All Obituaries

Wanda Thom-Haas was born July 13, 1932 in Cushing, Oklahoma to Donald Clare and Opal Mae (Munds) Osborn. She passed away August 13, 2019 in Nashua, New Hampshire at the age of 87. Wanda is preceded in death by her husband James R Haas. Survivors include her daughter Cynthia Walsh along with other family and many friends. A funeral service will be held in Nashua, New Hampshire  before she will return home for a graveside service at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at the...

Jacqueline Jean Ballard was born May 23, 1950 in Oklahoma City to Billy Gene Ballard and Jacqueline (Moore) Bassham. She passed away August 11, 2019 in Oklahoma City at the age of 69. The family will host a private memorial service in her honor. Arrangements are under the direction of Lehman Funeral Home of Wellston.

Leslie Francis Pierce, Sr. was born April 11, 1917 in Gilroy, California to Charles Henry and Armelda (Minter) Pierce. He passed away, with his family by his side on July 28, 2019 in Chandler at the age of 102. Leslie loved his family, fishing and hunting. He was a lifelong blacksmith learning the trade from his father at a very early age. He and the boys loved competing to see who would catch the biggest fish. Leslie was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 66 years, Lois...

Kevin Jay Fuqua was born in Greeley, Colorado on March 4, 1959 and passed away on July 28, 2019 at the age of 60. He lived most of his life in Oklahoma.  Kevin attended, and later graduated from Davenport High School with the Class of 1977.  He attended Okmulgee Technical School in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, now known as the OSU Institute of Technology. Kevin was a hard-working man all his life.  Dependability and loyalty were not just words to Kevin.  If he said he...

John Thomas Wait was born March 13, 1950 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He passed away July 25, 2019 at his home in Wellston with his family by his side at the age of 69. John Thomas Wait was what people call “Jack of all trades”, but not only that he was a journey man of talents and a never ending fountain of love. John was born in Lincoln Nebraska in 1950 to Leo and Ardith Wait. He was the fourth born out of six children. One older brother, Ron two older sisters, Penny and Tina and two...

Cindy Jo (Bruce) Sostrom was born April 17, 1967 in Oklahoma City to Joe and Linda Bruce. She passed away July 24, 2019 at the age of 52.  She grew up and attended school in Edmond Oklahoma where she later attended the University of Central Oklahoma.  She lived in central Missouri until her return to Oklahoma City in March of 2019. She is survived by her four children, Tia Bruce of Oklahoma City, Kayla Wyatt and husband Tony Alvarez of Fulton Missouri, and twins Dante...

J.L. Cunningham was born May 17, 1925 in Wellston, Oklahoma to Jesse Lee Cunningham and Flossie (Farmer) Ramirez. He walked into the arms of his savior from his home in Chandler on July 23, 2019 at the age of 94. J.L. proudly served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He enlisted in the Army and served in “Company C, the Rough and Ready,” of the 276th Combat Engineers from 1942 to 1945 in Europe. He and his battalion were part of the Battle of the Ardennes...

Kolter James Kilgore was born July 7, 2019 along with his twin brother Kyler to Andrew and Amanda (Kolbenschlag) Kilgore. He returned to the loving arms of our Lord on July 15, 2019 at the tender age of 8 days. Survivors include his loving parents Andrew and Amanda; twin brother Kyler; brother Konnor; sister, Khloe; grandparents and many other family and friends. A memorial service will be held at Noon on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at the First Baptist Church of...

Jerry Lee ‘Jay’ Tubbs, Jr was born September 8, 1977, in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Jerry Lee Tubbs, Sr. and Teresa Wrenn. He passed away July 14, 2019, in Shawnee at the age of 41. Jay is preceded in death by his grandparents, A.W. and Myrtle Tubbs, Erbert Wrenn, Sr., and Ostella Sneed; uncles Robert Lee, Freddie ‘Lonnie’ Tubbs, Raymond Tubbs, A.W. ‘Buster’ Tubbs, III, Donnell Sneed, and Erbert ‘Pete’ Wrenn. Jay grew up and attended school in...

Alice Ruth Moore was born April 12, 1948 in Watonga, Oklahoma to Raymond and Ruth (Matthews) Westfahl.  She passed away July 13, 2019 in her Tryon home at the age of 71. Alice grew up in Homestead, Oklahoma through junior high school when she moved to Carney where she graduated from Carney High School with the class of 1966.  She worked on her family’s farm raising wheat and played basketball in high school.  Alice met and married George Moore in 1967 and they raised...