklahoma.

Brooks Ryan Mittasch, 9, passed away Sunday, September 10, 2023. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 12:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. and Friday from 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. with family greeting guests from 5-7 P.M. at Dighton Marler Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. at Will Miller Gymnasium in Morrison, Oklahoma. Interment will follow at Pleasant Valley Sumner Cemetery. Dighton Marler Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

Irma Lee Bain, longtime rural Newkirk resident passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, September 11, 2023. She was the daughter of Archie Jacob and Rose Lorene (Bryson) Kail.

January 31, 1924 – September 4, 2023 Carlton Budd Hallett was born on January 31, 1924, to Greely Budd Hallett and Stella A. (Anderson) Hallett in Presque Isle, ME.

Ethel Hope Royster, of Owasso, OK and former Ponca City resident, went to be with her Heavenly Father on September 7, 2023. She graced this world for 97 years and 11 months.

Patricia Ann Esmond began her journey in 1949 when she was born in Oklahoma City. In 1954 she moved with her family to Ponca City where her parents opened the Hartford Laundromat in the new Hartford Shopping Center. She graduated from Ponca City High School in 1967 and promptly went to work in the offices at Conoco. Except for an interruption of a couple of years, Pat continued to work for Conoco (and then ConocoPhillips) mainly as an accountant in the offices and then in the refinery until she retired in 2012. Along the way she also earned her B.S. in Accounting from Oklahoma State University.

Marvin Ward Hembree, born December 30th, 1955 at Blackwell Hospital and passed at home September 8th, 2023. He was a fourth generation farmer who carried on the Hembree tradition in Oklahoma since 1893. Marvin was the youngest of four children, born to Eddie and Wilma (Miller) Hembree. He went to union school and Tonkawa High School. He was very mechanically inclined and loved cars. His talent carried him on too many jobs, including M&R Services, Bowker Ford, Evans & Associates as well as Hembree Spraying Services. Marvin married Ruth Anne Welch July 8th, 1989 and continued farming while raising two sons Michael Adam Stanley and Joel Dylan Hembree as well as his grandson Ryder Allen Hembree. Marvin enjoyed helping others and his positive outlook on life will always be remembered and cherished by his family and many friends.

Charles Wayne (Charley) Clegg, died peacefully on September 7, 2023 in his room in Memory Care, Spanish Cove Retirement Community, at the age of 84. Charley was born in Weir, Kansas, January 8, 1939 to Glenn Frank Clegg and Lavon Ernestine (Cignetti) Clegg.