OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas
Jeanne Welch
Jan 8, 2022
The world lost a beloved Mother, Jeanne Louise Wolf Welch, on January 8, 2022. Jeanne passed away at the Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma, surrounded by her family.
Jeanne was born on January 2, 1938 in Wichita, Kansas. Jeanne was blessed with four daughters and four sons-in-law, Terry and Vickie Johnson of Lawton, Oklahoma, Mike...
David Catlin
Jan 6, 2022
David Lee Catlin – a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend – passed away on January 6, 2022, at his home in Hazelton, Kansas, at the age of 79.
Born on August 24, 1942, in Hardtner, Kansas, David grew up in rural Harper County before moving to the Corwin/Hazelton area. After graduating from...
Melvin Allen
Jan 6, 2022
Melvin “Red” Allen went to be with Jesus on January 6, 2022. He was born in Aline on February 4, 1927, the son of Herb and Nellie Chase Allen. His family moved to Ringwood when he was 16. At the age of 17, Red joined the U.S. Navy to help with the American efforts during WWII, serving...
Cory Lovely
Jan 5, 2022
Cory Wayne Lovely
August 1, 1962 - January 5, 2022
Cory was born on August 1, 1962 in Enid, Oklahoma to Fred Lovely and Faith Chadwick Lovely and passed from this life on January 5, 2022 at his home in Jet. Cory lived in the Jet area most of his life. Cory enjoyed spending time...
Wayne Kerr
Jan 1, 2022
In Loving Memory
Wayne B. Kerr
September 16, 1947 ~ January 1, 2022
Wayne B. Kerr, 74, of Hertford, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2022.
Wayne was born September 16, 1947 in Fairview, Oklahoma to Charles E. “Charlie” and Ulama “Toby” Kerr. He grew up in Aline, Oklahoma...
Bill Wedel
Jan 1, 2022
Bill Ray Wedel, 84, our loving husband and father, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family and friends on Friday, August 26, 2022. He was born to Irvin and Hilda Wedel on March 9, 1939 in Ringwood. The Wedel family lived in very humble circumstances and even at one time lived in a chicken...
Karol Jack
Jan 1, 2022
Karol Lorene (Brown) Jack was born February 17, 1935, to Jesse and Ona (Porter) Brown at their home in Cleo Springs, Oklahoma. She departed this life on January 1, 2022, at the Fairview Fellowship Home.
Karol, along with her sister, Marilyn, and brother, Kenneth, grew up in Cleo where her father was Postmaster; she fondly recalled going...
Betty Schmidt
Dec 30, 2021
Betty Lou Schmidt
November 7, 1952 - December 29 2021
It is with great sadness that the family of Betty Lou Schmidt, 69, of Sharon, Kansas announces her passing from earthly life on December 29, 2021. Betty died peacefully at Ascension Via Christi St. Frances in Wichita while surrounded by her loving family. What a...
Linda Cushenbery
Dec 29, 2021
Linda Lou Cushenbery
September 2, 1941 - December 29, 2021
Linda Lou Cushenbery was born to Robert John Failes, Jr. and Esther Bernice Coulter Failes on September 2, 1941 in Cherokee. She was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world after a brief illness on December 29, 2021...
Betty Weir
Dec 29, 2021
Betty Jeanne Weir, “GG”, from Cherokee, Oklahoma, left her earthly home on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at the age of 80. Betty was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 27, 1941 to parents, Earl Raymond Stanton and Margery Jean (Schoolcraft) Stanton. She was the youngest of three children.
In 1958, she met and married...

Wesley Creasey
Dec 19, 2021
Wesley Thomas Creasey
February 17, 1939 - December 19, 2021
Wesley Thomas Creasey went home to be with his Lord on December 19, 2021 in Oklahoma City. Wesley was born on February 17, 1939 to Daniel Creasey and Mary Moore Creasey in Richmond, Virginia. He was the third child of five in his...
E.T. "Herman" Cordova
Dec 19, 2021
E.T. (Herman) Cordova was born to Manuel and Adelida (Ida) Cordova on January 15, 1936 in Belin, New Mexico, and passed from this life on December 19, 2021 in Kiowa at the age of 85. They moved to Barstow, California in 1951. At the age of 18 in 1954 Herman became a laborer for the Santa Fe Railroad, where...
Virginia Richardson
Dec 12, 2021
Virginia Norine (Stranathan) Richardson was born at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas October 8, 1937, and passed from this life on December 12, 2021, at the age of 84. She had a life well lived through great difficulty.
Virginia had an extraordinary gift of remembering dates and events in her life that lasted to the end. ...

Michelle Rinkines
Dec 11, 2021
Service are pending for Michelle with Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Facebook: Lanman Funeral Home Inc.
Memorials may be given to the funeral home on behalf of the family.
Dale Straw
Dec 9, 2021
Dale Lee Straw
October 5, 1934 - December 9, 2021
Dale Straw was born October 5, 1934, west of Alva to Pete and Eliza Straw, one of ten children. He moved south of Ringwood when he was five. He lived there until he was fourteen years old, when he moved to the Texas Panhandle to...
Matt Murphy
Dec 8, 2021
HARDTNER, KANSAS – William Matthew “Matt” Murphy, 50, of Hardtner, Kansas, formerly of Hoyt, Kansas, passed away December 6, 2021 at his home surrounded by family. He was born October 30, 1971 in Topeka, Kansas to Norma and Jeff Murphy.
Matt graduated from Royal Valley High School. After receiving his associates degree from Cloud County Community College,...
Max Green
Dec 8, 2021
Max H. Green
October 17, 1932 - December 8, 2021
Funeral service celebrating the life of Max H. Green, 89, of Enid will be held on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Helena First Christian Church. Burial will follow at Good Hope Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of...
Deborah Jackson
Dec 6, 2021
Deborah Ann Jackson
Debbie was born on June 15, 1955 in Harrison, Arkansas to Woodrow Saunders and Anna May Cline Saunders and passed from this life on December 6, 2021 in Tulsa. She married Paul Jackson on September 9, 1973 and to this union three children were born: Richard, Christina, and Mary. Debbie and Paul...
John Lawrence
Dec 4, 2021
John Frederick Lawrence was born to Frank E. Lawrence and Orpha P. Pettus Lawrence on February 18, 1955 in Enid and passed from this life on December 4, 2021 in Tulsa. They made their home west of Aline. John loved school. He graduated from Aline-Cleo Highschool in 1973. He tried many occupations, but his love was for farming. He...
James "Jim" Wellman
Dec 3, 2021
James Rolland “Jim” Wellman
May 11, 1947 -- December 3, 2021
James Wellman was born in Pampa, Texas on May 11, 1947 to parents George William Wellman and Mary Etta Bynum Wellman and passed from this life at his home near Ringwood on December 3, 2021.
James and Donna Wellman (Dad and Mom)...
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas
Jeanne Welch
Jan 8, 2022
The world lost a beloved Mother, Jeanne Louise Wolf Welch, on January 8, 2022. Jeanne passed away at the Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma, surrounded by her family.
Jeanne was born on January 2, 1938 in Wichita, Kansas. Jeanne was blessed with four daughters and four sons-in-law, Terry and Vickie Johnson of Lawton, Oklahoma, Mike...
David Catlin
Jan 6, 2022
David Lee Catlin – a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend – passed away on January 6, 2022, at his home in Hazelton, Kansas, at the age of 79.
Born on August 24, 1942, in Hardtner, Kansas, David grew up in rural Harper County before moving to the Corwin/Hazelton area. After graduating from...
Melvin Allen
Jan 6, 2022
Melvin “Red” Allen went to be with Jesus on January 6, 2022. He was born in Aline on February 4, 1927, the son of Herb and Nellie Chase Allen. His family moved to Ringwood when he was 16. At the age of 17, Red joined the U.S. Navy to help with the American efforts during WWII, serving...
Cory Lovely
Jan 5, 2022
Cory Wayne Lovely
August 1, 1962 - January 5, 2022
Cory was born on August 1, 1962 in Enid, Oklahoma to Fred Lovely and Faith Chadwick Lovely and passed from this life on January 5, 2022 at his home in Jet. Cory lived in the Jet area most of his life. Cory enjoyed spending time...
Wayne Kerr
Jan 1, 2022
In Loving Memory
Wayne B. Kerr
September 16, 1947 ~ January 1, 2022
Wayne B. Kerr, 74, of Hertford, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2022.
Wayne was born September 16, 1947 in Fairview, Oklahoma to Charles E. “Charlie” and Ulama “Toby” Kerr. He grew up in Aline, Oklahoma...
Bill Wedel
Jan 1, 2022
Bill Ray Wedel, 84, our loving husband and father, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family and friends on Friday, August 26, 2022. He was born to Irvin and Hilda Wedel on March 9, 1939 in Ringwood. The Wedel family lived in very humble circumstances and even at one time lived in a chicken...
Karol Jack
Jan 1, 2022
Karol Lorene (Brown) Jack was born February 17, 1935, to Jesse and Ona (Porter) Brown at their home in Cleo Springs, Oklahoma. She departed this life on January 1, 2022, at the Fairview Fellowship Home.
Karol, along with her sister, Marilyn, and brother, Kenneth, grew up in Cleo where her father was Postmaster; she fondly recalled going...
Betty Schmidt
Dec 30, 2021
Betty Lou Schmidt
November 7, 1952 - December 29 2021
It is with great sadness that the family of Betty Lou Schmidt, 69, of Sharon, Kansas announces her passing from earthly life on December 29, 2021. Betty died peacefully at Ascension Via Christi St. Frances in Wichita while surrounded by her loving family. What a...
Linda Cushenbery
Dec 29, 2021
Linda Lou Cushenbery
September 2, 1941 - December 29, 2021
Linda Lou Cushenbery was born to Robert John Failes, Jr. and Esther Bernice Coulter Failes on September 2, 1941 in Cherokee. She was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world after a brief illness on December 29, 2021...
Betty Weir
Dec 29, 2021
Betty Jeanne Weir, “GG”, from Cherokee, Oklahoma, left her earthly home on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at the age of 80. Betty was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 27, 1941 to parents, Earl Raymond Stanton and Margery Jean (Schoolcraft) Stanton. She was the youngest of three children.
In 1958, she met and married...

Wesley Creasey
Dec 19, 2021
Wesley Thomas Creasey
February 17, 1939 - December 19, 2021
Wesley Thomas Creasey went home to be with his Lord on December 19, 2021 in Oklahoma City. Wesley was born on February 17, 1939 to Daniel Creasey and Mary Moore Creasey in Richmond, Virginia. He was the third child of five in his...
E.T. "Herman" Cordova
Dec 19, 2021
E.T. (Herman) Cordova was born to Manuel and Adelida (Ida) Cordova on January 15, 1936 in Belin, New Mexico, and passed from this life on December 19, 2021 in Kiowa at the age of 85. They moved to Barstow, California in 1951. At the age of 18 in 1954 Herman became a laborer for the Santa Fe Railroad, where...
Virginia Richardson
Dec 12, 2021
Virginia Norine (Stranathan) Richardson was born at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas October 8, 1937, and passed from this life on December 12, 2021, at the age of 84. She had a life well lived through great difficulty.
Virginia had an extraordinary gift of remembering dates and events in her life that lasted to the end. ...

Michelle Rinkines
Dec 11, 2021
Service are pending for Michelle with Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Facebook: Lanman Funeral Home Inc.
Memorials may be given to the funeral home on behalf of the family.
Dale Straw
Dec 9, 2021
Dale Lee Straw
October 5, 1934 - December 9, 2021
Dale Straw was born October 5, 1934, west of Alva to Pete and Eliza Straw, one of ten children. He moved south of Ringwood when he was five. He lived there until he was fourteen years old, when he moved to the Texas Panhandle to...
Matt Murphy
Dec 8, 2021
HARDTNER, KANSAS – William Matthew “Matt” Murphy, 50, of Hardtner, Kansas, formerly of Hoyt, Kansas, passed away December 6, 2021 at his home surrounded by family. He was born October 30, 1971 in Topeka, Kansas to Norma and Jeff Murphy.
Matt graduated from Royal Valley High School. After receiving his associates degree from Cloud County Community College,...
Max Green
Dec 8, 2021
Max H. Green
October 17, 1932 - December 8, 2021
Funeral service celebrating the life of Max H. Green, 89, of Enid will be held on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Helena First Christian Church. Burial will follow at Good Hope Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of...
Deborah Jackson
Dec 6, 2021
Deborah Ann Jackson
Debbie was born on June 15, 1955 in Harrison, Arkansas to Woodrow Saunders and Anna May Cline Saunders and passed from this life on December 6, 2021 in Tulsa. She married Paul Jackson on September 9, 1973 and to this union three children were born: Richard, Christina, and Mary. Debbie and Paul...
John Lawrence
Dec 4, 2021
John Frederick Lawrence was born to Frank E. Lawrence and Orpha P. Pettus Lawrence on February 18, 1955 in Enid and passed from this life on December 4, 2021 in Tulsa. They made their home west of Aline. John loved school. He graduated from Aline-Cleo Highschool in 1973. He tried many occupations, but his love was for farming. He...
James "Jim" Wellman
Dec 3, 2021
James Rolland “Jim” Wellman
May 11, 1947 -- December 3, 2021
James Wellman was born in Pampa, Texas on May 11, 1947 to parents George William Wellman and Mary Etta Bynum Wellman and passed from this life at his home near Ringwood on December 3, 2021.
James and Donna Wellman (Dad and Mom)...
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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.