All Obituaries

Lois Lorraine (Mason) McClung was born November 3, 1925 to Herbert and Lillian (Anders) Mason. She passed peacefully on January 12, 2022 in Shattuck, Oklahoma. Lois was named after her fathers’ friends daughter Lois. She started country school at the age of 4. She completed the 2nd and 3rd grades in one year. She attended her Freshman and Sophomore years in Clutier, Iowa and Junior and Senior years in Dysart. While in school she was in the band playing the tenor saxophone. She also...

Daniel Mendoza, Sr. was born September 13, 1982 to Christina Rodriguez Mendoza and Juan Pedro Mendoza in Guymon, Oklahoma. He passed from this life on January 8, 2022 in Woodward, Oklahoma. Daniel attended school in Guymon, Oklahoma, graduating in 2001. After graduation, he attained his CDL and went to work doing his lifes passion of driving a truck. He worked for Seaboard Farms for 11 years. Following that, he worked as an oilfield mechanic for NGCSI in the western Oklahoma area for...

Clarence Albert (PeeWee) Jones, 92, died surrounded by his family on January 2, 2022 at his home in Laverne, Oklahoma. He was born July 18, 1929 at Sedan, Kansas, the son of Oscar and Rachel (Williams) Jones. Clarence graduated from Pampa, Texas High School, class of 1947. Following graduation, he served in the U.S. Navy for 18 months. In 1951 he married Wanda Morehead. They celebrated 72 years of marriage. Clarence worked as a carpenter with his father before going to work at Sun Oil where...

Halbert Lavon Whisenhunt was born December 12, 1923, in Harper County to Joseph Plummah Whisenhunt and Elva Etta Arnett Whisenhunt. His family established their farm in Beaver County when he was one or two years old, and he lived there the rest of his life. He passed away peacefully at home on December 17, 2021, at the age of 98 years and 5 days. Hal graduated from Gate High School in 1942 and attended Friends University in Wichita, where  he also played basketball. He left...

Luther Herman Nutter, 68 passed away December 17, 2021. He was born in Coldwater, Kansas to Warren and Pauline (Mayberry) Nutter on March 23, 1953. Luther graduated from the Ponca City High School and attended college at Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He enjoyed being a mechanic, spending time with his grandkids and his dog Kahooska. Luther is survived by his children; Kendall Nutter, Barbie Jiminez, Colby Nutter, Herman Nutter, Shyanne Nutter and siblings; Eddie Nutter, Donald Nutter, Darrell...

Darlene Chloe Nelson, 80, passed away on December 13, 2021. Darlene was from Gate, OK and resided in Elkhart, KS.  Her passion was her green thumb and growing the most plentiful gardens and beautiful flowers.  Who would have ever thought a Magnolia tree would survive in Elkhart, KS.? Darlene was determined and the tree still lives today. Darlene was born on her family farm north of Gate, OK.  She was the daughter of the late W.G. Miller and Helen Lorene Miller.  She...

Roma Jean Garner passed peacefully on December 6, 2021. One of her greatest passions was her monthly newsletter to her beloved family and friends. She enjoyed serving throughout the years at Midway Church and Bethany Assembly of God in any capacity she could. Roma Jean was born on July 6, 1947 in Beaver, Oklahoma to Jim and Roma Ford. She graduated Follett High School in 1965. During the summer, beginning her junior year of high School, she attended West Texas Barber College in Amarillo....

Jessie Wayne Bohler, 76, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, December 4, 2021, at his home. Jessie was born on December 19, 1944, in Laverne, Oklahoma, the son of Herman Werner and Meda Ellen Kinney Bohler.  He graduated from Laverne High School in 1963.  On February 4, 1966, Jessie enlisted in the United States Navy and served in Vietnam.  He was honorably discharged on November 19, 1969.  On September 16, 1967, Jessie married Nancy Lynn Maxwell in Wellington,...

Alva Rae Purgason passed away December 4, 2021 at Integris Parkway in Edmond, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Billie Leigh ( Funk) Purgason Ehlers and Bryan Gillis Purgason, born February 28, 1955 in Pasco, Washington. Alva and Jim Sheer were married from 1976 through 1984. Alva is survived by daughter, Claressa Carter of Stillwater, Oklahoma, son, Golden Scheer of Boise D’Are, Missouri, daughter, Juliet Stokes of Pocahontas, Arkansas, daughter, Penny Dennis of Little...

In his eulogy for his fighter-pilot father, famous author Pat Conroy explained what it was like for his siblings and him to be the children of a fighter-pilot father. “Your Dads ran the barber shops and worked at the post office and delivered the packages on time and sold the cars, while our dads were blowing up fuel depots near Seoul, were providing extraordinarily courageous close air support to the beleaguered Marines at the Chosin Reservoir, and who once turned the Naktong...