Theodore Adkins
Nov 11, 2020
Theodore "James" Adkins was born December 8, 1938 to Theodore Roosevelt and Sarah Ann (Wheeler) Adkins of Selman, Oklahoma. James started the first grade with his lifelong best friend David "Sonny" Wagner at Plainview Country School, before transferring to Selman, graduating in 1956. James was an avid athlete, playing baseball and basketball. James attended college at both Panhandle...
" Bob " Robert Fellers
Nov 10, 2020
Robert (Bob) Austin Fellers was born on April 29, 1935 in Wichita, Kansas, he was the son of Francis (Jack) and Pauline (Cox) Fellers. Bob and his family moved from Mullinville, Kansas to Ashland, Kansas in 1946, when he was 10 years old. The family owned the Firestone Store until they purchased the Ford Agency from George McNickle...
Opal Catlin
Nov 6, 2020
Opal Caroline (Peck) Catlin
Opal was born on January 2, 1929 to Hubert and Ethel (Holmes) Peck in the home of her paternal grandparents, Harley and Jennie Peck. She passed away on November 6, 2020 at Alva, Oklahoma at the age of 91 years and 310 days. Opal attended elementary school...
Robert Bond
Nov 6, 2020
Robert L. "Bob" Bond, age 76, passed away on November 6, 2020, in Ashland, Kansas.
Bob was born May 4, 1944, at Salina, Kansas, the son of Carl A and Elizabeth "Betty" (Soldan) Bond. After graduation from Plains High School, he briefly attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University before working various positions, including manager, at...
Howard Aitken
Oct 30, 2020
Howard Gilbert Aitken, 92, of Buffalo, Oklahoma, left his earthly home to reunite with his wife, Marie, and his family in Heaven after passing away peacefully on October 30, 2020. Howard was born on November 28, 1927, to Gilbert and Laura Edna (Messner) Aitken in Bent Canyon on the Homer Aitken farm, situated between Fern and...
Ronald Boid
Oct 29, 2020
Ronald Frederick Boid left this earth to explore the universe on October 29, 2020 at the age of 84. Despite a prolonged illness, Ron kept busy taking pictures of nature in all its forms – clouds, sunrises and sunsets, his beloved zinnias, butterflies, stars, planets, comets and anything astronomical.
He...
Leland Waugh
Oct 23, 2020
Leland Stewart Waugh, the son of George Thomas and Edith Lucy (Vanderpool) Waugh, was born on October 30, 1949 in Mooreland, Oklahoma. He was the sixth child of the 12 children born to George and Edith. Leland left his earthly home and entered into the kingdom of heaven on Friday, October 23, 2020, surrounded by his...
" Jo" Harlene Sawyer
Oct 15, 2020
Harlene Joan (pronounced Jo Ann) Allison Sawyer
Born December 29, 1939 at the family home in Curtis, Oklahoma to Louis and Dorothy Dodge Allison
Walked into Heaven October 15, 2020 after a lengthy illness. Jo was preceded in death by her parents, her brother-in-law Pat McLaughlin
and her nephew Doug Weder. ...
Betty Jo Thompson
Oct 13, 2020
Betty Jo (Perkins) was born on January 25, 1929 to Clyde (Perk) and Opal Jaunita (Franks) Perkins in Fort Supply, Oklahoma. Betty graduated from Selah High School in Selah, Washington. Betty married Vance Thompson and to this union four children were born, Jerry, Steve, Doug, and Ava Jo. Betty Jo was a housewife taking care of...
Ruth McLain
Oct 9, 2020
Ruth Ann (Ball) McLain, was born on December 28, 1946 at Hardtner, Kansas to Charles L. and Geraldine (Cook) Ball. The family made their way to Selman, Oklahoma where they made their home. Ruth attended grade school and graduated from the Selman High School with the class of 1965. Ruth worked at the Fruit of the...
Deloras Baker
Oct 4, 2020
Deloras O. (Boren) Nester Baker was born January 17, 1930, in Ashland to Earl and Alice (Hopingardner) Boren. She had one younger sister, Marilyn. Deloras attended school in Ashland and Laverne, Oklahoma, graduating from Laverne High School in 1949. Deloras attended college at Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha. She married Fred Carlos Nester, Jr., on July 27,...
Harris Hammontree
Sep 19, 2020
Harris Lee Hammontree was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 19, 1943. At six weeks old
Harris moved to Woodward, Oklahoma to live with his grandma Reba. He started School in
Woodward, Oklahoma, then in 1950 he moved to Moscow, Kansas to live with...
Bob Harmon
Sep 17, 2020
Bobbie Gene Harmon was born to Thomas Wilber Harmon and Myrtle Blanche (Fox) Harmon on July 17, 1935 at Ashland, Kansas. Bob (aka Papa) attended Ashland Public Schools and graduated with the class of 1953. Papa helped his father during the summers Custom Wheat Harvesting. After graduation, he worked for Jim Jenkins, plumbing the Ashland District...
Gerold Schweitzer
Sep 6, 2020
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...
Rose Stoddard
Aug 26, 2020
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...
Tonya Hink
Aug 22, 2020
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...
Betty Holcomb
Aug 10, 2020
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...
Ricky Dake
Aug 1, 2020
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,...