All Obituaries

Carol Delight (Melton) Talley Carol Delight Melton was born on December 16, 1931 to (William) Nay and Harriet Melton in Sturgis, Oklahoma.  The family moved to Alva when Carol was four years old.  After graduating from Alva High School as the class valedictorian she earned a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern Oklahoma State University where she became a longtime alumni association member. She married Donald Talley and celebrated 59 years of marriage.  To this union...

Kevin Cy Irwin, 54, was born March 11, 1968 in Enid to parents, Larry and Patricia Haley Irwin, and passed away unexpectedly May 18, 2022.  He resided in Cleo Springs until his parents moved to the farm west of Aline in 1973, then moved to Aline in 1985.  Kevin was a member of the Aline Christian Church. He attended Aline-Cleo Elementary School in Cleo Springs and High School in Aline and graduated in 1986.   He was a Boy’s State Delegate and received Citizen of the...

Jack Floyd Parr was born to parents, F.O. and Ethel Parr, on May 10, 1928 in the Cherokee Masonic Hospital. He passed peacefully, surrounded by family, on May 14, 2022 at the Kiowa District Manor in Kiowa, Kansas.  Jack grew up in Amorita, Oklahoma and graduated from high school in 1946. During his school years he was involved in many activities and loved playing sports, specifically basketball. After school, he worked with his dad and brother on the farm and at Parr Implement located...

Max Virgil McBride December 4, 1934 – May 11, 2022 Max McBride was born December 4, 1934 to parents, Virgil and Pauline McBride, in Woods County, Oklahoma. He grew up living and working on the family ranch west of Aline, Oklahoma with his sister, Janice. Max attended Valley Green and Oakdale schools,  then graduated from Cleo Springs High School in 1952. During his school years, Max showed many of the registered McBride Ranch Herefords that the family raised, and he also enjoyed...

Dale Kirk Lieurance July 19, 1956 – May 8, 2022 Dale Kirk Lieurance, 65, of Kingman, Kansas passed away on May 8, 2022 in Wichita, Kansas. Kirk was born on July 19,1956 in Kiowa, Kansas to Dale Clifton and Betty (Brattin) Lieurance. Kirk attended high school in Kiowa graduating in 1974. He was in the first graduating class of South Barber High School. He attended college as a student athlete at Kansas State University where he ran track. Kirk then transferred to Fort Hays State...

Helen Closson-Smith, age 91, of Shell Knob, Missouri went peacefully with the Lord on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Helen was born in 1930 to William and Marietta (Crittenden) Marsh. Helen attended the Community of Christ Church in Berryville, Arkansas where she also served as an ordained minister. Helen taught High School Home Economics over a span of forty years in the states of Iowa and Illinois. In retirement she was devoted to feeding those in need in Carroll County, Arkansas by serving as...

Donald 'Don' Ray Ransom, resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, formerly of Wakita, Oklahoma, and Enid, Oklahoma, passed away at age 75 on May 4, 2022, surrounded by family in San Antonio, Texas. Don was born in Anthony, Kansas, on January 12, 1947, to Billy Ray and Donna Mae Ransom. He was raised near Wakita on their family farm. Don graduated from Wakita High School in 1965. After high school he went on to attend college at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, where he received...

Joan McDaniel, beloved wife of Rex McDaniel and mother to Gary, Michaelle and Scott, passed away on May 2, 2022.  She was born in El Dorado, Kansas August 6, 1942, to Arthur and Mary (Betty) Cooley.  Joan and Rex made homes in Kansas and Florida before returning to and settling in Cherokee and celebrated 60 years of marriage.  Joan was an inspiration to her family as she returned later in life to earn multiple college degrees while making a home with Rex and raising their...

Henry Bierig Jr. was born on January 23, 1932 to Henry and Katherine Haffner Bierig in Enid.  The first eight years of his education were in a one room county school one mile south of the home where he grew up.  He then graduated from Okeene High School in 1949.  After graduating, he began farming.  On December 10, 1950 he married the love of his life, Charlotte Lamle.  After marrying Charlotte, they made their home where Henry grew up, and Henry’s parents...

William Ellsworth Downing, 73, of Medford, Oklahoma, passed away on April 25, 2022 in Wakita. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 30, 2022 at Medford Church of the Nazarene. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Enid. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Medford. There will be no public viewing. www.lanmanmemorials.com  Facebook:  Lanman Funeral Home Inc.  Bill was born in Enid, Oklahoma to Ellsworth “Jack” Downing and...