Obituaries

Manuel Tellez

Manuel Tellez

Aug 25, 2014

Juan Manuel Tellez Zapata was bornĀ November 5, 1983 in San Luis PotosĆ­, Mexico. His mother Juana said that his head was so big at birth that he was nicknamed "Yuca" after the people of the Yucatan. Manuel went to schools in Mexico, and later moved with his family to Dallas, Texas for work. He visited Buffalo,...

Mary Secrest

Mary Secrest

Aug 21, 2014

Mary Lee Secrest was born August 15, 1933 to Elmo Louis and Ila (Sober) Lewis in Woodward, Oklahoma.Ā  Mary Lee attended Woodward Public School.Ā  Mary Lee married Bill Secrest on October 14, 1950.Ā  Mary Lee and Bill lived in Watonga, Oklahoma and then later moved to Buffalo, Oklahoma.Ā  Mary Lee and Bill were blessed with two children...

Frances Ketron

Frances Ketron

Aug 7, 2014

Frances Louise Ketron was born February 5, 1931 to William Franklin and Olive Gertrude Gallaher in Wellston, Oklahoma. Louise attended school at Wellston, Oklahoma. Louise work as a waitress and at the old Movie Theater. Louise met Calvin Ketron while he was constructing road in Wellston.Ā  Louise and Calvin were married in 1953.Ā  Louise and Calvin traveled...

Douglas Thompson

Douglas Thompson

Jun 23, 2014

Douglas James Thompson was born on November 15, 1955 to Vance & Betty Jo (Perkins) Thompson. Doug attended Buffalo Public Schools along with Jerry, Steve, and Ava, graduating with the Class of 1974. Doug attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University until he entered into the United States Navy on July 13, 1980 in Woodward, Oklahoma.Ā  Doug...

Ilomae Beck

Ilomae Beck

Jun 23, 2014

Ilomae Beck was born September 12, 1928 to Myrtle Agnes (Rea) and John William Appleton at the family farm north of Selman, Oklahoma.Ā  She grew up on the farm and graduated from Selman High School.Ā  Ilomae went on to attend college at Northwestern State College in Alva, Oklahoma completing a 2 year business program. After completion of her...

James Wilson

James Wilson

Jun 19, 2014

James Walter Wilson, ā€œFroggyā€ was born on July 18, 1919 to William Clayton Wilson ā€œJakeā€ and Eleanor Beatrice Blaker Wilson.Ā James graduated from the Rosston High School with the Class of 1941. November 1941 just one month prior to Pearl Harbor, James was drafted for compulsory military service.Ā Ā In 1943, he was able to make fifty dollars...

John Leonard

John Leonard

Jun 4, 2014

John Carlton Leonard was born in Anacoco, Louisiana, on June 13, 1932, to Horace C. and Oza Lee (Brown) Leonard. He attended Anacoco schools, but enlisted in the Army National Guard at age 17 and was called to active duty in the Korean War in 1950, completed training at Fort Benning, GA and Fort Knox, KY, and...

Rev Randel Thrasher

Rev Randel Thrasher

May 20, 2014

Rev. Randel Thrasher was the pastor of Sure Foundation Fellowship, west of Buffalo, Oklahoma. Randel was born February 17, 1953. Ā He was a graduate of Buffalo High School, Oklahoma State University, and Rhema Bible Training College. Randel Thrasher and Sally Parker were united in marriage December 30, 1972 in Stigler, Oklahoma. With a double major in mathematics, he taught...

Harriet Pearson

Harriet Pearson

May 14, 2014

Harriet Jo Pearson, 80, of Buffalo, Oklahoma, passed away on May 14, 2014, in Oklahoma, City, Oklahoma. Harriet Jo Pearson was born on March 23, 1934, in rural Harper County at her grandparentā€™s home near Austin Valley, to Sterling and Mary Leona Inez Cockrell. Harriet grew up in Harper County and attended school wherever her mother was...

Kenneth Mayfield

Kenneth Mayfield

Mar 25, 2014

Kenneth Neil Mayfield was born December 4, 1941 to Joseph William and Dora Emma (Evans) Mayfield in Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Kenneth attended Cheyenne School attending until the 9th grade.Ā  Kenneth from school he went to working on the farm.Ā  Kenneth and Ellen Doreen (Gettle) Mayfield were united in marriage on June 27, 1965 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma, to the union...

Ilene Wells

Ilene Wells

Mar 11, 2014

Iris Ilene Wells was born July 26, 1934, to Linus and Nettie Cates in Beaver County Oklahoma, Ilene was the eldest of three Children. Ileneā€™s maternal great-grandmother presided over her delivery in the family farmhouse. Ilene attended school in Booker, TX, and afterwards, attended college at Panhandle A & M in Goodwell, OK.Ā  As a college freshman, Ilene...

Jaunita Kinser

Jaunita Kinser

Mar 11, 2014

Jaunita Louise Kinser was born January 21, 1941 to Archie Elmore and Eva Jaunita (Fisher) LaMunyon in Enid, Oklahoma.Ā  Jaunita attended Buffalo High School graduating in 1959.Ā  Jaunita and Gary Stone were united in married on January 19, 1959 to this union two sons were born Troy and Clay. Jaunita spent her time raising her children as a...

David Oden

David Oden

Feb 12, 2014

David Wayne Oden, was born in Waco Texas to Kevin & Heide Cahill. David lived in Jacksonville, Texas before he moved to Buffalo, Oklahoma in 2011. David excelled in his school actives, he was an avid athlete, especially in football and in track where he pole vaulted. David received the Blaine Stone Award and All-State Jacket for football. David...

George Crouch

George Crouch

Jan 31, 2014

George Dale Crouch, was born February 13, 1952 in Woodward, Oklahoma to Glen and Inez (Abercrombie) Crouch. George and his family spent time living in Colorado, Mississippi, Kansas and Oklahoma. George graduated from Buffalo High School in 1970, then attended Panhandle State University and later went to Missouri Auction School in Kansas City, Missouri. George would go...

Dorothy Bates

Dorothy Bates

Jan 20, 2014

Dorothy June Bates, was born in the Kibby Community south of Buffalo, Oklahoma to George and Evelyn (Dickinson) Pauls. June grew up in the Harper County and graduated from the Buffalo High School with the class of 1943. June married Merle ā€œBuckyā€ Bates at Woodward, Oklahoma on August 25, 1943 and to this union 2 children were...

Nancy Adams

Nancy Adams

Dec 30, 2013

Nancy Ruth (Foster) Adams, the daughter of Dale Dwight and Clara Arlene (Marler) Foster, was born on April 14, 1952 in Woodward, Oklahoma.Ā  Nancy attended grade school in Woodward, Oklahoma and graduated with the class of 1970 from Woodward High School.Ā  Nancy was married in 1971 and to this union one son was born Kevin Michael...

Robert (Bob) McColm

Robert (Bob) McColm

Dec 26, 2013

Robert ā€œBobā€ Dale McColm was born to George Elmer McColm & Mabel Venables McColm on June 20, 1925 in Bucklin, KS.Ā  He was raised on their family farm west of Bucklin and graduated High School in 1943.Ā  Bob married Doris Maxine Schellhamer on Sept. 16, 1944.Ā  To this union 3 daughters were born Elaine, Nancy, & Mary.Ā ...

Alfred Nutter

Alfred Nutter

Oct 30, 2013

Alfred ā€œAlā€ Lorance Nutter was born on August 29, 1928 to Henry and Letha (Johnson) Nutter, at Lookout, Oklahoma in a dugout house. Al was a sibling with 5 other brothers. Al, as small child, and was faced with many challenges. Al suffered with stuttering and shaking but overcame this disability through prayers and was granted...

Helena Smith

Helena Smith

Oct 20, 2013

Helena Darlene Smith, a resident of Buffalo was born May 31, 1938 in Hunter, Kansas, to Amy Elvena and Francis Henry Blagrave. Helena married Don Earnest in 1957 at LaCrosse, Kansas; she spent time at home Ā raising her children. In 1968 Helena married Robert Allen Smith in Carrollton, Kentucky. She worked as aĀ  CNA Nurse Aid for 25...

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