Kenneth D. Leatherman
Dec 9, 2008
Kenneth Dwight Leatherman was born October 8, 1930, on the family farm near the Gray community in Beaver County, Oklahoma to Frank and Belle (Vance) Leatherman. He departed this life on December 9, 2008, at his home in Vici, Oklahoma. He grew up during the depression and dirt storms in a large family where he learned a strong work ethic...
Eugene "Gene" Virgle Hagen
Dec 6, 2008
Eugene "Gene" Virgle Hagen, longtime Shattuck resident, passed from this life on December 6, 2008 at the age of 71. He was born March 20, 1937 in rural Ellis County to Joe and Hannah (Redelsperger) Hagen. Gene attended grade school through high school in the Shattuck public schools. He was baptized as a young man in the Christian Church. Gene...
Thomas Forest Hardison
Dec 6, 2008
Thomas "Tom" Forest Hardison, died on December 6, 2008 at the age of 66. Tom was born February 8, 1942 in Shattuck, Oklahoma to Forest and Luella (Thomas) Hardison. Tom attended school in Rosston, Oklahoma during his elementary years and part of his high school years. He completed his high school education at Englewood, Kansas. Tom went on to further...
Ira "Buster" Gerald Jones
Dec 6, 2008
Ira G. "Buster" Jones, 87, of Salem, OR, formerly of Temple, TX, died December 6, 2008 in a Salem hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held December 11, 2008 in Red Star Brethren in Christ Church with burial following in Red Star Cemetery, Leedey, OK. Services were performed by the Reverend Ron Winsman. Ira was born June 6,...
Sara Frances Holt
Dec 5, 2008
Our mother, Sara Frances Holt, 99 of Gage, Oklahoma, has gone to join her love on December 5, 2008 at Vici, Oklahoma. Sara was born seven miles south of Gage to Letha Larison Barnes and Jeptha Allen Barnes on October 28, 1909. She attended Pleasant View country school until she was 10 years old, when her father passed away and...
Barbara L. "Bobbie" Dorr
Nov 11, 2008
Barbara L. "Bobbie" Dorr was born March 7, 1939. She was the third child of Kenneth R. and Eleanor Hebert Dorr at Pana, Illinois. Bobbie grew up around Assumption, Illinois. She attended St. Mary's Catholic School in Assumption for two years then a small country school before returning to St. Mary's for the rest of her elementary years, after which...
Phil Linden Simms
Nov 2, 2008
Phil Linden Simms, 58, passed from this life on November 2, 2008 at his home in Gage, Oklahoma. Phil was born to E.H. and Ruth Arlene (Porter) Simms on October 11, 1950 in Hobart, Oklahoma. The family lived in Hobart, Snyder, and Altus, Oklahoma. Phil attended Hobart Elementary, Altus Middle School, and graduated from Altus High School. Phil continued his...
James "Gene" Eugene Blackketter
Oct 29, 2008
James Eugene Blackketter was born on January 17, 1925, in Bacca County, Colorado, to Koert C. and Nellie (Studebaker) Blackketter. Gene was raised with his brothers and sister at Leedey, Oklahoma and the surrounding communities. He attended grade school at Leedey and at Red Star, a small one-room country school; and he attended high school at Jabbok. He served his...
Richard Gillum Reeves
Oct 21, 2008
Richard Gillum Reeves, son of Frank and Sadie (Gillum) Reeves, was born on September 8, 1933 in Allen, Oklahoma. Richard passed from this life on October 21, 2008 in Canadian, Texas at the age of 75. Richard attended grade and high school at Allen, Oklahoma, graduating with the class of 1951. Following high school, he joined the National Guard and...
Reethia Idell Sibley
Oct 20, 2008
Reethia "Rita" Sibley Reethia "Rita" Sibley was born Aug. 4, 1927, in Blossom, Texas, to Ida Cagle Sturgeon and N.J. "Newt" Sturgeon and died Oct. 20, 2008, at the age of 81. Rita and her sister and three brothers lived in several places throughout their childhood. The family lived in Grand for a short while and moved to Arnett when...
Alma Imogene Rounds
Oct 15, 2008
Beauty is often difficult to describe adequately. Alma Imogene Rounds was a beautiful person with unparalleled spirit. She was born on April 12, 1926 four miles south of Leedey, Oklahoma and passed on to her heavenly home on October 15, 2008 at the age of 82 years. Imogene's parents were John Boone and Grace (Vernon) Graybill. She was blessed to...
Edwin Perry Smith
Oct 10, 2008
Edwin Perry Smith was born on June 9, 1918 to Samuel and Beulah (Apple) Smith at Arnett, Oklahoma. He passed from this life on October 10, 2008 at the Shattuck Nursing Center at the age of 90 years 4 months and 1 day. Edwin attended school at Arnett completing the eighth grade. He was from a family of thirteen consisting...
Kenneth Floyd Schoenhals
Oct 9, 2008
Kenneth Floyd Schoenhals was born to Henry J. and Hulda J. (Kelln) Schoenhals on April 20, 1940 in Shattuck, Oklahoma at Newman Memorial Hospital. Kenny passed from this life on October 9, 2008 at Kindred Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 68 years 5months and 20 days. He learned his values of hard work and his love...
John Wendell Turner
Oct 2, 2008
John Wendell Turner, son of Wendell Luyster and Ethel Adeline (Stewart) Turner, passed from this life on October 2, 2008 at the age of 79. John was born November 4, 1928 on a farm southwest of Vici, known as the Brace Place, and remained in the Vici area for most of his life. John's grade school and high school years...
Vesta Vivian Bachman Sells
Oct 1, 2008
Vesta Vivian Sells was born on July 10, 1919 at Deep Creek, near Seiling, Oklahoma to Robert Gregory and Nora Estelle (Borin) Bachman. She passed from this life on October 1, 2008 at The Cottage Extended Care facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 89 years, 2 months, and 21 days. Vesta attended Richmond Grade School and Sunnyside Grade...
Donald Ray Harrel
Sep 26, 2008
Donald Ray Harrel, director and former owner of Bank of Western Oklahoma, died at Weatherford Regional Hospital on Friday, September 26, 2008, following a quick and courageous battle with cancer. He blessed and honored us with his presence for 77 years 8 months and 4 days. Donald was born on January 22, 1931, at his parents' home place near Leedey,...
Leland Leon Kennedy
Sep 23, 2008
Leland Leon Kennedy, son of Elmer Gordon Kennedy and Clara Belle Coles Kennedy, was born on his family's farm southeast of Vici, Oklahoma on July 20, 1936. Leland entered the Vici school system at the first grade level and graduated with the Senior Class of 1954. After graduation he attended college at Panhandle A&M College in Goodwell, Oklahoma. Leland and...
Ruby Mae Cardwell
Sep 22, 2008
Ruby Mae Cardwell, daughter of John and Beulah Burkhart, was born at Colony, Oklahoma on August 5, 1915. She attended the school at Colony and graduated from the Eighth Grade. She and her sweetheart, Clyde Melton Cardwell, were united in marriage on September 12, 1931 at Cordell, Oklahoma. Ruby had just attained the age of 16 years in the month...
Christopher Keith Henry
Sep 21, 2008
Christopher Keith Henry was born on April 10, 1973 at Shattuck, OK to Randy and Arlyne (Keller) Henry. He passed from this life very suddenly on September 21, 2008 in Yukon, OK at the age of 35 years 5 months 11 days. Chris attended Arnett School from kindergarten thru 12th graduating with the Class of 1991. Chris continued his education...
Idora Virginia Wayland
Sep 21, 2008
Idora Virginia and twin brother, John Benjamin (J.B.) were born to Harold and Hazel McIntosh in Shattuck Oklahoma on November 12, 1919. She went to live with her Lord on September 21, 2008. Idora graduated from the Shattuck school system, where she was active in 4-H, Home-Ec, Band and Orchestra. Upon graduation from Shattuck High School in 1937, she enrolled...
