Dec 9, 2019

Effie Blanch (Stinson) Misak was born about sundown on July 16, 1925, to Orval James Stinson and Heike (Luinstra) Stinson on a farm 2 miles north and 2 miles east of Laverne, in Harper County, Oklahoma.  Her mother had just finished a full day of walking while cultivating corn.  Effie passed from her earthly life at the age of...

Dec 1, 2019

Dean Russel Stands passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at the age of 83 years surrounded by his loved ones after battling cancer.  He was born on Sunday, July 19, 1936 in the farmhouse on the “Stands Home Place” north of Seiling, Oklahoma to Russel and Frances (Martin) Stands (descendants of French and German immigrants).  At six weeks...

Dec 1, 2019

Philip Gale Wallace

December 12, 1952  -  December 1, 2019

Philip was born on December 12, 1952 in Lynwood, California to Lawrence and Lois Fortner Wallace.  The family eventually settled in northwest Oklahoma on the family farm where he spent the remainder of his childhood.  He graduated from Helena-Goltry High School in 1971. In 1973...

Nov 30, 2019

Naomi Joyce Hankey Cullen, 88, of Cherokee, Oklahoma, passed away in Oklahoma City on November 30, 2019 from complications of an earlier injury.  Naomi was born in Cherokee on January 3, 1931 to Fred Walton Hankey and Rhoda Lenore Millspaugh Hankey.  Her birth was the first caesarean section recorded in Alfalfa County.  Naomi attended schools in Burlington and Driftwood,...

Nov 30, 2019

Emma Jean Hamilton was born October 11, 1927 in Enid to Fay and Irene Overton Carrier.  She passed from this life in Enid on Saturday, November 30, 2019.  Emma Jean grew up in the Hawley Community and graduated from Gore High School, where she had met DeLawrence Hamilton.  After DeLawrence returned from the service, they were married on September...

Nov 24, 2019

Michael J. Ewing was born on April 14, 1946 to James Ewing and Anna Louise Harrington Ewing in Hardtner, Kansas and passed from this life on November 24, 2019 in Wichita, Kansas.  Michael was raised in Woods County, Oklahoma, one half mile across the Oklahoma line on Highway 281, attended school at Capron and his home parish...

Nov 20, 2019

Jane Wilson Van Ranken was born on January 28, 1939 on a farm outside of Attica, Kansas to Ray E. and Dorothy Wilson. She passed at the age of 80 years in Anthony, Kansas at the Anthony Community Care Center.

Jane was raised in Attica, Kansas and graduated from Attica High School, in 1958. She was a...

Nov 19, 2019

Robert “Rob” Arthur Ensminger, 83, of Isabella, Oklahoma, left his earthly family to be with his heavenly family on November 19, 2019.  He was born on March 9, 1936 in Isabella, the son of the late W. H. “Bill” and Carrie Brown Ensminger.  On September 11, 1955 he and Winona Ellis were united in marriage.

Rob loved...

Nov 18, 2019

Adina Bernice Wiebe was born June 21, 1924 in Medford to Abraham Wiebe and Anna Buller Wiebe and passed from this life on November 18, 2019 in Newton, Kansas.   Adina grew up in Medford and lived there until five years ago moving to Newton, Kansas.  She touched so many throughout her 95 years.  Her fifty years at what is...

Nov 16, 2019

Keith Edward Harmon left this earth with family by his side and entered into his eternal resting place on November 16, 2019.  He was born on October 31, 1958 in Plainville, Kansas to Edward Dale and Florence Young Harmon.

He married Rashelle Metcalf on April 22, 1983 and to their union two children were born, Kelsie Marie...

Nov 15, 2019

Orin David Kirkendall was born June 2, 1936 in Alfalfa County to Zoa Edith Martin Kirkendall and Lindley Hill Kirkendall, and passed from this life on November 15, 2019.

David had many jobs throughout his younger years, from carpentry work to welding, until he moved to Nebraska where he worked as a ranch hand for...

Nov 15, 2019

Stanley J. Lebeda passed from this life on November 15, 2019 at Wakita Community Health Center at the age of 97.  Stanley was born to Stanley and Mary Jindra Lebeda on their farm southwest of Renfrow on June 29, 1922.  He attended public school in Medford and graduated in 1941.  Stanley served in WWII in the Army Air...

Nov 9, 2019

Richard Darwyn Turner was born March 5, 1965 to Richard Turner and Katherine Gonzalez Turner in Orange County, California and passed away November 9, 2019 at work. He graduated from Bellflower High School in 1983.  After graduation he became a crane operator for Kern Backhoe.  He married Sally Jenkins in 1985 and created a family with three children: Deric,...

Nov 8, 2019

Dale DeElton Frazier was born May 27, 1943 in Quay, Oklahoma to Earl and Katherine Frazier and passed from this life November 8, 2019.  He graduated from Davenport High School in 1961.  That summer he came to Medford on the wheat harvest and met the love of his life, Bernie Ciskowski. ...

Nov 6, 2019

Bobby Ray Dixon

August 17, 1960  -  November 6, 2019

Bobby was born in Ontario, California on August 17, 1960 to Glenn Dixon and Dixie McDowell Dixon and passed from this life on November 6, 2019 in Enid.  Bobby moved from California in 1995 to Oklahoma.  He was a mechanic by trade and was a...

Oct 26, 2019

Cindy Molz Yandell was born in Barber County, Kansas on September 13, 1956 to Jim and Beverly Moore Molz.  She passed away on October 26, 2019 in Kauai, Hawaii at the age of 63.  Cindy graduated from South Barber High School in 1974.  She enrolled at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma graduating with a degree in accounting, later...

Oct 24, 2019

Buel Pearson

Buel Wayne Pearson, born May 12, 1925 in Blaine County, Oklahoma, to Edgar Worth Pearson and Lucy May Posey Pearson, died on October 24, 2019 in Fairview, Oklahoma.

Despite only having a formal education to the 8th grade, Buel was an avid lifetime learner and hard worker. He worked several jobs before being...

Oct 22, 2019

Neva Fern Sternberger was born on Oct. 28, 1922 in Woods County, Oklahoma, to Henry and Edith (Campbell) Sternberger, the youngest of six children. She spent her childhood on the farm playing with many cousins and attending Fairview school. Neva moved on to Hardtner High School as a freshman where she caught the eye of a certain dapper, football...

Oct 20, 2019

Thelma Richardson was born in Columbus, Ohio on July 17, 1929, the daughter of Edgar Gibson and Marion Swinning Gibson.  She graduated from Mifflin High School in May 1949.  The fall of 1949 she attended Midwest Bible Institute in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from there in May 1953 with a Bachelor’s Degree.

During the summer of...

Oct 18, 2019

Robert G. Laubach

Robert G. Laubach was born in Okeene, Oklahoma on September 14, 1939 to George Laubach and Alta Campbell Laubach and passed from this life on October 18, 2019 in St. Mary’s Medical Center in Enid, due to complications from pneumonia.  He graduated from Okeene High School in 1957 and from Okmulgee Tech in 1959...