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Leta Staggs Hromas © Enid News and Eagle 12-21-2014 Submitted by: Glenn
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Funeral service for Leta (Staggs) Hromas, of Waukomis, Okla., will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, at Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Gary Miller will officiate. Burial will be at Waukomis cemetery. Service is under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
Leta was born Sept. 10, 1923, to Andy and Gertrude (James) Staggs in Colby, Kan., and passed away on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Waukomis.
She moved to Hennessey, Okla., as a child, graduating from Hennessey High School in 1940.
She supported the war effort, working for Tinker Air Force Base, then returned to Hennessey to work for Vance Air Force Base. She later worked for Dawson Insurance in Hennessey.
She married Frank T. Hromas on June 30, 1949, in Hennessey. They made their home in Waukomis.
She attended Enid Beauty College in 1960, and started Leta’s Beauty Salon in 1962, in downtown Waukomis. She was in operation for 14 years. She was a loving grandmother.
She is survived by her husband, Frank T. Hromas; sons, Frank D. and Annabel Hromas of Amarillo, Texas, and Richard L. and Nancy Hromas of Enid; grandchildren, Greg Shields of Colorado Springs, Colo., Danielle Freckers and Lauren Snodgrass, of Wichita, Kan., Jason, Allen and Kerry of Houston, Texas, and Grant and Abbey of Seattle, Wash.; two great-grandchildren, Ian and Kate; and one sister, Carol Fuksa.
She was preceded in death by her son, David Lee Hromas, her parents, three brothers and four sisters. Memorials may be given to Hospice Circle of Love with Brown-Cummings serving as custodian of the funds.
Condolences may be shared with the family at Brown-Cummings.com.
(Submitted by family)
Frank Thomas Hromas © Enid News and Eagle 07-13-2021 Submitted by: Glenn
© Enid News and Eagle
May 19, 1926 - July 10, 2021
The funeral services celebrating and honoring the life of Frank Thomas Hromas, 95, of Enid, will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday July 17, 2021 in the Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Gary Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the Waukomis Cemetery. Military honors with be conducted by the United States Army. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
Frank was born May 19, 1926 in his grandfather's farm house on the north edge of Waukomis, Oklahoma to Frank and Agnes Hromas and passed from this life July 10, 2021 in Enid, Oklahoma. He was a lifelong resident of Waukomis and attended Waukomis Public Schools. After high school graduation in 1944 he entered the United States Army. He served and fought primarily during the liberation of the Philippines. He spent a year in the occupation forces in Japan, returning home in 1946. He farmed with his father west of Waukomis until 1949, when he met and married a Hennessy girl, Leta Louise Staggs. They were married for over 65 years until her death in 2014.
His 80-acre farm west of Waukomis couldn't support his family, so in 1952, he made a train of his tractor implements, drove it to town and traded to Harry Landwehr for a new TV and phonograph. He moved the farmhouse to town and began work as a plumber and electrician at Waukomis Hardware. A few years later he began working as a flour packer for Pillsbury in Enid. In 1957 he began delivering propane through Home Oil & Gas until the owners decided that he should be Waukomis's plumber, electrician, and HVAC expert. In 1969, he and his brother-in-law, Ernest Maly, bought Waukomis Hardware where they continued plumbing, electrical and HVAC work.
Throughout the 1960's 70's and beyond, Frank was elected to the Waukomis School Board multiple times and served as President. He was a member of the Waukomis Volunteer Fire Department and served as Chief. After he closed Waukomis Hardware, Frank became the Waukomis utilities superintendent. After retirement, he returned to farming by working for his lifelong friend Glen Goodwin.
He is survived by his sons, Frank D. and wife Annabell Hromas of Amarillo, Texas, Richard L. And wife Nancy Hromas of Enid, along with seven grandchildren (and spouses), six great-grandchildren, and his sister Marie Cox.
He was preceded in death by his wife Leta, infant son David Lee, sister Betty Snodgrass and Brother Ted.
Memorials may be made in his honor to Circle of Love Hospice or Waukomis Fire Department with Brown-Cummings Funeral Home serving as custodian of the funds.
Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.Com.
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