Area Obituaries

Deborah Kaye Hale, 72 passed from this life to her heavenly home on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at her home in Shawnee. She was born April 3rd, 1949, to Matthew William Henry Heath “Bill” and Ollivene Grace “Obby” (Cole) Heath in Memphis, Tenn. She was raised in Cherokee, where she attended high school and met…

Graveside services for Warren Geis, were held at 2 p.m., Monday, February 7, 2022 at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery, Cherokee, with Pastor James Yoder officiating. The family received friends from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Warren Geis, Enid, passed to his heavenly home February 4, 2022, at the age of 88 years. He…

Garry Lee Lingenfelter, 80, passed away Jan. 26, 2022, at Stormont Vail Hospital, Topeka Kan. He was born Oct. 18, 1941, at Wichita the son of Waldo and Cora (Aiken) Lingenfelter. Garry moved to Ellinwood in 2019, from Salt Plains Park, Jet, Oklahoma to be closer to family. He retired from the Alfalfa County Oklahoma…

Funeral services for Carole Claudette Grover will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, February 10, 2022, at the Cherokee Friends Church with Pastor Chuck Coulter officiating. Interment will be in the Byron-Amorita Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Carole Claudette Grover was born on August 28, 1937, to Claudia and Vernon Tucker, Byron.…

A Celebration of Life Service for Opal Odessa “Dess” Wallace age 85 of Lahoma will be 10 a.m., Friday, February 4, 2022 at Ladusau-Evans Chapel with Rev. Jim Edmison officiating. Burial will follow in the Cherokee Cemetery Cherokee under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Dess was born August 30, 1936 in Lula to Virgil…

A Celebration of Life service for Floyd Stout, age 82, Enid, was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, January 23, 2022 at the Ladusau-Evans Chapel with Mark Johnson officiating. Burial followed in the Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Floyd was born January 19, 1939  in Cherokee to Hollis and Opal (Stout)…

Elta Kay Rose, 62, died January 17, 2022 at Kiowa County Memorial Hospital, Greensburg, Kan. She was born May 20, 1959 in Greensburg, Kan. the daughter of Elton Clarence and Doris Velma “Dot” (Miller) Martin. A lifetime Mullinville, Kan. resident, Kay graduated from Mullinville High School in 1977. She worked as secretary, receptionist and dispatcher…

A celebration of life will take place 4 p.m. Sat. Jan. 22, 2022, at Central Assembly of God, Enid. There will be gospel singing followed by a BBQ. Mary Ann was born into humble beginnings on May 10, 1943, to Ruby Wincy (Huffman) Holt and Samuel Monroe Holt at their home in Coalgate. She passed…

Teddy S. Ferrell, 89, of Wichita, Kan. passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022. Teddy was born the son of Leon and Maude Ferrell March 22, 1932 in Alfalfa County, Okla. Teddy S. and Marjorie Ferrell were united in marriage on October 5, 1952 in Cherokee. Teddy served in the United States Army during the Korean…

Karol Lorene (Brown) Jack was born February 17, 1935, to Jesse and Ona (Porter) Brown at their home in Cleo Springs. She departed this life January 1, 2022, at the Fairview Fellowship Home. Karol, along with her sister, Marilyn, and brother, Kenneth, grew up in Cleo where her father was Postmaster; she fondly recalled going…