All Obituaries

Neva Marie Fry Neva Marie (Dicus) Fry, a long time resident of Booker and member of the Booker Friends Church, passed from her life here on earth on December 1, 2020.  Neva was born October 24, 1923 to James Charles and Velma Blance (Flint) Dicus.  Neva Marie was the oldest, then came Freda, Verna, June, James, Harold, and Shirley.  Charlie Dicus worked for a construction company building bridges and highways in southern Indiana, while Velma stayed home with their growing...

              Benjamin Arnold Harrell, Sr, passed away in the early morning hours of Tuesday, December 1, 2020. He went peacefully in the comfort and presence of visiting children at Twin Oaks Manor in Booker, TX. Benjamin was 75 years old.               Benjamin was born in Memphis, TN, on February 26, 1945. He was the seventh child and third son born to Martha...

Obit to Follow A viewing is planned at the Ashland Funeral Home before burial in Ridgecrest CA

Elsie Leota Trosper, 99 of Booker, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 27, 2020. Services will be 2:00 pm Friday, December 4 at Booker Friends Church with Ralph Maxfield officiating. Burial will follow at Heart Cemetery. Elsie was born September 25, 1921 to John Simpson and Minnie Stapp Simpson at the homestead in Beaver County, Oklahoma.  Elsie attended school and graduated from the South Flat one room school house.  On September 23, 1943, she married E.J. Trosper and...

           Marjorie June Doroh Cady was born in Grayling, Michigan, on December 26, 1923, the only child of Walter Herman and Majorie Mae Muth Doroh.   She lost her dad at an early age to polio.    As a youth, she and friends would walk to the skating rink and ice skate until closing, then walk or catch a ride home exhausted.  She spent many hours tromping through the woods with friends and family, often taking a picnic...

  James (Jim) Pate Shearer was born on November 9, 1943, in Dodge City, KS, to Rheba (Pate) and Otis Claude Shearer on the same day his dad received his draft notice.  He died on November 27 at the Ochiltree General Hospital in Perryton, TX of Covid-19.  He will be buried at the Madison Cemetery Northeast of Slapout, OK. Graveside services will be on Wednesday, December 2 at 2 pm. Jim spent his childhood in Booker, Texas, where he completed his first 12 years of his...

Arlin David Brisendine known and loved as “Dee” , went to be with our Lord and Savior on November 21, 2020 at the Clinton Veterans Center, where he was very loved. Dee was born on November 3, 1926 to Harrison A. Brisendine and Ina Maude (Pattison) Brisendine, they lived on a farm Northwest of Laverne. Afterschool, Dee helped his Dad on the farm until he joined the United Stated Army in 1945 and served his time in Italy, there as a corporal was honorably discharged in 1946. After...

Victor Rudolph Slavick, Cedar Park, TX Victor Rudolph Slavick, Cedar Park, TX passed away Wednesday November 18th, 2020 at the age of 89.  Vic died peacefully at home with family by his side.    Vic, also known as Rudy by many, was born on May 23, 1931 in  Englewood, Kansas to Father Victor George Slavick and Mother Florence Mabel Slavick.  He grew up in western Oklahoma, attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated with degrees in Mathematics, Geology and...

Sherry L. Barby, age 73, of May, Oklahoma, and formerly of Laverne, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, November 17, 2020, in Manter, Kansas.  She was born January 14, 1947, in Boise City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Carl Wray and Ollie Mae (Cook) Dotson.   Sherry graduated from Buffalo High School then continued her education at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in education.  Sherry taught school in Garver, Oklahoma, and...

Thomas Patrick Curl also known as Tommy Curl, 76 of Forgan, Oklahoma passed from this life on November 16, 2020 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City, Kansas. He was born December 4, 1943 in Houston, Texas to Huey and Delia (Mesker) Curl and brother to Mary Curl. Raised by his family to be a good Irish Catholic, he hungered for anything he could learn about this man they called Master. Even with no formal education and unable to read or write, he continued to learn as much as he...