Jan 16, 2018

Julian Nightingale left this life on January 16, 2018. Julian Nightingale was born on September1, 1923 in Fairview, Oklahoma to John L. and Katharina Eck Nightingale. The family lived in Fairview until 1939, when they moved to a farm four miles east of Cleo Springs. Julian is a 1942 graduate of Cleo Springs High School. In 1943, during WWII,...

Jan 16, 2018

Helena-Funeral service for Bill will be Friday, January 19, 2018 at Helena First Christian Church with burial at Good Hope Cemetery. Viewing will be Thursday from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Bill was born on November 30, 1939 to Arnold and Lillie Watson in Pauls Valley and passed from this life on January 16, 2018. He attained...

Jan 15, 2018

Matthew O. Morris passed away on Monday, January 15, 2018, of causes related to congestive heart failure. Matt was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on July 28, 1948, at Borgess Hospital, the only child of Florence Oman Morris (later Worstell) and Cecil “Tommy” Cowles Morris (of Shawnee, OK). He grew up in Kalamazoo on Hutchinson Street and was raised by...

Jan 10, 2018

Cornelia Anna Fowler Burke, 80, resident of Kiowa, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at the Kiowa District Hospital. Born May 20, 1937, Cornelia experienced some of her most precious years in Columbus, Texas. Growing up, she excelled as a tap dancer, choir singer and distinguished musician. Cornelia kept her deep love of music all throughout...

Jan 5, 2018

Tonkawa-A memorial service for Jerry (J.W.) Cooper will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, January 27, 2018 at the Assembly of God Church in Tonkawa with the Pastor Kelly Coffey officiating. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home of Medford.

Jerry was born January 6, 1941 in Briceville, TN to Margaret Sharp and Walter Cooper. He moved to...

Jan 4, 2018

Goltry-Funeral service for Donald “Don” Lynn Forrest, 74, will be Monday, January 8, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Helena First Christian Church. Burial will follow at Karoma Cemetery near Goltry. Viewing will be Sunday 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.

Don was born on March 10, 1943 to Harold (Bill) and Rosetta Forrest in Follett, Texas. Don passed...

Jan 1, 2018

Timothy John Leierer, 33, of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma, passed from this life on January 1, 2018, when a BNSF train collided with the pickup he was driving near Goltry, Oklahoma. Tim was born February 23, 1984, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, the son of David W. Leierer and Ruth A. Leierer. He resided in rural Minden, Nebraska,...

Dec 29, 2017

Wichita, KS-Funeral service for Jan Hamilton Stewart will be Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Medford. Burial will follow at Rosemound Cemetery, Medford.

Jan was born August 27, 1954 to DeLawrence and Emma Jean Carrier Hamilton in Enid, Oklahoma and passed from this life on December 29, 2017 in Wichita, Kansas....

Dec 26, 2017

Renard Russell Miller (Russ), 85, of Bartlesville passed away in his sleep on December 26, 2017 in Oklahoma City.

Funeral service will be held at Lanman Funeral Home in Helena on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. with Rev. Dean Holt officiating. Burial will follow at Good Hope Cemetery, Helena. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m....

Dec 24, 2017

Goltry-Funeral service for Sharon will be Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Lanman Chapel in Cherokee. Viewing will be Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Lanman Funeral Home, Helena. Burial will follow at Karoma Cemetery, Goltry.

Sharon Ann Jantz was born on July 23, 1943 to Frank G. Jantz and Ada E. Johnson...

Dec 22, 2017

Betty Lou Westfahl Goforth was born on January 26, 1927 to Louis and Callie Lee Thurman Westfahl on the family farm east of Hitchcock. She was the ninth of sixteen children. Betty passed away December 22, 2017 at the Okeene Municipal Hospital. When Betty was two years old, her parents purchased and moved to a farm six miles west...

Dec 21, 2017

Our beloved Stephen D. Mott was born in Hardtner, Kansas on June 17, 1950 to Frank and Helen Mott and was raised on a farm near Kiowa along with his four siblings. During this period of his youth Stephen was baptized into the Christian faith on December 10, 1961. He graduated from Kiowa High School in 1968 and went...

Dec 17, 2017

Medford- Mass of Christian Burial for Kay will be Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Medford with the Wake followed by the Rosary on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Burial will follow after Mass at Calvary Cemetery. Viewing will be Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

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Dec 11, 2017

Cleo Springs-Funeral service for Ivan will be Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. at Cleo Springs Nazarene Church. Burial will follow at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery west of Aline. Viewing will be Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. with family present from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Ivan was born on December 19, 1936 to Gene Renshaw...

Dec 8, 2017

Sherry Ann Taylor Cotten of Ringwood was born in Fairview June 25, 1951 to Dean and Elizabeth Taylor. She departed this life at the age of 66 after a short illness December 8, 2017 in Oklahoma City.

Sherry graduated from Ringwood High School with the Class of 1969. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelors of...

Dec 2, 2017

Wilma Jewel (Emmele) Combrink was born on August 9, 1920 at home in Hazelton, Kansas, the third child of Sebastian George (Ross) Emmele and Sylvia Jewel (Rule) Emmele. Wilma passed away on December 2, 2017 at the age of 97 years old. On July 1, 1941 Wilma was united in marriage to David O. Combrink in Medicine Lodge, Kansas...

Dec 1, 2017

Services celebrating the life of Betty Irene Eckhardt, 94, will be held Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Cherokee, Oklahoma. Burial will follow in the Cherokee Municipal Cemetery.

Betty was born October 12, 1923, the youngest of three daughters, to Charles G. and Daisy I. Bryant, in Andover, Kansas....

Nov 30, 2017

Graveside memorial service will be Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery.

Jimmie K. Siler was born northeast of Cherokee on September 24, 1934 to Orville O. Siler and Luella Ruth Storey Siler and passed from this life November 30, 2017. He attended rural schools and Cherokee Schools as a child. In September...

Nov 27, 2017

We celebrate the life of Robert Perkins whose love of God will live on in his daughters, Chanda Kennemer (Wayne), Crystal Kluver (Mike) and April Jones (Chris).

Robert passed away on November 27, 2017. The son of Bob and Glenda Perkins, Robert was born on October 22, 1953. Robert married Vicki Harris on December 28, 1979 and...

Nov 23, 2017

Memorial service for Matt E. Lyons will be Friday, December 1, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at Lanman Chapel in Cherokee. Burial will follow at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery.

Matt was born on July 6, 1953 to Jack and Irene Rumsey Lyons in Hutchinson, Kansas and passed from this life on November 23, 2017 in Woodward. He married Suzy...