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,...
Dorothy Tredway
Jul 14, 2020
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...
Joyce Brooks
Jul 2, 2020
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...
Leland Robertson
Jul 1, 2020
Leland was born on November 29, 1933 in Buffalo, Oklahoma to parents Mary Elizabeth (Irion) & Eugene Oral Robertson. He grew up on the family farm. Leland graduated high school with the class of 1951 from Buffalo High School, and was active in FFA and football while in high school.
Leland attended Oklahoma Panhandle State University where...
John Engleman
Jun 29, 2020
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...
Mary Mae Owens
Jun 24, 2020
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...
Marie Loomis
May 26, 2020
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...
Shirley Burnside
May 8, 2020
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...
Lela McNaughton
Apr 21, 2020
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...
Marva Ellis
Mar 17, 2020
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...
J.R. Storer
Mar 12, 2020
THURSDAY MEM ORIAL 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...
Jim Wyatt
Feb 25, 2020
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...
Carol Nicholson
Feb 22, 2020
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...
Iva Appleton
Jan 26, 2020
Iva Loree (Chase) Appleton was born on May 29, 1924, to Willard and Lillie (Howard) Chase, in the family’s home, 4 miles South of Selman, Oklahoma. Iva grew up on the farm and was a “Tomboy” following her 2 brothers around. She attended school from 1st grade to 12th grade at Selman, Oklahoma. Iva enjoyed playing basketball and tennis. Iva...