Obituaries

Rocky Lee Auterson, Sr. of Ponca City, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday evening, January 11, 2025, in the Integris Ponca City Hospital at the age of 69 years.

Jacqueline Lively of Blackwell, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, January 10, 2025, at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Kansas, at the age of 62 years.

Peggy was born on Sunday, October 25, 1927, in Pershing, OK, to William Lagal and Elsie (Steele) Crismon. After graduating from high school, she married Lloyd "Bill" Shafer on October 25, 1947, in Barnsdall, OK. She worked as a switchboard operator at the Ponca City Hospital for several years.

Beatrice Bernice “Bea” Whitfill, Beloved Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, and Friend, a cherished matriarch who filled our lives with love, laughter, and a sparkle all her own, passed away peacefully on December 7th at the age of 82.