Category: Obituaries

Martin “Marty” Neal Hartpence was born October 28, 1951 in Sayre, Oklahoma to Mary Lucille and Everett Wayne Hartpence. He passed away March 31, 2016 at Sayre, Oklahoma at the age of 63 years, 5 months and 3 days. Marty grew up in the Sayre community and attended Sayre Schools. He lived with his father…

Minnie V, Hillman was born August 16, 1917 in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma to Lida and Alpha Thomas Leddy. She passed away March 29, 2016 at Yukon, Oklahoma at the age of 98 years, 7 months and 13 days. Minnie grew up in the Red Hills north of Cheyenne on the banks of the Canadian…

Jerry Lee Starr was born April 9, 1947 in Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma to Lecy and Marvin Lee Starr. He passed away March 26, 2016 at Cheyenne, Oklahoma at the age of 68 years, 11 months and 17 days. Jerry grew up in Ft Cobb, Oklahoma and attended schools there. He was drafted in August of…

Elbert “Don“ Butler was born August 4, 1943 in the family home in Lubbock, Texas to Alice and Emmitt Butler. He passed away March 9 2016 at Elk City, Oklahoma at the age of 72 years, seven months and five days. Don grew up in the Lubbock, Texas area and attended a small rural school…

Jo Lambert was born February 19, 1933 in Phoenix, Arizona to Pearl and Dennis McKelvey. She passed away March 20, 2016 at Cheyenne, Oklahoma at the age of 83 years, one month and one day. In 1954 Jo was married to Gordon Lambert in Altona, New York. They lived in Arkansas, New York, Massachusetts and…

Lois Wanda Linville, 87, of Hammon, Oklahoma was born on April 30, 1928 in Carpenter, Oklahoma. She is the fourth child, the third of six daughters and two sons of Clell Wynn and Ella Eva Clifft, two of whom, Hugh F. Wynn of Houston, Texas and Margaret Lee Nelson of Sunray, Texas survive her. Lois…

Eva June Dickason was born June 23, 1924 in Crawford, Oklahoma to Mable and Henry Hagan Beavin.  She passed away March 14, 2016 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 91 years, 8 months and 21 days.  Eva June grew up in Roll, Oklahoma and began grade school at Clear Springs and graduated from…

Walter Porter Sowders, Jr., 86, of Elk City, Oklahoma was born on June 18, 1929 in Elk City, Oklahoma. He is the son of Walter Porter Sowders, Sr. and Bessie (Lester) Sowders. Walter went to be with his Heavenly Father on Friday, March 11, 2016 in Corn, Oklahoma. Walter enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing, bowling and…

On October 6, 1935 in Finley, Oklahoma, Alice Whitson gave birth to a three and a half pound baby boy and named him Loyd Melvin Whitson. He was so small that they kept him in a shoebox until he got a little bigger. Loyd was the first son of Theodore and Alice Whitson and the…

Mrs. Nellie H. Harmon, Cheyenne, died Thursday, May 28, 1970 at Cheyenne, OK. Funeral services were held Friday at 3:00 p.m. in the Cheyenne Church of Christ. Rev. Lloyd Martin and Raymond Duncan, ministers officiating. Born September 25, 1882 in Iowa, Mrs. Harmon was married to Newton E. Harmon in Kansas in 1898. They came…

Zelma Mae Rothenberger, 71, of Elk City, was born on January 29, 1945 in Visalia, California. She is the daughter of Robert Lee and Flora Mae (Harris) Vincent. Zelma went to be with her Heavenly Father surrounded by her loved ones on March 4, 2016 at OU Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Zelma married her…

Norma “Nannie” Moler was born March 5, 1931 in Campo, Colorado to Lucy Flora and Roy Blackketter. She passed away March 5, 2016 at Sayre, Oklahoma at the age of 85 years. She was married to Herman Richard “H.R.“ Moler at Wheeler, Texas on November 29, 1948. They made their home in Hammon, OK and…