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                                  Betty Holcomb, a resident of Buffalo, OK, died August 10 at the age of 89. Betty was born November 23, 1930 to Carl and Elizabeth Hellman. She attended Medicine Lodge High School and graduated from the Wesley School of Nursing in Wichita, Kansas.  She married Thomas O. Merritt in 1952 and had two children: Tom and Susan. In 1955,...

Kenneth Gerold Schweitzer was born to Leta Doreen (Arnold) and Kenneth Schweitzer on January 21, 1942 at Perryton, Texas. Gerold attended the Perryton grade school, until the 5th grade, then the family moved to Ashland, Kansas, to make their home. Gerold Graduated from the Ashland High School with the class of 1960. He went to Barber school in 1961 and through the years Gerold had a Barber shop in Ashland, Protection and Coldwater cutting hair for many years before he retired in 2016. Gerold...

Rosetta Mae (Lauer) Stoddard was born on October 11, 1939 in Buffalo, Oklahoma to parents Lenny V. (Smith) & Delbert H. Lauer.  She was the middle of three children.  She grew up on the family farm and went to Buffalo Schools.  In 1949 she moved with her family to Hot Springs, NM, later named Truth or Consequences, where her family owned and operated a motel.  Rose went to school in TorC meeting lifelong friends and having many adventures with them. In 1956, she met...

     Tonya Sue Ediger Hink was born on May 22, 1969 in Ashland, Kansas to Jerry and Joyce Ediger. Tonya was immersed into the Lord, her Savior, at age 9, attending church in Englewood, where she later became the pianist for praise and worship and was a very active worker and server in the church. Tonya attended school in Ashland, Kansas and graduated with the class of 1987. Tonya attended WTSU in Canyon Texas for two years, earning a teaching certificate in Western and...

Ricky Alan Dake was born on May 28, 1985 in Amarillo, Texas to Danny and Tommie (Cain) Dake.  Ricky spent most of his life in Woodward, Oklahoma where he grew up and attended school and church.  After graduation Ricky found his passion in the oilfield working on Drilling Rigs.  Ricky has a deep passion for the oilfield, hunting, fishing, swimming, and making lasting memories at the camp fire, with his children and family.  Ricky was blessed by his first son Brazden in...

Dorothy Jean Tredway was born August 20, 1929 in Woodlawn, Tennessee, to Lewis and Etta Payne. The family relocated after the construction of Fort Campbell, to New Providence, Tennessee.  They lived in that area until 1944, when Lewis job took them to Moline, Kansas.  Dorothy attended one year of high school at Clarksville and graduated from Moline High School in 1947.  Dorothy worked at Dewter Drug and Southwestern Bell in Moline, Kansas.  On October 8, 1949 married...

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,...

John Henry Engleman was born on November 2nd, 1938 at Chickasha, Oklahoma, to Emma (Davis) and Jack Engleman. John's mother was from England and as a small boy John traveled back to England several time with his family. The family lived in various communities in the state of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Claremore, Pawhuska, Elk City, also in the Temple & Fort Worth Texas area before making their home in Woodward, Oklahoma. During the Woodward Tornado in 1947; the night of tornado John and...

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...