OBITUARIES

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

Larry Ake

Mar 5, 2016

Larry Edwin Ake was born January 22, 1948 in Fairview, Oklahoma during the biggest snow storm of the winter to Ernest Alfred Ake and Ethel Evelyn Jenkins Ake. He attended grade school in Seiling and high school in Fairview. Larry worked for Richard Price finishing concrete in Watonga where he met and married Becky Blehm on April 8, 1966. They...

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Linda Boyer

Mar 2, 2016

Donna Texas-On March 2, 2016 Linda Kay Smith Boyer went to her eternal home with the Lord. She was a winter resident of Donna, Texas at the time of her passing. Linda was born on August 15, 1940 to Raymond Virgil Smith and Wahlelle Russell Smith in Bereau, Ohio In 1948 Linda moved to Oklahoma City, Ok and graduated from...

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Frances Wiggins

Mar 2, 2016

Ringwood-Funeral service for Frances Wiggins, 96, will be Monday, March 7, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Ringwood United Methodist Church with Rev. Terrill Parvin and Pastor Steve Campbell officiating. Burial will follow at Free Home Cemetery, Ringwood. Viewing will be Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with family present from 5:00 until 7:00. Frances was born on July 3,...

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Margaret Williams

Feb 27, 2016

Medford-Rosary for Margaret, 84, will be Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Medford and Funeral Mass will be Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Viewing will be Thursday at 9:00 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. at the church.

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Donna Helterbrand

Feb 25, 2016

Enid-Graveside service for Donna will be Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Waukomis Cemetery. Donna was born on July 7, 1937 in Enid to Donald Roberts and Ruby Dell Scott Roberts and passed from this life on February 25, 2016 in Enid. She married Billy Mack Baker and out of this union came Bradley and Jeffrey; then a...

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Sue Mason

Feb 18, 2016

Sue Mason passed quietly away on February 18, 2016, in Sierra Vista, Arizona, among family and friends. She was 93. She was born Sue Ireena Godard on July 3, 1922, in Rosedale, Oklahoma, to Carl B. and Leacy M. Godard. She graduated Rosedale High School and spent a year at Oklahoma A&M University before World War II. She married Jesse...

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Bobby Darbe

Feb 17, 2016

Helena-Robert Darbe passed from this earth on Wednesday February 17th 2016 at age 65, surrounded by his loving caregivers and family. Bobby will always be remembered for his great smile and his infectious laugh, as well as his love of old John Wayne movies and I Love Lucy episodes. Bobby was born in Helena on April 3, 1950 the only...

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Elizabeth Taylor

Feb 17, 2016

The celebration of life service for Elizabeth will be February 27, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Lahoma First Baptist Church. Elizabeth was born March 10th, 1932 on a small island on the Cimarron River near Isabella. She left this world for her eternal home February 17th at 6:10 p.m., and shares eternity with her loving husband, L. Dean Taylor. She...

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Della Trotter

Feb 16, 2016

Hardtner-Della May McCracken Trotter, 100, passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. Funeral service will be Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Hardtner with Pastor Dwain Richert, Community Bible Fellowship Church, Medicine Lodge, officiating. Burial will follow in the Hardtner-Elwood Cemetery. Viewing will be Monday from 9:00 a.m....

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Zella Winters

Feb 12, 2016

Zella Ann Winters went to be with our Lord Friday, February 12, 2016 at Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on August 27, 1933 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Glenn and Sarah Cole. As a result of her father working for Phillips 66 pipelines, she lived in many places growing up. Zella did not know...

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Donald Goforth

Feb 11, 2016

Donald Gene Goforth was born in Okeene, OK on December 15, 1955, the second child to Betty Lou (Westfahl) and Durwood Floyd Goforth. He passed away on February 11, 2016 at the age of 60. He was a 1974 graduate of Okeene High School, and also attended Vocational Technology School. Donald married his wife Toni Moore of Canton, OK, on...

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Andy Rathgeber

Feb 11, 2016

Kiowa-Funeral service for Andrew C. Rathgeber will be Monday, February 15, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Kiowa First Christian Church. Burial will follow at Riverview Cemetery. Andy was a private man in life and to honor him the family has chosen only a private family viewing. Andy was born on August 9, 1956 in Kiowa to Bobbie Rathgeber and Lometa...

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Boyd Forester

Feb 6, 2016

Kiowa-Boyd Beaumont Forester was born January 23, 1932 in Alva, Oklahoma to B.C. "Bo" and Mary Forester. He died February 6, 2016 in Kiowa, Kansas. Boyd attended school in Kiowa, graduating with the class of 1950. He graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry. Boyd was on the tennis team at KSU, was a member of...

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Leota Wheeler

Jan 29, 2016

Leota Josephine (Yardley) Wheeler went home to her Lord on January 29, 2016 at the age of 90. Leota Wheeler, daughter of Archie and Mamie Yardley was born on a farm in Woodward County on July 31, 1925. She attended grade school at Heman and graduated from Waynoka High School in 1943. Leota was united in marriage to Roy Wheeler...

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Leon Jantz

Jan 28, 2016

Funeral service for Leon will be Monday, February 1, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at North Garland Church of Christ in Enid with Leon's son, Gordon, officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 at Karoma Cemetery. Viewing will be Sunday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with family present at the funeral home. Leon Jantz was born to William and Lena (Bose)...

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George Nelson

Jan 22, 2016

Fairview - George Jerry Nelson passed away Friday, January 22, 2016 at the Fairview Fellowship Home at the age of 84. George was born on April 12, 1931 in Atlanta, Georgia to Erris and Mary Nelson. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1950. He married Lavawn Schultz on February 28, 1952. Their union was blessed with two children....

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Mary Mittelstet

Jan 21, 2016

Mary Vignon Goodno Mittelstet passed peacefully from this life January 21, 2016 at Enid, Oklahoma. She was born on May 31, 1921 to M. Erma Swiger and George R. Goodno at her great-grandparents' home three miles west of Aline, Oklahoma. The oldest of six children, Mary began Kindergarten in Oklahoma City, lived in Hart, Ludington and Muskegon, Michigan and returned...

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Dennis Watkins

Jan 20, 2016

Alva, formerly Fairmont-Memorial service for Dennis will be Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Lanman Funeral Chapel in Cherokee. Memorials may be given to Grandchildren's Education Fund through the funeral home.

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Tom Bernard

Jan 18, 2016

Cherokee-Funeral service for Tom will be Friday, January 22, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Lanman Chapel in Cherokee. There will no public viewing. Tom was born on June 20, 1934 in Cherokee to Otis P. Bernard and Mary Elizabeth Hebel Bernard and passed from this life on January 18, 2016 in Enid. Tom received his bachelor's degree and also served...

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Dean Gerber

Jan 17, 2016

Earl Dean Gerber, 73, slipped away to be with his Lord on January 17, 2016 in Alva. A celebration of his life will be held on Friday, January 23, 2016 at the Driftwood Christian Church at 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Driftwood Cemetery. There will be no viewing at the funeral home. Dean was born on July 13, 1943...

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