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ROBERT A. BERRY JR.
1921-2005
MIAMI, Okla. Robert A. Berry entered in his heavenly home on Monday, April 18 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 7, 1921 on a farm near Grove, Oklahoma to the late Robert A. Berry Sr. and Wilmuth Walker Berry. He married Lonelle Mayfield in 1942. To this union were born two daughters, Betty Bob and Suzette, and one son, Jim. He was preceded in death by his wife Lonelle of 53 years, his parents, and two brothers, Jim and Jeff Berry.
Survivors include his wife of seven years, Virginia Gouge Painter Berry of Miami; one brother, Joe Berry of Grove; one sister, Mary Jane Reed of Grove; two daughters, Betty Bob Posey and husband Tom of Plano, Texas, and Suzanne Hutchison and husband Dennis of Yukon, Oklahoma; one son, Jim Berry of Austin, Texas; eight grandchildren, Jamie Pena, Lisa Shanks, Justin and Kaya Bay Berry, Dusty and Dillon Edge, and Brandon and Marci Huchison; six great grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and aunts.
Berry accepted Christ into his life in 1943. He was ordained a Baptist Deacon in 1954 and served four different churches. He also taught Youth Sunday School and Training Union for many years. He graduated from Grove High School in 1940 and was a veteran of the Army Air Corps in World War II. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1950, where he was president of Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity. He was a loving, generous, caring man with a wonderful sense of humor. He will be greatly missed.
Funeral services
will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 at Immanuel Baptist Church in Miami with Rev. Gerald Dyer officiating. Visitation will be 7-8 p.m. at the Paul Thomas Funeral Home in Miami. Internment will be at Olympus Cemetery in Grove, and the American Legion Post #147 Funeral Detail will conduct military rites.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Immanuel Baptist Church, Miami, Oklahoma, in care of Paul Thomas Funeral Home in Miami.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Paul Thomas Funeral Home of Picher, Oklahoma.
JOANN HUFFORD
1936-2005
AFTON, Okla. Joann Hufford, 69, of Afton, passed away Saturday, April 16 at her home following months of illness. She was also a long-time resident of Bentonville, Arkansas. She was born January 13, 1936 in Pitcher, Oklahoma to James J. and Dorothy Inez Pettry Mathis. She married Carl L. Hufford December 23, 1952.
Hufford was a Christian, and her hobbies were fishing, cooking, and crafts. She had worked many jobs in her lifetime, such as CTS, Bear Brand, Daisy, and retired from Wal-Mart Warehouse #8 in 1995. She was just recently a member of the Ladies Red Hat Society.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her loving husband Carl on September 1, 2000, and her sister, Beverly Sue Byers on June 29, 2001.
She is survived by one daughter, Judy Holliday of Afton; three sons, Harlon J. Hufford and his wife Pam of Carriere, Mississippi, James L. Hufford and his wife Terry of Bentonville, Arkansas, and Paul V. Hufford and his wife Delinda of Garfield, Arkansas; one brother, James E. Mathis and his wife Donna of Sapulpa, Oklahoma; one sister, Doretha Webb of Centerton, Arkansas; nine grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
A visitation for family and friends will be held Tuesday, April 19 from 5-7 p.m. at the Callison-Lough Funeral Chapel in Bentonville, Arkansas. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 20 at the Callison-Lough Funeral Chapel in Bentonville, Arkansas, with Brother Sam Moore officiating. Burial will follow at the Benton County Memorial Park Cemetery in Rogers, Arkansas. Pallbearers will be Nash and Stormy Holliday, Jason Hufford, Dwayne Phillips, Larry Holliday, and Jonathan McMichael. Honorary pallbearers will be Powell Byers, and Harlon, Vince, Rickie, and James Hufford.
Memorials may be made to the Eagle Heights Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1916, Attn: Building Fund, Bentonville, Arkansas 72712.
Arrangements are by Callison-Lough Funeral Service of Bentonville, Arkansas.
Gary Ray McAhren
1944-2005
Grove, Ok. - Gary Ray McAhren, 61, was born February 19, 1944 in Pratt, Kansas, the only son of Eugene and EstaLee McAhren, He passed away Sunday, April 17, 2005 in the Pryor hospital Pryor, Oklahoma as the result of a motorcycle accident.
Gary had been a farmer/stockman for the first half of his life with his Dad in Liberal, Kansas, where he was a graduate of Liberal High School. He then completed a two-year course in auto mechanics in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. In 1963, he married Lois Jean Schaffer and together they had three children: Bob, Jay and Neesa McAhren. Gary and the children, ages 12, 9 and 7 married Linda Joann Pickering on Gary's birthday February 19, 1978, and together, their family was complete. At the time of his death, Gary and Linda had been married 27 years and 2 months.
Gary went to work for Boeing Wichita in 1987 where he was in transportation as a forklift operator and a friend to everyone. Gary ultimately worked there over 15 years receiving many awards and recognitions for perfect attendance, safety ideas and jobs well done. While still working for Boeing, a fascination with auctioneering Gary had all his life, turned into a reality when he attended and graduated from Missouri Auction School. Using auctioneering as a second job, he worked first for Dent Worrell of Worrell Auctioneers-Realtors, and later for Bob McBride of McBride Auctioneers in Wichita, Kansas. Except for riding his bike, Gary loved the auctioneer business more than anything else he had ever done, often doing charity auctions for churches and other worthwhile organizations.
Due to arthritis, Gary underwent total hip replacements on both hips which forced him into retirement from Boeing and any full-time job, and with the kids all raised, Gary and Linda decided to move to Grand Lake, where he had always wanted to live when he retired. They chose to make their home in Grove, Oklahoma and moved from Augusta, Kansas to Grove, December 6, 2002. Linda became manager of the Grove Senior Citizens Center, assuming her duties the first of February, 2003. Always supportive of anything his wife did, Gary very quickly became her best volunteer, from delivering meals to the homebound to assembling new treadmills purchased by the Center. Gary was soon loved by all the Seniors he referred to as his "family" and was proud to turn 60 so he could be a member of the Center as well as a volunteer. Gary was a huge fan of the Playmakers Theater group in Grove where he delighted in building sets behind the scenes while Linda performed out front. He was her greatest fan.
Gary is survived by his wife Linda, of the home, three children, nine grandchildren and friends that outnumber the stars. He will be missed.
Gary never liked the idea of people sending flowers to a funeral. He said he knew the florists would not be happy with him, but flowers were temporal, he said, just like us, and he much preferred something more concrete as a gesture of love in his memory. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in Gary's memory at: Independent Baptist Church, P.O. Box 450723, Grove, Ok. 74345.
Funeral services will be held at 2;00 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at Independent Baptist Church. Burial will follow in McLaughlin Cemetery. Visitation is at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday at Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove.
DANNY JOE SAYLOR
1964-2005
AFTON, Okla. Danny Joe Saylor, 40, went to rest in the arms of Jesus on Saturday, April 16 at his home.
Saylor was born August 23, 1964 in Wichita, Kansas to Jessie and Beatrice Saylor. He had lived in Wichita the first 17 years of his life. For the last 23 years he lived in the Afton area. He graduated from Afton High School in 1985.
He was preceded in death by his father, Jessie Saylor.
Survivors include his mother and step-father, Beatrice and John Pinkerton of Afton; brothers Jessie and Pam Saylor of Afton and Sam and Penny Saylor of Haysville, Kansas; sisters Sandra and Stephen Schmidt of Haysville, Kansas, and Marilyn and Glen Pinkerton of Wichita, Kansas; seven nieces and nephews; 10 great nieces and nephews; and a host of family and friends.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 21 at Paul Thomas Funeral Home in Picher, Oklahoma. Burial will be in Pleasantville Cemetery in Baxter Springs, Kansas.
The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20 at Paul Thomas Funeral Home in Picher, Oklahoma.
Condolences may be sent to the home, 26508 S. Redoak Dr., Afton, Oklahoma 74331.
BETTY J. EAKEN
1931-2005
GROVE, Okla. Betty J. Eaken, 73, of rural Grove, died Friday, April 15 at Hillcrest Specialty Hospital in Tulsa after a lengthy illness.
Eaken was born May 5, 1931 at Chadwick, Missouri, to Ivan and Blanche (Gideon) Walker. She married James Eaken October 25, 1957, and was an active partner with him in their business, Industrial Sewing and Quilting Company. They moved to Grove in 1979 from Wichita, Kansas.
Eaken is survived by her husband James of the home; four sons, Rickie C. Hudson and wife Patty of Wichita, Eddie Hudson of Wichita, Jimmie Eaken and wife Carrie of Mountain View, Arkansas, and Timmy Eaken of the home; four daughters, Linda Green of Las Vegas, Nevada, Glenna Guffey and husband John of Wichita, Jeanne Myers and husband Eldon of Wichita, and Vicky Clark of Grove; a brother, Bob Walker, of Sparta, Missouri; seventeen grandchildren; and twenty great grandchildren.
A funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 19 at Elk River Baptist Church with Jim Sherman officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Willie Burleson, Frankie Howerton, Lendell Bass, Bob Baker, Robert Sherer, and Tom Curtis. A visitation for family and friends will be from 5-8 p.m. Monday at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Cowskin Fire Department in care of the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of Roland Adcock of Adcock Funeral Home in Fairland.
MAGGIE LORENE FLINT
1920-2005
FAIRLAND, Okla. Maggie Lorene Flint, 84, lifetime resident of the Fairland area, died at home Friday, April 15 after a lengthy illness.
Flint was born August 17, 1920 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma to Joseph Brackston Cunningham and Viola Baker Cunningham. She married William Taylor Flint on June 28, 1940 in Miami, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on January 27, 1997. She was a homemaker and worked as an Avon Representative since 1960. She loved bowling and was a member of the First Christian Church in Fairland.
Flint is survived by a daughter and her husband, Darlene and John Brock of Fairland; two granddaughters and their husbands, Angela and Ron White and Jennifer and John Looper, all of Fairland; a brother, Ted Cunningham of Grove; a sister, Delilah Tiny Wilmoth of Fairland; and six great grandsons, Owen Taylor Looper, Michael Looper, John Looper, Levi White, Wesley Holden, and Aaron White.
A funeral service was held Monday, April 18 at First Baptist Church in Fairland with Rev. Andy Krebs and Rev. Geoff Buffalo officiating. A visitation was held Sunday at Adcock Funeral Home in Fairland. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Heaven and Earth Hospice, in care of the funeral home. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Roland Adcock of Adcock Funeral Home in Fairland.
CHRISTOPHER A. HADLEY
1982-2005
SULPHER SPRINGS, Ark. Christopher A. Hadley, 22, of Sulpher Springs, Arkansas, died Saturday, April 16 near Maysville, Arkansas.
Hadley was born October 4, 1982 in Gravette, Arkansas to Arlan Hadley and Leona Marvin Hadley Bryson. He was a member of the National Cutting Horse Association and the Maysville Bible Church.
Survivors include his father, Arlan Hadley and wife Dorothy of Southwest City, Missouri; His mother, Leona Bryson and husband Lewis of Maysville, Arkansas; two sisters, Leigh Ann Hadley of Sulpher Springs, Arkansas and Tanner Bryson of Maysville, Arkansas; one step-brother, Josh Howard of Southwest City; one step-sister, Allison Howard, of Southwest City; grandparents Virginia Osborne of Joplin, Missouri, Thomas and Bonnie Marvin of Barnsdall, Oklahoma, and Patsy Marvin and Ernie Bennett of Grove, Oklahoma; one great-grandfather, W.D. Graves of Southwest City; his girlfriend, Shannon Brown of Maysville, Arkansas; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 19 at the Mount Herman Church near Jay, Oklahoma, with Pastor James Bryant and Pastor Brian Stigall officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery near Hiwasse, Arkansas. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 18 at the Mount Herman Church. Family requests in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to Mount Herman Church. To visit our online guest book, visit www.wassonfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
RAYMOND L. KAFKA SR.
1929-2005
GROVE, Okla. Raymond Lee Kafka Sr., 75, died Thursday, April 14 at his home in Grove.
Kafka was born November 30, 1929 in Sterling, Kansas to Edward and Bessie (Thular) Kafka. He married Margaret Wilson on October 12, 1981 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was self-employed as a carpenter. He was a member of Bernice Baptist Church, a lifetime member of the Moose Lodge, and a member of the Lions Club, where he served as president for three terms.
Kafka enjoyed working with the Lions Club, Boys Ranch in Perkins, Oklahoma. He loved to fish, watch horse races, work in his strawberry beds, and listen to polka music. His grandchildren brought him great joy.
Survivors include his wife Margaret of Grove; two sons, Raymond L. Kafka Jr. of Jay, and Randolph L. Kafka and wife Cecilia of Wellington, Kansas; one daughter, Suzzan L. Barnes and husband Lloyd Ray of Jay; one step-daughter, Debbie Ruehlen and husband Doug of Enumclaw, Washington; one step-son, Lewis Meador, of Carl Junction, Missouri; two brothers, Edward Kafka and wife Pat of Hutchinson, Kansas, and Vernon Kafka and wife Joyce of Wichita, Kansas; fifteen grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Betty Conrad.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 at Worley-Luginbuel Chapel with Rev. Butch Miller officiating. Visitation will be Monday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Lions Boys Ranch, P.O. Box 400, Perkins, Oklahoma 74059.
Services are under the direction of Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove, Oklahoma.
AVANELL MATHIS
MIAMI, Okla. Avanell Mathis, 80, of Miami, Oklahoma, died Thursday, April 14. A visitation was held Sunday, April 17 at Cooper-Althouse Funeral Home Chapel in Miami. Funeral services were held Monday, April 18 at 10 a.m. at Fairland Cemetery.
Mathis was a retired cattle farmer and a housewife and homemaker.
Arnold Ward
1928-2005
BERNICE, Okla. Arnold Ward, 76, died Thursday, April 14 at his home in Bernice.
Ward was born November 1, 1928 in Sedan, Kansas to Archie William and Ellen (Runyan) Ward. He married Ruth Conner October 7, 1949 in Fredonia, Kansas. Arnold was a Marine dealer in Harper, Kansas. He enjoyed working on boats and traveling.
Arnold had lived in the Bernice area for one year, coming from Cassville, Missouri, where he worked in maintenance for Artic Coastal Trucking until he retired.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth, of Bernice; two children, Kathy Leeper of Bartlesville and Nolan Ward of Ark City, Kansas; one sister, Judy Carpenter of Little Rock, Arkansas; one brother, Mac Ward of Andrews, Texas; one grandson, Edwin Arnold Leeper; three great grandchildren, Kody Edwin, Samantha Elizabeth, and Katelyn Michelle. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Maxine and Aleena.
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 17 at Riley Cemetery in Sedan, Kansas.
Services are under the direction of Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove, Oklahoma.
