LONE GROVE - Arman J. Allen, 92, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at the family home in Lone Grove, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Thursday, March 10, 2022, at Lone Grove Assembly of God, with Pastor Gary Gunsolus and Pastor Gary Dodson officiating. Interment to follow in Lone Grove Cemetery, Lone Grove, Okla. Funeral services under the direction of Griffin~Hillcrest of Ardmore, Okla.
HEALDTON - Ricky Lee “Tigger” Rich of Healdton departed this life on March 3, 2022 in the Oklahoma Heart Hospital South of Oklahoma City at the age of 60 years, 11 months, and 27 days. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at the Abundant Life Worship Center of Ardmore with Bro. Michael Caraway and Sister Mary Jones officiating. Interment will follow in the Ringling Memorial Cemetery of Ringling. Services are under the direction and care of Alexander Funeral Home of Wilson.
LONE GROVE - Stanley Owen Key, age 68, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, surrounded by his family, at his home in Lone Grove, Okla. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 am, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.
HEALDTON - Funeral services for Patsy Ruth (Witt) Porterfield, 81, of Healdton are scheduled for 2:00 PM Monday, March 7,2022 at the Bethel Baptist Church of Healdton with Rev. Ron Elmore officiating and grandson, Chad Porterfield providing the eulogy. Interment will follow at Mount Olive Cemetery of Healdton. Services are under the direction and care of Alexander Gray Funeral Home of Healdton.
DALLAS, TX - Joan Theres Neustadt Weil, 95, died on January 6, 2022, in Dallas. She was born April 10, 1926 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to pioneer oilman and philanthropist Walter Neustadt, Sr. and Doris Westheimer Neustadt. She attended Hockaday School in Dallas, Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, Monticello in Alton, Illinois and University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois. She was married and had two daughters, Andrea L. Aranson and Jan J. Leeds-Mitchell. Joan enjoyed life and lived it to its fullest until her last days. She stayed involved with and committed to her many and varied business ventures and civic work. She served as President of Quad Decor Company in 1956, was a Partner of the Neustadt Land and Development Company from 1975 to 2001 and was Owner of J.N. Weil Appraisals from 1973 until she retired in 1998. During her time in Galveston, Texas she was very involved in many civic organizations. She was Chairman of the Galveston County Disaster Committee for American Red Cross, member of the Junior League, Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100, Community Chest Board of Directors, and President of the Public Health and Nursing Service of Galveston, Texas. She also served as President of the Council of Jewish Women, Vice President of Temple Sisterhood, Child Guidance Community Nursing Officer in Ardmore, Oklahoma, President of the Women’s Board at the National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado, Board of General Rose Hospital in Denver, Colorado, Advisor to AEO Sorority in Boulder, Colorado and was a distinguished member of International Who’s Who in Arts and Antiques. Joan loved meeting people and was always genuinely inquisitive about them and their families. She enjoyed attending the Dallas Summer Musicals and was a regular attendee for many years. She also kept the tradition alive, one that was started by her parents, of being a generous contributor to and loyal fan of the University of Oklahoma. Her family was responsible for the permanent endowment of the University’s Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Joan and her brothers also donated to OU for the expansion of the Bizzell Memorial Library. The expansion is named the Doris W. Neustadt Wing in honor of their mother. In 2015, she established the Joan Neustadt Weil Scholarship of the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation. The scholarship is awarded annually to two students who are pursuing undergraduate studies at the University of Oklahoma. Joan’s generosity has helped many other organizations and individuals, known and unknown. She never forgot her hometown of Ardmore, Oklahoma and she helped O.U.T. purchase a house for those needing a second chance and a place to stay.
SPRINGER - Dolphus Genn was born August 8, 1937, to Toy Richardson Genn and Lydia (Shepperd) in Oswalt, OK. He passed from this life on March 1, 2022, at the age of 84.
WILSON - Idabell (Marshall) Camplain of Wilson departed this life on March 2, 2022 at the Wilson Nursing Center at the age of 91 years, 5 months, and 17 days. Funeral Services are scheduled for 10:00 A.M. Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Alexander Gray Funeral Home Chapel of Wilson with Rev. Terry Tolbert officiating. Interment will follow in Hewitt Cemetery in Wilson. Services are under the direction and care of Alexander Gray Funeral Home of Wilson.
ARDMORE - Sandra Kay Bone, age 55, passed away on March 1, 2022, in Ardmore, Okla. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm, Monday, March 7, 2022 in The Chapel at Griffin~Hillcrest with interment to follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park.
NORMAN - Jennifer Nicole (Southerland) Donathan, 45, of Norman, died Saturday, February 26, 2022, in Oklahoma City. The daughter of Jimmy Darrell Southerland and Nina Charlene Holt, she was born November 9, 1976, in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
HEALDTON - Wyatt Austin Coker, of Healdton, departed this life on Sunday, February 27, 2022 in Healdton at the age of 22 years, 0 months, and 12 days. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Friday, March 5, 2022 at Alexander Gray Funeral Home Chapel of Healdton. Services are under the direction and care of Alexander Gray Funeral Home of Healdton.