| Hester Ann Wolgamott August 12, 1915 August 5, 2010 |
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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 = Roka Wolgamott E-mail = rokaw@tx.rr.com Phone Number = 817-416-8194 Memorial Name = Hester Wolgamott Comments = I know Aunt Hester had physical ailments later in life but she always had a smile and was always fun to talk to. I will always remember her as a great lady and how much she loved her family. I know she will be missed by all who knew her. Roka Name = Donna Wolgamott Gibson E-mail = donnakp7@aol.com Phone Number = 713-303-6500 Memorial Name = Hester Wolgamott Comments = WOW! What a great lady! She always brighten my visit at the family unions. She will be missed. I will send a memorial gift in her name. My husband and I leave 8/11 for a cruise to Russia etc. Love,Donna Name = Nancy Sutton E-mail = cadetaylor04@yahoo.com Phone Number = 580-273-1507 Memorial Name = Hester Wolgamott Comments = Oh how I'm going to miss those stories of growing up in Arkansas. Aunt Hester was the best boss I ever had. She let me eat all the mistakes I made at the Dairy Lane, and never once acted like I might be doing it on purpose. She was definitely a role model for hard-working. Name = Kim Davidson E-mail = kdavid2263@live.com Phone Number = 615-446-0878 Memorial Name = Hester Wolgamott Comments = Hester (Granny) was the only person who wrote me a thank you letter for sending her a Christmas card. Her love of children was so evident by the way she enjoyed watching my daughter (Kali Jo) grow. I would send her pictures from time to time, and yes, again she would write me back the nicest thank you letter. She was so sincere and I knew she apprecited everthing I sent to her from Tennessee. She will be missed!! Name = Jan Maddox E-mail = janmaddox@sunflower.com Phone Number = (785) 749-5758 Memorial Name = Hester Wolgamott Comments = Aunt Hester was a wonderful role model for working hard and taking care of her family. She had a big heart and a wonderful smile. We will all miss her. Name = John Thomas E-mail = johnjohnnyyuma@msn.com Phone Number = 928-581-2176 Memorial Name = Hester Wolgamott Comments = I am sorry to hear about Hester(Granny). I lived next door to Granny for many years. I will miss her cooking the vists i had with her. she will be miss dearly. She was like a grandma to all. Name = Janet Bennett Adams E-mail = jeadams953@gmail.com Memorial Name = Hester Wolgamott Comments = Susan: I am so sorry to hear about your mom. May God bless you during this difficult time. Love, Janet. Name = Debbie (Drake) Stewart E-mail = debbierene0103@hotmail.com Phone Number = 580-698-2599 Memorial Name = Hester Wolgamott Comments = What a great lady! She always had a smile on her face when I saw her. I still remember the long legged doll she made of fabric for me....I named her Panhandle. Great Memories! I wish I could be there Thursday to celebrate her life. Lots of Love to Everyone. Debbie Name = Monte & Kay Blunk E-mail = montekay@yahoo.com Phone Number = 620-886-2343 Memorial Name = Hester Wolgamott Comments = Mike, Terry, Monte, Susan and families, Growing up as neighbors we had a lot of great times and memories together. I always thought it was so hard on you guys to lose your dad when you were all so young, but your mom was always so strong for you. Her smile will always be remembered and missed. We hope your memories will never end. Monte & Kay |
| HARDTNER-Hester Ann Wolgamott passed away at the grand age of 94 years 51 weeks (7 days before her 95th birthday). Funeral service will be Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 10:00 am at the Hardtner Methodist Church in Hardtner with Pastor Elizabeth Kirkwood officiating. Burial will follow in the Hardtner-Elwood Cemetery. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Kiowa, Kansas. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.lanmanmemorials.com Hester Ann McMinn Wolgamott was born on August 12, 1915 at Mt. Levi, Johnson county, Arkansas to Harrison Levi and Sarah Elizabeth Graves McMinn. Hester attended grade school there and came to Hardtner to live with her sister and attend high school. She graduated from Hardtner High School with the class of 1936. On April 22, 1939 she and Willis (Bill) Lyman Wolgamott were married in Hardtner, Kansas. They made their home on the Wolgamott Farm, west of Hardtner. They lived on the farm until Bill’s death in January 1962. Hester moved into Hardtner in 1963 and ran the Dairy Lane for a few years. She worked at the Achenbach Memorial Hospital and the Kiowa Hospital as a nurse aide for several years. She then worked for 15 years and retired from the Port of Entry as an Inspector. Hester’s grandchildren and great grandchildren loved to hear Granny’s stories from the hills of Arkansas. She would play her guitar and sing a wide variety of songs for them. Hester, better known as Granny, loved her family by cooking for them when they came home. She also enjoyed gardening, working in her flower beds and the daily crossword puzzles. Hester’s craft was the love of painting and drawing pictures then giving them away. Hester lived in Hardtner until May of this year then moved to Guymon, Oklahoma to live with her daughter, Susan. At the time of her death she was living in the Dunaway Manor at Guymon, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents; one brother, Nathan McMinn; five sisters, Matilda (Tilly), Effie, Dicie, Lizzie, Mary and Erma. She is survived by her four children; Michael Kent (Mike) and wife, Rita of Deming, NM, Willis (Terry) and wife, Tracy of Plains, KS, Monte Reese and wife, Rinda of Guymon, OK, Sarah (Susan) and husband, Tino Martinez of Guymon, OK; twelve grandchildren, Michael (Lisa) Wolgamott of McKinney, TX, Willis (Marti) Wolgamott of Hardtner, KS, Nathan Brad Wolgamott of Oklahoma City, OK, Rebekah Fielder of Bloomington, IN, Jason (Lexi) Ayer of Guymon, OK, Reese (Heather) Wolgamott of Muscle Shoals, AL, Jana Erikson of Bolder City, NV, Ann (David) Wright of Hereford, TX, Jennie (Josh) Bowen, Pueblo, CO, Jason (Dolly) Woodle of Valley Center, KS. Jeremy (Carly) Thomas of North Platte, NE, Lyman Wolgamott of Plains, KS; eighteen great grandchildren, one great great grandchild; two sisters-in-law, Doris Packard Ames of Sedgwick, KS, Wynonna Wolgamott of Hardtner, KS, and many thanks to Otch and Ann Eshleman, Hardtner, KS, DeWayne and Virginia Freed of Kansas City, MO, Linda Platt, Post Mistress of Hardtner, KS, Christi McNett of Hardtner, KS, Nancy Sutton of Hardtner, KS, and many other friends and family. Memorials may be made to the Hardtner Methodist Church and mailed to Lanman Funeral Home at P. O. Box 42 Kiowa, Ks. 67070. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 11, 2010 from 10:00 am to 6:oo pm at the funeral home. |
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