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Elmer James Billingsley
Sep 2, 2014
Elmer James Billingsley of Mutual, Okla., died Sept. 2, 2014, in Vici, Okla. He was 96 years old. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, at the United Methodist Church in Mutual, Okla. The Rev. Debbie Kerr will officiate. Burial will follow at Dunlap Cemetery in Woodward County. Billingsley was born Aug. 22, 1918, to Emeth Lee...
Elmer P. Alvis, Jr
Aug 29, 2014
Please check website calendar for service information. Elmer P. Alvis, Jr. left this world while working on his family farm in Putnam, OK, on August 29, 2014. He was born at home near Thomas, OK, on June 13, 1932 to Ruth and Elmer Alvis, and attended Putnam schools and graduated in 1950. The next year he started school in Weatherford...
Bernard "Sonny" Arlo Bateman
Aug 28, 2014
Please see website calendar for service information Bernard "Sonny" Arlo Bateman, of Holdenville, Oklahoma, passed from this life on August 28, 2014 at the age of 65. He was born to Lio Bernard and Hilda (Groner) Bateman on August 15, 1949. He was born in Kalkaska, Michigan, and died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and saw the world in between. Sonny...
Roberta Ganzer
Aug 28, 2014
Rev. Roberta Ganzer, sister of Charline Hughen, was born on October 15, 1934 in Memphis, TN to Rev. John Gilbert Rushing and Arvie May Miller Rushing. She was the fourth of five daughters born into this family. Former Vici resident, Rev. Roberta Ganzer, passed away on the morning of August 28th after a long struggle which was the result of...
Lena Farris
Aug 28, 2014
Go to calendar on this web page for service information. Lena Habekott Farris passed from this life August 28, 2014. Lena was adored by her family and will be missed tremendously. She was one of fourteen children born to Waltermer and May Thompson of Pauls Valley on July 1,1918. She completed eigth grade and was married at the age of...
Clifford Leroy Hanan
Aug 27, 2014
Clifford Leroy Hanan, the son of Clarence Theodore and Faye Lela Bolar Hanan, was born on June 5th, 1922, at their home near Hillsdale in Garfield County, Oklahoma. When Clifford was small, the family moved by covered wagon to their home near Arnett. Clifford grew up there attending the Arnett Public Schools, graduating from Arnett High School in 1939. On...
Dorothy Esta Davison
Aug 24, 2014
Please check website calendar for Celebration of Life service. Dorothy Esta "D'Esta" Davison was born to Calvin Scott and Laura Estella (Hill) Wyman at the rural family home west of Aline, Oklahoma, on August 13, 1916. She passed away August 24, 2014, in Woodward, Oklahoma, at the age of 98 years and 11 days. D'Esta attended Valley Green country school...
Nayeli Alejandra Rivas
Aug 21, 2014
Nayeli Alejandra Rivas, 16 year Vici High School student, passed from this life at her home on August 21, 2014. Nayeli was born to Daniel and Claudia Aracely Munoz Rivas on March 23, 1998 in Chihuahua Mexico. Nayeli's family lived in Chihuahua Mexico; and Pampa, TX; before moving to Vici, OK when Nayeli was in the 5th grade where her...
Sylvesta Marie Kunselman
Aug 14, 2014
Marie Kunselman was born Sylvesta Marie Cox on January 23, 1934 in Clemscott, Oklahoma to Tom William and Annie Myrtle (Franks) Cox. Marie was reared in Clemscott until she met a young army serviceman, Fred Kunselman. Marie and Fred were married on July 8, 1950 in Gainesville, Texas. To this union was born four children – Danny Fred, Tina Kae,...
Randy Eugene Riseley
Aug 12, 2014
Randy Eugene Riseley went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on August 12, 2014, in Weatherford, Oklahoma. He was born January 8, 1961 in Woodward, OK, to Gary and Wanda (Lynes) Riseley. He attended Green Acres Elementary in Dumas, TX, and graduated from Dumas High School in 1979. He furthered his education at TSTI in Amarillo, TX,...
Carl L. Johnson
Aug 10, 2014
Carl Leroy Johnson, third of six children born to Harvey "Clay" Johnson, Jr. and Pearl Grace (Magee) Johnson, came into this world July 10, 1940 at the family home in Woodward County. He passed away on August 10, 2014 at the age of 74 years and one month. Carl attended school at Richmond, where he enjoyed playing baseball, and upon...
Janet Schroeder
Aug 7, 2014
Janet Yvonne Grantham Schroeder was born January 18, 1938 in Shattuck, Oklahoma, to Frank R. and Sylva Woods Grantham. She stepped into the arms of Christ on August 7, 2014. Other than the years that she spent away at Stillwater, where she furthered her education, Janet was a lifelong resident of Gage. In 1947, the family home southeast of Gage...
Arveda May Drake
Aug 3, 2014
Please see website calendar for service information. Arveda May Drake, formally of Woodward, Oklahoma, passed from this life after a brave battle with cancer, on August 3, 2014, at the age of 76. She was born November 24, 1937, one of six children born to Clarence Edward and Beulah May (Ross) Lynes in Vici, Oklahoma. Arveda attended Vici Public Schools,...
Kathryn Hope Chase Estle
Aug 1, 2014
Kathryn Hope Chase Estle, 72 year old Broken Arrow, OK resident. Better known as Kate departed this earthly world on August 1, 2014 at Broken Arrow, OK. Kate was born March 5, 1942 in Claremore, OK to Burr Nathan and Maymie Mae Haikey Chase. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends that Kate had touched in some...
Bob Briggs
Jul 29, 2014
Robert Eugene Briggs of Taloga, Oklahoma, passed away July 29, 2014 at the age of 64. He was born May 4, 1950 in Clinton, Oklahoma, and grew up on his family's farm in the Aledo community; Bob is a graduate of Leedey High School, Southwestern Oklahoma State and Sooner Trade School. He studied air conditioning and worked for four years...
Maebelle Priscilla Rider Hanan
Jul 27, 2014
Maebelle Hanan, the daughter of George and Lorene Meek Rider, was born March 26, 1923, at their home near Arnett. She grew up there attending Sunny Slope Rural School and graduating from Arnett High school in 1940. On June 14, 1941, she married Clifford Leroy Hanan in Woodward, Oklahoma. To their union, two daughters were born: Beverly Kae and Judy...
Orra Lucille Martin
Jul 18, 2014
Orra Dixon was born on April 10, 1917 at Danville, Arkansas to Dave E. and Buella Belle (Taylor) Dixon. She passed away on Friday, July 18, 2014, at the Bell Avenue Nursing Center in Elk City at the age of 97. She was the oldest of 13 children. At the age of 4, she came to Broken Bow, Oklahoma with...
Loyd "Skeet" Franklin Schamburg
Jul 18, 2014
Please see website calendar for service information "Skeet" Schamburg was called to his heavenly home on Friday, July 18, 2014, after suffering injuries in a traffic accident. Loyd Franklin (Skeez) Schamburg was born on February 28, 1933, on a farm east of Vici to Fred and Orpha (Dickey) Schamburg. Growing up on the farm, he rode horses, played along the...
Kenneth Lee Williamson
Jul 16, 2014
Kenneth Lee Williamson, of Leedey, Oklahoma, passed from this life on July 16, 2014, at the age of 82, at his home surrounded by family. He was born March 29, 1932, to Cleo and Delma (Kays) Williamson at Hammon, Oklahoma. He attended school at Moorewood through the eighth grade, finishing his high school years at Leedey, graduating with the class...
Susie Louise Mcneill
Jul 16, 2014
Susie Louise McNeill of Vici went to be with her Lord on July 16, 2014 after a lengthy illness. Susie was born March 17, 1940 to Johnnie Lee (Jackson) and Thurman Wall in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Susie was united in marriage to Douglas McNeill in Vernon, Texas on February 4, 1961. To this union two children were born: Mitchell McNeill and...
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