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Bobbie Thomas © Grace Memorial Chapel 07-2009 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
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Bobbie Bob Thomas, resident of Ponca City, passed July 21, 2009 at the Newkirk Nursing Center. He was 82.
Bobbie was born on October 14, 1926 near Binger, Oklahoma, the son of Norman Thomas and Clesta Fleting Thomas. He was raised on a cotton farm near Binger. His early schooling was in the Binger area schools. He entered the United States Navy on July 1, 1944, serving in the South Pacific. He was attached to Navy Seals during World War II and had served on the USS Pitt and USS McCracken. He was honorably discharged from the Navy on May 29, 1946. He was married to Mary Ann Bennett on January 15, 1949 at Santa Ana, California. He was employed with the Orange County Register Newspaper of Santa Ana for 41 years as a master computer tech, retiring in 1992. The couple moved to Ponca City in 1994 to help in the care of Bobbies ailing mother. His enjoyments included fishing and camping in the High Sierras, traveling throughout the Mid-Western and Western States. He was a sports fan, especially of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team and the OU and Southern Cal football teams. In earlier years the couple enjoyed walking.
Bobbie is survived by his wife, Mary Ann, of the home; two sons, Terry Thomas, Ontario, California and Allen Thomas, Menifee, California; two daughters, Suzanne Mamedalin, Weed, California and Karla Wells, Upland, California; one brother, Rollan Thomas, Springport, Michigan; three sisters, Esta Kirk, Ponca City, Delores Rolph, Santa Ana, California and Ruby Koellisch, Corona, California; seven grandchildren; other extended family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Norman Thomas and Clay Thomas.
A visitation for family and friends will be held at Grace Memorial Chapel from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, 2009.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at Grace Memorial Chapel with Hospice of North Central Oklahoma Chaplain, Mike Sweetman presiding. Interment will be in Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be name to Hospice of North Central Oklahoma, 1904 North Union, Suite 103, Ponca City, Oklahoma 74601.
Mary Ann Bennett Thomas © Grace Memorial Chapel 06-2020 Submitted by: Glenn
© Grace Memorial Chapel
November 10, 1930 ~ June 8, 2020
Mary Ann Thomas, a long-time resident of Ponca City, passed away on June 8, 2020 after contracting an infection from a recent hip surgery. She was born at the start of the Great Depression, 11/10/30, and knew how to spend little and save much. Her mother, Geraldine McClurg was of Scottish decent which may have also contributed to Mary Ann’s sense of knowing how to be frugal. Mary Ann had four brothers; two have preceded her in death and the surviving two, Morris and Harold, hold fond memories from their time growing up in California.
Mary Ann married Bob Thomas in 1949 in California. They had four children, Suzanne, Terry, Allen and Karla. After the children started school, Mary Ann found employment in a variety of restaurants as a waitress or a cook and spent the last several years of her working years managing the food concession service at May Company (Macy’s). When Bob retired from the Orange County Register he wanted to return to Oklahoma (his birth place) and help take care of his mother. So in 1994, they left California and moved to Oklahoma. Their children were all grown with jobs and children of the own. When Bob passed away in 2009, Mary Ann’s children encourage her to move back to California; however, Mary Ann grew to love Oklahoma and wanted to stay. “She had friends she would miss too much, and she loved her garden”. Mary Ann was a member of the Woodland Community Church and a regular volunteer at Hospice in Ponca City.
A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, June 30th at 10:15 at the Rest Haven Cemetery in Ponca City. All her friends are welcome. The family requests that everyone stay safe by keeping social distance and wear masks during this time of the devastating pandemic.
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