| Ella (Bruner) Lanman April 26, 1916 October 13, 2008 |
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| Comments from friends and relatives May this tribute bring comforting words and pleasant memories during this difficult time. It has been an honor serving your family. Lanman Funeral Home Staff Name = Gayla Widener Asher E-mail = gaylaa@sunflowerbank.com Phone Number = 620-564-2112 Memorial Name = Ella Lanman Comments = Ella indeed was a caring and gentle lady. I know she appreciated the loving care you gave her during her final years, Janet. My sympathy to all of the family. Some of my fondest high school memories were of spending time with the Lanman family, both in their home in Hudson and on the road to games, as well as one summer week in Oklahoma. If you have an opportunity, Janet, please contact me. I would love to hear from you. Name = Joyce Hodges Grubbs E-mail = pianojoyce@att.net Memorial Name = Ella Lanman Comments = My parents were Chester and Permelia. I remember fondly the visits from Grandpa and Grandma Bruner and your parents to Uncle Arthur and Aunt Alice. My prayers are with you. I know that you had wonderful parents. I live in Anderson , IN now, having recently moved from Goddard KS. God Bless Name = Wilma McCulloch E-mail = wilmamc@suddenlink.net Phone Number = 580-327-2341 Memorial Name = Ella Lanman Comments = I have great memories of Ella and Silbert Lanman during my sxchoool years at Capron. Silbert & I played many ping pong bames and basketball, and of course the great schooling. Ella was so good and kind and loving to all. Love, Wilma Name = Terry and Evelyn Snyder E-mail = elbowme@sbcglobal.net Phone Number = 918-387-2309 Memorial Name = Ella Lanman Comments = We just now received our Alva paper and learned of Ella's death and want to let the family know that we are most sorry to hear of her passing. We have many fond memories of Ella. Terry is the son of Zelma and Chester Snyder. Love, Terry and Evelyn |
| Ella (Bruner) Lanman, beloved of many, passed away on October 13, 2008 in Palmer, Alaska. Ella Blanche Bruner was born on April 26, 1916 to Wilbert D. and Ann E. Bruner on their farm near Dacoma, Oklahoma. She was the ninth of ten children. She attended school in both Dacoma and Alva, Oklahoma and upon graduation from high school went to Anderson, Indiana to attend college. Her stay there was short. Silbert Lanman had written that he had been taking female teachers to teacher’s meetings and Ella came home to “protect her interests”. They were married on July 3, 1937. They spent the next several years moving from Homestead to Freedom to Clinton back to Dacoma and finally to Capron, Oklahoma where they lived for the next 17 years. During this time, Ella finished her college degree and taught everything from kindergarten to business education. She also had time to squeeze in the births of five children. The Lanmans sojourned to Kansas. While there, Ella finished a degree in library science. After teaching school in both Hudson and Fowler, Ella and Silbert moved to Houston, Texas to work at Gulf Coast Bible College in 1972. Ella spent many happy hours working alongside dear friend Ruth Kirks in the library. The Lanmans retired to Alva, Oklahoma in 1981. Ella and Silbert celebrated their 50th Anniversary in June of 1987. Silbert passed away six months later. Ella lived in Hutchinson, Kansas with her sister, Irma Schrader for a number of years and. in 2001, she moved to Alaska to live with daughter, Janet. Ella is renowned for her gentle, loving, kindness. She will be remembered by her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who love and cherish her memory and also by adoring nieces, nephews, friends of her children (some of whom thought of her as a second mother), friends and family. Ella was preceded in death by her husband Silbert Lanman, daughter Jacqueline Ann Copeland, grandson Kevin Jack Coffey, and great-grandson Brian Wayne Coffey. She is survived by daughters Charlotte Teichmann and husband Galen of Great Bend Kansas, Janet Lanman of Palmer, Alaska, Gael Irvine and husband Joe of Palmer, Alaska and son Kim Bert Lanman and wife Dena of Claremore, Oklahoma. Surviving grandchildren include Robert Coffey , daughter Tessa of Palmer, Alaska and son Robert Sharp, wife Ranae and children Evan, Peyton and Joel of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Brian Coffey, wife Wendy and children Jarrod and Valinda of Augusta, Georgia; Christy Smith, husband Eric and son Ashton of Great Bend Kansas ; Jennifer Ankerholz , husband Dirk, son Dalen, and daughter Kendyll of Clearwater, Kansas; Scot Irvine of Palmer, Alaska; Rachel Lanman of Medellin, Colombia; and Abby Lanman of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is also survived by a sister, Irma Schrader, and brother, James Bruner, both of Hutchinson, Kansas. A Memorial Service to celebrate Ella’s life will be held at the Alva, Oklahoma Church of God on Friday Nov. 28, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. with Kim Lanman officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mid-America Christian University Library, 3500 SW 119th St., Oklahoma City, OK, 73710. Arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home Inc., Helena, Oklahoma. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com. |
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