Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  DONALD SPONSLER

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DONALD SPONSLER 

OCNS - October 21, 2002 - Donald "Donnie" Sponsler, 48, passed away, 
Sunday, October 20, 2002 at his residence in Bartlesville, Oklahoma 
following a battle with cancer. 

Donnie was born April 14, 1954 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma the son of George 
Donald "Slick" and Betty Louise (Neptune) Sponsler and graduated from 
Pawhuska High School with the Class of 1972.   He was a member of the First 
United Methodist Church, and an ardent outdoorsman who loved fishing, 
hiking and camping.

Survivors include:   His daughter, Lacey Dawn Sponsler of Edmond, Oklahoma; 
his mother and step-father, Betty and Don Stuart of Pawhuska; his special 
friend, Cindy Conley of Bartlesville; his sisters, Linda Sponsler and 
husband, Dennis Cummings, and Karen Gross and husband, James, all of Tulsa; 
his maternal grandmother, Mrs. H.J. Neptune of Pawhuska; his uncle, Tom 
Neptune of Arkansas City, Kansas; his nieces and nephews, Kaylor Gross, 
Austin Gross and Conor Cummings and a host of other family and friends.   
Donnie was preceded in death by his father, his paternal grandparents, Mr. 
and Mrs. Clarence Sponsler, and his maternal grandfather, H.J. Neptune.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 23, in the 
Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, 221 East Sixth Street, Pawhuska, with Pastor 
Julie Capranica of the First United Methodist Church officiating.   
Interment will be in the Pawhuska City Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested contributions be made to the 
American Cancer Society.

Johnson Funeral home is in charge of arrangements.