Obituaries

Hazel Laura (Fiddelke) Stickney, age 103, of Kearney, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at St. John’s Good Samaritan Society in Kearney. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 1 2023, at Zion Lutheran Church in Kearney with Pastor James DeLoach officiating. Burial will follow at Kearney Cemetery. Visitation will be 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney. Memorials are suggested to Zion Lutheran Church. Please visit www.hlmkfuneral.

Jason Kelly Mabry, 54, of Ponca City, OK, left this earth to begin his eternal life on May 1, 2023. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, May 4, 2023, at Northeast Baptist Church with Rev. Scott Melton and Rev. Dr. Robert Montgomery officiating. A private, family burial will take place following the service. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home & Crematory, 505 W. Grand Ave., Ponca City, OK, 74601.

Bryant Joseph Hardy was born on November 11, 1946 in Ely, White Pine, Nevada to Warren G. and Camilla (Domgaard) Hardy. His father’s employment took them to Salt Lake City, then to various cities in Southern California. They eventually ended up in El Cajon, San Diego County, when he was about 7.

Rudy Ray Rockett, Jr., 46, of Ponca City, OK, left this life on April 26, 2023, in Oklahoma City, OK. A Celebration of Life Ceremony will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, May 6, 2023, at St. Luke’s Church of the Nazarene, with Pastor David Frees officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home & Crematory, 505 W. Grand Ave, Ponca City, OK, 74601.

4/30/51 – 4/22/23 Georgia Mae Singletary of Stroud, OK, passed away Saturday, April 22, 2023. Georgia Mae Singletary was born in Wichita, KS, on April 30, 1951 to George and Dorene Bohon.

Nate T. Collins, 18, passed away Thursday morning in Ponca City, OK. Nate was born on August 15, 2004 in Ponca City, to Kayla Burgess and Bruce Collins. He was a wonderful surprise. Nate is a descendent of George Gives Waters, Sun Dance Priest of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma. Nate is an enrolled member of Kaw Nation of Oklahoma. Descendent of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma and Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma. He is descendent of the Wa-keh heh-beh (Half Breed clan) of the Ponca Tribe.