All Obituaries

Wayne Philip Pitts, son of Richard C. Pitts and Annette Pitts (Chantel), was born March 21,1945 in Chester, Pennsylvania and passed from this life on Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  He was not surrounded by all loved ones due to the Coronavirus/CO-VID 19.  Wayne’s wife Sissy and son Cody were present during his passing.      Wayne served in the United States Army from February 9, 1968 – February 3, 1970. He went to Basic...

Jimmie (Jim) Gene Stuck February 2, 1940 – March 22, 2020 (age 80) Jim Stuck passed away on March 22, 2020, in Ashland, KS at the age of 80. He was born February 2, 1940 on the Stuck Farm just outside of Ashland KS.  Where he lived his last years. He was an avid John Deere tractor fan and loved living on the farm.  He loved to tell stories and only embellished the boring parts. He was witty, ornery, kind hearted and stubborn all at the same time.    He was...

Jerry Lee Howard, age 75, of Logan, Oklahoma, passed away unexpectedly on March 21, 2020.  A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, March 25 at 11:00 am at Kiowa Cemetery.   Due to public circumstances, a celebration of life will be held at a later date.   Jerry was born in Beaver, Oklahoma on April 7, 1944 to Glen and Eva (Taylor) Howard. He spent his elementary and junior high years in the two room school house, Victory School.  He often rode his pony to...

Douglas Lee Love, 50, passed away March 14, 2020.   Doug was born April 18, 1969 in Laverne Oklahoma, to Stanley Earl Love and Darlene (Kliewer) Love.  He graduated from Follett Independent School in 1987.  He was a part of the family owned business Love’s Grocery Store in Follett, Texas.   Doug was a member of the Follett United Methodist Church.  During high school he was a member of the FFA, Class President and active in junior high and high school...

    James “Jim” Waldrop was born during a dust storm in 1935 in Guymon, Oklahoma to Mildred and Frank Waldrop.  By the time he started school, they had moved to Beaver, OK.  His father owned a Western Auto, and at the age of 6, Jim was building wagons for $.50 each.  Sometimes he would, in a hurry to finish, build a wagon that the wheels came off.  By the age of 12 he owned his own car with money he earned by selling tires in his father’s...

Obituary:  Naomi (Peetoom) Bradley On Friday, May 17th, 1923 a baby girl was born into the family of Willie and Rosa (Bates) Peetoom.  She was the third child.  She had a brother, Willie Jr. born in March of 1921 and a sister, Ella, born in April of 1922.  For many years, Naomi and her sister were raised as twins.  They started to school together and graduated together in 1941. Naomi attended three different country schools before being transferred to the Shattuck...

Dwight Adrian Mundell Jr. was born November 14, 1943 in Ashland, Kansas to Dwight and Thelma Mundell.  D.A, a 76 year-old resident of Ditch Valley, passed away Tuesday, February 25th in his home at the family farm. D.A. graduated from Laverne High School in 1962 and then attended the University of Oklahoma and obtained a B.S. in Geology in 1968. During his time in Norman he met Diana (Dee Dee) Becker of Altus, Oklahoma, and they were married at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on the...

Lilah Frances (Criswell) Dixon Schukar was born near the little town of Selden, Kansas on November 30, 1917 to Smith and Mary (Hawes) Criswell.  To this union five children were born; Hazel, Lilah, Clide, Roy and the baby Louise.  Her father was a farmer and when she was four years old the family moved from Kansas to a farm in Beaver County, Oklahoma, northeast of what is now the Slapout community. Lilah went to high school at Laverne, Oklahoma and graduated in 1937.  She...

Lucy Helen (Richardson) Tangney passed away on February 17, 2020 in Cheney Kansas. She was preceded in death by her husband Louis Tangney, parents Harlan and Opal (Fields) Richardson, and her brother Donald Richardson.  Her parents welcomed their first child on April 19, 1929 in Enid Oklahoma.  Shortly thereafter the depression hit and the family moved to the May/Gage/Shattuck Oklahoma area where Lucy would spend her school years growing up. As the oldest of six, she had much...