Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Keith Norton

May 20, 2003

© Enid, OK. News

Submitted by: Sylva Rhodes

Keith Norton

Carmen, OK. -- The funeral for Keith Eldon Norton, 85, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Lanman Funeral Home, Inc., Helena, OK. Jay Drawbridge will officiate. Burial will be in Aline Star Cemetery, Aline, OK.

He was born March 03, 1918, east of Carmen, OK. to Kenneth A. and Loretta Mae Davis Norton and died Sunday, May 18, 2003 at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center, Enid, OK.

He lived in various places including Woodward, Jefferson, Helena and Lambert, OK. He attended school at Green Plain School and Cherokee High School. On July 03, 1940, he married Helen Louise Buck at Carmen, OK. He was a custom harvester, a heavy equipment operator for Alfalfa County road crew and retired from Helena State School for Boys. He also was a farmer and gardener.

Surviving are his wife, Helen, of the home; two daughters, Roberta Davis of Helena, OK. and Flora Mae Roszel of Bartlesville, OK.; 10 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one brother and one son.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Helena Senior Citizens Center or to Helena Emergency Medical Service.

HELEN NORTON

© Enid, OK. News

Sunday, November 13, 2005

Submitted by: Sylva Rhodes

HELEN NORTON

A memorial service for Helen Norton, 85, of Helena, OK. will be 2 p.m. today, Nov. 13, 2005, at First Christian Church, Helena. The Rev. Jay Drawbridge will officiate. At her request she will be cremated. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home Inc., Helena. Viewing will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the funeral home.

She was born Jan. 10, 1920, north of Carmen, OK. to Fred and Bessie Holmden Buck and died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at Cherokee, OK. Manor Nursing Home.

She attended country schools in Carmen, OK. and Aline, OK. and high school at Freedom, OK.

She married Keith Eldon Norton July 3, 1940, in Carmen. They lived northeast of Helena and south of Lambert, OK. before moving east of Carmen. He died May 18, 2003.

She worked as a cook for Helena School and was manager for the canteen at Helena Boys School. She was a member of First Christian Church, Helena, serving as a deaconess, Order of Eastern Star, Green Plain Club, and Friendly “ B” Pitch Club.

Surviving are daughters, Roberta Davis of Helena, OK. and Flora Mae Roszel of Skiatook, OK.; three brothers, Joe Buck, Billy Buck and Freddy Buck, all of Cherokee, OK.; one sister, Jean Hague of Cherokee, OK.; six grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband, Keith, she was preceded in death by one son, one brother and one sister.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Helena Christian Church Building Fund.

Submitted & © by Jo Aguirre

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