All Obituaries

John Orville Weder was born March 16, 1933 to John and Gertrude Skirvin Weder, John was 8th child of 11 children, born at the homestead North East of Buffalo.  John’s early education was at Hopewell, and then began farming at an early age.  John farmed and worked multiple jobs, including concrete work and the oil field.  John met his bride, Marietta Faye Allison in Woodward and they were married April 4, 1955.  Together they raised four children, Deborah, Douglas,...

               Jack D. Miller was born eight miles west of Buffalo at Doby Springs, OK, on October 12, 1926, to William Nolan and Mildred (Showalter) Miller. Jack had ten siblings: Bill, Norval, Naomi, Taylor, Madeline, Allen, Merton and twin Bertha, Cody and Zack!                Jack attended school at Doby Springs and Buffalo High School graduating in...

Carol Esther (Stoelting) Nicholson was born 30 August 1931, on her grandparents’ farm near Bristol, South Dakota, the third child of Edwin August and Rose Marie (Anderson) Stoelting. When Carol was four, the family moved to Schaller, Iowa, and a year later to Sac City, Iowa, where she attended school and graduated in 1949. She then went to business school in Omaha, Nebraska. To earn part of her tuition, she was a nanny for a family in Omaha. After graduating, her first job was at...

Robert (Bob) Gates was born on the family farm NE of Hazelton, Kansas on January 31, 1932 to Eugene and Jamima (Garlow) Gates.  Bob was fifth of nine children.  Bob attended grade school through fourth grade at Sand Creek School located 2 1/2 miles NE of his home.  Bob graduated from Hazelton High School in 1950.  Bob attended Northwestern State University at Alva, Oklahoma, where he served on the Northwestern Livestock Judging Team.  Bob met his future wife, Dorothy...

 Dorothy Marie Ashlock was born on March 22, 1946, in Woodward, Oklahoma to Kearrian and Ruby (Weese) Ashlock.  Dorothy was the youngest of 7 children (3 boys and 4 girls). It was a full house where family spent a great deal time dancing to music played on the fiddle by her father. They had a large extended family with lots of nieces and nephews always around on the weekend to enjoy her mother's home cooking. Dorothy attended Buffalo Grade School and Buffalo High School...

Wilma Lee Waugh, daughter of Claude and May (Taylor) Demuth was born on July 23, 1926 in the family home in the Yelton community.  She passed away April 7, 2021 in her home. Wilma lived 94 years in northwest Harper County.  Her early education was at Prospect and Pioneer schools, which were one-room schoolhouses.  After eighth grade, she went to Buffalo High School for two years, then the family moved to the Rosston school district, where she graduated from high school in...

Lloyd Ray Barnes was born February 24, 1963 to Maudie Lee Hayes and Jerry Ray Barnes. Lloyd's little brother Billy Lee Barnes came along in October 10.  Unfortunately their father passed away in an automobile accident in 1968.  Maudie Lee married Alonso Holbert in 1970 and Alonso Holbert raised Lloyd and his brother.  Maudie and Alonso then welcomed Lloyds little brother Clinton and sister Shelia.  Lloyd enjoyed playing football in high school. Lloyd...

Evelyn V. Beagley, daughter of the late Kenneth and Ruby (Province) Terrill, was born November 20, 1930, in Alva, Oklahoma and passed away in Buffalo, Oklahoma on March 15, 2021, at the age of 90. Evelyn’s childhood years began in Farry, Oklahoma with her parents and siblings until moving to the family farm northwest of Buffalo in 1945. Evelyn was the second born of seven children and absolutely loved spending time with her sisters and brother.  She graduated from Buffalo High...

Marie Belle Love Allen, the daughter of Ora P and Naomi B (Hunt) Marker, was born on May 5, 1932.  Marie grew up on the family farm in Beaver County and learned at an early age to cook, clean, and care for her siblings as she was the oldest child of the seven children born to Ora and Naomi.  Marie attended Laverne Schools and graduated with the class of 1949.  She married Charles Robert Love, November 24th, 1949 and moved to make their home in Laverne.  This union was...