Area Obituaries

The Graham family would like to announce the heavenly birth of their mother, Donna Graham. This deadly virus visited the Graham family and took a wonderful lady home to Jesus. Donna Graham was born May 30, 1946 and went into Jesus’ loving arms December 10, 2020. She battled Covid19 for several weeks and succumbed to…

On Thursday, November 26, 2020 Jack H. Bernard passed away at the age of 94. Jack was born on September 30, 1926 to Otis and Mae Elizabeth Bernard. Jack attended a one room schoolhouse and graduated from Cherokee High School in 1943. At the age of 17, Jack joined the Navy. During World War II,…

Vaudie Claudene DeLay was born to James and Josie Mae Carter on March 28, 1932 in Coweta. She left this earth for her Heavenly home on November 28, 2020 at the age of 88. She was one of twelve children and attended school at Coweta and Limestone Gap. She gave her heart to Jesus at…

Donald “Shorty” Blubaugh was born November 9, 1930 in rural Medford to parents, Henry Blubaugh and Mary Hein Blubaugh and passed from this life on November 27, 2020 in Oklahoma City.  He was a lifelong resident of Medford and graduated high school there.  He and LaVon Frisk were married and they had two children:  Jay…

Richard Lee Tidwell of Emporia passed away November 7, 2020 at his home as a result of complications from advanced melanoma. He was 65. Rick was born in Emporia, Kansas on October 5, 1955 to Billy Dale and Margie Lou Clark Tidwell. He was raised in Oberlin, Ohio with two short stays in New York…

Mona was born on November 9, 1925 in Denver, Colorado to E. G. Phillips and Julia Pearl Atkinson Phillips and passed from this life on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at the Garland Road Nursing Center in Enid. She attended a multitude of schools until her sophomore year in high school when she moved to Mosquero,…

On the morning of November 7, 2020 Ruth Evelyn Ferrell of Burlington moved to her heavenly home and was greeted by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Ruth was born to Edmund and Eva Scroggs Nossaman May 31, 1930 in Cherokee. She attended Driftwood Public Schools and graduated in 1948. She then attended Phillips University…

Memorial services for Sandra Kay Schubert were at 2 p.m., Oct. 31, at the Alva First United Methodist Church with Reverend Katie Hill officiating. Internment followed at the Keith Cemetery. Arrangements were by Wharton Funeral Chapel. Sandra Kay Schubert, daughter of Cleota (Morrison) and Fred Crawford, was born June 23, 1935 in Cherokee. She was…

Memorial service for George was at 2 p.m., Tuesday, November 3 at Cherokee First Christian Church with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. www.lanmanmemorials.com Facebook: Lanman Funeral Home Inc. George Hoggard was born to Jim Allen Hoggard and Thelma M. Hoggard on September 7, 1945 and passed away to be with his Lord…

The memorial service celebrating and honoring the life of Esther Ruth Lingemann, 61, Cherokee, will be held privately. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home. Esther Ruth Lingemann passed into the arms of her loving Savior October 21, 2020 after a courageous five-year battle with Cancer. She was born May 4, 1959 to…