OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas
Gary Cochran
Jul 9, 2023
Gary Dean Cochran was born November 2, 1950 to A.B. and Maxine Cochran of Cherokee, Oklahoma. Three minutes later his twin brother, Larry was born, to everyone’s surprise. Big sister, Sandra, was overjoyed.
Gary learned to farm at a very young age. A.B. was in college earning his masters so it was up to the boys to...
Betty Delay
Jul 9, 2023
Betty DeLay was born November 30, 1928, in Enid, Oklahoma to Minnie (Archer) Boruff and Daniel Boruff. Betty was the seventh child. She had three brothers, Harvey, Joe, and John Wesley and three sisters, Leona, Evalyn, and Vivian. She lived north of Jefferson the first 12 years of her life. Betty and her family then moved north of Numa, Oklahoma,...
Janie Nightingale
Jul 3, 2023
Janie Ruth (Stiles) Nightingale, 87, passed away on July 3, 2023 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid. Janie was born on September 23, 1935 to Orville Stiles and Edith Bennett Stiles, in Fairview. Janie graduated from Cleo Springs High School. She was happily married to Julian Nightingale on June 2, 1956 for 62 years. They made their...

Donna Bowers
Jun 16, 2023
Donna Sue Bowers was born November 1, 1957 in McAlester, Oklahoma to parents, Gene and Lovell Belter and passed from this life in Helena, Oklahoma on June 16, 2023. She and Wayne Bowers were married on February 13, 1987. Wayne had proposed marriage just as they got off work so they ran down to the courthouse and got married....
Eufrosino Lucas
Jun 6, 2023
Eufrosino Lucas falleció el 6 de Junio de 2023 a la edad de 67 años después de una valiente y dura batalla contra el cáncer. Nació el 1 de Enero de 1956 en Zimapan, Hidalgo, hijo de Protacio Lucas y Juana López. Eufrosino era un esposo amoroso, padre, abuelo, bisabuelo, hermano y amigo. Uno de los mejores.
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Marian Reimer
Jun 3, 2023
Marian Reimer
August 10, 1928 - June 3, 2023
Marian Krehbiel Reimer, 94 went to be with her Lord on June 3, 2023 at Golden Oaks Village in Stillwater.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at the First Christian Church in Medford on Friday, June 9. 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Burial...
Joan Rhea
May 30, 2023
Please join us in celebrating the life of Joan Alene (Clark) Rhea on Friday, June 9, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in the Nardin Church in Nardin, Oklahoma where she was a longtime member. Joan was born to Edward and Ruth (Gaster) Clark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on June 14, 1947, and peacefully entered heaven on May 30, 2023 after a...
Betty Oakley
May 28, 2023
Betty Lou Oakley was born on August 1, 1932 to Purcell Hostetler and Katherine Evans Hostetler in Taylor Springs, Illinois and passed from this life on May 28, 2023 in Carmen. Betty moved from Spokane, Washington and had lived in this area for 48 years. She graduated in 1953 from Memorial Hospital in Springfield as a Registered Nurse. She...
Arthur Farrington
May 27, 2023
Arthur Bois Farrington was born on April 4, 1932, to Ashley and Mabel Farrington, the oldest of 6 children. He passed into the arms of Jesus on May 27, 2023, in Enid, Oklahoma. He was raised in Ringwood and the surrounding area. He joined the Air Force in 1949 and began his travels that would take him to 13...
Janetta Nakvinda
May 27, 2023
Janettta Coleen Morris Nakvinda was born on September 17, 1941, to William and Leon Morris near Jet, Oklahoma. Janetta departed this life on May 27, 2023, at age 81.
Janetta attended school at Jet-Nash and Covington before graduating from Helena- Goltry High School in 1959. The summer of 1959 Janetta was baptized in the Followers of Christ...
Carolyn Kramer
May 20, 2023
Carolyn Blue Kramer
October 23, 1934 – May 20, 2023
On the afternoon of May 20, our loving mother and grandmother went to her Heavenly Home at the age of 88. She was surrounded by her family in her home of 23 years. This wasn’t just any home. It was the home her grandfather, Dr....
Terry Page
May 16, 2023
Terry Delos Page was born on November 19, 1937 in Goltry to Orville Page and Frances Conyers Page and passed from this life on May 16, 2023 in Seiling. Terry lived in Goltry his entire life and graduated from Goltry High School in 1956. Terry married the love of his life, Mary Winfield, on November 21, 1964 in Enid. ...
Gary Crissup
May 12, 2023
Gary Lynn Crissup, 80, passed away May 12, 2023, at his home in Helena, Oklahoma, while surrounded by his family. His graveside service will be held Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 10 a.m. at Good Hope Cemetery, which is located south of Helena.
Gary was born March 10, 1943, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, to Everett and Susie Crissup...
Edythe Shockey
May 8, 2023
Edythe Elaine Shockey, 84, was born on January 5, 1939 in Nash to Floyd Joe Day and Ida Mary Tedford Day. Edythe passed from this life on May 8, 2023 surrounded by her children.
She was born and raised in the areas of Nash and Jefferson, graduating from Jefferson School in 1957. She met her future husband,...
Kirk Johnson
May 8, 2023
Kirk Johnson
Kirk Johnson was born March 5, 1941 on the family farm east of Waynoka to Paul and Leojean Johnson. He graduated from Waynoka High School in 1959 and moved to Kiowa that same year. He worked for several of the Tucker companies in Kiowa, including the sewing factory, speed mover fabrication, and the tire company....
Brian Jantzen
May 1, 2023
Brian Jantzen was born on March 28, 1978, to Earnie and Sharon (Peck) Jantzen and left this life on May 1, 2023. Brian graduated from Ringwood Public Schools in 1997. He married his one true love, Sarah Hargis on October 20, 2001, in Ringwood where they made their home. Brian and Sarah were blessed with two daughters, Rylie and...
Cynthia Bryan
Apr 29, 2023
Cynthia Marie Bryan 1947-2023
Cynthia Marie Bryan, 75, passed away April 29, 2023 in Kiowa, Kansas at Kiowa District Hospital Manor. She was born May 11, 1947 in Hardtner, Kansas to Cecil Tucker Jr. and Verna Merryman Tucker. She attended Kiowa schools and graduated from Kiowa High School in 1965. After graduating high school, she continued her...
Rick Schrock
Apr 22, 2023
Kiowa, Kansas – Rick Alvin Schrock, 68, passed from this life at his home on April 22, 2023. He was born on January 7, 1955, at the Kiowa District Hospital to Raymond Lee and Maxine Meyer Schrock.
Rick graduated from Kiowa High School where he had a multitude of lifelong friends. He married the love of his...
Lois Guffy
Apr 20, 2023
Lois Louella Guffy, 92, of Byron Oklahoma, passed away on April 20, 2023. Lois was born on January 23, 1931, to Orville and Banna Caywood on a farm in Nash, Oklahoma.
She attended Mt. View District #61 school with her siblings Willis and Lila. It was in this one-roomed schoolhouse that her talent for art and writing...
Marilyn Schurter
Apr 20, 2023
On January 14, 1940, God brought to Marcine and Helen Diel a baby girl who brightened their lives and the life of everyone who knew her. Her light continued to shine until God said it’s time for you to come back to me, so on April 20, 2023, God took her home. Marilyn Lou Diel let her...
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas
Gary Cochran
Jul 9, 2023
Gary Dean Cochran was born November 2, 1950 to A.B. and Maxine Cochran of Cherokee, Oklahoma. Three minutes later his twin brother, Larry was born, to everyone’s surprise. Big sister, Sandra, was overjoyed.
Gary learned to farm at a very young age. A.B. was in college earning his masters so it was up to the boys to...
Betty Delay
Jul 9, 2023
Betty DeLay was born November 30, 1928, in Enid, Oklahoma to Minnie (Archer) Boruff and Daniel Boruff. Betty was the seventh child. She had three brothers, Harvey, Joe, and John Wesley and three sisters, Leona, Evalyn, and Vivian. She lived north of Jefferson the first 12 years of her life. Betty and her family then moved north of Numa, Oklahoma,...
Janie Nightingale
Jul 3, 2023
Janie Ruth (Stiles) Nightingale, 87, passed away on July 3, 2023 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid. Janie was born on September 23, 1935 to Orville Stiles and Edith Bennett Stiles, in Fairview. Janie graduated from Cleo Springs High School. She was happily married to Julian Nightingale on June 2, 1956 for 62 years. They made their...

Donna Bowers
Jun 16, 2023
Donna Sue Bowers was born November 1, 1957 in McAlester, Oklahoma to parents, Gene and Lovell Belter and passed from this life in Helena, Oklahoma on June 16, 2023. She and Wayne Bowers were married on February 13, 1987. Wayne had proposed marriage just as they got off work so they ran down to the courthouse and got married....
Eufrosino Lucas
Jun 6, 2023
Eufrosino Lucas falleció el 6 de Junio de 2023 a la edad de 67 años después de una valiente y dura batalla contra el cáncer. Nació el 1 de Enero de 1956 en Zimapan, Hidalgo, hijo de Protacio Lucas y Juana López. Eufrosino era un esposo amoroso, padre, abuelo, bisabuelo, hermano y amigo. Uno de los mejores.
...
Marian Reimer
Jun 3, 2023
Marian Reimer
August 10, 1928 - June 3, 2023
Marian Krehbiel Reimer, 94 went to be with her Lord on June 3, 2023 at Golden Oaks Village in Stillwater.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at the First Christian Church in Medford on Friday, June 9. 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Burial...
Joan Rhea
May 30, 2023
Please join us in celebrating the life of Joan Alene (Clark) Rhea on Friday, June 9, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in the Nardin Church in Nardin, Oklahoma where she was a longtime member. Joan was born to Edward and Ruth (Gaster) Clark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on June 14, 1947, and peacefully entered heaven on May 30, 2023 after a...
Betty Oakley
May 28, 2023
Betty Lou Oakley was born on August 1, 1932 to Purcell Hostetler and Katherine Evans Hostetler in Taylor Springs, Illinois and passed from this life on May 28, 2023 in Carmen. Betty moved from Spokane, Washington and had lived in this area for 48 years. She graduated in 1953 from Memorial Hospital in Springfield as a Registered Nurse. She...
Arthur Farrington
May 27, 2023
Arthur Bois Farrington was born on April 4, 1932, to Ashley and Mabel Farrington, the oldest of 6 children. He passed into the arms of Jesus on May 27, 2023, in Enid, Oklahoma. He was raised in Ringwood and the surrounding area. He joined the Air Force in 1949 and began his travels that would take him to 13...
Janetta Nakvinda
May 27, 2023
Janettta Coleen Morris Nakvinda was born on September 17, 1941, to William and Leon Morris near Jet, Oklahoma. Janetta departed this life on May 27, 2023, at age 81.
Janetta attended school at Jet-Nash and Covington before graduating from Helena- Goltry High School in 1959. The summer of 1959 Janetta was baptized in the Followers of Christ...
Carolyn Kramer
May 20, 2023
Carolyn Blue Kramer
October 23, 1934 – May 20, 2023
On the afternoon of May 20, our loving mother and grandmother went to her Heavenly Home at the age of 88. She was surrounded by her family in her home of 23 years. This wasn’t just any home. It was the home her grandfather, Dr....
Terry Page
May 16, 2023
Terry Delos Page was born on November 19, 1937 in Goltry to Orville Page and Frances Conyers Page and passed from this life on May 16, 2023 in Seiling. Terry lived in Goltry his entire life and graduated from Goltry High School in 1956. Terry married the love of his life, Mary Winfield, on November 21, 1964 in Enid. ...
Gary Crissup
May 12, 2023
Gary Lynn Crissup, 80, passed away May 12, 2023, at his home in Helena, Oklahoma, while surrounded by his family. His graveside service will be held Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 10 a.m. at Good Hope Cemetery, which is located south of Helena.
Gary was born March 10, 1943, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, to Everett and Susie Crissup...
Edythe Shockey
May 8, 2023
Edythe Elaine Shockey, 84, was born on January 5, 1939 in Nash to Floyd Joe Day and Ida Mary Tedford Day. Edythe passed from this life on May 8, 2023 surrounded by her children.
She was born and raised in the areas of Nash and Jefferson, graduating from Jefferson School in 1957. She met her future husband,...
Kirk Johnson
May 8, 2023
Kirk Johnson
Kirk Johnson was born March 5, 1941 on the family farm east of Waynoka to Paul and Leojean Johnson. He graduated from Waynoka High School in 1959 and moved to Kiowa that same year. He worked for several of the Tucker companies in Kiowa, including the sewing factory, speed mover fabrication, and the tire company....
Brian Jantzen
May 1, 2023
Brian Jantzen was born on March 28, 1978, to Earnie and Sharon (Peck) Jantzen and left this life on May 1, 2023. Brian graduated from Ringwood Public Schools in 1997. He married his one true love, Sarah Hargis on October 20, 2001, in Ringwood where they made their home. Brian and Sarah were blessed with two daughters, Rylie and...
Cynthia Bryan
Apr 29, 2023
Cynthia Marie Bryan 1947-2023
Cynthia Marie Bryan, 75, passed away April 29, 2023 in Kiowa, Kansas at Kiowa District Hospital Manor. She was born May 11, 1947 in Hardtner, Kansas to Cecil Tucker Jr. and Verna Merryman Tucker. She attended Kiowa schools and graduated from Kiowa High School in 1965. After graduating high school, she continued her...
Rick Schrock
Apr 22, 2023
Kiowa, Kansas – Rick Alvin Schrock, 68, passed from this life at his home on April 22, 2023. He was born on January 7, 1955, at the Kiowa District Hospital to Raymond Lee and Maxine Meyer Schrock.
Rick graduated from Kiowa High School where he had a multitude of lifelong friends. He married the love of his...
Lois Guffy
Apr 20, 2023
Lois Louella Guffy, 92, of Byron Oklahoma, passed away on April 20, 2023. Lois was born on January 23, 1931, to Orville and Banna Caywood on a farm in Nash, Oklahoma.
She attended Mt. View District #61 school with her siblings Willis and Lila. It was in this one-roomed schoolhouse that her talent for art and writing...
Marilyn Schurter
Apr 20, 2023
On January 14, 1940, God brought to Marcine and Helen Diel a baby girl who brightened their lives and the life of everyone who knew her. Her light continued to shine until God said it’s time for you to come back to me, so on April 20, 2023, God took her home. Marilyn Lou Diel let her...
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Lanman Funeral Home, Inc is a collection of obituaries for Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, in addition to Kiowa, Kansas.