Wilma Elizabeth "Billie" Lockwood Conley
Wilma Elizabeth “Billie” Conley, 1405 Meadowbrook, died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999, at the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. She was 80.
The funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday, 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with the Rev. John Michalicka, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery under the direction of the Trout Funeral Home.
Born March 26, 1919, at Bradford, Pa., she was the daughter of Charles Merton and Jesse Estele McKune Lockwood. She attended schools at Bradford and graduated from Robert’s Wesleyan College in Rochester, N.Y.
On Jan. 28, 1944, she married Francis R. “Fran” Conley at Bradford. The couple were first employed in Bradford before moving to Wichita Falls.
They subsequently moved to Ponca City in 1951 when Mr. Conley accepted employment with Conoco. Billie was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, a member and officer of the Sweet Adelines, a member of the Ponca City Music Club, and played bridge with several groups. She was an avid golfer and enjoyed traveling both here and abroad and sailing with her husband.
She is survived by her husband, Fran, of the home; three sons, Marc Conley and his wife Laura of Tulsa, Mike Conley and his wife Rosie of Houston, and Tom Conley and his wife Mary of Emporia, Kan.; a daughter, Patricia Jack and her husband Danny of Ellensburg, Wash.; and seven grandchildren, Nadia Conley, Sarah Conley, Sean Conley, Erin Conley, Corbin Conley, Paige Conley, and Ryan Jack.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Larry; a grandson, Kevin Conley; three brothers, James, Alan and Harry; and four sisters, Lois Loraine, Virginia, Rhea and Margie.
Casket bearers will be Marc Conley, Mike Conley, Tom Conley, Bruce Bray, George O’Brien, and Jim Scott. Honorary casket bearers will be Ryan Jack, Sean Conley, Corbin Conley, and Joe Kotarski.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Ponca City, 1904 N.
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