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Mary Mae Owens was born to Hattie Mae (Brown) Furgason and John Clarence Furgason near Buffalo, Ok on Feb. 17, 1927.  She was the oldest of 8 children. There were several Marys in her class, so her family and friend called her “Mary Mae” She started working at a clothing store when she was a young teenager. Mary Mae Furgason graduated from Buffalo High School with the class of 1945.  In 1951 she married Dean Owens of Gate, OK. They settled in Knowles,...

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Joyce was born April 4, 1939 to Floyd and Corinne Tilford in Tucson, Arizona.  The family moved to Moscow, Kansas in January of 1949.  Joyce spent the rest of her childhood years growing up on the farm.  She helped with farm chores and helped her parents with her younger siblings.   Joyce excelled in school and graduated as Valedictorian from Moscow High School in 1957.  After high school, Joyce moved to Hugoton, Kansas and went to work at Ideal Grocery...

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Alice Marie Loomis, daughter of Lester and Margaret (Marcgynski) Cole entered this world on November 1st, 1934 and entered her forever home on May 26, 2020 with family by her bedside. While growing up Marie helped in the family laundry business and taking care of her 3 younger brothers. Marie graduated from Mooreland High School with the class of 1953. Shortly after graduation she met the first love of her life J.C. Jackson. They were united in marriage in Buffalo, Oklahoma at the First...

Shirley Ann (Quakenbush) Burnside was born August 14, 1942, in Garden City, to C.A. and Bernice (Ratliff) Quakenbush. Shirley was raised in rural Sublette Kansas, where she attended school and graduated with the class of 1960. Shirley attended business college in Denver, Colorado. On December 22, 1962, Shirley married Jim Burnside and together they raised 3 children. Over the years Shirley owned a craft store, showing off her wonderful crafts, played the piano & organ at the First United...

Lela Mae Henderson McNaughton, 97, the daughter of Ira Newton and Alta Agnes Weir Henderson was born January 29, 1923 on a farm near Hooker, Oklahoma and went to be with her Lord on Tuesday April 21, 2020, in the Western Skilled Nursing & Therapy at Buffalo, Oklahoma. Early in life the family moved to the Star Valley Community in Harper County, Lela attended the star valley school and continued schooling at Englewood High School in Englewood, Kansas where she graduated as...

Marva Rae Ellis was born on November 17, 1930 to James and Ruby (Hays) Musgrove, at Palco, Kansas. Marva attended grade school in Palco before the family moved to Ashland, Kansas.  She graduated from the Ashland High School with the class of 1948. Marva and Ben Ellis were united in marriage at the Assembly of God Church in 1952. To this union a son John was born. The family made their home in Ashland, where she worked with the Berryman family for many years, both at the title company...

THURSDAY MEMORIAL SERVICE  HAS BEEN CANCELED  Jerry Ray (J.R.) Storer was born September 23rd, 1955 in Alva, OK to Ralph and Nola Storer. Soon following came his baby sister Jody. They resided in Buffalo, OK throughout their youth in a house derived from the original structure from his great grandfather’s land run homestead near Doby Springs, Oklahoma. J.R. graduated from Buffalo Public Schools with the class of 1974, where he met the love of his life, Cindy Howard, who he...

James “Jim” Kent Wyatt (Papa Jim) was born December 13, 1941 to James Kermit and Virginia Margaret Cook Wyatt at the Ashland hospital in Ashland, Kansas. Jim was blessed with four sisters: Margaret “Peggy”, Virginia, Sharon, and Debra.  Jim attended Ashland schools, graduating from Ashland High School in 1960.  Jim worked on the AT&SF railroad in Wichita as a railroad construction worker.  Jim returned to southwest Kansas and worked as a mechanic...