Obituary - Frances M (Owens) Johnston
Frances Johnston, resident of Ponca City, passed away Thursday, December
6, 2012, at Ponca City Nursing Home. She was 94.
The service will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, December 10, 2012 at the
Brookfield Wesleyan Methodist Church with Pastor Mark Busch, officiating.
Burial will then follow at Grandview Cemetery in Kaw City, OK. Arrangements
are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home & Crematory.
Frances was born on Tuesday, February 19, 1918 to Travis Owens and Euna
Snider Owens in Hastings, Oklahoma.
She was married to Cloise Johnston on March 19, 1939 at the First Christian
Church in Ponca City. She worked as Homemaker.
She is survived by a daughter Leta and husband Bob Epperson of Oklahoma
City; son Jack and Carol Johnston of Newkirk; son-in-law Garland Helems,
grandchildren Lisa Pruitt, Ronnie Helems, Sonya Epperson, Doug, Jeff, Keith,
and Steven Johnston, plus thirteen great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband Cloise; daughter Sharon Helems; two
sisters Imogene Widener, Kathleen Roberts; two brothers Shelby Owens and
Travis Owens.