All Obituaries

Anna Marie (Conrady) Frangione, 91, of Wakita, Oklahoma passed from this life on Sunday, December 16, 2018. Anna Marie was born July 29, 1927 in Wakita to Charles and Kunda (Ronck) Conrady. She graduated from Wakita High School in 1945 and attended Northern Oklahoma College and Wichita Business College where she met Victor Rocco Frangione. They were married on July 25, 1949. Anna Marie was a loving, loyal and caring person for her immediate and extended family and was dedicated to her...

Marilyn Stookey was born May 3, 1928 to parents, Roll and Bertha Stookey, in their home at Carwile, Oklahoma. Marilyn grew up on the Stookey farm with her sisters, Lorenna, Dortha and her brother, R.J. Marilyn went to high school at Helena, Oklahoma, graduating in 1946. Marilyn then attended Oklahoma A&M (Oklahoma State) University, where she found a life passion to pursue a dream of teaching.  Marilyn also loved music which inspired her to join the Cowboy Marching Band, where she...

Bessie Lorraine Hawkins was born to John and Lola Hawkins on January 18, 1919 in Norborne, Missouri.  She lived most of her life on a farm south of Helena with her two brothers and five sisters, as well as her parents. She graduated from Helena High School in 1934, at the age of fifteen, and went to McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas for one year, studying business.             In 1935 Bessie married Basil Veley and to this...

Memorial service for Melody Smith will be Monday, December 3, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Cherokee.  Burial will follow at Enid Cemetery at 3:00 p.m.  Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee.  www.lanmanmemorials.com  Facebook:  Lanman Funeral Home Inc. Melody Lynn Smith was born on June 6, 1953 to Eldon and Mavis (Rainey) Smith in Enid, OK. She passed away on November 29, 2018 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in OKC.  The only...

Marion “Butch" Good June 4, 1951  -  November 28, 2018 Ringwood-A memorial service for Marion “Butch” Good will be Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Pleasant View Mennonite Church in Goltry with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena.  www.lanmanmemorials.com  Butch was born on June 4, 1951 in Nampa, Idaho to William Good and Mary Howell Good and passed from this life on November 28, 2018 in Oklahoma City.  He...

Funeral service for Bud Murrow will be Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the Apostolic Christian Church in Kiowa with burial at Riverview Cemetery.    Viewing will be Friday, November 30, 2018 from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Kiowa.  www.lanmanmemorials.com  Facebook:  Lanman Funeral Home Inc. Gerald “Bud” Leo Murrow was born April 8, 1926 and passed away November 26, 2018.  He was...

Funeral service for Jimmy C. Reed will be Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at First Christian Church in Cherokee with burial to follow at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery.  Viewing will be Wednesday, November 28, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.  Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee.  www.lanmanmemorials.com  Facebook: Lanman Funeral Home Inc. Jimmy C. Reed was born May 13, 1960 in McAlester to Cotton and Gwen Reed and passed away on November 24,...

Funeral service for Helen Roberts-Tharp, 99, will be held at the Helena Church of the Nazarene on Wednesday, November 28, at 10:00 am. Graveside service will be in Mound Valley Cemetery at Thomas, Oklahoma at 1:30 p.m. November 28, 2018.   The Rev. Dean Holt will officiate. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena.   Viewing will be Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.  www.lanmanmemorials.com  Facebook:  Lanman Funeral Home...

James Floyd “Jay” Drawbridge July 10, 1962      November 23, 2018 James Floyd “Jay” Drawbridge, 56, of Helena was born in Mooreland on July 10, 1962 and went to be with his Lord and Savior on November 23, 2018. Jay married Jo Marie Trissel on December 19, 1982 in Mooreland.  To this union three children, Rryon, Drew and LaToya, were born. Jay was a man of God and a believer.  He had been with the First Christian Church for...

KIOWA –  Lois J. Allenbach, 79, of Kiowa, Kansas passed away on Friday, November 23, 2018 surrounded by her family. Lois was born December 14, 1938 to Richard Guthrie and Florence Schock Guthrie in Cherokee, Oklahoma.  Lois was united in marriage to Ronald Lee Allenbach on July 10, 1960 at the Apostolic Christian Church in Burlington, Oklahoma.   Lois committed herself to the Lord as a young adult and served Him faithfully as a member of the Apostolic Christian...