May 16, 2019

Bart Weaver was born January 22, 1966 to Glen Weaver and Virginia Nusz Weaver in Enid and passed from this life on May 16, 2019 in Oklahoma City.  Bart was raised and lived in the Okeene area all of his life except for four years when he lived in Kansas.  He was a farmer and...

May 14, 2019

Ronnie Rusch, 73 of Keene, Texas went to be with the Lord on May 14, 2019 in Fort Worth, Texas after his battle with cancer.

Ronnie was born in Liberal, Kansas on November 28, 1945 to Abraham and Ora Cramer Rusch.  He married Lonnie Campbell on May 11, 1962.  To this union five children were born: Christine,...

May 14, 2019

Chace Tyler Jewell, age 36, entered his eternal rest on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at his home in Oklahoma City. Chace was born February 25, 1983, in Kiowa, Kansas to Jan and Bobbie (Highfill) Jewell. He was a 2001 graduate of Burlington High School. Chace went on to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater where he became a member of the Sigma...

May 12, 2019

Geneva was born to Henry and Hilda Lorenz on their family farm north of Okeene and passed away in Perry Green Valley Nursing Home.  She attended Deep Creek and Okeene Public Schools.  She married Eldon Scheffe on May 28, 1950.  They had one child, Karen, and made their home east of Okeene.

Known as Grandma Jean to...

May 7, 2019

Beverly Jean Wirick Rapp was born August 17, 1930 to Floyd and Mary (Morawitz) Wirick. She attended 1st grade at Fairview School of rural Sand Creek, Oklahoma and finished 8th grade at Fairview School near Dexter, Kansas. She spent three years at Dexter High School and then graduated as Co-Salutatorian of Manchester High School, Manchester, Oklahoma in 1948.  She...

May 5, 2019

Joy Fern Bierig

June 25, 1933  --  May 5, 2019

Okeene-Joy Fern Bierig was born in Twitty, Texas on June 25, 1933 to parents, Buell Smith and Linnie Bell Harris Smith and passed from this life in Okeene, Oklahoma on May 5, 2019.  As a child she moved, with her parents, to Okeene and spent...

May 4, 2019

Arthur (Feller) E. Green

March 12, 1929  -  May 4, 2019

Wakita- Arthur (Feller) Green, the second of four children, was born to Arthur (Yenks) and Anna Cissell Green on March 12, 1929 and passed from this life on May 4, 2019 in Wakita. He graduated from Wakita High School in 1947 as valedictorian of...

Apr 28, 2019

Cynthia Deann Kear passed to her home in heaven and into the loving arms of her Daddy on April 28, 2019.  She was 55 years old.  Cindy was born on September 19, 1963 in Wichita, Kansas to James and Patty Kay (LeCrone) Kear.  She spent her school years in Texas and Oklahoma.  As a young child, Cindy learned to...

Apr 24, 2019

TJ Allison entered his eternal rest on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 surrounded by his loving family in his home. He was born on February 4, 1978 in Kiowa, Kansas to Ron and Judy (Stairs) Allison.

He married Nicole Cudmore on June 24, 2005 and to their union five children were born – Tate, Talyn, Tanis, Trace, and...

Apr 20, 2019

Judith Ann (Francis) Pierson

( January 23, 1967 - April 20, 2019 )

Judith Ann Pierson age 52 went to her eternal home on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at her family ranch in San Saba, Texas.  Judith was born on January 23, 1967 in Dallas, Texas to Thomas L. Francis and Lucia H. (Ribelin).  Judith...

Apr 20, 2019

Mary (Gulli) Traffas died on Holy Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Pratt, Kansas early Saturday morning.  There was a full Pink Easter Moon, a symbol of rebirth, to light her way.

She was born to Gertrude and Joseph Gulli on April 18, 1922. With her eight siblings, she grew up in Washington D.C., the political heartbeat of...

Apr 16, 2019

Mary Schmitz, born Mary Rose Rezac, 67, of Wakita Oklahoma passed from this world on April 16, 2019 at the Kiowa District Hospital. She was born the daughter of George and Helen (Bruey) Rezac on January 4, 1952 in Anthony, Kansas.

Mary grew up and graduated high school in Caldwell, Kansas. She married the love...

Apr 9, 2019

Carol Joan McGee was born to John D. McGee and Minnie Shellhammer McGee in Hardtner on May 28, 1942 and died on April 9, 2019. She grew up in Kiowa, where she was active in band and orchestra and was selected for the Wichita Youth Symphony.

Carol received her BE and master’s degree from Emporia State University,...

Apr 7, 2019

Medford-Colleen Mae McClure, 86, of Medford, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2019 at Community Health Center in Wakita.  Colleen was born January 15, 1933 near Medford to Raymond Keller and Anna Allday Keller.  Colleen lived in Enid where she attended grade school and then moved to Oklahoma City as a teenager.  Colleen worked as a vault teller for seventeen years...

Apr 4, 2019

Mary Weber Fagala was born September 3, 1932 in Aline, Oklahoma to Henry and Estella Weber. She graduated from Aline High School in Aline, Oklahoma. After graduating, she attended Oklahoma A & M for a short time. On December 24, 1950, she married Verlyn Fagala, and had two sons, Terry and Jerry. Mary worked for Pioneer Electric Company in...

Apr 3, 2019

Verna Ruth Schanbacher, 91, of Cherokee, Oklahoma, passed away on April 3, 2019 in Wichita, Kansas.  She was born in Alfalfa County on May 16, 1927 to Delbert and Goldie Farabee and married to Duane Schanbacher on April 5, 1947. She is the loving mother of four, grandmother of thirteen and great grandmother of eighteen children.  In 1954, Duane...

Mar 25, 2019

Wanda Kay Schroeder Kiner was the youngest of six children born to Pete and Mary Helen Schroeder of Cleo Springs Oklahoma. Wanda was born in Fairview, Oklahoma on September 2 1951 and was welcomed into heaven on Monday March 25, 2019.

She tirelessly cared for her father and mother in their twilight years and frequently reflected on...

Mar 21, 2019

Mary Jean Washburn, 88, went to be with the Lord Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Kiowa District Manor Nursing Home in Kiowa, Kansas.  Funeral service will be Friday, March 29, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Cherokee with Rev. Garry McNeill officiating.  Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee.  Burial will be at Cherokee...

Mar 20, 2019

Virgil Lee Reimer was born April 30, 1926 on the farm northeast of Medford to J.M. and Marie Reimer.  He was a member of the Mennonite Church.  He attended District 44 School.  Virgil went into the Army in September 1944 and trained at Camp Fannon, Texas in the infantry, then on to Camp Howes, Texas and then to Ft....

Mar 19, 2019

Douglas Lee McMurtrey was born on August 27, 1965, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, to Ronal and Marguerite McMurtrey. Doug passed away on March 19, 2019, at the age of 53 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, after complications from flu and pneumonia. A member of the Class of 1983, Doug graduated from Cherokee High School where he was active in 4-H, FFA...