OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas
Samuel Foster
Feb 25, 2021
Samuel (Sam) William Foster
Sam was born February 7, 1934 to Francis and Gladys Foster in Cleo Springs, Oklahoma and graduated from Aline High School. He married Virginia Jesse Campbell on August 30, 1953 in Cleo Springs. Sam and Virginia had five children, four sons and one daughter. Sam was passionate about learning and obtained...
James "Jimmy" Means
Feb 25, 2021
James Robert Means Jr. “Jimmy” was born September 8, 1928 to James Robert Means Sr. and Lois Edna Mann Means. His birth place was rural Carmen on the family farm. He attended first through eighth grade at Prairie Valley. His high school years were at Lambert, where he excelled in basketball and baseball. He attended Friends University in Wichita,...
Deborah Shook
Feb 14, 2021
Deborah Lynne Shook
November 17, 1958 – February 14, 2021
Deborah Lynne Vanhoozer Shook was born on November 17, 1958 in Sacramento, California to Jessie J. Vanhoozer and Marion Miller Vanhoozer and passed from this life on February 14, 2021 in Enid. She moved from Antioch, California twenty years ago. She married Bruce Shook on...
Willa Reames
Feb 14, 2021
Obituary
Willa Mae Greb Reames was born September 15, 1929, three miles North of Okeene to Ezra and Clara Greb. She died on February 14, 2021 after a short illness. She attended school at Henson School, then Okeene High School. She married Guy Mac Reames on November 23, 1947. They lived on the family farm near Isabella,...
John Myers
Feb 12, 2021
John Meredith Myers was born on June 24, 1943 in Enid to Lena Ruth Collier Myers and Duane B. Myers and passed from this life on February 12, 2021 at his home near Aline. John moved to Aline 30 years ago, after retiring as Captain from the Enid Fire Department, serving for 25 years. On February 4, 1966 John...
Leonard Miller
Feb 9, 2021
Greg Miller of Kiowa, Kansas was born February 3, 1951 in Hardtner, Kansas, the son of Mary Kaiser Miller and Leonard T. “Bub” Miller. He passed away February 9, 2021 at the Kiowa District Hospital at the age of 70 years and 6 days. Greg graduated from Kiowa High School with his best friends, the Class of...
James Frysinger
Feb 4, 2021
James “Jim” Frysinger
July 10, 1949 February 4, 2021
James “Jim” Frysinger was born in Cherokee on July 10, 1949 to parents George Raymond Frysinger and Maud Evelyn Patterson Frysinger. He passed from this life on February 4, 2021 at his home in Cherokee.
There will be a memorial service for Jim at...
Clara Briley
Jan 29, 2021
Clara May Briley was born May 23, 1932 in Boulder, Wyoming, the daughter of Clarence and Jennie Byrd Merrell and passed from this life January 29, 2021 in Oklahoma City. Kenneth Briley was sent to Wyoming for on the job training and it was there he met Clara and they were married January 18, 1949. They came...
Floyd Thomas
Jan 26, 2021
Floyd Leroy Thomas was born on November 23, 1936 to Hervey Edward Thomas and Phillipine Florence Arnold Thomas at home in Fargo, Oklahoma. Floyd attended the local country school in Fargo. He was the youngest of nine children. Floyd was put to work at the young age of ten on the farm. He moved to Hazelton, Kansas and lived...
Heidi Fesmire
Jan 26, 2021
Davetta “Heidi” Swadley Fesmire went to heaven on January 26, 2021. She fought a good fight and in the end she was welcomed to heaven by Jesus. No more pain or sorrow.
Heidi was born on October 22, 1980 to David and Jacqueline Swadley. Her big brother, Tim and sister, Chrissie catered to...
Kelly Springer
Jan 22, 2021
Kelly Waldon Springer was born on March 28, 1956 and died on January 22, 2021 after a short illness.
Born to Jack Dean and Mary Jean (Slack) Springer, Kelly spent his childhood on the family farm east of Carmen, Oklahoma. Kelly started his life of hard work at a young age, dedicating his earliest years...
Herbert "Herb" Niles
Jan 18, 2021
Herbert Louis Niles was born April 20, 1932 in Cherokee, Oklahoma. He grew up on the family homestead south of Cherokee with his parents, Verg and Ona, and his sister Vergie.
He graduated from Lambert High School, NW Oklahoma State University, and had a Masters Degree in Mathematics from Western Colorado University in Gunnison. He taught school...
Ernie Fredrick
Jan 18, 2021
Ernie Roy Fredrick was born on November 16, 1936 in the kitchen on the family farm northeast of Medford to Charles Edward Fredrick and Zelma Edith (Wooderson) Fredrick and passed from this life on January 18, 2021 at his home in rural Medford with his family present.
Ernie was raised on the homestead staked out in the...
Kathy Warren-Moss
Jan 16, 2021
My wife and our dear mother, Kathy Harrelson Warren-Moss was born to W.C. and Jewell Cooper Harrelson, on March 10, 1958 in Red Level, Alabama. She peacefully passed into her Savior’s arms on January 16, 2021 after a brief illness.
Kathy spent her childhood in River Falls and attended twelve years of school in Red Level. She...
Wanda Cox
Jan 4, 2021
Wanda Mae Hobbs Cox was born on August 4, 1934 to James and Maude Hobbs in Mayfield, Kansas. She was the only girl with three older brothers and one younger brother: Junior, Bill, Don, and Richard “Dick” Hobbs.
On January 25, 1951 Wanda married Joe Cox at the court house in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Joe had to...
Lisa Crow
Jan 3, 2021
Lisa Renee Crow was born in Kiowa, Kansas on July 8, 1964. Her parents are Linda Carey Vossberg and the late Merle L. Crow. Lisa was born with Down’s Syndrome. She always had a bubbly personality and enjoyed life. Lisa was a member of the First Christian Church of Kiowa. Lisa lived in multiple places during her life. After...

Clarence Newland
Jan 1, 2021
Clarence LeRoy Newland
January 6, 1941 to October 11, 2021
Clarence LeRoy Newland was born on January 6, 1941 in rural Renfrow, Oklahoma to Clarence Otto and Edith Josephine Cooperrider Newland. He graduated from Deer Creek High School in 1959 in Deer Creek, Oklahoma. He farmed and ranched his entire life. He also worked for...
Wesley Rader
Dec 25, 2020
Wesley Rader
September 20, 1941 - December 25, 2020
Wesley Eugene Rader was born on September 20, 1941, in Alva, Oklahoma to Joe and Maxine Rader. Wesley attended most of his schooling as a child in Hardtner, Kansas. He graduated from Hardtner High School in 1959. He then attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University. He did...
Mayble Watson
Dec 24, 2020
Mayble Watson was born in Pauls Valley on October 21, 1965 to parents, William Albert Watson and Daisy Ellen Norton Watson and passed from this life in Tulsa on December 24, 2020. After Pauls Valley she had lived in Driftwood, Cherokee, Helena then Taft. While living at Taft, Mayble attended Langston University and received her Bachelor’s Degree. ...
Mary Mcpherson
Dec 21, 2020
Mary Arlene Puffinbarger McPherson, 76, of Newton, Kansas passed away on December 21, 2020 of natural causes.
Mary was born on February 5, 1944 to A.R. “Bill” Puffinbarger and Esther Cox Puffinbarger in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. After graduating from Byron-Driftwood High School in 1962, she went on to study Nursing at Hutchinson Hospital School of Nursing and...
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas
Samuel Foster
Feb 25, 2021
Samuel (Sam) William Foster
Sam was born February 7, 1934 to Francis and Gladys Foster in Cleo Springs, Oklahoma and graduated from Aline High School. He married Virginia Jesse Campbell on August 30, 1953 in Cleo Springs. Sam and Virginia had five children, four sons and one daughter. Sam was passionate about learning and obtained...
James "Jimmy" Means
Feb 25, 2021
James Robert Means Jr. “Jimmy” was born September 8, 1928 to James Robert Means Sr. and Lois Edna Mann Means. His birth place was rural Carmen on the family farm. He attended first through eighth grade at Prairie Valley. His high school years were at Lambert, where he excelled in basketball and baseball. He attended Friends University in Wichita,...
Deborah Shook
Feb 14, 2021
Deborah Lynne Shook
November 17, 1958 – February 14, 2021
Deborah Lynne Vanhoozer Shook was born on November 17, 1958 in Sacramento, California to Jessie J. Vanhoozer and Marion Miller Vanhoozer and passed from this life on February 14, 2021 in Enid. She moved from Antioch, California twenty years ago. She married Bruce Shook on...
Willa Reames
Feb 14, 2021
Obituary
Willa Mae Greb Reames was born September 15, 1929, three miles North of Okeene to Ezra and Clara Greb. She died on February 14, 2021 after a short illness. She attended school at Henson School, then Okeene High School. She married Guy Mac Reames on November 23, 1947. They lived on the family farm near Isabella,...
John Myers
Feb 12, 2021
John Meredith Myers was born on June 24, 1943 in Enid to Lena Ruth Collier Myers and Duane B. Myers and passed from this life on February 12, 2021 at his home near Aline. John moved to Aline 30 years ago, after retiring as Captain from the Enid Fire Department, serving for 25 years. On February 4, 1966 John...
Leonard Miller
Feb 9, 2021
Greg Miller of Kiowa, Kansas was born February 3, 1951 in Hardtner, Kansas, the son of Mary Kaiser Miller and Leonard T. “Bub” Miller. He passed away February 9, 2021 at the Kiowa District Hospital at the age of 70 years and 6 days. Greg graduated from Kiowa High School with his best friends, the Class of...
James Frysinger
Feb 4, 2021
James “Jim” Frysinger
July 10, 1949 February 4, 2021
James “Jim” Frysinger was born in Cherokee on July 10, 1949 to parents George Raymond Frysinger and Maud Evelyn Patterson Frysinger. He passed from this life on February 4, 2021 at his home in Cherokee.
There will be a memorial service for Jim at...
Clara Briley
Jan 29, 2021
Clara May Briley was born May 23, 1932 in Boulder, Wyoming, the daughter of Clarence and Jennie Byrd Merrell and passed from this life January 29, 2021 in Oklahoma City. Kenneth Briley was sent to Wyoming for on the job training and it was there he met Clara and they were married January 18, 1949. They came...
Floyd Thomas
Jan 26, 2021
Floyd Leroy Thomas was born on November 23, 1936 to Hervey Edward Thomas and Phillipine Florence Arnold Thomas at home in Fargo, Oklahoma. Floyd attended the local country school in Fargo. He was the youngest of nine children. Floyd was put to work at the young age of ten on the farm. He moved to Hazelton, Kansas and lived...
Heidi Fesmire
Jan 26, 2021
Davetta “Heidi” Swadley Fesmire went to heaven on January 26, 2021. She fought a good fight and in the end she was welcomed to heaven by Jesus. No more pain or sorrow.
Heidi was born on October 22, 1980 to David and Jacqueline Swadley. Her big brother, Tim and sister, Chrissie catered to...
Kelly Springer
Jan 22, 2021
Kelly Waldon Springer was born on March 28, 1956 and died on January 22, 2021 after a short illness.
Born to Jack Dean and Mary Jean (Slack) Springer, Kelly spent his childhood on the family farm east of Carmen, Oklahoma. Kelly started his life of hard work at a young age, dedicating his earliest years...
Herbert "Herb" Niles
Jan 18, 2021
Herbert Louis Niles was born April 20, 1932 in Cherokee, Oklahoma. He grew up on the family homestead south of Cherokee with his parents, Verg and Ona, and his sister Vergie.
He graduated from Lambert High School, NW Oklahoma State University, and had a Masters Degree in Mathematics from Western Colorado University in Gunnison. He taught school...
Ernie Fredrick
Jan 18, 2021
Ernie Roy Fredrick was born on November 16, 1936 in the kitchen on the family farm northeast of Medford to Charles Edward Fredrick and Zelma Edith (Wooderson) Fredrick and passed from this life on January 18, 2021 at his home in rural Medford with his family present.
Ernie was raised on the homestead staked out in the...
Kathy Warren-Moss
Jan 16, 2021
My wife and our dear mother, Kathy Harrelson Warren-Moss was born to W.C. and Jewell Cooper Harrelson, on March 10, 1958 in Red Level, Alabama. She peacefully passed into her Savior’s arms on January 16, 2021 after a brief illness.
Kathy spent her childhood in River Falls and attended twelve years of school in Red Level. She...
Wanda Cox
Jan 4, 2021
Wanda Mae Hobbs Cox was born on August 4, 1934 to James and Maude Hobbs in Mayfield, Kansas. She was the only girl with three older brothers and one younger brother: Junior, Bill, Don, and Richard “Dick” Hobbs.
On January 25, 1951 Wanda married Joe Cox at the court house in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Joe had to...
Lisa Crow
Jan 3, 2021
Lisa Renee Crow was born in Kiowa, Kansas on July 8, 1964. Her parents are Linda Carey Vossberg and the late Merle L. Crow. Lisa was born with Down’s Syndrome. She always had a bubbly personality and enjoyed life. Lisa was a member of the First Christian Church of Kiowa. Lisa lived in multiple places during her life. After...

Clarence Newland
Jan 1, 2021
Clarence LeRoy Newland
January 6, 1941 to October 11, 2021
Clarence LeRoy Newland was born on January 6, 1941 in rural Renfrow, Oklahoma to Clarence Otto and Edith Josephine Cooperrider Newland. He graduated from Deer Creek High School in 1959 in Deer Creek, Oklahoma. He farmed and ranched his entire life. He also worked for...
Wesley Rader
Dec 25, 2020
Wesley Rader
September 20, 1941 - December 25, 2020
Wesley Eugene Rader was born on September 20, 1941, in Alva, Oklahoma to Joe and Maxine Rader. Wesley attended most of his schooling as a child in Hardtner, Kansas. He graduated from Hardtner High School in 1959. He then attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University. He did...
Mayble Watson
Dec 24, 2020
Mayble Watson was born in Pauls Valley on October 21, 1965 to parents, William Albert Watson and Daisy Ellen Norton Watson and passed from this life in Tulsa on December 24, 2020. After Pauls Valley she had lived in Driftwood, Cherokee, Helena then Taft. While living at Taft, Mayble attended Langston University and received her Bachelor’s Degree. ...
Mary Mcpherson
Dec 21, 2020
Mary Arlene Puffinbarger McPherson, 76, of Newton, Kansas passed away on December 21, 2020 of natural causes.
Mary was born on February 5, 1944 to A.R. “Bill” Puffinbarger and Esther Cox Puffinbarger in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. After graduating from Byron-Driftwood High School in 1962, she went on to study Nursing at Hutchinson Hospital School of Nursing and...
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