All Obituaries

JACOB CHARLES SOMERHALDER Jacob Charles Somerhalder, 96, of Burlington, Oklahoma passed away on December 12, 2019, with his beautiful wife of 68 years, Bonita, by his side.   Jacob was born on November 14, 1923, in Burlington, Oklahoma, the third of seven children born to Elias and Mary Somerhalder.  Jake attended Burlington schools and after graduation from high school served his country for three years in the South Pacific as a Marine.  He was an amphibian tank driver...

Emilio Rios Perez, Jr. was born on April 7, 1949 in Junction City, Texas to Emilio Rios Perez, Sr. and Martha Rios Perez and passed away on December 11, 2019.  He moved to Oklahoma in 1972 and worked for Gene Belter.  In 1975 he started working for Junior and Betty Jewell and then went on to work for the county.  After that he started Three Amigos Trucking and hauled hay.  In 1998 he moved to Texas and worked as a truck driver until 2017 when he moved back to...

Effie Blanch (Stinson) Misak was born about sundown on July 16, 1925, to Orval James Stinson and Heike (Luinstra) Stinson on a farm 2 miles north and 2 miles east of Laverne, in Harper County, Oklahoma.  Her mother had just finished a full day of walking while cultivating corn.  Effie passed from her earthly life at the age of 94 years at the Attica Kansas Long Term Care Facility on December 9, 2019, with her family by her side. At the age of eight she went to live with her...

Philip Gale Wallace December 12, 1952  -  December 1, 2019 Philip was born on December 12, 1952 in Lynwood, California to Lawrence and Lois Fortner Wallace.  The family eventually settled in northwest Oklahoma on the family farm where he spent the remainder of his childhood.  He graduated from Helena-Goltry High School in 1971. In 1973 he married Rebekah Lynn Rogers.  Together they had seven children.  He was a carpenter by trade for around forty-two...

Dean Russel Stands passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at the age of 83 years surrounded by his loved ones after battling cancer.  He was born on Sunday, July 19, 1936 in the farmhouse on the “Stands Home Place” north of Seiling, Oklahoma to Russel and Frances (Martin) Stands (descendants of French and German immigrants).  At six weeks old Dean moved with his parents to Haviland, Kansas where his father enrolled at Friends Bible College for training as a...

Naomi Joyce Hankey Cullen, 88, of Cherokee, Oklahoma, passed away in Oklahoma City on November 30, 2019 from complications of an earlier injury.  Naomi was born in Cherokee on January 3, 1931 to Fred Walton Hankey and Rhoda Lenore Millspaugh Hankey.  Her birth was the first caesarean section recorded in Alfalfa County.  Naomi attended schools in Burlington and Driftwood, graduating from Cherokee High School.  She earned her Bachelor of Music Education from Oklahoma...

Emma Jean Hamilton was born October 11, 1927 in Enid to Fay and Irene Overton Carrier.  She passed from this life in Enid on Saturday, November 30, 2019.  Emma Jean grew up in the Hawley Community and graduated from Gore High School, where she had met DeLawrence Hamilton.  After DeLawrence returned from the service, they were married on September 27, 1945.  To this union three daughters were born, Sherry and twins, Jill and Jan.  They lived, worked, and raised their...

  Michael J. Ewing was born on April 14, 1946 to James Ewing and Anna Louise Harrington Ewing in Hardtner, Kansas and passed from this life on November 24, 2019 in Wichita, Kansas.  Michael was raised in Woods County, Oklahoma, one half mile across the Oklahoma line on Highway 281, attended school at Capron and his home parish was Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Alva, Oklahoma. Michael attended Cosmetology School and became a hair stylist in a shop in Alva for a number of...

Jane Wilson Van Ranken was born on January 28, 1939 on a farm outside of Attica, Kansas to Ray E. and Dorothy Wilson. She passed at the age of 80 years in Anthony, Kansas at the Anthony Community Care Center. Jane was raised in Attica, Kansas and graduated from Attica High School, in 1958. She was a resident of Kiowa, Kansas for the past ten plus years.  Jane married Earl Van Ranken on January 1, 1985.  He was the love of her life, and they enjoyed a wonderful life together,...

Robert “Rob” Arthur Ensminger, 83, of Isabella, Oklahoma, left his earthly family to be with his heavenly family on November 19, 2019.  He was born on March 9, 1936 in Isabella, the son of the late W. H. “Bill” and Carrie Brown Ensminger.  On September 11, 1955 he and Winona Ellis were united in marriage. Rob loved sports, especially when watching his children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren play.  He also left a legacy for building cabins,...