Obituaries

Kimberly Kay (Miller) Prudhomme was born on March 15, 1973, in Buffalo, Oklahoma, proudly arriving as the town's New Year's baby. She grew up in Buffalo and Woodward, surrounded by family, laughter, and the kind of love that shaped who she became.

Kim attended the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in...

Jacquelin Sue Heatley Nelson was born on December 4, 1936, in Greenville, Texas, to Walter Ray Heatley and Grace Cecilia Kirkland. She passed away on November 4, 2025, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Jackie grew up in Weatherford, Oklahoma, where she remembered having the freedom to explore the town and where she...

James "Jim" Edman Loomis was born January 14, 1944, to James and Burnice (Van Winkle) Loomis in Woodward, Oklahoma and was called home to the Lord on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at his home in Weatherford at the age of 81 years.
Jim was raised in Woodward and graduated from Woodward High School in 1962, where he was...

William "Bill" August Key was born May 24, 1964, in Lusk Wyoming. At the age of 14, he moved to Vici, Oklahoma. Upon moving to Vici, his family moved in across the street from a brown-haired girl. That is where he met the love of his life, Leann Hutchens. Bill and Leann had a special relationship that began in 1978....

Mary Aitson, 93 year old Woodward resident, passed away Friday, September 19, 2023 in Oklahoma City. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, September 27, 2025 in the Red Wolf Community Center in Carnagie, Oklahoma. Burial will follow in the Rainy Mountain Kiowa Indian Baptist Church Cemetery in...

May 23, 1942 - August 12, 2025
Dianne Forrest was born into a farming family and, apart from a few years spent in Texas, was raised on a farm set in the gentle hills east of Vici. Her childhood memories were rich with the rhythms of rural life: pumping water from the well, playing in the corral water tank with her...

DALE CARTER BURTNETT
OCTOBER 28, 1940-August 6, 2025
On a mild autumn day — October 28, 1940 — Robert David and Eleanor Edson Burtnett welcomed their first child, Dale Carter Burtnett, in Peoria, Illinois. Neither parent had experience with babies, and Dale's mother later said that they made anxious...

Tana Nixon, 77 year old longtime Freedom resident, passed away Friday, July 25, 2025 in Woodward. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 9, 2025 at the Freedom Christian Church in Freedom. Private family burial will take place at the Freedom Cemetery. Arrangements are under the...

Jason "Woody" Douglas Woodard, age 55, of Woodward, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on July 9, 2025, surrounded by loved ones.

Jason was born April 12, 1970 to Joan Simondi in Liberal, Kansas. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Jason leaves behind his devoted wife, Belinda Ward,...

In Loving Memory of James "Jim" Hanlon
November 10, 1933 - July 7, 2025

James Marvin "Jim" Hanlon, 91, longtime resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma died July 7, 2025. Jim was the son of Thomas Patrick Hanlon and Gertrude Meunier Hanlon. He was born on November 10, 1933, on his parents' homestead at the intersection of...

Carol Fenton, 77, of Enid, Oklahoma, passed away on June 14, 2025, with her loving husband, Lawson, by her side. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, June 21, 2025 in the Billings Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery.

She was born on Sunday, November 2, 1947, in Woodward,...