All Obituaries

Max Earl Greenlee was born November 12, 1936 in Buffalo, Oklahoma to Loyd William and Nola Marie (Snell) Greenlee. He graduated high school and was a farmer and rancher all his life and did some meat cutting for Ideal Foods and Downings Market in Beaver, Oklahoma. He was a member of the AQHA and the Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Cheryl. Max passed peacefully at his home on October 3, 2019 at high noon at the age of 82. He is survived by sons, Shawn...

Jerry Wayne Stith was born on October 1st, 1942 in Durant, Oklahoma the son of Clarence and Helen (Sawyer) Stith. The family moved to Buffalo, Oklahoma and all with his 3 brothers and attended Buffalo High School. Through the years of practicing Jerry master playing the organ and piano. Jerry attended college at Oklahoma Baptist University and graduated in 1964 from the University of Houston. He began working for several organization in Texas before relocating at Miami, Florida where he...

Karen Ann Ives Suthers, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and life-long resident of Buffalo, Oklahoma went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 21, 2019 at the age of 72.  Karen was born in Woodward, Oklahoma on December 3, 1946.  She dedicated 44 years of her life in service to Harper County Community Hospital where she met her best friend and partner in crime, Becky George.  At the time of her retirement, she held the position of Chief Executive Officer. ...

Lela Alice Berends Harrington was born February 12, 1936, to Ephraim Joakim Berends and Leona Despain Berends, in Beaver County, Oklahoma, and graduated from this life to her heavenly home on August 21, 2019, in Buffalo, Oklahoma. Lela graduated from Englewood High School, Englewood, Kansas, in 1953 as valedictorian of her class.  She went to a business school in Wichita, Kansas, for a six-month course.  She worked for a year at Dodge City, Kansas, in the co-op office.  She...

Larry Don Brown was born on June 23, 1941 to Edward and Bessie (Ashlock) Brown in Buffalo, Oklahoma.  Larry lived and went to school in Buffalo, Oklahoma graduating with the class of 1959.  Larry worked for Bill and Bob Fossey during his teenage years.  Larry attended Northwestern State College and Southwestern State College, studying in Geology.       On June 2, 1964, Larry married his high school sweetheart Kathy Patterson.  Larry was...

Mary Ruthanna Bond was born on the Bond Home place south of Plains, KS to Parents:  Orvel Aquilla and Audrey Elizabeth Marriott Bond.  She grew up with seven siblings: Orvel, Weymouth, Charles, Lowell, Abel, Myrabelle & Joe.  She attended Elementary Grades at West Glendale School south of Plains KS. They also lived on the "Handy Place" 9 miles east of the TwoButtes Mountain in the 1940's.  In the 1984 Ashland Centennial Book Mary wrote: "I came...

Pat Harper was born January 22, 1934 in Buffalo, Oklahoma.  She was the oldest child of Buck and Fran Harper. She left this life on Friday, August 2, 2019.Pat attended Buffalo Schools and graduated with the BHS class of 1952.  Throughout High school and several years after, she worked at the well-known Harper's Cafe. On June 28, 1952, Pat married the Love of her life, Keith Lauer.   They were blessed with four children, C.A., Rob, Darla, and Tammy.  Pat...

  Vera Lynn Anthony Robertson, 63, was born on June 29, 1956, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Jack and Peggy Anthony. She was reunited with family and friends in her heavenly home on August 1, 2019 at the age of 63. Lynn grew up riding her horse on Crutch Ranch in Borger, Texas, and graduated from Borger High School in 1974. After high school Lynn attended Oklahoma Panhandle State University where she met her husband, Mike Robertson. Lynn and Mike transferred to Southwestern Oklahoma...

Serafin Mata nació el 12 de Octubre, 1961 en San Luis Potosí, México. Hijo de Benita (Sarabia) y Cruz Mata. Serafin asistió la escuela allí, pero salió muy joven para comenzar a trabajar y ayudar a la familia. En Agosto de 1978, a la edad de 17, Serafin vino a los Estados Unidos de América y residió en Harper County, Oklahoma. Trabajo con muchos rancheros y agricultores de esta área. Incluyendo C.A., Rob Lauer, Danny Randolf,...

Emma Lucille Rollins was born on January 26, 1926, in Cushing, Oklahoma to Lillie Rachel Galusha Rollins and George Washington Rollins.  The Rollins home in Perkins, Oklahoma was filled with Emma’s many brothers and sisters, including Ernest, Kenneth, Howard, Cecil, Raymond, Bill, Georgia, Geneva, Betty Jean, and also Helen and Earl who died in infancy. She had many childhood stories about sleeping outside in the summertime under the old Blackjack Tree, being friends with...