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Helen L. (Angle) Aldrich © Enid Oklahoma News Wednesday, 14 February 2007 Submitted by: Sylva Rhodes
Helen L. Aldrich
Funeral services for Helen L. Aldrich, 85, of Lamont, will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007, at Lamont United Methodist Church, Lamont. Rev. Kevin Watson and Jake Aldrich will officiate. Burial will be in Rosemound Cemetery, Medford. Arrangements are by Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek.
Helen was born Dec. 31, 1921, near Amorita, the fourth daughter of David and Mable Angle. She passed away Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, at Bass Pavilion in Enid.
She moved with her family to Newton, Kan., at a very early age and attended school there. She graduated from Newton High School in May 1940. A few months later Helen attended business college in Wichita, Kan., for seven months. She then did secretarial work for three years in Wichita, Kan., and Richmond, Va.
On Nov. 22, 1942 she married Raymond Aldrich in Deer Creek. Her husband, Raymond, was in the U.S. Navy Seabees for three years. When he returned from the service in December 1945, they lived in Wichita for awhile. They returned to Oklahoma and farmed for the next 46 years. During their years of farming Helen took many home cooked meals to the field and went after repairs often.
Helen was a member of Lamont United Methodist Church and Victory Class, the American Legion Auxiliary, Willing Workers Club, and Lamont Senior Activity Center. Helen was a wife, mother, a grandmother and a great-grandmother. She enjoyed making craft items and playing cards.
She is survived by her husband, Raymond Aldrich of Lamont; three sons, Charles “Chuck” Aldrich and wife Marilyn of Hunter, Joe and wife Darlene Aldrich of Thornton, Colo., and Jim and wife Paula Aldrich of Lamont; one daughter, Bonnie and husband David Ledet of Yuma, Colo.; two brothers, Paul Angle of Los Angeles, Calif., and Kenny Angle of Wichita, Kan.; two sisters, Norma Ormandy of Tucson, Ariz., and Lois Swanson and husband Don of Sun City, Ariz. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Eugene Angle and Dale Angle; and four sisters, Thelma Martin, Evelyn Budde, Neva June Angle and Irma Schwartz.
Memorials may be given to the Lamont Senior Activity Center or the Lamont United Methodist Church. (Paid Obit 2-14-1)
Raymond Roseberry Aldrich © Enid News and Eagle 03-18-2015 Submitted by: Glenn
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Raymond Roseberry Aldrich, 93, of Lamont, Okla., passed from this life on Monday, March 16, 2015, at Kansas Veterans Home in Winfield, Kan., where he received excellent care. Service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Lamont United Methodist Church, Lamont, Okla., with the Rev. Alan Nagel officiating. Interment will be at Rosemound Cemetery, Medford. Arrangements are by Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek, Okla.
Raymond was born Sept. 5, 1921, to Dewitt and Cora Aldrich on a farm northwest of Medford, Okla. His first eight years of school were completed in country schools in the Medford and Deer Creek areas. He continued his education after graduating from Deer Creek High School at Northern Oklahoma Junior College in Tonkawa, where he served as a volunteer fire fighter and sang in a barbershop quartet.
After college, Raymond found work in Wichita, Kan. There, he met the love of his life, Helen Angle, and they married Nov. 22, 1942.
During World War II, when our country called, Raymond enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was sent to Camp Perry, Richmond, Va., for boot camp, where he was recognized for marksmanship and became a naval rifle instructor. Later, he was sent to the Philippines with the Navy Seabees to help build air strips, military bases and to repair and maintain equitment.
After Raymond’s honorable discharge in December 1945, he returned to Helen and family in Wichita, and worked at Cessna and Beechcraft as a machinist.
Eventually, the family moved back to Oklahoma to farm. During the 46 years of farming, they raised four children, Chuck, Joe, Bonnie and Jim.
Many considered Raymond a master mechanic and machinist and he built a shop on the farm, where he repaired and maintained his own machinery as well as equipment for many others. One innovative accomplishment was to design and help build seven self-propelled hay wagons. Raymond could be counted on to help neighbors and families in need, including after accidents, illness, tornadoes, etc. Besides farming, oil fields and operating a gas station, his hard work was to supplement the farming income. Because of his strong work ethics, Raymond instilled in his children the concept of hard work has its rewards.
Raymond loved his family and enjoyed spending time with them. He also enjoyed traveling, reunions, playing cards, dominoes and fishing.
Raymond and his family belonged to Lamont United Methodist Church, where he was active in the United Methodist Men’s group. He also was involved in Lamont Lions Club, was a lifetime member of the American Legion Post 209 in Lamont, Blackwell V.F. W., and was a 32nd Degree Mason in the Lamont Masonic Lodge.
Raymond is survived by his children, Charles “Chuck” Aldrich and wife Marlyn of Hunter, Okla., Joe Aldrich and wife Darlene of Winston-Salem, N.C., Bonnie (Aldrich) Ledet and husband David of Yuma, Colo., and Jimmy “Jim” Aldrich and wife Paula of Lamont, Okla.; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson. He also is survived by one brother, Harold Aldrich and wife Bernita of Blackwell, Okla.; and two sisters, Colene Mercer of Blackwell and Marva Brittle, Tucson, Ariz.; and many treasured nieces, nephews and their families.
Raymond was preceded in death by his parents, Dewitt and Cora Aldrich; wife, Helen; three siblings in infancy; sister, Ellen Goertz and husband Orval; brother, Vernon Dee Aldrich and wife Zelda; and brothers-in-law, Douglas Mercer, Duane Lauver and Elson Brittle.
Memorials donations can be made in Raymond’s name to Lamont United Methodist Church, Lamont, Okla.
(Submitted by family)
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