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| Gerald "Gus" Ream February 28, 1927 May 2, 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 = Dennis Roberts E-mail = dkroberts@wildblue.net Memorial Name = Gus Ream Comments = Dear Cole: Remember the day, years ago, in Kingman, KS on a young red roan gelding??? Dennis Name = Rebecca Carranza E-mail = USF-I, J7, Victory Base, Baghdad, Iraq Memorial Name = Gus Ream Comments = Praise the Lord Gus was received into the kingdom of Heaven. Remember our loved ones have taken the journey home before us and await our arrival. Amen Name = Peter Cummings E-mail = bridgetsea@gmail.com Phone Number = n/a Memorial Name = Gus Ream Comments = My thoughts & prayers are with the Ream family & take solice that Gus in the arms of the Lord. PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL. Name = Danette and Mark Hague E-mail = mdhague@pldi.net Phone Number = 580.493.2751 Memorial Name = Gus Ream Comments = We are so sorry for your loss. May remembering help to ease the sorrow that you feel and bring peace and comfort to your heart. With Sincere Sympathy ame = Stephen & Mary Holderby E-mail = mwholderby@sbcglobal.net Memorial Name = Gus Ream Comments = Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you. Gus was a wonderful person. May he rest in peace. Name = Shannon and Mike Chace E-mail = chacems@sbcglobal.net Phone Number = 405-714-0934 Memorial Name = Gus Ream Comments = Sorry we couldn't be at the service today. There are so many memories from years of being the baby in the neighborhood, long before the grandkids. Gus and the Ream family will always hold a special place in our hearts. Your family is in our thoughts and prayers. Love you all. Name = Dale & Vaughna Schmidt E-mail = dvspal@pldi.net Memorial Name = Gus Ream Comments = Mark, Wallecia & family...Sorry we weren't here for the service this a.m. We pray you will find comfort and consolation in special memories. Name = Valorie (Thoma) Mick E-mail = vjmick@comcast.net Phone Number = 501-837-0832 Memorial Name = Gus Ream Comments = What wonderful memories I have of Gerald and Glenda laughing at all of us children playing when we were small. Glenda,Mark,Cole,Luke...my thoughts and prayers are with you. Thanks for being part of my childhood. Valorie |
| Graveside service for Gerald Gussie “Gus” Ream will be Friday, May 7, 2010 at 10: 30 A.M. at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery with Dr. Ron Hansen and Rev. Tom Cooksey officiating. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Memories may be shared with the family at www.lanmanmemorials. com. Viewing will be Wednesday from 10:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. and Thursday from 10:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M. with the family present from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Gerald was born on a cold February 28, 1927 at Ryan, Oklahoma to Marvin Otto Ream and Pearl Lee Ray Ream and passed from this life on May 2, 2010 at St. Mary’ s Regional Medical Center in Enid. Gerald lived most of his life in northwest Oklahoma, attending schools in Cherokee and Carmen. He was too young for military service at the start of WWII. Gerald quit school and worked in the California shipyards, building Liberty Ships. He then joined the Merchant Marines and served on one of them, the S.S. Benjamin Carpenter, all over the South Pacific. Gerald had his 17th birthday in Australia. He came home and joined the U. S. Army and served in the 82nd Airborne in Germany. He was honorably discharged in 1946. On March 22, 1947 Gerald and Glenda Belcher were married. They raised three boys, Mark, Cole and Luke. Gerald always liked horses. He had many friends, loved to dance, fish, hunt and trade. He retired as a rural mail carrier in 1993 after 29 years. While he was only 83 years old, he always said, he had lived twice that long, good bye everyone. Gerald He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Glenda Ream of Cherokee; their sons and wives, Mark and Wallecia Ream of Alva, Cole and Nelda Ream of Enid, Luke and Sue Ream of Cherokee; grandchildren, Ashlee Sneary and husband, Steve of Alva, Clint Ream and wife, Megan of Cherokee, Aaron Ream and wife, Shanna of Cherokee, Zac Ream and wife, Charleen of Alva, Sarah Ream of Houston, Allison Ream of Edmond, Erik Haworth of Tulsa and Jesse Ream of Enid; great grandchildren, Cooper and Connor Sneary, Payton and Otto Trig Ream and Tyson Ream; step grandchildren, Brian and Melissa Zimmerman of North Carolina, Scott and Rachael Zimmerman of Wyoming, Amy, Todd, Joey and Katey Sue Doss of Enid and Mike Zimmerman of Alva; one brother, Harlan Ream of Bakersfield, California Those who preceded Gerald in death include his parents; three brothers and one sister. Memorials may be given to the Cherokee First Christian Church CWF through the funeral home. |
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