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Wilbur E. Lodge © Cherokee Messenger and Reppublican 06-16-2005 Submitted by: Glenn
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Civic Leader Dies at Age 95
A former member of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and a long-time Cherokee civic leader died Saturday following a short illness.
Funeral service for Wilbur E. Lodge, 95, was held Wednesday morning in Cherokee's First United Methodist Church under the direction of Goodwin Funeral Home.
A wheat farmer in the Cherokee area for more than 70 years, Lodge was an active member of the Farmers' Cooperative Association and the Oklahoma Farm Bureau. He served as a member of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission from1965 to 1969.
Lodge's civic involvement ranged from the Cherokee Lions Club to the Great Salt Plains Association. He was honored by the Cherokee Chanber of Commerce as that group's Citizen of the Year in 1993.
He was a 32nd degree Mason and also belonged to the Eastern Star, serving as a master in both the Ingersoll and Cherokee Masonic Lodges.
Active in the First United Methodist Church, Lodge served in many capacities -- from bell ringer to church board member.
Born Aug. 7, 1909, on a farm near Okeene to Idella and Wilber Lodge, he moved to the Cherokee area with his parents and four sisters in 1920.
He graduated from Ingersoll High School in 1927 and attended Oklahoma A&M in Stillwater before returning to farm near Cherokee.
Lodge and Marie Simmons were married on Oct. 16, 1937. They were the parents of daughter, Linda.
He is survived by his daughter and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death were his wife, his parents and four sisters.
Funeral services for Wilbur E. Lodge, 95, were at 10:30a.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at the Cherokee First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jim Edmison officiating. Burial followed in the Cherokee Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Goodwin Funeral Home of Cherokee. Graveside Masonic Rites were conducted.
Wilbur was born Aug. 7, 1909, on a farm near Okeene to Idella and Wilber Lodge and died Saturday, June 11, 2005, in Cherokee. He moved to the Cherokee area in 1920 with his parents and four sisters. He graduated from Ingersoll High School in 1927 and attended Oklahoma A&M before returning to farm near Cherokee.
On October 16, 1937, Wilbur and Marie Simmons were married. Their union lasted 54 years until Marie's death in 1991.
Wilbur was a wheat farmer for over 70 years, being active in Farmers Cooperative Association and Farm Bureau. He served as a board member of the Oklahoma Wheat Commissionin 1965-69.
He was a member of Order of Eastern Star and was a 32nd degree Mason serving as Master in both the Ingersoll and Cherokee lodges. He was also a member of the Lions Club and Great Salt Plains Recreational Development Association.
He was honored as Cherokee's Citizen of the Year by the Cherokee Chamber of Commerce in 1993. He was a faithful member of the United Methodist Church in Cherokee, serving in many capacities from church board to bell ringer.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Marie, his parents, Wilber and Idella, and four sisters, Olive Simmons, Leta Halverstadt, Lela Gardiner and Idella Stokesberry.
Surviving are his daughter, Linda Lodge, and nieces and nephews, Ed and Georgie Gardiner, Dale and Sandra Halverstadt, Nancy and Paul Deets, Betty and Harold Thompson. Donald and Martha Simmons and Carl Halverstadt.
Memorials may be given in his memory to the Cherokee First United Methodist Church through Goodwin Funeral Home.
The funeral for Marie Simmons Lodge, 88, who died August 29, 1991, at Alfalfa County Hospital after an extended illness, was at 11 a.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Bill Smith officiated. Burial was in Cherokee Municipal Cemetery directed by Goodwin Funeral Home.
She was born January 27, 1903, in Major County near Ringwood to Frank T. and Gertrude Miller Simmons. She attended Central High School in Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City University. She taught school for several years before becoming director of Public Welfare in Fairview. On October 16, 1937, she married Wilbur E. Lodge. They farmed near Cherokee.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church, active in Sunday School work, church activities and the United Methodist Women's Group. She was also active in local, county, and state Women's Christian Temperance Union for more than 40 years. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Past Matrons Club, past president of Chapter AZ of PEO and a life member of the Sons and Daughters of the Cherokee Strip Pioneers. She also was active in Home Demonstration Club, serving as past county president and 4-H work.
Surviving are her husband; one daughter Linda Lodge of Los Angeles, California ; and one brother Fred Simmons of Alva.
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