Obituaries

May 19, 2019

Lydia (Ortega) Rodarte, 96, of Duncan passed away Sunday, May 19th, 2019 in the Country Club Care Nursing and Rehabilitation. Services will be 2:00 PM Tuesday in the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Marlow Cemetery. Lydia was born June 12, 1922 at Denver, Colorado the daughter of Maxmillion and Carmelia Ortega. She and Joe M....

May 14, 2019

Franklin (Frank) Delano Marcum, 74, of Duncan passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019 in the Duncan Regional Hospital. Services will be 10:00 AM Friday in the Bethesda Church of God with Reverend Harold Metheny officiating. Interment will follow in the New Velma Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. The Stephens County Honor Team will confer the...

May 13, 2019

Dena Mary Blain, 73, of Duncan passed away Monday, May 13, 2019 in the Duncan Regional Hospital. Memorial services will be 10 AM Friday in the Immanuel Baptist Church. There will be no viewing at the funeral home. Cremation services intrusted to the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Dena was born November 24, 1945 at Abilene, Texas the daughter of Bueford...

May 2, 2019

Juanell Bernice Sellers, 82, of Duncan passed away Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 in the Norman Health Plex at Norman, Oklahoma. Services will be 10:00 AM Monday in the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Rocky Pettyjohn and Reverend Tony Nichols officiating. Interment will follow in the Resthaven Memorial Garden Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. The...

Apr 30, 2019

Addie Syble Woodring, 83, of Duncan passed away Tuesday, April 30th, 2019 in the Integris Southwest Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Services will be 11:00 AM Friday in the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home with interment to follow in the Marlow Cemetery. Syble was born July 16, 1935 at Bray, Oklahoma the daughter of Edward and Katie Lorene (Conklin) Hunt. She graduated...

Apr 29, 2019

James Emil Kaspereit, 85 of Duncan passed away Monday, April 29, 2019 in the Country Club Care Nursing and Rehabilitation. Services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday in the Duncan First Baptist Church with Reverend Brian Payne officiating. Interment will follow in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends for visitation from...

Apr 27, 2019

Dorothy Juanita (Price) Mayes, 80, of Duncan passed away Saturday, April 27th, 2019 in the Duncan Regional Hospital surrounded by her family. Services will be 10:00 AM Thursday in the Western Heights Baptist Church with Dr. Jim Wilson officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery at Comanche under the directions of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Visitation will be...

Apr 20, 2019

Dickie Wayne Johnson Sr., of Rush Springs, was born on April 11,1953 in Saint Louis, Missouri to Billie Clifford and Betty Louise (Ellis) Johnson. He passed away on April 20, 2019 at the age of 66. Memorial Services will be held on Friday, April 26 at 2:00 pm at Victory Fellowship in Rush Springs, Oklahoma with Pastor Josh Abbott officiating....

Apr 15, 2019

Wanda Faye (Cook) McClung 87, of Marlow passed away Monday April 15th 2019 at her home in Marlow. Services will be 11:00 AM Saturday in the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home Chapel with Bother Alan McCoy officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery at Comanche. Viewing at the funeral home will be Thursday after 2 pm. The family will receive...

Apr 13, 2019

Sharon Kay Briones (Snow), 73, of Oklahoma City passed away Saturday, April 13th, 2019 in the Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Visitation for family and friends will be held Thursday, April 18, 2019 from 12 to 2 PM with graveside services following at 2:30 PM in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home....

Mar 30, 2019

Paul Glenn Nichols, 50, of Duncan passed away Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Fisher County, Texas. Services will be 2:00 PM Tuesday in the Bethesda Church of God with Jason Hunt and Reverend Harold Metheny officiating. Interment will follow in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends for visitation at...

Mar 28, 2019

Wilma D. Granlund, 84, of Velma passed away Thursday, March 28th, 2019 in the Country Club Care Nursing and Rehabilitation. Memorial services will be 2:30 PM Saturday in the New Velma Cemetery with Reverend Travis Stewart officiating. Cremation services were provided by the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Wilma wa born October 9, 1934 at Ft. Madison, Iowa the daughter of...

Mar 27, 2019

Marion Lancaster was born on November 6, 1938 in Sterling, Ok to Floyd and Marie Lancaster. He was the oldest of five children. Marion graduated from Comanche High School in 1957. On April 10, 1959 he married his high school sweetheart, Lucinda Head. Marion worked for DX/Sunoco for 40+ years. He enjoyed carpentry, working outdoors, fishing, hunting, camping, and...

Mar 14, 2019

Ora “Faye” Smith Morgan passed away Thursday, March 14, 2019 at her home in Comanche, with her Daughters by her side. She was born February 27, 1941 to Dee and Lydia (Wood) Smith, in Stephens County East of Duncan, OK. Services will be 10:00 am Monday at the Ray of Hope Church in Comanche with Pastor Rick Duncan of...

Mar 4, 2019

Dorothy Dell Bell, 86, of Duncan passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at her residence in Duncan. Dorothy was born at Mount Pleasant, Texas on April 12, 1932 the daughter of William Largus and Emma Beatrice (Wilson) Smith. She graduated from the Talco High School in Talco, Texas. She and J.C. Bell were married at Ardmore, Oklahoma on August...

Mar 3, 2019

Jon Thomas Maye, 40, of Duncan went to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 in the Comanche County Memorial Hospital. Services will be 10:00 AM Friday in the Christian Center with Pastor James Miller officiating. Interment will follow in the Alma Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Jon was born at Duncan,...

Mar 1, 2019

Thomas Henry "Red" Cox, Jr., 84, of Comanche passed away Friday, March 1st, 2019 in the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was surrounded by family and friends singing him into heaven with his favorite song, “I’ve Got a Mansion Just Over the Hilltop”. Services will be 2:00 PM Thursday in the Bethesda Church of God with Reverend...

Feb 14, 2019

Jerry Doyle Tilley Sr., a longtime Comanche resident, went to be with his Heavenly Father Thursday, February 14, 2019 at his home with his family by his side. He was 76 years young. A funeral will be held Tuesday, February 19th at 10:00 am at Comanche First Baptist Church with Dr. Mark Hall officiating. Intermittent will follow at Fairlawn...

Feb 5, 2019

JOYCE ALLMAN-WAY, BORN MARCH 18, 1968 TO JOHN AND LINDA ALLMAN IN HUGHES, ARKANSAS. MOVED ON TO HER HEAVENLY HOME ON FEBRUARY 5, 2019, IN LAWTON, OKLAHOMA UNEXPECTEDLY. A MEMORIAL SERVICE IS SCHEDULED FOR 1:00 PM AT HILLTOP CHURCH OF GOD, MARLOW ON FEBRUARY 8, 2019. BURIAL WILL BE AT A LATER DATE, AT CRITTENDEN MEMORIAL PARK, MARION, ARKANSAS....

Jan 18, 2019