OBITUARIES

Ira Emmett Bennett

Ira Emmett Bennett

Jan 21, 2023

 

Ira Emmett Bennett, 89, of Beaver, OK, passed away January 21, 2023 at the Beaver County Nursing Home.

Family and friends will gather to celebrate his life at 2:00 p.m. on January 27, 2023 at the First Christian Church, Beaver, Oklahoma.

Emmett was born November 17, 1933 to Guy Bennett and Ava Margaret Hudson in Beaver, Oklahoma. He began...

Elsie Smith

Elsie Smith

Jan 2, 2023

Elsie May (Hancock) Smith was born on December 16, 1935 to Archie and Bertha (Torrance) Hancock in Selman, Oklahoma. She attended school in a one room school called Pleasant Valley through the fourth grade. Her family moved to the farm near Laverne. She completed school at Laverne where she graduated in 1953.

After graduation, she attended business school in...

Judy Jean Adams

Judy Jean Adams

Dec 27, 2022

Judy Jean (Gregory) Adams was born on April 18, 1948, in Perryton, TX to Johnny Gregory and Daisy (Freeman) Gregory.

She graduated High School from Stratford, TX in 1967. Judy met Alvin Adams at a dance in Stratford, TX. Alvin was deployed to Vietnam soon after and they corresponded through letters until Alvin returned November 5, 1968. Judy and...

Donna Gail Overton

Donna Gail Overton

Dec 21, 2022

 

Donna Gail Overton was born September 10, 1935 in DuQuoin, Illinois to Weston Owen and Louise (Brooks) Lively. She had a brother, Walter Frank Ridgeway and a sister, Dolores Dunson. She graduated from DuQuoin High School in 1953. In 1953, she married Billy Jack Overton and to this union, four children were born; Robert Allen Bob Overton and Billinda...

Clinton Haskell

Clinton Haskell

Dec 12, 2022

Clinton Eugene Haskell was born July 8, 1927 to Claud and Minnie Haskell on a farm on Clear Creek in Beaver County, Oklahoma. His parents homesteaded on a farm eleven miles southwest of Beaver where he grew up. Clinton was the fifth child of six children, three sisters and two brothers. He attended first grade at the Elmwood School for...

David Lee Strickland

David Lee Strickland

Dec 6, 2022

Obituary for David Strickland

David Lee Strickland was born on October 21, 1952, in Liberal, Kansas to Verla Jean and Daniel Edgar Strickland II.  He grew up in the Turpin United Methodist Church.  He attended school at Turpin where he graduated in 1971.  He continued his education at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma and graduated in 1975 with...

Michael *Mike* Lynn McVay

Michael *Mike* Lynn McVay

Dec 4, 2022

Michael Lynn “Coach” McVay, 67, of Beaver, OK, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, passed away surrounded by his family on Sunday, December 4, 2022.

Mike was born on August 12, 1955 to Tom and Helen McVay in Pauls Valley, OK. Shortly after, they moved to Beaver, OK where he attended school until he graduated from Beaver High...

Steven Dale  Norton

Steven Dale Norton

Nov 6, 2022

Steven Dale Norton,59, of Beaver passed away on November 13, 2022 at the nursing home in Buffalo, Oklahoma.

Steven was born at the Beaver County Hospital on June 13th, 1963, to Bill and Grace (Blakeley) Norton. 

Steve was a lifelong resident of Beaver, and attended Beaver Schools until his sophomore year.  He later acquired his GED.  He enjoyed...

Susan Diane Kile

Susan Diane Kile

Nov 1, 2022

Susan Diane Kile of Beaver, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, November 1st, 2022. She had been diagnosed with a form of pancreatic cancer just a few months prior to her death. She is survived by her husband Terry Kile of the home in Beaver, Oklahoma.

Susan was born on July 4th,1944 to parents Vernon and Ernestine Wood of Guymon, Oklahoma. She...

Barbara Ann Hendricks

Barbara Ann Hendricks

Oct 22, 2022

Barbara Ann Hendricks died at the Veraden Senior Living center (Edmond, Oklahoma) on October 22, 2022. She was 85.

Barbara was born in Forgan, Oklahoma, on March 31, 1937, to her much beloved parents, Virgil and Mable Adams. Barbara grew up cleaning produce, stocking shelves, and otherwise helping out in the family business, Adams’ Grocery. As an only child,...

Deana Jo Bourland

Deana Jo Bourland

Oct 16, 2022

Deana Jo Bourland was born August 11, 1939 to Robert and Lois Gertrude (Gibson) ion Buffalo, Oklahoma. She graduated from Laverne High School and went to college for one year at Enid, Oklahoma, where she met Melvin Ray LaRoche. To the marriage were born four children, Debbie Rae LaRoche, Brenda Kay Johnson, Cynthia Lorene LaRoche and Darryl Wayne LaRoche. She...

George Louis Abare

George Louis Abare

Aug 28, 2022

 

George Louis Abare, 58, of Perryton, Texas, passed away on August 28 ,2022, at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Texas.

George was born on November 28, 1964, to Kay Calvin Abare and Patricia Louise (Atzbach) Abare in Slaton, Texas. He has a sister, Kay Whitely of Levelland, Texas, and a brother, Jonathan W. Abare of Lubbock, Texas.

George attended...

Brett Eugene Bridwell

Brett Eugene Bridwell

Aug 26, 2022

Obituary will follow.

 

 

Thank You,

 

Alan and Joyce

Judith  Elain Sutherland

Judith Elain Sutherland

Aug 22, 2022

Judith Elain (Pedersen) Millikan Sutherland, Age 83 of Spicewood Texas passed from this life on August 22nd 2022 at BS&W Hospital in Marble Falls Texas. She was born August 28th, 1938, in Wibaux Montana, the first of 2 children. Her parents were Stainer and Mildred Pedersen of Glendive Montana. Judy graduated from high school in Glendive Montana then married her...

John William *JW* Wann

John William *JW* Wann

Aug 17, 2022

John William Wann (J.W.) was born to Troy Lee and Sadie Laverne Wann on November 4, 1930 in Fairfax, Okla. He attended school and graduated from Fairfax ISD. As a basketball player for the Fairfax Red Devils, J.W. owned the high school record for most career points, even though he had lost the sight in his right eye in a...

Marilyn Jeanett Evans

Marilyn Jeanett Evans

Aug 12, 2022

 

 

Marilyn “Jeanett” Lane was born June 11,1932 in her grandparents farm house southeast of Beaver, OK to Leonard and Marie McCune Lane.  While still a baby, she moved to Forgan with her parents and older brother, Keith.

Jeanett’s father, like many others, worked several jobs trying to support his family during the depression.  Some of those jobs...

Douglas Lee Zimmerman

Douglas Lee Zimmerman

Jul 19, 2022

Douglas Lee Zimmerman was born to Irvin Clifford and Grace Lenore (Gagnebin) Zimmerman on May 3, 1942 in Abbyville, Kansas. Doug finished high school in Satanta, Kansas where he loved playing football. He then joined the Air Force in 1961 and also married Lois A. Pearce on May 28, 1961, the love of his life. He continued on the Air...

Gaylen Bryan Miller

Gaylen Bryan Miller

Jul 1, 2022

Gaylen Bryan Miller was born April 7, 1940 to Martha & Bryan Miller in Forgan OK in the house he grew up in.  He was baptized in the Forgan Methodist Church.  Gaylen attended Forgan Schools and graduated with the class of 1958.  He then went on to graduate from Oklahoma State University in 1962.  He met Anita Butler at college...

Ned Lee Kygar, Sr

Ned Lee Kygar, Sr

Jun 29, 2022

Ned Lee Kygar was born in Vici, Oklahoma on November 14, 1941 to Andrew Clint and Dorothy (Brooks) Kygar. Most of his younger years were spent in and around the Vici area with the exception of the time around the age of 14 when he and a friend hitchhiked to New Mexico to work. Ned was soon back in Vici....

Dustin Cyril Cross

Dustin Cyril Cross

Jun 25, 2022

Dustin was born on October 10, 1983, to Lynn & Cheryl (Bozarth) Cross in Beaver Oklahoma, where he was welcomed home by his big brother Cyrus Lynn. Dustin lived the first three years of his life in Chickasha, OK before returning to the family farm in Elmwood, OK.

Dustin attended school at Garrett and then he finished his education at...

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