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July 2, 2026

(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times, July 2 & 9, 2026)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

GATEWAY MORTGAGE, a division of Gateway )
First Bank, ) Case No. CJ-2025-10
Plaintiff, ) Judge: Donna L. Dirickson
vs. )
TIMOTHY A. ABBOTT et al., )
Defendants. )

NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND UNDER EXECUTION

TO: TIMOTHY A. ABBOTT; JANET ROE (real name unknown), spouse, if any of Timothy A. Abbott; OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES; FIFTH THIRD BANK, N.A.
Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of August, 2026, at 10:00 o’clock, a.m., (location at Courthouse or room#) 1st floor, of the ELLIS County Courthouse in Arnett, Oklahoma, the undersigned Sheriff will offer for sale and sell for cash to the highest and best bidder, subject to real estate ad valorem taxes and superior special assessments on the following described real property, to-wit:
TRACT A: A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE WEST HALF OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (W/2 W/2 NW/4 NE/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE (21) IN TOWNSHIP TWENTY-ONE (21) NORTH, OF RANGE TWENTY-FIVE (25) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, ELLIS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID W/2 W/2 NW/4 NE/4, THENCE SOUTH (S00°04’23″E) ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID W/2 W/2 NW/4 NE/4, A DISTANCE OF 1101.96 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH (S00°04’23″E) A DISTANCE OF 221.65 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE W/2 W/2 NW/4 NE/4; THENCE EAST (S89°34’12″E) ALONG THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF SAID W/2 W/2 NW/4 NE/4 A DISTANCE OF 327.28 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID W/2 W/2 NW/4 NE/4; THENCE NORTH (N00°02’24″W), ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY OF SAID W/2 W/2 NW/4 NE/4 A DISTANCE OF 231.00 FEET; THENCE WEST (S88°47’41″W) A DISTANCE OF 327.46 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY DATED NOVEMBER 22, 2022 BY ON POINT LAND SURVEY.
TRACT B: A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (SW/4 NE/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE (21) IN TOWNSHIP TWENTY-ONE (21) NORTH, OF RANGE TWENTY-FIVE (25) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, ELLIS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SW/4 NE/4; THENCE NORTH (N00°04’23″W) ALONG THE WEST
BOUNDARY OF SAID SW/4 NE/4 A DISTANCE OF 1323.61 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SW/4 NE/4; THENCE EAST (S89°34’12″E) ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SW/4 NE/4 A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH (S00°04’23″E), PARALLEL WITH THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID SW/4 NE/4 A DISTANCE OF 438.50 FEET TO A POINT 50 FEET EAST OF THE
WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID SW/4 NE/4; THENCE EAST (S89°34’12″E) PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SW/4 NE/4 A DISTANCE OF 310.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY OF U. S. HIGHWAY NO. 283; THENCE NORTH (N03°04’26″W) ALONG SAID HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY A DISTANCE OF 439.30 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SW/4 NE/4; THENCE WEST
(N89°34’12″W) ALONG SAID NORTH BOUNDARY A DISTANCE OF 287.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY DATED NOVEMBER 22, 2022 BY ON POINT LAND SURVEY.
TRACT C: A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN AND BEING A PARTY OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (SW/4 NE/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE (21) IN TOWNSHIP TWENTY -ONE (21) NORTH, OF RANGE TWENTY -FIVE (25) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, ELLIS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WEST BOUNDARY OF THE SW/4 NE/4 713.4 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER FOR THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE
EAST (N89°36’E) A DISTANCE OF 335.4 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 283; THENCE NORTH (N0°24’W) ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 131.6 FEET; THENCE WEST (S89°36’W) A DISTANCE OF 334.8 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID SW/4 NE/4; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID SW/4 NE/4 A
DISTANCE OF 131.6 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY DATED NOVEMBER 22, 2022 BY ON POINT LAND SURVEY.
TRACT D: A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (SW/4 NE/4) OF SECTION TWENTY ·ONE (21) IN TOWNSHIP TWENTY-ONE (21) NORTH, OF RANGE TWENTY-FIVE (25) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, ELLIS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SW/4 NE/4,
THENCE NORTH (N00°04’23″W) ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID SW/4 NE/4 A DISTANCE OF 845.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH (N00°04’23″W) A DISTANCE OF 478.61 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SW/4 NE/4; THENCE EAST (S89°34’12″E) ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SW/4 NE/4 A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH (S00°04’23″E)
PARALLEL WITH THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID SW/4 NE/4 A DISTANCE OF 438.50 FEET; THENCE EAST (S89°34’12″E) PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SW/4 NE/4 A DISTANCE OF 284.82 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY OF HIGHWAY NO. 283; THENCE SOUTH (S00°18’40″E) ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY A DISTANCE OF 39.80 FEET; THENCE WEST (N89°37’25″W) A DISTANCE OF
334.99 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY DATED NOVEMBER 22, 2022 BY ON POINT LAND SURVEY.

Property Address: 22387 US Highway 283; Shattuck, OK 73858
Sale will be made pursuant to a Special Execution and Order of Sale issued out of the office of the Court Clerk in and for ELLIS County, Oklahoma, and pursuant to judgment for Plaintiff as follows:
FIRST: The costs of said action accrued and accruing;
SECOND: The judgment and first lien of the Plaintiff, in the amount of $200,737.74 with interest accrued thereon through April 17, 2025, in the amount of $8,914.05 and accruing thereafter at the rate of 6.250% per annum until paid; preservation expenses, accrued and accruing; a sum for abstracting expenses, accrued and accruing; and an attorney’s fee, plus costs, with interest thereon at the same rate, until paid. The property has been duly appraised in the sum of $161,670.00
WITNESS MY HAND this 29th day of June, 2026.
Sheriff of ELLIS County

/s/Shane Boothe
Deputy

RIGGS, ABNEY, NEAL, TURPEN,
ORBISON & LEWIS
Ryan J. Assink, OBA # 17568
502 W. 6th Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119
Phone: (918) 587-3161
Facsimile: (888) 399-1873
Email: [email protected]
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times July 2 & 9, 2026)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA

IN THE MATTER )
OF THE ESTATE OF )
GRACE EILEEN HARRIS, )
A/K/A )
GRACE E. HARRIS, )
DECEASED )
Case No. PB-2026-9

NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT,
DISTRIBUTION AND FINAL
DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that LaVada E. Weidner, Personal Representative of the Estate of Grace Eileen Harris, a/k/a Grace E. Harris, Deceased, has rendered, filed and presented for final settlement her Petition for Final Settlement, Distribution of said Estate, and for Final Discharge of said Personal Representative and that hearing on the same has been fixed by the Judge of said Court for the 21st day of July, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. in the Courtroom of said Court in the Courthouse in Arnett, Ellis County, Oklahoma, and all persons interested in said Estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why said Estate should not be distributed and the Personal Representative discharged.

DATED this 18th day of June, 2026.

/s/Laurie E. Hays
Laurie Hays, Associate District Judge

Submitted by:
Carson E. Schilling, OBA No. 22813
Brooke N. Campbell, OBA No. 35038
Kalen M. Youtsey, OBA No. 35785
Matthew D. Bartosiewicz,
OBA No. 21574
Lemon Law Firm
P. O. Box 1066
Perryton, TX 79070
Telephone: (806) 435-6544
Facsimile: (806) 329-2613
ATTORNEYS FOR THE PETITIONER

______________________________

(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman one time July 2, 2026)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

In the Matter of the Estate of ) Case No. PB-2026-23
EMMIT L. FEIL, Deceased. )

NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL,
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND
DETERMINATION OF HEIRS-AT-LAW, DEVISEES AND LEGATEES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons interested in the Estate of Emmit L. Feil, Deceased, that on the 23rd day of June, 2026, Jeffery Ray Feil produced and filed in the District Court of Ellis County and State of Oklahoma, an instrument in writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Emmit L. Feil, Deceased, and also filed in said Court a Petition praying for the probate of said Will, that Letters Testamentary issue thereon to Jeffery Ray Feil, and that the Court determine the heirs-at-law, devisees and legatees of Emmit L. Feil, Deceased, and that said Petition will be heard at the Courtroom of said Court in the City of Arnett, in said County and State on the 22nd day of July, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. of said day, when and where all persons interested can appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said Petition should not be granted.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of June, 2026.

/s/Laurie E. Hays
Laurie E. Hays
Associate District Judge

Kyle Domnick, OBA #31981
HODGDEN LAW FIRM, PLLC
P. O. Box 529
Woodward, OK 73802
(580) 256-5517
Attorneys for Petitioner

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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times July 2 & 9, 2026)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) Case No. PB-2026-5
LOIS ANN SCHULTZ, DECEASED )

NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT,
DISTRIBUTION AND FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that Creed Bradley Hoover, Personal Representative of the Estate of Lois Ann Schultz, Deceased, has rendered, filed and presented for final settlement his Petition for Final Settlement, Distribution of said Estate, and for Final Discharge of said Personal Representative and that hearing on the same has been fixed by the Judge of said Court for the 21st day of July, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. in the Courtroom of said Court in the Courthouse in Arnett, Ellis County, Oklahoma, and all persons interested in said Estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why said Estate should not be distributed and the Personal Representative discharged.

DATED this 18th day of June, 2026.

/s/Laurie E. Hays
Laurie Hays, Associate District Judge

Submitted by:
Carson E. Schilling, OBA No. 22813
Brooke N. Campbell, OBA No. 35038
Kalen M. Youtsey, OBA No. 35785
Matthew D. Bartosiewicz, OBA No. 21574
Lemon Law Firm
P. O. Box 1066
Perryton, TX 79070
Telephone: (806) 435-6544
Facsimile: (806) 329-2613
ATTORNEYS FOR THE PETITIONER

______________________________

PUBLIC NOTICE
All persons having an indebtedness or claim against
THE TOWN OF GAGE
Are hereby notified that all invoices and documentation pertaining to said purchase order or contract must be recorded in the office of The Town of Gage Clerk on or before September 30, 2026, covering all debts now unpaid and incurred during the period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending on June 30, 2026, or said account shall be void and forever barred.

s/Vicky C. Azbill
Vicky C. Azbill
Clerk/Treasurer
Town of Gage, Oklahoma

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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman one time July 2, 2026)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

In the Matter of the Estate of ) Case No. PB-2026-22
DOLPHIA L. BLOCKER, Deceased. )

NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL,
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE,
AND DETERMINATION OF HEIRS

Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the Estate of Dolphia L. Blocker, Deceased, that on the 23rd day of June, 2026, Zohar Ziv produced and filed in the District Court of Ellis County and State of Oklahoma, the following instruments in writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Dolphia L. Blocker (Deceased), First Codicil to the Will of Dolphia L. Blocker, and Second Codicil to the Will of Dolphia L. Blocker, Deceased, and also filed in said Court a Petition praying for the probate of said Will, that Letters Testamentary issue thereon to Zohar Ziv, and that the Court determine the heirs of Dolphia L. Blocker, Deceased, and that said Petition will be heard in the Courtroom of said Court in the City of Arnett, in Ellis County, State of Oklahoma on the 14th day of July, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. when and where all persons interested may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said Petition should not be granted.

WITNESS my hand this 23rd day of June, 2026.

/s/Laurie E. Hays
Laurie E. Hays
Associate District Judge

Molly Gardner, OBA # 33510
Molly B. Gardner, PLLC
P. O. Box 72
Woodward, OK 73802
405-971-4124
Attorney for Petitioner