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Eleanor F. Ciskowski Arterburn © Enid News and Eagle 08-13-2013 Submitted by: Glenn
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MEDFORD, OK Mass of Christian Burial for Eleanor F. (Ciskowski) Arterburn, 94, a resident of Medford, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 15, 2013, at St. Mary Catholic Church, Medford. The Rev. Carl Janocha will officiate. She will be laid to rest at St. Mary Calvary Cemetery, Medford, under the direction of Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Medford. Rosary and Memorial Service will be Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at 7 p.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church. Viewing will be today from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Wednesday 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the funeral home. Memories may be shared at www.lanman memorials.com.
Eleanor was born August 1, 1919, at the home near Clyde to Anthony and Hendricka (Hulshof) Ciskowski and passed from this life on Sunday, August 11, 2013, in Medford Servant Living Center.
Eleanor attended elementary school at Valley Center District 56 and then Clyde Elementary School, where she was valedictorian of the eighth grade. She graduated from Medford High School in 1936, where she was Homecoming queen. She attended beauty school in Wichita, Kansas, returning to Medford to open her first shop in the back of the old First National Bank Building, later moving to the Franklin Hotel.
She moved to California in 1942, working at Lockheed Aircraft Company. She joined the Womens Army Corps (WAC) and was stationed at Palm Springs, California. While in California, she met many movie stars such as Clark Gable, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Rita Hayworth and Spencer Tracy. While in Hollywood, she and her friends would spend time at the Hollywood Canteen dancing with the soldiers before they left for war, while the movie stars waited tables.
She moved back to Oklahoma after the war. Eleanor married James Douglas Arterburn on June 2, 1949. They were the first couple to exchange vows in the newly built St. Mary Catholic Church in Medford. Eleanor owned the Medford Fashion Shop while continuing her career as a beautician. She helped her husband build five houses and went all the way to Montana on the harvest in the summers.
She was an active member of St. Mary Catholic Church and Altar Society. She was a lifetime advocate for Pro-life. Eleanor was known for her acts of kindness, whether it be taking food to the ill, helping host showers or working in the church. She was known for attending every shower, wedding or funeral.
Eleanor is survived by her children, Peggy Cooper and husband, Chip of Bristow; son-in-law, Albert Taber of Bixby; Bob Arterburn and wife, Jan of Wichita; Karen Junghanns and husband, Carter of Jenks; Joan Kretchmar and husband, Randy; Lisa Skrdla, Cindy Pratt and husband, Ronny, all of Medford; one sister, Albina Ronck of Enid; 27 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Eleanor was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jim in 1994; her daughter, Barbara Taber in 2012; sister, Emily Hodges; brothers, Bennie Ciskowski, Herman Ciskowski, Willard Ciskowski and Tony Ciskowski.
Eleanor was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, friend to many and loved by all.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to St. Mary Building Fund or St. Mary Calvary Cemetery.
(Submitted by family)
James Dougles Arterburn © Enid Morning News 041994 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
Medford Funeral Mass for James Douglas Arterburn, 70, will be at 10 AM Tuesday in St. Mary's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Michael Hughes as celebrant. A wake service will be at 7 PM Monday at Hills Funeral Home, Medford. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery, Medford.
The casket will not be opened at the church.
He was born July 31, 1923, in Renfrow to Susan Downing and William Arterburn and died Saturday, April 23, 1994, at his home in Medford, he lived all of his life in the Medford Renfrow area and attended schools in Renfrow, Medford and Caldwell. He married Eleanor Ciskowski June 2, 1949, in St. Mary's Catholic Church at Medford. He served two-and-one-half years in the U. S. Army in World War II in the European Campaign, as a telephone lineman. After the war, he went back to work for the Medford Postal Service. He served as a clerk and rural carrier and in 1993, received his 50 year service award. He received a "million mile" safe driving award. Through the years, he worked at extra jobs during his spare time, including Clyde Co-Op Elevator and Memco Manufacturing. He engaged in custom harvesting for several summers.
Surviving are his wife, Eleanor; one son, Robert of Wichita, Kansas; six daughters, Peggy Cooper of Bristow, Barbara Taber of Shawnee, Karen Junghanns of Mathis, Texas, Joan Kretchmar and Lisa Skrda, both of Medford and Cindy Pratt of Woodward; two brothers, Lester of Enid and Floyd of Milford, Ohio; 22 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
He was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.
Memorials may be made to St. Mary's Catholic Church "Renovation Fund" or the Medford ambulance fund.
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