OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas
Patsy "Pat" Holmes
Feb 28, 2022
Patsy Lou (Pat) Holmes, 89, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, February 28, 2022, after a brief illness, just two weeks shy of her 90th birthday, in Gulf Breeze, Florida. She was born March 13, 1932, in Kiowa, Kansas, the eldest daughter of Paul and Ella (Humphrey) Holmstrom. She attended schools in Wichita, El Dorado, and graduated from Kiowa High School...
Arlie Mathews
Feb 27, 2022
Arlie Linn Mathews quietly passed to the other side to join his wife of 73 years, Trecie, on February 27, 2022. He leaves a celebrated legacy of dedication to his faith, bravery in the face of an enemy, a passion for his work, and a longing to create. He was a farmer, a cowboy, a Navy man,...
Carl Kuepfer
Feb 24, 2022
Carl (Tim) Jacob Kuepfer
Carl (Tim) Jacob Kuepfer was the only child born to Leo and Lorene (Foster) Kuepfer on July 13, 1929 in Lansing, Michigan. He quietly and peacefully crossed over Jordan in his home surrounded by his family on February 24, 2022 reaching the age 92 years. Dad left a clear testimony of being at...
Charles Brinson
Feb 24, 2022
Charles Junior Brinson was born to Charles and Elnora Brinson on June 13, 1941 and passed from this life on February 24, 2022 at Fairview Fellowship Home.
Junior married Billie Wilcox on December 28, 1966.
Those who preceded Junior in death include his parents, Charles and Elnora Brinson; brothers, Jerry Brinson and Steve Brinson, and...
Leon "Lonnie Bob" Major
Feb 21, 2022
Leon Robert “Lonnie Bob” Major was born in Enid, Oklahoma on November 23, 1951 to parents, Willie and Lynette Major. His dad worked as a lineman on construction for OG&E, and the family moved all around Oklahoma, living briefly in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, before again settling down in Enid, where Leon attended school until his junior year. He loved...
Everett "Bun" Rowe
Feb 21, 2022
Everett “Bun” Vernon Rowe of Fairview passed away Monday, February 21, 2022, after a lengthy hospital stay. He was a long-time resident of Fairview. Bun was born on his grandparents’ farm east of Aline on November 20, 1935, to Ethyl and Everett Rowe. Bun attended Ringwood High School where he played basketball and baseball. Bun married Hannah Wahl on...

Everett "Bun" Rowe
Feb 21, 2022
Everett “Bun” Vernon Rowe
November 20, 1935 - February 21, 2022
Bun was born in rural Aline on November 20, 1935 to Everett and Ethyl Rowe and passed from this life on February 21, 2022 in Oklahoma City.
A memorial service for Bun will be held later. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home,...
Peggy Colson
Feb 15, 2022
Peggy Colson, age 83, of Burlington, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022. She was born July 31, 1938, to Melvin and Beulah Cook. She was a graduate of Burlington Public Schools and Northwestern Oklahoma State University. While at NWOSU, she was a member of Delta Zeta sorority and was Ranger Queen her freshman year. She married...
Correl Morris
Feb 11, 2022
Correl Lester (C.L.) Morris – 86, passed away February 11th 2022 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Visitation with family and friends will be Monday, February 14th from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM with family present 5-7 PM and Tuesday, February 15th from 9 AM-12 PM at Lanman Funeral Home, 309 E 4th St. in Helena, Oklahoma. Graveside Service...
Naoma Mccormick
Feb 6, 2022
Naoma McCormick, age 82, passed away peacefully on February 6, 2022, in Enid after a long battle with dementia. Naoma was born on November 5, 1939 in Amistad, New Mexico to Sager and Leah Brewster Steen. Naoma was raised in the Amistad area until her mother passed away when Naoma was twelve years of age. She later moved to...

Glenice Nester
Jan 31, 2022
Glenice Arlene Nester
December 29, 1940 - January 31, 2022
Glenice was born on December 29, 1940 in Great Bend, Kansas and died on January 31, 2022 in Oklahoma City.
A graveside burial took place on February 1, 2022 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery west of Meno, Oklahoma.
Arrangements are by Lanman...
Rae Mccullough
Jan 29, 2022
Rae Lynn McCullough was born in Tulsa on April 10, 1965 and passed from this life on January 29, 2022 in Oklahoma City. She was a graduate of Carmen-Dacoma High School and had attended college at Northwestern in Alva. After college she had lived and worked in Florida until approximately six years ago when she moved back to Oklahoma...
John Petrik
Jan 25, 2022
John J. Petrik was born on December 14, 1925 on a family farm northwest of Renfrow, Oklahoma to John Petrik and Bessie Katheryn Jindra Petrik and passed from this life on January 25, 2022 in Enid. John married Anna Mae Carter in Caldwell, Kansas on March 31, 1948, they were married 65 years. John served in the U.S. Army...
Victoria Coulter
Jan 24, 2022
Victoria (Vicki) Suzanne DeWitt Coulter was the first born of Henry Boyd DeWitt and Glenda Yvonne Dixon DeWitt on April 19, 1951 in Cherokee and passed from this life on January 24, 2022 at her home. She lived near Helena most of her childhood and teenage years and was a Helena-Goltry High School graduate in 1969. She married Len...
Mary Buller
Jan 19, 2022
The funeral service for Mary Ann Buller will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 24, 2022 at Zoar Church in Goltry, with Pastor Leland Streck officiating. Burial will follow in Karoma Cemetery east of Goltry. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena. Viewing will be at the funeral home on Sunday, January 23, 2022 2:00 p.m. to 6:00...
Doug Dorris
Jan 19, 2022
Doug Dorris
July 25, 1950 - January 19, 2022
As is the case with most great teachers, Doug was an avid learner. This began when he was a child learning from his dad and grandparents. Doug earned a degree in agriculture in 1972, followed by studies in drafting. Then he switched gears and attended Ozark...
Gary Green
Jan 16, 2022
Gary Green of Kiowa, Kansas was born October 10, 1942 in Moody, Missouri and passed from this life on January 16, 2022 in Kiowa. He moved to Kiowa, at the age of nine. He married Pam Schupbach in 1963. He started Green Acres Cattle Company in the early 70’s. His love of horses paved the way to a cutting...
Lisa Chapmond
Jan 15, 2022
Before passing away on January 15, 2022, Lisa Noel Chapmond, age 36, was known for being open and honest with everyone, some would say, almost to a fault. In her loving memory, the following will be a frank account of who Lisa was and what she leaves behind.
Lisa was born to Cindy Kear and Leon Chapmond...
Joan Embree
Jan 12, 2022
Joan Embree
July 18, 1932 January 12, 2022
Joan was born on July 18, 1932 in Sedgwick County on a farm near Cedar Vale, Kansas to parents Ransom and Eva Huffman Kinnaman. She passed from this life in Enid, Oklahoma on January 12, 2022. Joan and James Embree met in Wichita while she was working...
Joyce Hopkins
Jan 9, 2022
Joyce Irene McNabb Hopkins passed away on Sunday, January 9, 2022. She was the daughter of Herschel Sprague and Pauline Inez McNabb, born in Helena, Oklahoma on February 25, 1933. She moved with her parents to LeFors, Texas when she was two and to Hooker, Oklahoma in 1949. This was the year she met the love of her life,...
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas
Patsy "Pat" Holmes
Feb 28, 2022
Patsy Lou (Pat) Holmes, 89, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, February 28, 2022, after a brief illness, just two weeks shy of her 90th birthday, in Gulf Breeze, Florida. She was born March 13, 1932, in Kiowa, Kansas, the eldest daughter of Paul and Ella (Humphrey) Holmstrom. She attended schools in Wichita, El Dorado, and graduated from Kiowa High School...
Arlie Mathews
Feb 27, 2022
Arlie Linn Mathews quietly passed to the other side to join his wife of 73 years, Trecie, on February 27, 2022. He leaves a celebrated legacy of dedication to his faith, bravery in the face of an enemy, a passion for his work, and a longing to create. He was a farmer, a cowboy, a Navy man,...
Carl Kuepfer
Feb 24, 2022
Carl (Tim) Jacob Kuepfer
Carl (Tim) Jacob Kuepfer was the only child born to Leo and Lorene (Foster) Kuepfer on July 13, 1929 in Lansing, Michigan. He quietly and peacefully crossed over Jordan in his home surrounded by his family on February 24, 2022 reaching the age 92 years. Dad left a clear testimony of being at...
Charles Brinson
Feb 24, 2022
Charles Junior Brinson was born to Charles and Elnora Brinson on June 13, 1941 and passed from this life on February 24, 2022 at Fairview Fellowship Home.
Junior married Billie Wilcox on December 28, 1966.
Those who preceded Junior in death include his parents, Charles and Elnora Brinson; brothers, Jerry Brinson and Steve Brinson, and...
Leon "Lonnie Bob" Major
Feb 21, 2022
Leon Robert “Lonnie Bob” Major was born in Enid, Oklahoma on November 23, 1951 to parents, Willie and Lynette Major. His dad worked as a lineman on construction for OG&E, and the family moved all around Oklahoma, living briefly in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, before again settling down in Enid, where Leon attended school until his junior year. He loved...
Everett "Bun" Rowe
Feb 21, 2022
Everett “Bun” Vernon Rowe of Fairview passed away Monday, February 21, 2022, after a lengthy hospital stay. He was a long-time resident of Fairview. Bun was born on his grandparents’ farm east of Aline on November 20, 1935, to Ethyl and Everett Rowe. Bun attended Ringwood High School where he played basketball and baseball. Bun married Hannah Wahl on...

Everett "Bun" Rowe
Feb 21, 2022
Everett “Bun” Vernon Rowe
November 20, 1935 - February 21, 2022
Bun was born in rural Aline on November 20, 1935 to Everett and Ethyl Rowe and passed from this life on February 21, 2022 in Oklahoma City.
A memorial service for Bun will be held later. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home,...
Peggy Colson
Feb 15, 2022
Peggy Colson, age 83, of Burlington, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022. She was born July 31, 1938, to Melvin and Beulah Cook. She was a graduate of Burlington Public Schools and Northwestern Oklahoma State University. While at NWOSU, she was a member of Delta Zeta sorority and was Ranger Queen her freshman year. She married...
Correl Morris
Feb 11, 2022
Correl Lester (C.L.) Morris – 86, passed away February 11th 2022 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Visitation with family and friends will be Monday, February 14th from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM with family present 5-7 PM and Tuesday, February 15th from 9 AM-12 PM at Lanman Funeral Home, 309 E 4th St. in Helena, Oklahoma. Graveside Service...
Naoma Mccormick
Feb 6, 2022
Naoma McCormick, age 82, passed away peacefully on February 6, 2022, in Enid after a long battle with dementia. Naoma was born on November 5, 1939 in Amistad, New Mexico to Sager and Leah Brewster Steen. Naoma was raised in the Amistad area until her mother passed away when Naoma was twelve years of age. She later moved to...

Glenice Nester
Jan 31, 2022
Glenice Arlene Nester
December 29, 1940 - January 31, 2022
Glenice was born on December 29, 1940 in Great Bend, Kansas and died on January 31, 2022 in Oklahoma City.
A graveside burial took place on February 1, 2022 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery west of Meno, Oklahoma.
Arrangements are by Lanman...
Rae Mccullough
Jan 29, 2022
Rae Lynn McCullough was born in Tulsa on April 10, 1965 and passed from this life on January 29, 2022 in Oklahoma City. She was a graduate of Carmen-Dacoma High School and had attended college at Northwestern in Alva. After college she had lived and worked in Florida until approximately six years ago when she moved back to Oklahoma...
John Petrik
Jan 25, 2022
John J. Petrik was born on December 14, 1925 on a family farm northwest of Renfrow, Oklahoma to John Petrik and Bessie Katheryn Jindra Petrik and passed from this life on January 25, 2022 in Enid. John married Anna Mae Carter in Caldwell, Kansas on March 31, 1948, they were married 65 years. John served in the U.S. Army...
Victoria Coulter
Jan 24, 2022
Victoria (Vicki) Suzanne DeWitt Coulter was the first born of Henry Boyd DeWitt and Glenda Yvonne Dixon DeWitt on April 19, 1951 in Cherokee and passed from this life on January 24, 2022 at her home. She lived near Helena most of her childhood and teenage years and was a Helena-Goltry High School graduate in 1969. She married Len...
Mary Buller
Jan 19, 2022
The funeral service for Mary Ann Buller will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 24, 2022 at Zoar Church in Goltry, with Pastor Leland Streck officiating. Burial will follow in Karoma Cemetery east of Goltry. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena. Viewing will be at the funeral home on Sunday, January 23, 2022 2:00 p.m. to 6:00...
Doug Dorris
Jan 19, 2022
Doug Dorris
July 25, 1950 - January 19, 2022
As is the case with most great teachers, Doug was an avid learner. This began when he was a child learning from his dad and grandparents. Doug earned a degree in agriculture in 1972, followed by studies in drafting. Then he switched gears and attended Ozark...
Gary Green
Jan 16, 2022
Gary Green of Kiowa, Kansas was born October 10, 1942 in Moody, Missouri and passed from this life on January 16, 2022 in Kiowa. He moved to Kiowa, at the age of nine. He married Pam Schupbach in 1963. He started Green Acres Cattle Company in the early 70’s. His love of horses paved the way to a cutting...
Lisa Chapmond
Jan 15, 2022
Before passing away on January 15, 2022, Lisa Noel Chapmond, age 36, was known for being open and honest with everyone, some would say, almost to a fault. In her loving memory, the following will be a frank account of who Lisa was and what she leaves behind.
Lisa was born to Cindy Kear and Leon Chapmond...
Joan Embree
Jan 12, 2022
Joan Embree
July 18, 1932 January 12, 2022
Joan was born on July 18, 1932 in Sedgwick County on a farm near Cedar Vale, Kansas to parents Ransom and Eva Huffman Kinnaman. She passed from this life in Enid, Oklahoma on January 12, 2022. Joan and James Embree met in Wichita while she was working...
Joyce Hopkins
Jan 9, 2022
Joyce Irene McNabb Hopkins passed away on Sunday, January 9, 2022. She was the daughter of Herschel Sprague and Pauline Inez McNabb, born in Helena, Oklahoma on February 25, 1933. She moved with her parents to LeFors, Texas when she was two and to Hooker, Oklahoma in 1949. This was the year she met the love of her life,...
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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.