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Phillip Donald “Donnie”McVay, loving husband, father,brother, uncle, and friend,passed away surrounded byhis family on December 26,2010. Donnie was born inLittle Rock, AR, on August 5,1945 to Tom and HelenMcVay.

Donnie graduated fromBeaver High School, Beaver,OK, in 1963. He played onthree State Championshipfootball teams in ’59, ’60, and’62 and was named to theOklahoma All-State team as acenter/fullback and selected tothe High School All-AmericanTeam in 1962. He earned hisBS in Education degree fromSoutheastern State College,Durant, OK, 1967, andacquired his Master’s Degreein 1975. While at SSC, helettered 4 years in football andwas an All-Conference centerhis senior year.

After graduating, he beganhis teaching/coaching career inForgan, OK, but was called toserve his country in the USNavy in 1968-72. He servedtwo years a t the NavalSecurity Base in Tokyo, Japan,and two years aboard theaircraft carrier USS Coral Seaoff the coast of Vietnam. Hewas a recipient of the VietnamService Medal.

Donnie returned to teachingand coaching in Boise City,OK, for two years, and spentsix years in Belle Plaine, KS,

PHILLIP DONALD“DONNIE” MCVAY

where he met the love of hislife, Leslie Gourlay. Hecompiled a football record of47-16 and a girls’ basketballcoaching record of 71-34. Heserved as President of theKansas Coaches Association1979-80.

He returned to Oklahomaand became the owner andvice-president of a television-appliance business from 1980-1995, and retired from the U.S.Postal Service in Edmond, OK,on August 5, 2007. Afterretirement, he continued tocoach football and girl’s trackat Sequoyah MS in Edmond.His hobbies were all sports,horseracing, working out withhis friends at the EdmondYMCA and spending time withhis family.

He was preceded in deathby his parents, brother-in-law,Ike Groce, and father-in-law,Robert Gourlay. He is survivedby his wife of 28 years, Leslie,and two daughters, Lindsay andBarrett Seal, Cheyenne, WY,and Megan and BenjaminDaves III, Edmond, OK,brothers Tommy and CheleMcVay, Lubbock, TX, Mikeand Nancy McVay, Beaver,OK, sisters Carolyn Groce,Stillwater, OK, Sharon andJames Dunham, Durant, OK,Pam and Robert Young,Edmond, OK, mother-in-lawMary Gourlay, Belle Plaine, KS,numerous nieces, nephews,cousins, uncles, and aunt.

Funeral services will be heldat 2:00 p.m. on Thursday,December 30, at The CatholicChurch of St. John the Baptist,9th & Blvd., with interment atGracelawn Cemetery, Edmond,OK. In lieu of flowers,contributions may be made tothe Donnie McVay “WeBelieve” Scholarship Fund, c/oBeaver High School, P.O. Box790, Beaver, OK 73932. Formore information and signfamily guestbook, please go towww.baggerley.com

THE BOISE CITY NEWS DEC.30, 3010

RITSON URBANRitson Urban, 48, Roosevelt,

Oklahoma, passed away at hishome, Saturday, December 25,2010. He was born December30, 1961 to Fred and Katherine(McNally) Urban. Ritson waspart of the first graduating classfrom the new Waynoka HighSchool building, 1980. Hegraduated from PanhandleState University,1984 and be-gan student teaching at FortSupply 1984-1985 and was AGteacher at Waynoka, 1986.Ritson married Melody White,January 1, 1995 in Boise City,and she preceded him in death,June 10, 2010. Ritson begantemporary work with the Farm-ers Home Administration atAlva and Frederick and be-came permanent in 1988 atFrederick, Lawton and Waltersthen to Hobart, 1996. He wasa member of the First BaptistChurch, Roosevelt and was anavid sheep showman.

He was preceded in deathby his wife, Melody, his parentsand one sister Louise Rutledge

He is survived by two sons,Kashen and Katie Urban,Cushing; Kamden Urban,Roosevelt,; a daughter: Kailen“Sister” Urban, Roosevelt; anephew, Michael and JennyMeyer, of Vernon, Texas; twobrothers: Fred Urban, Odessa,Texas; and Kennyand Carol Urban, Farmington,Ill.; two sisters: Golda andWendell Kopf, Pearland, Texas;Lora Meyer, of Waynoka;many nieces, nephews and ex-tended family.

Services were, Tuesday,December, 28, at the WaynokaHigh School Auditorium,Waynoka.

Interment followed in theWaynoka Cemetery

Memorial contributions maybe made to: memorial fund forthe Urban children at Banc First,Hobart.

Services were by Ray &Martha’s Funeral Home,Hobart.THE BOISE CITY NEWS DEC.

30, 3010MARY ANN

BLACKWELLMary Ann Blackwell, of

Idaho Springs, Colo. Died Dec.17, 2010 at the Life Care Cen-ter in Evergreen, Colo. She hadbeen a resident since sufferinga stroke in August.

She was born on her family’sfarm near Keyes on Feb. 28,1932 to Sarah Conner andRussell Seymour.

She grew up on the farm aswell as in Los Angeles, Calif.Where her stepfather CharlesMcBroom worked in the de-fense industry, and finally inKeyes, where she played bas-ketball and graduated in 1950 asthe valedictorian of her class.

Declining to earn a degree innursing on a lark she marriedher steady boyfriend BennyBlackwell in Clayton, N.M. onJan. 14, 1951. The marriage wasofficiated by the Keyes Meth-odist Minister and was attended

by family and a few friends. Thewedding site is now a museum.

The couple made their homein Okmulgee and threw them-selves into church work at theFirst Baptist Church and keep-ing up with Benny’s extendedfamily. All three children wereborn in Okmulgee.

In 1955 they moved to Tulsawhere they opened Blackwell’s66 Service. She kept books in thestorage, often with one or moreof the children at her side.

The family vacationed at theSpruce Cabins on ChicagoCreek, fell in love with IdahoSprings where they took chargeof the Phillips 66 station at 13th

and Miner Streets.Her life revolved around her

family and close friends and thebusiness where she handled theduties of bookkeeping and report-ing.

She was preceded in death byher husband in Feb. 6, 1996 after

a long illness.She is survived by her chil-

dren Bruce of New York City;Caryl and James Voelker ofBrighton, Colo.; Brian andBecky of Idaho Springs, andgrandchildren Jennifer Voelkerof Brighton; ChristopherVoelker of Quincy, Calif.; a sis-ter Betty Shermer of Modesto,Calif.; and brother DennisSeymour of Derby, Kan.; andnieces and nephews.

There was a cremation, fol-lowed by inurnment at AlvaradoCemetery.

A memorial service washeld Dec. 21, at the Elks Lodgein Idaho Springs.THE BOISE CITY NEWS DEC.

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IN MEMORY,THOSE WHOLEFT US IN

2010JANUARY

Betty BoyleGerene HarmonRoss RicksIvan HanklaLee R. JohnsonRoy Lee FarrisMary Albus

FEBRUARYCharles HorneJohn EdenBill Spradlin

MARCHPaul HammontreeMarlin HensonLeo RoseJohn KerschenIna HanklaSteve BarnumMargaret Thompson

APRILJerry DyeReva BrownHarold McCune

MAYMary KramerNina KohlerDr. R.L. PrattPeter HeinPhyllis HumphreyBob BrownVirgie Mathews

JUNENorma Gene YoungVelda MapelliDuane LindlyBetty KaneMelody UrbanLois YoungDon CorbinClora Lucas

JULYPatsy CannonLois CliftonEthel SpakeOrpah CaytonBill LeeCalvin JettNorma Jay StewartMitchael ShacklefordTom MilbernEd CruzanShirley Swinburne

AUGUSTDon HanveyGary DaffernJoan CrabtreeBetty GardnerPat OhnickSharrel BlankenbakerDora AlvarezJoyce Arrington

SEPTEMBERAlbert (Doc) HoudychellMarie BaldridgeJimmy LeeIrene RelethfordLotha TrimJohn Dunn BurnettElaine Tandy

Louis TwomblyJimmy Ray BellomyDuane MilbernVernon PetersonMildred CrabtreeMiguel Moran

OCTOBERCharlette HoffmanLoretta SmithRichard HanesMiguel MoranGene SizemoreRobert HaddenJose NolanPete KozarLouise FairchildPat CampbellJohn Reigner

NOVEMBERLesa ParkerPat McDanielMarietta ForemanEva McDonaldBetty WigginsCharles Armstrong

DECEMBERBarbara Thrash TevebaughDan HoeffnerBobby GreenFrank L. JamesStanley BarnesRolla CrawfordGena LeeWilliam RammageCorky FrenchDon McVeyMary Ann BlackwellRitson Urban

Continued from page 1 A truck speeding down SH

325 and through Boise City ispursued and stopped by BoiseCity Police Chief Dale Harper.The man is charged with DUI.

Keyes hires Police ChiefKevin McIntire.

Oklahoma Medical Boardsays no to VanWormer practice.

AUGUST Danny Bass is elected

commissioner, District 1. Segovia pleads not guilty to

all charges. Michael Parsons takes

over as Keyes School Supt. Sharrel Blankenbaker dies

defending her granddaughter. Shelby Terry is elected

Pioneer Days Queen Lake Etling, County benefit

from rains. SEPTEMBER

Cimarron Memorial hiresCaryn Hayes as a PhysicianAssistant.

Felt promotes from withinand makes Lewetta HefleySupt.

Boise City Hires CharlesBiliske as police officer.

Todd Waggoner takesphotos for The Boise CityNews.

Lee Hughes comes on asfull-time CEO at CimarronMemorial.

Lendall Ford is Boise City’snew music director.

Bill Percifield announceshe’ll run for his Dist. 3Commission seat.

Keyes police chief makesarrest for drug paraphernalia.

Tommy Grazier chooses torun against Percifield.

Mr. and Mrs. James Forcedonate a defunct 500 pound

bomb to the Cimarron HeritageCenter. Mr. Force flew B-17sover Germany during WWII.

* Jeff Gibson comes up withidea to use old helium plant.CIPA board turns him down.

OCTOBER J.D. Pugh of Texhoma is

declared the Panhandle’s bestathlete.

Charles Biliske arrest MarkAxtell.

Lady Cats win regional incross country.

Court of Appeals reversesthree of four counts broughtagainst the Cimarron RiverRanch including the landcommission’s judgment of morethan one-half million dollars.

Lady Cats win back toback cross country statechampionship. They are alsoacademic champions.

Lt. Gov. Jerri Askinsmakes county appearance inquest for governor’s office.

Mary Fallin fails to makeall 77 counties when severewinds keep her from landing atBoise City’s airport.

NOVEMBER Mary Fallin elected as

Oklahoma’s first womangovernor. She promises to revisitCimarron County.

Tommy Grazier defeatsBill Percifield for CimarronCounty District 3Commissioner.

Summer James, an OUgraduate receives her whitecoat as a medical student.

Ian Licea, April Layton,Kelsy Turner and Dagan Jamesare selected for honor choir.

Wildcats break eight gamefootball losing streak with 50-0rout over Goodwell.

Loaf-N-Jug throwsfinancial support behind SoutarMemorial Library and itsChildren’s section.

Charles Biliske resigns fromPD after arresting and cuffingformer sheriff Bob White.

Sowers and Martinez takepleas on charges from shootingin state park.

Cimarron Memorial bringsits money back to CimarronCounty, reopens business withlocal bank.

* Bruce Carlton hired asPhysican Assistant

DECEMBER Cimarron Memorial adds

two providers, and has sleeproom and CT scanner.

Segovia asks and receivesa continuance until June 30.

Texhoma Coach BenDavid Fortsythe arrested andcharged with rape ofHennessey student.

William Charles Allen pleasto three robberies, sentencingwill come in 2011.

Dr. Scarlett Custer openspractice in Cimarron CountyClinic.

Robert Stalcup hires on asIT director of CimarronMemorial.

Boise City Council turnsdown request for teen curfew.

George Lupton is newminister at St. Pauls Methodist.

David and Mary Masseycome to minister at Boise CityChristian.

* LaMesa Resturant Closes

And so does another year atTHE BOISE CITY NEWS