OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas

Henry Farley
Sep 8, 2020
Henry Howard Farley passed away peacefully September 8, 2020. Henry was born in his grandfather’s house March 16, 1935 in Hardtner, Kansas to Loren Farley and Nancy Vincent Farley. Henry attended Hackberry country school and graduated from Hardtner High School. He served four years in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged. He then finished his bachelor’s degree from...
Kelly May
Sep 5, 2020
Kelly Dean May
August 28, 1965 September 5, 2020
Kelly May was born August 28, 1965 in Boise City, Oklahoma to parents, Robert M. May and Alberta Georgie Burns May and passed from this life on September 5, 2020 in Enid, Oklahoma. He was raised in Felt and graduated from Felt High School. Kelly lived...
Vera Mathis
Sep 1, 2020
Vera “Ruth” Taylor Mathis
December 6, 1924 September 1, 2020
Ruth was born in a farm home west of Cherokee to Wesley Allen and Grace Sharp Taylor on December 6, 1924. She lived most of her life in this area. She graduated from Cherokee High School in 1942 then graduated from Northwestern State College in...
Doris Armbruster
Aug 25, 2020
Doris Jean was born on July 6, 1925, to Margaret and C. B. (Ben) Thomason, on a farm in Alfalfa County near Burlington, Oklahoma. Ben homesteaded there in the Land Run of 1893, and throughout life Doris was grateful for her pioneer heritage and was proudly a member of Oklahoma’s First Families of the Twin Territories. Her appreciation for...
William "Bart" Fishback
Aug 16, 2020
William “Bart” Fay Fishback was born to this life on April 8, 1949 to Raymond John and Laura Bernadine Britting Fishback in Enid. He went to his heavenly home on August 16, 2020 at his home in Aline.
Bart grew up in Helena and graduated from Helena High School in 1968. After high school he began working...
Angie Mchenry
Aug 11, 2020
Angie Mary McHenry was born on March 26, 1946, to Frutoso and Mary Madrid in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Angie passed from this life in Enid, Oklahoma on August 11, 2020.
Angie, as many people know, was a high spirited, devoted, outspoken person. She enjoyed watching her grandkids’ sporting events and activities, spending time on the porch,...
Earlene Mccune
Aug 4, 2020
Earlene Maudie (Eubank) McCune
Earlene was born September 2, 1932 to Earl and Ruth Eubank in Orienta, Oklahoma and passed away August 4, 2020. She attended grade school in Orienta, through seventh grade then attended Fairview Schools, graduating in 1950. After graduation she worked for Ed Montgomery Law Firm. She met and married David Marion...
Gearold Pontius
Jul 30, 2020
We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Gearold Leon Pontius, 74, of Medford, Oklahoma. He passed away at Integris Bass Hospital on July 30, 2020.
Gearold was born in Medford on May 9, 1946, the son of Emery Oscar and Lucy Agnes McDannald Pontius. In 1966 he joined the U.S. Army...
Carol Elmore
Jul 28, 2020
Carol Ann Elmore
April 9, 1938 - July 28, 2020
Carol was born April 9, 1938 to Gaitha Berry Needham and Emmett Needham in Alva, Oklahoma. She went home to be with her Heavenly Father on July 28, 2020. She passed at her home with her family by her side after a lengthy battle with cancer. ...
Charles "Charlie" Buller
Jul 12, 2020
Charles “Charlie” Dennis Buller was born to Lynn and Mabel Buller in Goltry, Oklahoma on July 9, 1940. He went to be with the Lord on July 12, 2020. He graduated from Goltry High School in 1959. While attending school, Charlie was a star baseball and basketball player. He attended and graduated from Enid Business College in 1961. He...
Robert "Bob" Hays
Jul 11, 2020
Robert “Bob” Lewis Hays was born on October 23, 1933 to Clyde Verner Hays and Pearle Ellen Terry Hays in rural Enid, Oklahoma and passed from this life on July 11, 2020 in Kiowa, Kansas.
Bob attended a one-room country school near Red Rock, Oklahoma through seventh grade. He then graduated from Kremlin, Oklahoma High School. At...
Harold Melrose
Jul 9, 2020
Harold Francis Melrose was born on a farm southeast of Carmen to Adam Lee and Cora Esther Galer on January 13, 1924. He attended school at Rich Valley and Carmen.
His mother died when he was fourteen and he left home at age fifteen and lived the first winter with his Aunt Alice and Uncle Vernon Stanley...
Isaac Schmidt
Jul 9, 2020
Isaac John Schmidt
September 11, 1991 --- July 9, 2020
Isaac “Fill-Up” Schmidt, the son of David Schmidt and Felicia Jo Pekrul Schmidt, was born in Enid on September 11, 1991 and passed from this life near Ringwood on July 9, 2020. He was raised and lived in the Ringwood area except for a few...
Gene Davis
Jul 8, 2020
Gene Leon Davis passed away at OU Medical Center on July 8, 2020 after a dare devil attempt to race the wind on his motorized bicycle. Born on March 23, 1948 in Cherokee, Oklahoma to Glenn and Erma Romine Davis, he grew up south of Cherokee where he graduated High School in 1967. Gene also was one of the...
Ray Schroeder
Jul 1, 2020
Ray Lee “Fritz” Schroeder was born to Neal and Marie (Classen) Schroeder on June 13, 1934, at home NE of Fairview, OK. He passed from this life in his home on July 1, 2020.
When Fritz was 5 years old, they moved to the farm north of Cleo Springs. He attended Ruby School for 8 years. He...
Lauren Fulmer
Jul 1, 2020
Lauren Melissa (Brogan) Fulmer, 27, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Lauren was born June 2, 1993 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas and was a 2011 graduate of South Barber High School. She enjoyed the company of her family, friends and connecting with children; she loved hiking and running with her dear pup Kingsley, was passionate about...
Sam Otis
Jun 30, 2020
May 25, 1932 --- June 30, 2020
C.S.M. Sam Edward Otis passed away peacefully on June 30, 2020 at his farm home south of Burlington, Oklahoma. Born on May 25, 1932 to Raymond E. Otis and Maud Thomason Otis, Sam lived in the Burlington area and graduated from high school in 1950. In 1952 Sam...
Mary Terwort
Jun 19, 2020
Mary June Terwort, 95, passed away June 19, 2020, at Kiowa District Manor in Kiowa, Kansas. She was born September 2, 1924 in Walsenburg, Colorado, the daughter of Ralph and Mary Ellen (Hunter) Griffith. She graduated from Kiowa High School in 1942 and attended Emporia State College taking an accelerated business course that was offered to girls for one...
Ann Watkins
Jun 16, 2020
Ann Catharine Watkins passed away in the early hours of June 16, 2020 in her nursing home, Bellevue, located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was 74 years old. She is preceded in death by her husband, Ronald (Ron), and her parents, Robert (Bob) and Catharine Tefft. She is survived by her children and their families, Randall (Randy) Watkins; Robert...
Eva Stout
Jun 15, 2020
Eva Mae Fox Stout
April 10, 1930 - June 15, 2020
Lambert - Service for Eva will be Friday, June 19, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Cherokee First Christian Church with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Burial will be at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery. Viewing will be Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m....
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas

Henry Farley
Sep 8, 2020
Henry Howard Farley passed away peacefully September 8, 2020. Henry was born in his grandfather’s house March 16, 1935 in Hardtner, Kansas to Loren Farley and Nancy Vincent Farley. Henry attended Hackberry country school and graduated from Hardtner High School. He served four years in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged. He then finished his bachelor’s degree from...
Kelly May
Sep 5, 2020
Kelly Dean May
August 28, 1965 September 5, 2020
Kelly May was born August 28, 1965 in Boise City, Oklahoma to parents, Robert M. May and Alberta Georgie Burns May and passed from this life on September 5, 2020 in Enid, Oklahoma. He was raised in Felt and graduated from Felt High School. Kelly lived...
Vera Mathis
Sep 1, 2020
Vera “Ruth” Taylor Mathis
December 6, 1924 September 1, 2020
Ruth was born in a farm home west of Cherokee to Wesley Allen and Grace Sharp Taylor on December 6, 1924. She lived most of her life in this area. She graduated from Cherokee High School in 1942 then graduated from Northwestern State College in...
Doris Armbruster
Aug 25, 2020
Doris Jean was born on July 6, 1925, to Margaret and C. B. (Ben) Thomason, on a farm in Alfalfa County near Burlington, Oklahoma. Ben homesteaded there in the Land Run of 1893, and throughout life Doris was grateful for her pioneer heritage and was proudly a member of Oklahoma’s First Families of the Twin Territories. Her appreciation for...
William "Bart" Fishback
Aug 16, 2020
William “Bart” Fay Fishback was born to this life on April 8, 1949 to Raymond John and Laura Bernadine Britting Fishback in Enid. He went to his heavenly home on August 16, 2020 at his home in Aline.
Bart grew up in Helena and graduated from Helena High School in 1968. After high school he began working...
Angie Mchenry
Aug 11, 2020
Angie Mary McHenry was born on March 26, 1946, to Frutoso and Mary Madrid in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Angie passed from this life in Enid, Oklahoma on August 11, 2020.
Angie, as many people know, was a high spirited, devoted, outspoken person. She enjoyed watching her grandkids’ sporting events and activities, spending time on the porch,...
Earlene Mccune
Aug 4, 2020
Earlene Maudie (Eubank) McCune
Earlene was born September 2, 1932 to Earl and Ruth Eubank in Orienta, Oklahoma and passed away August 4, 2020. She attended grade school in Orienta, through seventh grade then attended Fairview Schools, graduating in 1950. After graduation she worked for Ed Montgomery Law Firm. She met and married David Marion...
Gearold Pontius
Jul 30, 2020
We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Gearold Leon Pontius, 74, of Medford, Oklahoma. He passed away at Integris Bass Hospital on July 30, 2020.
Gearold was born in Medford on May 9, 1946, the son of Emery Oscar and Lucy Agnes McDannald Pontius. In 1966 he joined the U.S. Army...
Carol Elmore
Jul 28, 2020
Carol Ann Elmore
April 9, 1938 - July 28, 2020
Carol was born April 9, 1938 to Gaitha Berry Needham and Emmett Needham in Alva, Oklahoma. She went home to be with her Heavenly Father on July 28, 2020. She passed at her home with her family by her side after a lengthy battle with cancer. ...
Charles "Charlie" Buller
Jul 12, 2020
Charles “Charlie” Dennis Buller was born to Lynn and Mabel Buller in Goltry, Oklahoma on July 9, 1940. He went to be with the Lord on July 12, 2020. He graduated from Goltry High School in 1959. While attending school, Charlie was a star baseball and basketball player. He attended and graduated from Enid Business College in 1961. He...
Robert "Bob" Hays
Jul 11, 2020
Robert “Bob” Lewis Hays was born on October 23, 1933 to Clyde Verner Hays and Pearle Ellen Terry Hays in rural Enid, Oklahoma and passed from this life on July 11, 2020 in Kiowa, Kansas.
Bob attended a one-room country school near Red Rock, Oklahoma through seventh grade. He then graduated from Kremlin, Oklahoma High School. At...
Harold Melrose
Jul 9, 2020
Harold Francis Melrose was born on a farm southeast of Carmen to Adam Lee and Cora Esther Galer on January 13, 1924. He attended school at Rich Valley and Carmen.
His mother died when he was fourteen and he left home at age fifteen and lived the first winter with his Aunt Alice and Uncle Vernon Stanley...
Isaac Schmidt
Jul 9, 2020
Isaac John Schmidt
September 11, 1991 --- July 9, 2020
Isaac “Fill-Up” Schmidt, the son of David Schmidt and Felicia Jo Pekrul Schmidt, was born in Enid on September 11, 1991 and passed from this life near Ringwood on July 9, 2020. He was raised and lived in the Ringwood area except for a few...
Gene Davis
Jul 8, 2020
Gene Leon Davis passed away at OU Medical Center on July 8, 2020 after a dare devil attempt to race the wind on his motorized bicycle. Born on March 23, 1948 in Cherokee, Oklahoma to Glenn and Erma Romine Davis, he grew up south of Cherokee where he graduated High School in 1967. Gene also was one of the...
Ray Schroeder
Jul 1, 2020
Ray Lee “Fritz” Schroeder was born to Neal and Marie (Classen) Schroeder on June 13, 1934, at home NE of Fairview, OK. He passed from this life in his home on July 1, 2020.
When Fritz was 5 years old, they moved to the farm north of Cleo Springs. He attended Ruby School for 8 years. He...
Lauren Fulmer
Jul 1, 2020
Lauren Melissa (Brogan) Fulmer, 27, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Lauren was born June 2, 1993 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas and was a 2011 graduate of South Barber High School. She enjoyed the company of her family, friends and connecting with children; she loved hiking and running with her dear pup Kingsley, was passionate about...
Sam Otis
Jun 30, 2020
May 25, 1932 --- June 30, 2020
C.S.M. Sam Edward Otis passed away peacefully on June 30, 2020 at his farm home south of Burlington, Oklahoma. Born on May 25, 1932 to Raymond E. Otis and Maud Thomason Otis, Sam lived in the Burlington area and graduated from high school in 1950. In 1952 Sam...
Mary Terwort
Jun 19, 2020
Mary June Terwort, 95, passed away June 19, 2020, at Kiowa District Manor in Kiowa, Kansas. She was born September 2, 1924 in Walsenburg, Colorado, the daughter of Ralph and Mary Ellen (Hunter) Griffith. She graduated from Kiowa High School in 1942 and attended Emporia State College taking an accelerated business course that was offered to girls for one...
Ann Watkins
Jun 16, 2020
Ann Catharine Watkins passed away in the early hours of June 16, 2020 in her nursing home, Bellevue, located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was 74 years old. She is preceded in death by her husband, Ronald (Ron), and her parents, Robert (Bob) and Catharine Tefft. She is survived by her children and their families, Randall (Randy) Watkins; Robert...
Eva Stout
Jun 15, 2020
Eva Mae Fox Stout
April 10, 1930 - June 15, 2020
Lambert - Service for Eva will be Friday, June 19, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Cherokee First Christian Church with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Burial will be at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery. Viewing will be Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m....
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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.