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

Betsy Jantz
Feb 15, 2014
Ringwood-Viewing for Betsy will be Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Pleasant View Church of God in Christ Mennonite in Goltry. Funeral service will be Friday, February 21, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at Fairview Mennonite Church. Ministers, Myron Nightingale, Patrick Koehn, Randy Schmidt and Dennis Koehn will officiate Betsy was born on May 23, 1996 in Oklahoma City...

Jim Blevins
Feb 14, 2014
KIOWA-James (Jim) Thomas Blevins passed away on Friday, February 14, 2014 at the Kiowa District Hospital at the age of 85 years 5 months 14 days. Funeral service will be Monday, February 17, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Christian Church in Kiowa. James born to John E. and Minnie Ann Wilson Blevins on September 10, 1928 at Waldon, Kansas....

Virginia Scott
Feb 13, 2014
Virginia Vogel Curfman Scott 96, passed away on February 13, 2014 at the Kiowa Manor. Funeral service will 11:00 am on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at the Kiowa United Methodist Church. Visitation will be Tuesday, February 18, 2014 from 10am until 6pm. Virginia was born on August 4, 1917 on the family farm in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. She was the...

Vera Marlatt
Feb 13, 2014
Ringwood-Funeral service for Vera will be Monday, February 17, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Ringwood United Methodist Church with Rev. Terrill Parvin and James Farmer officiating. Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery. Viewing will be Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Vera was born December 9, 1928 at Loyal, the daughter of Harold and Sarah Sheridan Stewart and passed...

Marilyn Parker
Feb 11, 2014
Marilyn was born to Susie Bayliff Garner and Glenn Garner on a farm near Cherokee and passed from this life in Enid. She attended Cherokee Schools and later Beeches Beauty School. She married Garold Parker on February 21, 1953 in Waynoka. Marilyn and Garold had four children: Darrell, Dale, Debbie and Donnie. They lived in Waynoka and Hoisington, Kansas before...

Hazel Coontz
Feb 11, 2014
Hazel was born on June 9, 1928 in Alva to Clarence Phillips and Beulah Cropp Phillips and passed from this life on February 11, 2014 in Enid. Hazel graduated from Alva High School in 1948. She married John Coontz on May 14, 1949 in Alva. To this union were born Larry, Glenda, Nancy and Carolyn. They lived in Cherokee until...
Donald Schuneman
Feb 9, 2014
Donald Eugene Schuneman was born on October 3, 1923 in the southeast bedroom of his parents' farmhouse. Don was the second child of four born to Joseph George Schuneman and Grace Lorena (Lowe) Schuneman. The family did lose Dad's youngest sister Dorothy when she was five years old. Along with his sister Evelyne and his brother Ralph, Dad attended school...
Checker Lamb
Feb 6, 2014
Wakita-The Celebration of Life service for James C. “Checker” Lamb, 77, will be 2:00 p.m. at Wakita Christian Church on Monday, February 10, 2014 with Rev. Bob Smith and Rev. Dan O’Daniel officiating. Burial will be at Carnegie Cemetery in Carnegie at a later date. Viewing will be both Saturday and Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the...
Eldon Roush
Feb 2, 2014
Eldon Gerald Roush left us on Sunday, February 2, 2014. He missed the Super Bowl, but he found peace. He is preceded in death by his brother, Vernon Roush and his sister, Oleta Haley. He is survived by his wife, Lavona, and his children, John Roush and wife, Cynthia, and Suzanne Jenlink and husband, Ron. His grandchildren include: Beth Holderby,...
George Sands
Jan 30, 2014
Jet-Funeral service for George Burton Sands will be Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Jet Nazarene Church with Rev. Dean Holt officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery north of Jet. Viewing will be Tuesday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. George was born January 16, 1928 in Bergman, Arkansas, the son of John Burton and Bernice Rushing...

Russell Richter
Jan 28, 2014
Aline-Graveside service for Russell Wayne Richter will be Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Maple Grove Cemetery with Polly Young officiating. He was born to William Wayne and Marjorie Richter in Hardtner, Kansas on December 25, 1946 and passed from this life on January 28, 2014 in Oklahoma City. Russell lived in the Aline community and graduated from...
David Rogers
Jan 24, 2014
David Charles Rogers was born to Oma Lea and Dave Rogers on April 1, 1975 in Ponca City, Oklahoma and passed from this life on Friday, January 24, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. His death came suddenly due to complications from Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Other than his college years, he lived his life in Medford. He attended Medford Public...
Lenora Price
Jan 23, 2014
Cherokee-Funeral service for Lenora Mae Price, 88, will be Monday, January 27, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Cherokee First Baptist Church with Rev. Tom Cooksey officiating. Viewing: Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. . Lenora Mae Riley was born May 31, 1925 in Byron to John Edgar and Henryetta Puffinbarger Riley and passed from this life on January 23, 2014...
Bertha Downing
Jan 22, 2014
Bertha M. Downing was born June 29, 1928 at Renfro, the daughter of Elmer and Lizzie Clark McClaflin and departed this life on January 22, 2014. Bertha lived her lifetime in Grant County where she graduated from Medford High School. She then spent some time in Bethany Peniel College and came home to marry Jack Downing. She was a homemaker...

Jeff Smith
Jan 18, 2014
Thomas “Jeff” Smith, 64, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2014 in Wichita. Graveside service will be Friday, January 24, 2014 at 1:00 pm at Hardtner-Elwood Cemetery..

Mildred Gammon
Jan 17, 2014
Mildred Evelyn Harris Gammon was born May 12, 1915 in Byron to Charles E. and Mary Belle Cox Harris and passed from this life on January 17, 2014 in Oklahoma City. She moved to Cherokee with her family at an early age and later to a farm northwest of Carmen, where she attended school. In 1931 she married Glen Gammon,...
Tava Bontrager
Jan 15, 2014
Tava Lou Bontrager passed on to her heavenly home on January 15, 2014. She was born to Charles and Frances Newlin on February 28, 1948 in Cherokee. She graduated from Dacoma High School in 1966, where she was known for her basketball skills, as well as her beauty. Tava attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University and graduated with a B.A. Degree...

Otto Ferda
Jan 14, 2014
Medford- Rosary for Otto F. Ferda, 82, will be Friday, January 17, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at St Mary Catholic Church and funeral mass will be Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church with Father Carl William Janocha officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Viewing is Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m....
Steven Schroeder
Jan 14, 2014
Steven Ray Schroeder, age 57, died peacefully in his sleep at home in Yukon, Oklahoma on January 14th, 2014. Steve fought a long battle with a traumatic brain injury caused from a four-wheeler accident in August 2008. Even though he was confined to his wheel chair or bed, he never complained and always kept his humor. His memory of past...
Martha Smith
Jan 2, 2014
The funeral services for Martha Marie Smith, 66, of Helena will take place in Helena on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Helena First Baptist Church. The viewing of Martha Smith will be from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the Lanman Funeral Home in Helena on Saturday. The services will be conducted by Pastor Scott Hofen...
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas

Betsy Jantz
Feb 15, 2014
Ringwood-Viewing for Betsy will be Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Pleasant View Church of God in Christ Mennonite in Goltry. Funeral service will be Friday, February 21, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at Fairview Mennonite Church. Ministers, Myron Nightingale, Patrick Koehn, Randy Schmidt and Dennis Koehn will officiate Betsy was born on May 23, 1996 in Oklahoma City...

Jim Blevins
Feb 14, 2014
KIOWA-James (Jim) Thomas Blevins passed away on Friday, February 14, 2014 at the Kiowa District Hospital at the age of 85 years 5 months 14 days. Funeral service will be Monday, February 17, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Christian Church in Kiowa. James born to John E. and Minnie Ann Wilson Blevins on September 10, 1928 at Waldon, Kansas....

Virginia Scott
Feb 13, 2014
Virginia Vogel Curfman Scott 96, passed away on February 13, 2014 at the Kiowa Manor. Funeral service will 11:00 am on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at the Kiowa United Methodist Church. Visitation will be Tuesday, February 18, 2014 from 10am until 6pm. Virginia was born on August 4, 1917 on the family farm in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. She was the...

Vera Marlatt
Feb 13, 2014
Ringwood-Funeral service for Vera will be Monday, February 17, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Ringwood United Methodist Church with Rev. Terrill Parvin and James Farmer officiating. Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery. Viewing will be Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Vera was born December 9, 1928 at Loyal, the daughter of Harold and Sarah Sheridan Stewart and passed...

Marilyn Parker
Feb 11, 2014
Marilyn was born to Susie Bayliff Garner and Glenn Garner on a farm near Cherokee and passed from this life in Enid. She attended Cherokee Schools and later Beeches Beauty School. She married Garold Parker on February 21, 1953 in Waynoka. Marilyn and Garold had four children: Darrell, Dale, Debbie and Donnie. They lived in Waynoka and Hoisington, Kansas before...

Hazel Coontz
Feb 11, 2014
Hazel was born on June 9, 1928 in Alva to Clarence Phillips and Beulah Cropp Phillips and passed from this life on February 11, 2014 in Enid. Hazel graduated from Alva High School in 1948. She married John Coontz on May 14, 1949 in Alva. To this union were born Larry, Glenda, Nancy and Carolyn. They lived in Cherokee until...
Donald Schuneman
Feb 9, 2014
Donald Eugene Schuneman was born on October 3, 1923 in the southeast bedroom of his parents' farmhouse. Don was the second child of four born to Joseph George Schuneman and Grace Lorena (Lowe) Schuneman. The family did lose Dad's youngest sister Dorothy when she was five years old. Along with his sister Evelyne and his brother Ralph, Dad attended school...
Checker Lamb
Feb 6, 2014
Wakita-The Celebration of Life service for James C. “Checker” Lamb, 77, will be 2:00 p.m. at Wakita Christian Church on Monday, February 10, 2014 with Rev. Bob Smith and Rev. Dan O’Daniel officiating. Burial will be at Carnegie Cemetery in Carnegie at a later date. Viewing will be both Saturday and Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the...
Eldon Roush
Feb 2, 2014
Eldon Gerald Roush left us on Sunday, February 2, 2014. He missed the Super Bowl, but he found peace. He is preceded in death by his brother, Vernon Roush and his sister, Oleta Haley. He is survived by his wife, Lavona, and his children, John Roush and wife, Cynthia, and Suzanne Jenlink and husband, Ron. His grandchildren include: Beth Holderby,...
George Sands
Jan 30, 2014
Jet-Funeral service for George Burton Sands will be Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Jet Nazarene Church with Rev. Dean Holt officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery north of Jet. Viewing will be Tuesday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. George was born January 16, 1928 in Bergman, Arkansas, the son of John Burton and Bernice Rushing...

Russell Richter
Jan 28, 2014
Aline-Graveside service for Russell Wayne Richter will be Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Maple Grove Cemetery with Polly Young officiating. He was born to William Wayne and Marjorie Richter in Hardtner, Kansas on December 25, 1946 and passed from this life on January 28, 2014 in Oklahoma City. Russell lived in the Aline community and graduated from...
David Rogers
Jan 24, 2014
David Charles Rogers was born to Oma Lea and Dave Rogers on April 1, 1975 in Ponca City, Oklahoma and passed from this life on Friday, January 24, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. His death came suddenly due to complications from Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Other than his college years, he lived his life in Medford. He attended Medford Public...
Lenora Price
Jan 23, 2014
Cherokee-Funeral service for Lenora Mae Price, 88, will be Monday, January 27, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Cherokee First Baptist Church with Rev. Tom Cooksey officiating. Viewing: Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. . Lenora Mae Riley was born May 31, 1925 in Byron to John Edgar and Henryetta Puffinbarger Riley and passed from this life on January 23, 2014...
Bertha Downing
Jan 22, 2014
Bertha M. Downing was born June 29, 1928 at Renfro, the daughter of Elmer and Lizzie Clark McClaflin and departed this life on January 22, 2014. Bertha lived her lifetime in Grant County where she graduated from Medford High School. She then spent some time in Bethany Peniel College and came home to marry Jack Downing. She was a homemaker...

Jeff Smith
Jan 18, 2014
Thomas “Jeff” Smith, 64, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2014 in Wichita. Graveside service will be Friday, January 24, 2014 at 1:00 pm at Hardtner-Elwood Cemetery..

Mildred Gammon
Jan 17, 2014
Mildred Evelyn Harris Gammon was born May 12, 1915 in Byron to Charles E. and Mary Belle Cox Harris and passed from this life on January 17, 2014 in Oklahoma City. She moved to Cherokee with her family at an early age and later to a farm northwest of Carmen, where she attended school. In 1931 she married Glen Gammon,...
Tava Bontrager
Jan 15, 2014
Tava Lou Bontrager passed on to her heavenly home on January 15, 2014. She was born to Charles and Frances Newlin on February 28, 1948 in Cherokee. She graduated from Dacoma High School in 1966, where she was known for her basketball skills, as well as her beauty. Tava attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University and graduated with a B.A. Degree...

Otto Ferda
Jan 14, 2014
Medford- Rosary for Otto F. Ferda, 82, will be Friday, January 17, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at St Mary Catholic Church and funeral mass will be Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church with Father Carl William Janocha officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Viewing is Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m....
Steven Schroeder
Jan 14, 2014
Steven Ray Schroeder, age 57, died peacefully in his sleep at home in Yukon, Oklahoma on January 14th, 2014. Steve fought a long battle with a traumatic brain injury caused from a four-wheeler accident in August 2008. Even though he was confined to his wheel chair or bed, he never complained and always kept his humor. His memory of past...
Martha Smith
Jan 2, 2014
The funeral services for Martha Marie Smith, 66, of Helena will take place in Helena on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Helena First Baptist Church. The viewing of Martha Smith will be from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the Lanman Funeral Home in Helena on Saturday. The services will be conducted by Pastor Scott Hofen...
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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.