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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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