All Obituaries

Marjory Lou Harrington November 18, 1929  -  May 14, 2021 Marjory Lou Harrington was born, Marjory Lou Mitchell, in Lincoln, Kansas on November 18, 1929, the daughter of Dr. Charles Edward Mitchell and Alta Eleanor Crawford Mitchell.  She passed from this life on May 14, 2021 in Wichita, Kansas.  She spent her early childhood in Lincoln, Kansas with the family later moving to Kiowa, Kansas.  Her older brother, Charles Edward Jr. was seven years her senior so she...

  Roger W. Foster passed away in his home on May 13, 2021 after a private battle with lung cancer.  Roger was born on September 3, 1945 to Jack and Edythe Foster of Ringwood, Oklahoma. Roger joined the United States Army in 1966 and served for six years.  Roger began his Army career in Artillery, but was quickly chosen for flight school.  He earned his Commission in 1967 and served as a Helicopter Pilot through the Vietnam War and in South Korea.  Roger flew the...

Wilma Mae Foote, age 76, was born in the County of Bates in Missouri on May 11, 1944, the daughter of Edgar and Anna Alma Personett Miller.  She passed from this life on May 6, 2021 at Share Medical Center in Alva.   She came to Oklahoma in 1956 and went to Burlington and Cherokee Schools.  She and Felter R. Foote of Oklahoma were married in 1964.  Wilma was a mother and homemaker.  Wilma has left behind one daughter, Rita Sue Foote; two grandchildren and...

Terry Duane Gulick, 72, of Ringwood, Oklahoma, passed from this life on May 3, 2021 at Enid Senior Care.  Terry was born April 18, 1949 in Enid, Oklahoma.  He moved to California as a young child and returned to Oklahoma in 1985.  He graduated from Rolling Hills High School, California in 1967.  He received an Associate Degree in General Business at Harbor Junior College.  He also attended Journeymen Training Institute for four years.  He married Sue Wright...

Aldeane Houdek Horning was born on May 9, 1941 on the farm in Brainard, Nebraska to James Houdek and Mae Sedlak Houdek.  She passed from this life at her home in Lahoma after a long battle with her health on May 3, 2021.  In 1943 the family moved to a farm in Ulysses, Nebraska and in 1956 to Columbus, Nebraska.  Aldeane worked as a waitress during high school.  She graduated from Columbus High School in 1958.  On December 31, 1960 she married Charles...

Tom Newman was born on March 6, 1958 in Alva, Oklahoma to Vernon Newman and Shirley Wiggins. He passed away peacefully in Oklahoma City on May 1, 2021 with his family by his side. Tom married Molly Fischer on July 23, 1977 in St. Leo, Kansas.  They have resided in Ringwood, Oklahoma most of their married life raising three wonderful children.  In 1978, Tom and his dad, Vernon, opened Newman Hardware.  After the hardware store closed, Tom began his oilfield career. He started...

  Harry Leroy Koehn was born April 19, 1930 in Goltry, the son of Jonas Koehn and Ida Becker Koehn and passed from this life on May 1, 2021 in Okeene.  Harry and Kathleen were married and she preceded him in death.  He had lived in Enid most of his life and worked for the City of Enid in the Maintenance Department.  Harry was a Christian man who was part of the Abundant Life Church.  He loved fishing, gardening and also loved to play jokes on people.  He worked...

Marva Nell Outhier, lovingly known as “Nell", was born March 27, 1931 at Lexington, Oklahoma. She was the tenth of eleven children of John Willis Ward and Mary Amelia “Mollie” (Kirkland) Ward. She grew up at Corbett, Oklahoma and attended Valley Grove Elementary and graduated from Lexington High School in 1949. After graduation, she worked at Mid-Continental Insurance while attending Business College. Nell met the love of her life, Tom Outhier, and they were...

  Lonnie Polson was born July 3, 1936, the son of Howard Ivan Polson and Ella Olena Haegert Polson, in Anthony, Kansas.  He was a graduate of Okmulgee Oklahoma State Vo-Tech and his life work was spent as a mechanic, farmer and custom harvester.  He and Ruth Hoskins were married February 15, 1958 and they had been married 63 years. They made their home in Cherokee where they first owned a carwash.  Lonnie was a a custom harvester who started in 1954 with Donnie Dumbler,...

  Shirley Ruth Hurst August 11, 1934 – April 22, 2021 Shirley Ruth Shafer Hurst, resident of Cherokee, Oklahoma, was born in Fairview, Oklahoma on August 11, 1934 to Guy Irving Shafer and Goldia LaVaughn Bartley Shafer. She passed away Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 11:15 p.m. surrounded by family. Shirley is preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Vida Lee Bowles and brother, Guy Eugene Shafer. Shirley is survived by her husband, Billy Don Hurst of Cherokee. May 29,...