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Arthur Lancaster, Jr. © Alva Review-Journal 08-2018 Submitted by: Glenn
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April 21, 1922 - August 06, 2018
Funeral services for Arthur Lancaster Jr. will be Thursday, August 9, 2018, at 2:30 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel with Reverend Ron Pingelton officiating. Burial will follow in Alva Municipal Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at http://www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.
Arthur Lancaster Jr. was born April 21, 1922, to Arthur and Hattie Lucille (Stickler) Lancaster on a farm west of Hopeton, Oklahoma. He passed away August 6, 2018, living 96 years, 3 months and 17 days.
Growing up, Arthur attended Friendship Rural School through the eighth grade. As a young boy he helped his father with farming and raising cattle. He earned 25 cents and a homemade bread, butter and jelly sandwich. He attended Horace Mann High School in Alva and graduated in 1940. After high school, he attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
He was drafted by the United States Army and reported for duty in January 1942. Arthur completed his basic training at Mineral Wells, Texas, and was immediately sent to the west coast. He was a member of Company A of the 37th division's 129th infantry regiment of Ohio, serving as a staff sergeant. He then sailed from San Francisco to the islands of South Pacific and served 31 months in the Solomon Islands and the Philippines. His division was heavily involved in the invasion of Luzon and ultimately the liberation of Manila from the Japanese. While his division was preparing for the invasion of Japan, President Truman ordered the bombing of Japan that ended World War II. Art was honorably discharged at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1946.
After returning home he was married to Marcile Haltom, whom he was married to for 70 years this past June. The couple was married at the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Hopeton, Oklahoma. After the wedding, the couple moved to the Lancaster grandparents' homestead west of Hopeton. Art and Marcile had two sons, Lelan Ray and Lynn Arthur. In the summer of 1957, they moved to Kiowa, Kansas. Each summer they moved back to the farm west of Hopeton to help with the farming. He also worked as a surveyor for the government. Then in 1971 they built a home in Alva and have resided there since. He continued his farming and cattle operation until his death.
Art was a member of the First Christian Church of Alva, Oklahoma. He was also a member of the American Legion Post 234 of El Reno, Oklahoma.
Arthur Jr. was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur and Lucille Lancaster; brother, Orin Lancaster; and many other family members.
Arthur is survived by his loving wife, Marcile; his sons, Lelan and his wife Teresa of Dodge City, Kansas, and Lynn Lancaster of San Diego, California; two grandchildren, Lisa Farris and her husband Brice of Lawrence, Kansas, and Jeff Lancaster and his wife Kelli of Dacoma, Oklahoma; and four great grandchildren, Louie and Devin Farris, and Jentrey and Lauren Lancaster.
Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to the First Christian Church.
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