Obituaries

Rosia Lee Shanklin-McKinney

Born January 21, 1969 in Wichita, KS, she passed April 24th 2023. Rosea was the wife of Martinez McKinney Sr. She was the daughter of Walter Lee Shanklin Sr. and Virginia Lee Garrett-Shanklin. She was the 2nd oldest of 5 children.

Tessa Marie Lazor

Tessa Marie Lazor was born June 7th, 1984, in Glens Falls, NY to parents Colin Hagadorn and Diane (Doubleday) Green. She was raised in the Lake Luzerne, NY and Penrose, Colorado areas. Tessa was a graduate of Hadley-Luzerne Central School District with the Class of 2002.

Fred Sanders

Fred Sanders, a Business Entrepreneur and life-long resident of Topeka, Kansas died peacefully on April 2, 2023 at the age of 83 in Gardnerville, Nevada.

Rodger Dale Floyd

Rodger Dale Floyd, longtime Business owner/Funeral Director, passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. The son of the late Elijah W. Floyd Jr. and Laura Charlyn (Davis) Floyd, Rodger was born on May 4, 1954, in Sedan, Kansas and was raised and educated in Moline, Kansas.

Larry Lee (sponge) Sparkman

Larry Lee (Sponge) Sparkman was born in Cushing Oklahoma o n Dec15,1946 he graduated Cushing high School in 1965. He received his bachelor degree from OSU in 1971 and taught in 9 school district over 52yrs. He directed the choirs for 1st. Presbyterian, and 1st.

Karen Elaine Preston

Karen Elaine Preston was born June 1, 1957, to Claude Frances and Doris Elaine Jones in Yale, Oklahoma. She departed this life April 20, 2023, at the age of 65. She graduated from Mannford High School in 1975 where she was on the national honor society.

Patricia Joyce (Parks) Kunard

Patricia Joyce (Parks) Kunard, 88, of Asheville, NC, and formerly of Cushing, OK, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2023, at Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community in Asheville. For the full obituary, please visit www.grocefuneralhome.com. Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is assisting the family

Philip Lyndal Hart

Philip Lyndal Hart, lifelong Agra resident passed from this life at his home on April 10, 2023. Arr angements have been entrusted to the care of Palmer Marler Funeral Home, Cushing. Philip was born on October 26, 1962, in Cushing, Oklahoma to parents Lyndal and Joyce Hart.

Terry Dean Lane

Terry Dean Lane was born on Thursday, July 14, 1949, in Chandler, Oklahoma, and passed from this life on April 9, 2023, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He was born to Leo Lester and Edna Jencie (Conder) Lane. He attended Agra Schools and was a lifelong Agra resident.

Betty (Kanady) McCoy

Betty (Kanady) McCoy, 87, passed away from this life on April 12, 2023. She was born on December 30th, 1935, in Parkland, OK, to Guy and Jane (Davis) Kanady. She attended schools in Shamrock and Cushing, OK. In 1951, she married her best friend and the love of her life, AL McCoy.