OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas

Teresa Wessels

Nov 7, 2013

Senoia, Georgia-Funeral service for Teresa Jo Wessels, wife of Gerald Wessels, former Cherokee resident, were held Monday, November 11, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at First Christian Church in Cherokee. Teresa was born the youngest of five to Clarence and Mildred Olivier in Harper, Kansas, on February 25, 1955. She moved to Cherokee, Oklahoma, in the fourth grade, and became a...

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Evelyn Doll

Nov 7, 2013

Evelyn Nadine (Postlewait) Doll, 92, died November 7, 2013 after 4 1/2 years as a resident of the Medford Servant Living Center. She graduated salutatorian from the 1938 class of Medford High School. Evelyn was employed by the telephone company from March 1939 until November 1945, then by Grant County Bank, Medford until January 1950. She and William R. Doll...

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Wanda Jantz

Nov 2, 2013

Goltry-Funeral service for Wanda Jantz, 86, will be Friday, November 8, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Zoar Mennonite Church in Goltry. Burial will follow at Karoma Cemetery. Viewing will be Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Wanda was born on February 24, 1927 to Henry Koehn Karrie Schmidt Koehn in Taloga and passed from this...

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Lynn Shepard

Oct 31, 2013

Lynn Dean Shepard, Sr., age 65 of Deerfield Beach, Florida departed this life on October 31, 2013 after battling cancer, with his loved ones by his side. Lynn was born October 21, 1948, the firstborn son of Lowell Shepard and Carole Cronin Shepard in Enid. Lynn graduated from Helena High School in 1966, participating in Football and FFA. He was...

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Glen Arnold

Oct 29, 2013

Ringwood-Glenn Allan Arnold, 64, passed away October 29, 2013 at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center in Enid. Glenn was born July 19, 1949 in Enid to Lester Arnold and Martha Keeton Arnold. He lived in Ringwood until the eighth grade and graduated from Panama High School. He married Cheryl Butler on November 7, 1969. Glen worked for Whirlpool for thirty...

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Laura Pierce

Oct 28, 2013

Goltry-Funeral service for Laura Pierce, 53, will be Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Zoar Mennonite Church in Goltry with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena. Viewing will be Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Laura was born on November 17, 1959 in Enid to Alfred Jantz and Wanda Koehn Jantz...

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Lewis Adkisson

Oct 23, 2013

Ringwood-Funeral service for Lewis “Bus” Adkisson, 86, will be Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Ringwood with Pastor Steve Campbell officiating. Burial will follow at Good Hope Cemetery south of Helena. Bus was born on April 14, 1927 in rural Ringwood to Andrew Adkisson and Lucy M. Frickle Adkisson and passed from this life...

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Theodore Bahe

Oct 22, 2013

CHENEY-Theodore Lee Bahe passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2013. Funeral service will be Friday, October 25, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Kiowa. Burial will follow in the Riverview Cemetery. Ted was born on April 27, 1939 to Edwin and Lydia Most Bahe in Norfolk, Nebraska. He was baptized and confirmed at Redeemer...

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Verla Mack

Oct 19, 2013

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Delbert Luginbill

Oct 13, 2013

Funeral service for Delbert Boyd Luginbill, 74, of Helena, will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Timberlake High School Auditorium in Helena with Gary Lillie and Spencer LeForce officiating. Burial will follow in Karoma Cemetery near Goltry. Viewing at the funeral will Tuesday, 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. with family present...

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Virgil Thorp

Oct 12, 2013

Funeral service for Virgil Charles Thorp will be Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 2 p.m. at the Helena First Christian Church with Pastor Jay Drawbridge officiating. Burial will follow at Timberlake Cemetery. Virgil, son of Bert and Lillie Williams Thorp, was born in Helena on February 9, 1936 and passed away Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Integris Bass Baptist Health...

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Mildred Schwartz

Oct 9, 2013

KIOWA-Mildred Marion Schwartz, 96, passed away on October 9, 2013 at the Kiowa District Hospital. Graveside service will be Friday, October 11, 2013 at 1:00 pm at Riverview Cemetery. Mildred was born in Kiowa on October 10, 1916 to Abe and Annie Brannan Van Gundy. She graduated from Kiowa High School with the class of 1934. She worked at the...

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Ronny Pratt

Oct 8, 2013

Ronny Pratt, 54, of Medford, passed away suddenly from a massive heart attack early Tuesday morning, October 8, 2013 at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid. The rosary and remembrance service will be Thursday, October 10, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. with the Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, October 11, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., all to be held at...

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Walter Ent

Oct 3, 2013

Jack was born on November 26, 1932 at Watonga to Orval Ent and Fern Etta Salladay Ent and passed from this life on October 3, 2013 at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center in Enid. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1952 - 1956. Jack started work at Union Equity and retired from Farmland Industry. He loved to golf,...

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Gerald Helmer

Sep 28, 2013

HARDTNER- Gerald Ray Helmer passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013 at the Pratt Regional Medical Center. Gerald was born September 17, 1942 in the Lyons Hospital to Francis L. Helmer and Winona (Belden) Helmer. He attended grade school at Sunny Four Country School and graduated from Lyons High School in 1960. Gerald was raised on the family dairy farm, north...

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Marvin Janzen

Sep 27, 2013

Marvin W. Janzen, born August 2, 1918 in Gotebo, Oklahoma to John J. Janzen and Susie Anna Voth Janzen, went to be with his Lord on September 27, 2013 at the age of 95. The family moved to Medford when Marvin was approximately two years of age. He attended school in Medford and Oklahoma Bible Academy. He married Regina Pauline...

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Betty Smith

Sep 17, 2013

Graveside service will be at Pleasant View Cemetery north of Jet on Monday, September 23, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Viewing will be Sunday from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the funeral home in Cherokee. Betty Lee Smith passed away Tuesday September 17, 2013, while recovering from back surgery in the...

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Milo Jantzen

Sep 10, 2013

Milo was born in rural Ringwood on March 1, 1940 to Johnnie Jantzen and Mildred Smith Jantzen and passed from this life on September 10, 2013 in Fairview. He attended country school and then graduated from Ringwood High School in 1958. On September 16, 1961 Milo married Bertha Weeks. To this union three children were born, Ronda, Greg and Peggy....

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Buddy Vanosdol

Sep 4, 2013

L. Jack “Buddy” VanOsdol, our beloved brother, uncle, cousin, and friend to all, died on August 8, 2013. Buddy was born on May 8, 1945 in Enid to Jack L. VanOsdol and Linnie Williamson Van OsDol. He graduated from Jet High School in 1963. He graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 1967. He went to work for Computing and...

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Janet Frisk

Aug 24, 2013

Janet Marie Frisk, long time Cherokee resident, passed away on August 24, 2013 in Enid. She was born Janet Marie Goltz, January 2, 1956 in Shelby, Montana. At the age of three her family moved to Stockton, California, where she lived until 1973. She worked for the Cherokee Police Department for thirteen years and had worked for the Alfalfa County...

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