All Obituaries

Veda LaVon Humphreys Sharp was born September 8, 1941 and left this world for her new home in heaven on June 18, 2022.  She was born in Anthony, Kansas to Teddy Riley Humphreys and Veda Gertrude Claflin Humphreys. LaVon was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Celestia Williams, and niece, Michal Gray. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Robert Sharp; her daughters, Robyn Rapp (Richard) and Kelli Gruber (Chad); grandchildren, Ryan Stogsdill (Matt), Russell Rapp (Morgan),...

Patricia Anne Miller Armbruster was born May 30, 1937 to Cecil and Clara (Diel) Miller in Kiowa, Kansas. She went to be with her Lord and Savior, as family was by her side, on June 17, 2022. She had just had her 85th birthday.  Patricia grew up on the Oklahoma state line near Kiowa, Kansas. She was the oldest of four daughters: Judy and twin sisters, Jana and Janice. She graduated from Kiowa in 1955, and remained close to many of her classmates. On August 11, 1957, she married Charles...

Milferd Schupbach was born in Burlington, Oklahoma on July 11, 1922, the son of Sam and Rose Frieden Schupbach and died peacefully at Kiowa District Hospital on June 12, 2022.  He attended Burlington Schools, graduating in 1940.  In 1942 he volunteered, joined the Air Force (Army Air Corp), and was stationed in the United States and Guam in the South Pacific.  After he was discharged in 1946 he farmed until 1986 when he retired.  In 1949 Milferd and Elna Mae Rathjen from...

Phone:  580-596-2002 ― Fax:  580-596-2121Loyd Thomas Stout was born on September 2, 1923 to Harry O. Stout and Lydia Elliot Stout on a farm in Alfalfa County northwest of Lambert.  He passed away at the Kiowa Hospital District Manor on June 9, 2022 at the age of 98.5 years of age.  He was the youngest son. He attended and graduated from Lambert School in 1941.  His graduation class was the largest class to ever graduate from Lambert High School with 21...

Bobbie Coleman Allen June 15, 1935 to June 9, 2022 Bobbie was born June 15, 1935 in Washington, Oklahoma to Irene and Russell Allen and passed from this life on June 9, 2022 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 86. He owned and operated White Electric as an electrician for 30 years in Cherokee.  In his younger days he was a custom harvester.  He had been married three times with the last being Myrna Young on November 30, 2000 in Miami. He attended the Bible Baptist Church...

Gerald Koehn May 27, 1928  -  June 8, 2022 Gerald was born May 27, 1928 in Meno to Robert Koehn and Anna Wedel Koehn and passed from this life on June 8, 2022 in Caldwell, Kansas at the age of 94.  He graduated from Oklahoma Bible Academy in Meno in 1946 and continued his education at Northwestern State College in Alva. He and Dorothy Dirksen met at Oklahoma Bible Academy and were married September 8, 1948 in the Medford Mennonite Church, north of Medford.  He worked...

Dennis Leon Wright, age 77, of Montgomery, Texas, passed away with his family by his side on June 4, 2022.  He was born April 5, 1945 in Fairview, Oklahoma, the son of James Wright and Sylvia (Fuller) Wright. Leon, as he was known, grew up in Isabella and graduated from Okeene High School in 1963.  He loved building things and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1967.  Leon served three years, beginning in 1968, in the...

Robert Franklin Cunningham February 24, 1958  -  May 31, 2022 Robert Franklin Cunningham was born in Alva to Frankie D. Cunningham and Shirley Gibson Cunningham on February 24, 1958 and passed from this life on May 31, 2022 at his home in Cherokee.  Robert lived in this area all his life.  Robert had many occupations during his life which included Hiland milkman, oilfield roughneck, farmer, truck driver.  He also worked as a carpenter for Roger Cunningham and Rex...

Jetta Marie McIlree, 80, passed on May 30, 2022, in Olathe, Kansas. Jetta was born on July 24, 1941 to Vernus Nowell and June (Sutherlin) Nowell in Searcy, Arkansas. Jetta was the oldest of five children, with three sisters and one brother. Jetta attended Austin High School in El Paso, Texas. She was on the tennis team, active in drama, won a best actress award and scholarship to the University of Texas in El Paso. Jetta studied drama at the University of Texas for one year, then...

John Dyck Peters was born to Pete Peters and Helena Dyck Peters on October 25, 2002 in Garden City, Kansas and passed from this life on May 24, 2022 near Plains, Kansas.  John lived all of his life in rural Burlington, Oklahoma, except the last while, where he lived in rural Plains, Kansas.  He attended school in Burlington, Oklahoma.  John found contentment in working as a farm hand.  He loved spending time with his family and friends.  His good life was cut way to...