Obituaries

Raymond E. Davis was born January 6, 1931, to Perry and Goldie Davis in Enid, Oklahoma and passed away November 27, 2024. Ray graduated from Enid Public Schools in 1949 and from Oklahoma A&M (now known as Oklahoma State University) in 1954 with a degree in Construction Engineering and Business Administration.

Mass of Christian Burial for Lynette Sewell, 77, Ponca City resident, will be 11:00 am on Thursday, December 5th 2024 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Father Carson Krittenbrink officiating. Committal prayers and interment will follow in Longwood Cemetery under the kind guidance of Amy Stittsworth Funeral Service.

The services celebrating and honoring the life of David Mardis, 60, of Enid, are pending under the direction of Brown-Cummings, A life celebration home. Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family online at WWW.BrownCummings.com.

Funeral services for Kathy Marie Younger, 62, of Enid, will be 10:00 am, Friday, December 6, 2024, at Enid First Assembly of God Church with Pastor Jarrod Cloud officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home and Crematory.

Doris Chapman left this world on December 1, 2024. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Francis Catholic Church on December 6 at 12 noon with Reverend Mark Mason celebrant. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation with family will be held Thursday from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Anderson-Burris.

The services celebrating and honoring the life of William Frank “Bill” Larkin, 99, of Enid, will be held privately under the direction of Brown-Cummings, A life celebration home.

The services celebrating and honoring the life of Tammy Nelson, of Enid, are pending under the direction of Brown-Cummings, A life celebration home. Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family online at WWW.BrownCummings.com.

Ernest Riley "Pops" Patterson, age 84, of Enid, Oklahoma, passed away on November 21, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born on April 16, 1940, in Grove, Oklahoma, to Ernest Granderson Patterson and Josephine Ophilia (Jones) Patterson. Pops lived a full and rewarding life, leaving a legacy of love, laughter, hard work, and "collecting". He was very proud to be a Cherokee Citizen through his mother's family.

Wayland Buller, age 89, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2024 in Wichita.

A Memorial Service for Eleanor “Irene” Jenkins, age 86, of Enid, will be 2:00 pm, Friday, December 13, 2024 at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home Chapel with Pastors Kenneth Wade and Kelly Cronkhite officiating. The family will lay Irene to rest privately in Maud Cemetery, Cunningham, Kansas, later. Cremation and funeral arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.

Arno Lee Pautsch, 89, was born in Enid, Oklahoma, on December 11, 1934, to Arno Edwin Pautsch and Irene Pearl Rebecca (Kessner) Pautsch, and departed this life on December 1, 2024, and joined his heavenly Father and the great cloud of witnesses and dear ones gone before. The service celebrating Arno's life will be held on Friday, December 6, at 2:00 pm, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1626 E. Broadway, in Enid, with Rev. Kenneth Wade officiating.

The graveside service for Daniel Lee Smith, 88 year-old Enid resident is 2:00PM Tuesday, December 3, 2024 in the Memorial Park Garden Chapel under the direction of Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home. Rev. Gail Edmison will officiate.