Kay County OK Obit for: Ietta M. (Wheatley) Cobb 
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Submitted to the archives by:Bill Cook, billcook44@aol.com
Date submitted: 2/16/2003 
Transcribed from the Ponca City News, http://www.poncacitynews.com/
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Ietta M. (Wheatley) Cobb
 

Ietta M. Cobb, longtime resident of Ponca City, died Monday morning, Nov. 
25, 2002, at Via Christi Oklahoma Regional Medical Center. She was 87. 

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, at Grace Memorial 
Chapel with the Rev. Steve Upshaw, associate minister of Longwood Baptist 
Church, presiding. Burial will be at the IOOF Cemetery. 

Ietta M. Wheatley was born April 6, 1915, in East St. Louis, Ill., the 
daughter of Homer S. Wheatley and Eva Ensor Wheatley. 

She received her public education in the Bristow schools, graduating from 
Bristow High School in 1933. 

She was united in marriage to Willie L. "Bill" Cobb on Sept. 14, 1934, in 
Bristow, where the couple established their first home. 

The couple moved to Ponca City in 1942. The couple had been married 53 
years prior to Mr. Cobb's death on Sept. 28, 1987. 

In earlier years, Mrs. Cobb was employed as a sales clerk with the local J.C. 
Penney's store and was a very active leader with the local Camp Fire girls. 

She was a member of the First Baptist Church, a lifetime member of the 
Porcelain Artist Association of Ponca City, where she had served as teacher 
and president and was currently serving as parliamentarian. 

In addition to her porcelain work, she also enjoyed fishing, gardening and 
visiting with family and friends. 

She is survived by two daughters, Adelia Farris and husband Bill of Tulsa 
and Melinda Goddard and husband Collyn of Oklahoma City; one son, Richard 
Cobb and wife Lynne of Tulsa; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; 
five nieces and nephews; and special friends, Nadean and David Thomas of 
Ponca City. 

Her parents, husband and one brother, Homer E. Wheatley, preceded her in death. 

Casket bearers will be grandsons, Ted Thomas, David Farris, Kevin Farris, 
Mark Farris, Bob Farris and Steve Elrod. Honorary casket bearers will be 
Scott Jones and Aric Justice. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 61 
Broadway, New York, NY 10006 or to the memorial fund of choice. 

The casket will be closed at the funeral service, but family and friends 
may call at the funeral home until 9 p.m. Tuesday evening and from 8 until 
10 a.m. Wednesday. 

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Published Tuesday, November 26, 2002

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