OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas
Betty Smith
Sep 17, 2013
Graveside service will be at Pleasant View Cemetery north of Jet on Monday, September 23, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Viewing will be Sunday from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the funeral home in Cherokee. Betty Lee Smith passed away Tuesday September 17, 2013, while recovering from back surgery in the...
Milo Jantzen
Sep 10, 2013
Milo was born in rural Ringwood on March 1, 1940 to Johnnie Jantzen and Mildred Smith Jantzen and passed from this life on September 10, 2013 in Fairview. He attended country school and then graduated from Ringwood High School in 1958. On September 16, 1961 Milo married Bertha Weeks. To this union three children were born, Ronda, Greg and Peggy....
Buddy Vanosdol
Sep 4, 2013
L. Jack “Buddy” VanOsdol, our beloved brother, uncle, cousin, and friend to all, died on August 8, 2013. Buddy was born on May 8, 1945 in Enid to Jack L. VanOsdol and Linnie Williamson Van OsDol. He graduated from Jet High School in 1963. He graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 1967. He went to work for Computing and...
Janet Frisk
Aug 24, 2013
Janet Marie Frisk, long time Cherokee resident, passed away on August 24, 2013 in Enid. She was born Janet Marie Goltz, January 2, 1956 in Shelby, Montana. At the age of three her family moved to Stockton, California, where she lived until 1973. She worked for the Cherokee Police Department for thirteen years and had worked for the Alfalfa County...
Nathan Thompson
Aug 22, 2013
Helena-Memorial service for Nathan Howard Thompson, 60, will be Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Timberlake High School Auditorium Nathan was born on April 26, 1953 in Ulysses, Kansas to Harold Harvey Thompson and Lois Virginia Randles Thompson and passed from this life on August 22, 2013 in Enid. He grew up in Syracuse, Kansas, where he graduated...
Virginia Jepsen
Aug 18, 2013
Okeene- Memorial service for Virginia Mae Jepsen, 85, will be Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 1:30 pm at Okeene United Methodist Church. Virginia was born on December 29, 1927 at Yankton, South Dakota to Glenn T. Clark and Dora M. Lane Clark and passed from this life on August 18, 2013 in Okeene. On March 25, 1945 she married Harvey...
Kenneth Marshall
Aug 13, 2013
Jet-Funeral service for Kenneth Dryden Marshall will be Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Vining Community Church. Burial will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery, Jet. He was born on September 28, 1933 in Dewey to Charles and Juanita Marshall and passed from this life on August 13, 2013 in Wichita, Kansas. On May 15, 2004 he married the...
Eleanor Arterburn
Aug 11, 2013
Mass of Christian Burial for Eleanor F. (Ciskowski) Arterburn, 94, a resident of Medford, OK will be at 10:00 am Thursday, August 15, 2013 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Medford. The Rev. Carl Janocha will officiate. She will be laid to rest at St. Mary’s Calvary Cemetery, Medford, under the direction of Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Medford. Rosary and...
Roberta Kildow
Aug 5, 2013
Cherokee - Lifetime Alfalfa County resident, Marion Roberta Kildow, 82, passed from this life on August 5, 2013 at her home in Cherokee. She was born on November 30, 1930 in rural Alfalfa County to Marion O. Jack and Icy Thomas Jack. On August 7, 1948 she married Donald “Shorty” Kildow in Amorita, and they were blessed with two sons,...
Gordon Mcdowell
Aug 3, 2013
Gordon Lee McDowell was born on July 13, 1923 in Cherokee, the son of Orville and Hattie Millspaugh McDowell and passed from this life on August 3, 2013. He was raised and educated in Cherokee, graduating from Cherokee High School in 1941, having been named to the Daily Oklahoman’s All State Football Team. He then attended Oklahoma State University, graduating...
Loretta Parker
Aug 1, 2013
Aline-Graveside service for LaDonna Springer will be Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Aline Star Cemetery. LaDonna was born August 10, 1943 in Alva and passed from this life on July 30, 2013 in Enid. She was the oldest of four children and had lived in the Aline area for thirty-eight years. She ran the Aline Cafe for...
Ladonna Springer
Jul 30, 2013
Aline-Graveside service for LaDonna Springer will be Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Aline Star Cemetery. LaDonna was born August 10, 1943 in Alva and passed from this life on July 30, 2013 in Enid. She was the oldest of four children and had lived in the Aline area for thirty-eight years. She ran the Aline Cafe for...
Margaret Nichols
Jul 29, 2013
Goltry-Funeral service for Margaret Nichols will be Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Zoar Mennonite Church with Pastor Leland Streck and Pastor Scott Hofen officiating. Burial will be in Karoma Cemetery. Viewing at the funeral home will be Tuesday 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Margaret Pekrul Nichols was born August 24, 1920 at Alden, Oklahoma to Henry and...
Gerald Wessels, Sr
Jul 23, 2013
Gerald “Chub” Gark Wessels Sr., November 29, 1932 – July 23, 2013, long-time. After a courageous four year battle with health issues, Gerald passed away peacefully at the Cherokee Manor. Gerald was born and raised on the farm that his parents owned three and one-half miles west of Cherokee and attended public school there. His passion for farming and taking...
Rose Thompson
Jul 23, 2013
Aline-Funeral service for Rose Marie Thompson will be Friday, July 26, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at Pleasant Plains Church of the Brethren, rural Aline, with Pastor Len Coulter officiating. Burial will follow at Aline Star Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena. Viewing will be Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Rose was born on May...
Philip Farguson
Jul 17, 2013
Bixby- Philip Dean Farguson was born on July 18, 1938 in Cherokee to Earl Farguson and Blanche Morris Farguson and passed from this life on July 17, 2013 in Tulsa at the age of 74. He was raised in Helena, where his dad, Earl was a farmer and his mother, Blanche was a homemaker. He graduated from Helena High School...
James Bell
Jul 17, 2013
MEDICINE LODGE-James Dene Bell, passed away on July 17, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Funeral service will be Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at the Community Bible Fellowship Church in Medicine Lodge. Burial will follow in the Highland Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, July 19, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. James was born on January 3,...
Maycel Bontrager
Jul 14, 2013
Cherokee-Maycel Nadine Jenlink Bontrager, 91, passed on to her heavenly home July 14, 2013. She was born to Albert and Eva VanDeusen Jenlink near Jet on October 13, 1921. Maycel attended country schools until she went to Cherokee High School where she graduated. During the War years, she worked as Deputy Court Clerk and as a legal secretary to Lloyd...
Carl Alexander
Jul 11, 2013
HAZELTON-Carl “Dean” Alexander, 81, passed away on July 11, 2013 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Graveside service will be Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery near Hazelton. Visitation will be Monday, July 15, 2013 from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm with the family present to receive friends from 5-7. Memorials may be made to the First...
Walter Murray
Jul 8, 2013
Jet-Funeral service for Walter “Bud” Murray will be Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Lanman Chapel with Chaplain Jennifer Griffith and Pastor Chris Griffith officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery. Bud was born on December 29, 1933 in Drummond to Lee Murray and Jesse Myrean Campbell Murray and passed from this life on July 8, 2013...
Local Obituaries at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc Providing Services Helena, Cherokee, Okeene, and Medford Oklahoma, and in addition to Kiowa, Kansas
Betty Smith
Sep 17, 2013
Graveside service will be at Pleasant View Cemetery north of Jet on Monday, September 23, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Viewing will be Sunday from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the funeral home in Cherokee. Betty Lee Smith passed away Tuesday September 17, 2013, while recovering from back surgery in the...
Milo Jantzen
Sep 10, 2013
Milo was born in rural Ringwood on March 1, 1940 to Johnnie Jantzen and Mildred Smith Jantzen and passed from this life on September 10, 2013 in Fairview. He attended country school and then graduated from Ringwood High School in 1958. On September 16, 1961 Milo married Bertha Weeks. To this union three children were born, Ronda, Greg and Peggy....
Buddy Vanosdol
Sep 4, 2013
L. Jack “Buddy” VanOsdol, our beloved brother, uncle, cousin, and friend to all, died on August 8, 2013. Buddy was born on May 8, 1945 in Enid to Jack L. VanOsdol and Linnie Williamson Van OsDol. He graduated from Jet High School in 1963. He graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 1967. He went to work for Computing and...
Janet Frisk
Aug 24, 2013
Janet Marie Frisk, long time Cherokee resident, passed away on August 24, 2013 in Enid. She was born Janet Marie Goltz, January 2, 1956 in Shelby, Montana. At the age of three her family moved to Stockton, California, where she lived until 1973. She worked for the Cherokee Police Department for thirteen years and had worked for the Alfalfa County...
Nathan Thompson
Aug 22, 2013
Helena-Memorial service for Nathan Howard Thompson, 60, will be Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Timberlake High School Auditorium Nathan was born on April 26, 1953 in Ulysses, Kansas to Harold Harvey Thompson and Lois Virginia Randles Thompson and passed from this life on August 22, 2013 in Enid. He grew up in Syracuse, Kansas, where he graduated...
Virginia Jepsen
Aug 18, 2013
Okeene- Memorial service for Virginia Mae Jepsen, 85, will be Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 1:30 pm at Okeene United Methodist Church. Virginia was born on December 29, 1927 at Yankton, South Dakota to Glenn T. Clark and Dora M. Lane Clark and passed from this life on August 18, 2013 in Okeene. On March 25, 1945 she married Harvey...
Kenneth Marshall
Aug 13, 2013
Jet-Funeral service for Kenneth Dryden Marshall will be Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Vining Community Church. Burial will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery, Jet. He was born on September 28, 1933 in Dewey to Charles and Juanita Marshall and passed from this life on August 13, 2013 in Wichita, Kansas. On May 15, 2004 he married the...
Eleanor Arterburn
Aug 11, 2013
Mass of Christian Burial for Eleanor F. (Ciskowski) Arterburn, 94, a resident of Medford, OK will be at 10:00 am Thursday, August 15, 2013 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Medford. The Rev. Carl Janocha will officiate. She will be laid to rest at St. Mary’s Calvary Cemetery, Medford, under the direction of Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Medford. Rosary and...
Roberta Kildow
Aug 5, 2013
Cherokee - Lifetime Alfalfa County resident, Marion Roberta Kildow, 82, passed from this life on August 5, 2013 at her home in Cherokee. She was born on November 30, 1930 in rural Alfalfa County to Marion O. Jack and Icy Thomas Jack. On August 7, 1948 she married Donald “Shorty” Kildow in Amorita, and they were blessed with two sons,...
Gordon Mcdowell
Aug 3, 2013
Gordon Lee McDowell was born on July 13, 1923 in Cherokee, the son of Orville and Hattie Millspaugh McDowell and passed from this life on August 3, 2013. He was raised and educated in Cherokee, graduating from Cherokee High School in 1941, having been named to the Daily Oklahoman’s All State Football Team. He then attended Oklahoma State University, graduating...
Loretta Parker
Aug 1, 2013
Aline-Graveside service for LaDonna Springer will be Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Aline Star Cemetery. LaDonna was born August 10, 1943 in Alva and passed from this life on July 30, 2013 in Enid. She was the oldest of four children and had lived in the Aline area for thirty-eight years. She ran the Aline Cafe for...
Ladonna Springer
Jul 30, 2013
Aline-Graveside service for LaDonna Springer will be Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Aline Star Cemetery. LaDonna was born August 10, 1943 in Alva and passed from this life on July 30, 2013 in Enid. She was the oldest of four children and had lived in the Aline area for thirty-eight years. She ran the Aline Cafe for...
Margaret Nichols
Jul 29, 2013
Goltry-Funeral service for Margaret Nichols will be Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Zoar Mennonite Church with Pastor Leland Streck and Pastor Scott Hofen officiating. Burial will be in Karoma Cemetery. Viewing at the funeral home will be Tuesday 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Margaret Pekrul Nichols was born August 24, 1920 at Alden, Oklahoma to Henry and...
Gerald Wessels, Sr
Jul 23, 2013
Gerald “Chub” Gark Wessels Sr., November 29, 1932 – July 23, 2013, long-time. After a courageous four year battle with health issues, Gerald passed away peacefully at the Cherokee Manor. Gerald was born and raised on the farm that his parents owned three and one-half miles west of Cherokee and attended public school there. His passion for farming and taking...
Rose Thompson
Jul 23, 2013
Aline-Funeral service for Rose Marie Thompson will be Friday, July 26, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at Pleasant Plains Church of the Brethren, rural Aline, with Pastor Len Coulter officiating. Burial will follow at Aline Star Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena. Viewing will be Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Rose was born on May...
Philip Farguson
Jul 17, 2013
Bixby- Philip Dean Farguson was born on July 18, 1938 in Cherokee to Earl Farguson and Blanche Morris Farguson and passed from this life on July 17, 2013 in Tulsa at the age of 74. He was raised in Helena, where his dad, Earl was a farmer and his mother, Blanche was a homemaker. He graduated from Helena High School...
James Bell
Jul 17, 2013
MEDICINE LODGE-James Dene Bell, passed away on July 17, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Funeral service will be Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at the Community Bible Fellowship Church in Medicine Lodge. Burial will follow in the Highland Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, July 19, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. James was born on January 3,...
Maycel Bontrager
Jul 14, 2013
Cherokee-Maycel Nadine Jenlink Bontrager, 91, passed on to her heavenly home July 14, 2013. She was born to Albert and Eva VanDeusen Jenlink near Jet on October 13, 1921. Maycel attended country schools until she went to Cherokee High School where she graduated. During the War years, she worked as Deputy Court Clerk and as a legal secretary to Lloyd...
Carl Alexander
Jul 11, 2013
HAZELTON-Carl “Dean” Alexander, 81, passed away on July 11, 2013 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Graveside service will be Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery near Hazelton. Visitation will be Monday, July 15, 2013 from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm with the family present to receive friends from 5-7. Memorials may be made to the First...
Walter Murray
Jul 8, 2013
Jet-Funeral service for Walter “Bud” Murray will be Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Lanman Chapel with Chaplain Jennifer Griffith and Pastor Chris Griffith officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery. Bud was born on December 29, 1933 in Drummond to Lee Murray and Jesse Myrean Campbell Murray and passed from this life on July 8, 2013...
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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.
