Custer County, Oklahoma Obituary and Death Notices Collection

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Date: Friday, 3 December 2010, at 12:32 p.m.

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Henry Denny services held at 1:27 pm
Funeral services for Henry Denny, age 80 of Fay, were set for this afternoon at the Fay Auditorium with minister Keith Sutton officiating.
Denny died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005, north of Fay. He was born on Oct. 4, 1925, the son of George and Ella (Pierce) Denny.

Reared in the Watonga area, he attended school at Enterprise and Old Champion School.

He served in Germany during World War II.

On Oct. 4, 1958 he married Norma McCrary at Mt. Pleasant in Blaine County. He worked as a rancher and lived in Blaine County.

A decorated war veteran, he was a member of the American Legion.

Burial was held in the Liberty Cemetery southeast of Fay under the direction of the Lockstone Funeral Home of Thomas. The family suggests that memorial contributions may be made in his honor to the cemetery association.

Survivors include a sister-in-law, Donna Woodruff of Watonga and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death, along with his parents and wife, were two sons, Roger and Andy; and four brothers, Noah, Samuel, Benjamin and George.

Thursday, December 15, 2005
Coleman dies at 1:35 pm
Funeral services for Delphene Coleman, age 70 of Vici, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Church of the Firstborn in Vici with burial following the service in the Sunnyside Cemetery.

Coleman was a homemaker. She died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005, in Vici. Arrangements are under the direction of the Shaw Funeral Home in Vici.

Services set for Mildred Beaman at 1:33 pm
Funeral services for Mildred Molea (Rogers) Beaman, will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church at Thomas with former Clinton minister Terry Brooks officiating.
Beaman died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005, at Elk City. She was born on April 10, 1920, in Wirmer, the daughter of John Hogue and Elizabeth (Miller) Rogers.

Reared in Thomas, she graduated from Thomas High School in 1940.

On Jan. 16, 1943, Beaman was one of the first to join the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.

She was stationed at Daytona Beach, Fla,. and at Big Spring, Texas.

In July of 1944 she moved to Utah where she worked as a secretary for the Federal Depot in Ogden.

In 1994 she moved to Clinton. She was a member of the Just Older Youth (J.O.Y.) Choir at the First Baptist Church in Clinton.

In April of 2001 she entered the Thomas Nursing Home.

Burial will follow in the Mound Valley Cemetery at Thomas under the direction of the Lockstone Funeral Home in Thomas.

Survivors include a sister-in-law, Lu Nell Harris of Kentucky; a niece, Beth Perkins and her husband, Eddie, of Thomas along with several other nieces, nephews and cousins.

Preceding her in death, along with her parents, were two brothers, Richard and Robert Rogers, and a sister, Melba Scott.

Daniel Kraybill rites set Saturday at 1:33 pm
Funeral services for Daniel Wayne Kraybill, 91, western Oklahoma resident, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Jack Loftiss Funeral Home Chapel with Gary Ledbetter officiating.
Kraybill died Dec. 13, 2005, at the Cordell Nursing Home.

He was born on June 29, 1914, in Thomas to Benjamin and Hattie Kraybill.

He grew up on a farm in Thomas and after high school and some college he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving four years before his honorable discharge. He worked on repairing airplanes during his service.

He became a master mechanic and began a career in aircraft manufacturing. He holds several patents in aircraft manufacturing. He supervised tooling and building of military and commercial aircraft projects, including large portions of space vehicles such as the Apollo Moon vehicles.

Kraybill also farmed. He owned and operated several farms in Oklahoma, including the original Kraybill homestead where the Bethany Cemetery is located. Until his retirement at the age of 83, he had been living in the Burns Flat area since 1980.

He married Evelyn Julia Peterson in Clearwater, Calif. She preceded him in death in 1997.

He was preceded in death by his wife and four brothers, Benjamin Earl, Paul Victor, Jesse LeRoy and John Eber.

Kraybill is survived by a daughter, Joy Stephens of Walnut Creek, Calif.; a son, Gerald Kraybill of Albuquerque, N.M.; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mary Jones of Oklahoma City.

Burial will follow in the Bethany Cemetery near Thomas under the direction of the Jack Loftiss Funeral Home.

Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Gregory rites set for Friday at 4:58 pm
Chapel services for Dora Lee Gregory, 83, Clinton resident, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16, 2005, in the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home Chapel with Jim Barnett conducting the services.

She died Dec. 13, 2005, at the Integris Clinton Regional Hospital.

She was born June 10, 1922, in Buller, Colo., to Burnice and Ettie (Bird) Jarnigan.

She was raised in Hobbs, N.M., and graduated from Hobbs High School. She received a degree in home economics from Texas Tech in Lubbock.

She married John T. Gregory on Feb. 23, 1942 in Hobbs. The couple owned and operated a restaurant in Brownsville, Texas, and in 1962 moved to Oklahoma City, where she managed the restaurants and food services at the Oklahoma State Capitol until her retirement in 1984.

In 2002 she moved to Clinton to be near her family. She was a member of the Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1978; two daughters, George and Dolores; and a brother, Elza Lee Gregory.

She is survived by her grandchildren, Yvette Voyles of Clinton, Delbert Lasiter, Jr. of San Antonio, Texas, Artie Pope of Newcastle; seven great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.

Burial will conclude at 10 a.m. Dec. 17, 2005, in the Prairie Haven Cemetery in Hobbs, N.M.

Wallace rites set for Friday at 4:58 pm
Funeral services for Donald R. “Duck” Wallace, 44, of Fargo, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, 2005, in the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dwayne Pankratz officiating.
He died Dec. 12, 2005, in his home at Fargo.

He was born Oct. 15, 1961, in Clinton to Eddie and Jane (Campbell) Wallace.

He started school in Clinton and later moved to Woodward with his family. He went to work in the oilfields, working for Tri Ad and later for Jacks Cashing Crew. He had cared for his ailing father for the past five years.

He was preceded in death by his mother and a brother, Mike Wallace.

He is survived by a daughter, Kimberly Lloyd and a grandchild, both of Laverne; his father and sister, Peggy Ross, both of Fargo; a brother, Gary Frame and wife Almeda of Dill City; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Burial will conclude in the Arapaho Cemetery under the direction of the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home.

Tuesday, December 13, 2005
PENDING at 12:58 pm
Dora Gregory, 83, of Clinton, died this morning in the Integris Clinton Regional Hospital Emergency Room.
Services are pending with Stanley-Lee Funeral Home.

PENDING at 12:58 pm
Services for Donald Wallace of Fargo are pending with the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home in Clinton. Wallace died Monday afternoon at his home in Fargo.

Service set for Booth at 12:58 pm
A private memorial service has been scheduled for James E. Booth, 57, of Clinton.
He died Dec. 10, 2005 in his home.

He was born Dec. 21, 1947, in Myrtle Creek, Ore., to Lyle and Lillian (Robitsch) Booth. He grew up in Oregon and graduated high school in Atwater, Calif.

He moved to Tulsa and received aircraft maintenance training before serving in the Army during the Viet Nam War. After his honorable discharge he returned to Bakersfield, Calif., and worked as an appliance repairman for Sears for 20 years.

He married Sandy Blevins and had two daughters. He moved to Clinton in 1994 and had been a resident of the Clinton Veterans Center.

He is survived by two daughters, Kassandra and Kelene, both of California; two sisters, Pat Miller of Everette, Wash., and Carolyn Booth of Sparks, Nev.; four brothers, Monty of Beaver Creek, Ore., Gilbert of San Bernardino, Calif., Stan of Blanchard and Keith of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Services are under the direction of the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home.

Monday, December 12, 2005
PENDING at 12:57 pm
Services for James E. Booth, 57, of Clinton, are pending with the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home.

Booth was found dead of natural causes in his home Saturday morning on Forrest Lane. He was a former resident of the Oklahoma Veterans Center.

Dalke rites set Tuesday at 12:56 pm
Funeral services for Gertrude Dalke, 95, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005, in the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Jones officiating.
She died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005, in her rural Clinton home.

She was born Aug. 16, 1910, in Springdale, Ark., to Wes and Sarah Elizabeth (Conn) Womack.

She was raised in the Springdale area and moved in 1923 to Clinton with her parents.

She married Walter Dalke on Jan. 16, 1932, in Clinton where they made their home and raised their family. Her husband preceded her in death in 1969 and she moved to Oklahoma City to be near her oldest daughter.

She was preceded in death by four daughters, Betty Ann, Katherine Sue, Wanda Faye and Rosezatta; two sons, Billy Floyd, David Gene and a sister, Pearl Jones.

She is survived by two daughters, Louise Ratke of Clinton and Ella Mae Killman of Moore; a son, Harold Lloyd Dalke of Oklahoma City; 21 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

Burial will conclude the services at the Clinton Cemetery under the direction of the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home.

Saturday, December 10, 2005
Hilda Ramos services held at 1:38 pm
Private services were held Thursday for Hilda Ramos of Clinton.

Ramos died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, at the Weatherford Living Center. She was born on April 8, 1926 in Humacao, Puerto Rico, the daughter of Juan and Dolores (Gomez) Ramos.

She attended school in Puerto Rico before moving to the United States in 1965.

She worked in New York City and New Jersey as a medical transcriptionist.

After her retirement she moved to Clinton in 1986. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

Preceding her in death were a son, Jose Puig; and her sister, Otilia Figueros, who died two days before her.

Survivors include a son, Miguel Puig of New York City; and two brothers, Jacob and Carlos Ramos, both of Puerto Rico.

Services set for James Pittman at 1:37 pm
Graveside services for James Pittman, age 85 and a longtime Clinton Veterans Center resident, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Clinton Cemetery.
Pittman died early Friday, Dec. 9, 2005, at the Veterans Center. He was born on Sept. 24, 1920 in Halifax County, N.C., the son of William and Martha (Moore) Pittman.

After serving his country in the U.S. Army during World War II and being honorably discharged, Pittman entered the real estate business.

Preceding him in death were his parents and wife.

A nephew, Walter Pittman, is listed as a survivor.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home in Clinton.

Friday, December 09, 2005
PENDING at 10:59 am
Funeral services for James Pittman, age 85 and a Clinton Veterans Center resident, are pending with the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home in Clinton.

Pittman died early today, Dec. 9, 2005, at the Veterans Center.

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