| Clarion Geis October 30, 1920 May 23, 2009 |
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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 = Robby Duffy E-mail = robb_duffy@ml.com Phone Number = 212.338.6122 Memorial Name = Clarion Geis Comments = My condolences on your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with your family. Sincerely, Robby |
| Hitchcock-Funeral service for Clarion Geis, 88, will be Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. at Immanuel Baptist Church near Loyal with Rev. Roger Freelander officiating. Burial will be at Roselawn Cemetery near Okeene with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Okeene. Memories may be shared with the family by going to www.lanmanmemorials.com. The casket will be open at the funeral home on Tuesday from 10:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. and after the service on Wednesday. Clarion was born near Hitchcock on October 30, 1920, the son of Ezra and Mollie Greb Geis and passed from this life on May 23, 2009 at the Okeene Hospital. He was a lifelong resident of the Hitchcock area and graduated from high school there. He and Dorothy Mae Duffy were married at Loyal on August 28, 1943. Clarion was a farmer but he found time to take an active part in his community where he belonged to the Loyal Lions Club, served on the Board of Directors at Sooners Cooperative from 1967 until 1988 and served on the Hitchcock School Board. He was a Blaine County FSA Committeeman for fifteen years and was a lifetime member of Immanuel Baptist Church of Loyal where he was church treasurer for fifty years. Clarion was named Coop Director of the Year in 1979 by the Farmers Cooperative Grain Dealers Association and he was inducted into the Blaine County Hall of Fame in 1993. Those who have preceded Clarion in death are his wife, Dorothy on February 23, 1982; one brother, Calvin Geis and one sister, Rocille Groenewold. He is survived by his children, Jeanette Wright and husband, Leon of La Feria, Texas, Sandra Dotter of Clinton, and Danny Geis and wife, Shirla of Loyal; nine grandchildren, Colby Wright and wife, Sonia, Bryan Wright and wife, Frankie, Jason Dotter and wife, Jennifer, Kathryn Humphrey, Andrea Travis and husband, Michael, Jarod Geis, Jolene Brown and husband, Marcus, Britney Geis and Samantha Geis; ten great-grandchildren, Bryan Wright, Ashley Wright, Alex Wright, Julia Wright, Jeremiah Dotter, Julianna Dotter, Joel Dotter, Jerry Travis, Lilly Travis and Kyle Geis; one brother, Don Geis and wife, Shirley of Norman; one brother-in-law, Dallas Groenewold of Burkburnett, Texas; one sister-in-law, Rebekah Geis of Omega. Memorials may be made to Immanuel Baptist Church Building Fund through Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Okeene. |
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