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Patty Lou Nusser © Alva Review-Courier 08-16-2017 Submitted by: Glenn
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Funeral services for Patty Lou Nusser will be 3 p.m. Saturday, August 19, 2017, at the College Hill Church of Christ with Jay Tyree officiating. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva.
Patty Lou Nusser, daughter of the late John and Ethel (Holt) Lakely, was born July 10, 1933, in Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away August 15, 2017, in Alva, at the age of 84 years, 1 month, and 5 days. Patty attended Alva School. On December 29, 1950, she was united in marriage to Dean Nusser. They moved to the farm south of Hopeton, then later moved a few miles down the road to a farm southwest of Hopeton. In later years, they moved to a home north of Alva. To their union were born a daughter, Carolyn Sue and twin sons, Doyle Dean and Dale Gene.
Besides raising her children, she helped her husband out with the farm and custom harvesting business. In between cooking meals, she could often be found on a tractor or in a wheat truck. She was known for her fabulous cooking skills and introduced many a young men to her famous fried bread and delicious pies. She loved nature, whether it was watching the birds and other wildlife in the yard and at the bird feeder, or collecting and identifying wildflowers and rocks. She always had her camera ready and took lots of photos.
Her grandchildren remember her for all the fun times that they had, whether creating a project, looking at wildflowers or walking to the bone pile. She was a longtime member of the Church of Christ where she helped with the Warmth for Winter program. She was also a member of the Alva Iris Club. She also spent many hours and traveled many miles researching her family's geneology.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Doyle; a grandson, Ricky Lee Baird; a brother, Johnnie; three sisters, Beulah Zalewski, Alva "BeBe" Nusser Eslick, and Margaret Phisgoda; her brother-in-law, Stanley Holt; and her sister-in-law, Jerilyn Lakely.
Patty is survived by her husband, Dean, of Alva; her daughter, Carolyn Baird and husband, Rex, of Waynoka; her daughter-in-law, Jean Nusser, of Alva; her son, Dale Nusser and wife, Brenda, of Alva; five grandchildren, Sherry Baird Shklar and husband, Michael, of Waynoka; Carissa Nusser of Alva, Derek Nusser of Alva, Shannon Nusser and wife, Heather, of Alva, and Shelly Reidy and husband, Marcus, of Edmond; two sisters, Delphia Ridgway of Pasadena, Texas, and Kathy Lakely Holt of Kiowa, Kansas, and twin brothers, Douglas Lakely and wife, Janet, of Alva, and Dennis Lakely of Enid; her mother-in-law, Lora Lakely Parker of Alva; 14 great grandchildren, Andrew and Conner Baird, Mary, Austin and Cody Shklar, Jacoby Merrill, Cadence Nusser, Dakota and Paydon Nusser, and Adelynne, Evan, and Erin Reidy; other relatives and friends.
Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Alva Public Library.
Remembrances may be shared with the family at http://www.marshallfuneralhomes.co
Willard Dean Nusser © alva Review-Courier 01-31-2021 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
© Alva Review-Courier
Willard Dean Nusser
March 29, 1930 - January 29, 2021
Graveside services for Willard Dean Nusser will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at the Alva Municipal Cemetery with Sherry Shklar officiating. Interment is under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. The service will be live-streamed over the Marshall Funeral Home Facebook page.
Willard Dean Nusser, son of the late Charles Alvin and Ada (Morse) Nusser, was born March 29, 1930, on a farm west of Dacoma along Eagle Chief Creek and passed away January 29, 2021, at the age of 90 years and 10 months.
Dean lived his entire life in Woods County. After his birth the family moved to the farm southwest of Hopeton where his grandfather Christian Nusser homesteaded. Dean attended school through the eighth grade at Friendship School, which was located across the road from the farm. He then attended school at Dacoma High School until he graduated in 1949. He was an excellent basketball player and even won a basketball scholarship to Northwestern College in Alva, which was an extremely rare occurrence in those times. However, he was unable to attend college due to his father's failing health.
On December 29, 1950, he married Patty Lakely. They were blessed with three children: Carolyn, Doyle and Dale. After their marriage Dean and Patty lived with his parents where he continued to help out on the farm and also worked at Clyde Hall's Phillip's 66 Station. About a year later he moved his family to a farm that belonged to Bill Haltom and was located about two miles south of Hopeton. He farmed for Bill and milked the dairy cows.
In 1953 he borrowed a combine and truck and went on wheat harvest for the first time. During the fall and winter of that year he worked for Santa Fe Railroad on the bridge gang until he suffered an injury to a hand. Dean continued going on harvest in the summers and working in various jobs in the winter. Some of those jobs were working for Ralph Zook in Ralph's garage in Waynoka then later for Lumpkin Ford in Waynoka. Dean learned how to repair electronics by taking a correspondence course by mail. He would make house calls during the winter months to repair TVs and radios but would occasionally bring them home. In 1955 he bought his first combine, and a few years later he began taking his family with him on harvest. In early 1960 Dean began doing his own farming and raising of cattle in addition to the wheat harvesting. He retired from custom wheat and milo harvesting in 2001 but continued to farm and raise cattle up until his passing. He mentored many young men through the years at harvest time.
Dean believed in hard work no matter who you were working for. He instilled this belief in his children. Work was always a priority but he also knew how to have fun. Dean spent his leisure time with his family either playing croquet, softball, basketball, ice skating on the pond and creek in the winter and swimming in the pond in the summer, isinglass hunting, searching for the perfect Christmas tree in the pasture, fishing, sightseeing, visiting the mountains in Colorado, having family get-togethers, enjoying his grandchildren or just sitting in his chair reading the mail. He would take his grandchildren sparrow hunting at night by shining a flashlight above their heads in the trees to locate the birds.
He also taught his children how to walk on big wooden spools, walk on stilts that he made, play tag in the rafters of the barn and the limbs of the big native elm trees and how to hunt and identify rocks. Dean was a self-taught pro on the harmonica, never receiving any lessons and playing only by ear. He always said that if he could get the tune in his head then he could play the song. It was a joy to listen and watch him play, while he sat in his recliner and moved his toes to keep time. He would occasionally surprise Patty with a bouquet of wildflowers, native grasses or other items from nature he thought she would enjoy. He was also not beyond a little mischief making or teasing.
Dean is preceded in death by his wife, Patty; his son, Doyle; one grandson, Ricky Baird; his parents; four brothers, James (Jim), Harlin, Alvin (Bud) and Alan; three sisters, Evelyn, Ann and Mary; eight brothers-in-law and seven sisters-in-law.
Dean is survived by his daughter Carolyn and husband Rex Ivan Baird of Waynoka; his son Dale and wife Brenda of Alva; a daughter-in-law Jean Ann Nusser of Alva; one brother Charles and his wife Judy of Alva; two sisters-in-law, Leota Nusser of Alva and Kathy Holt of Kiowa; two brothers-in-law, Doug Lakely and wife Janet of Alva; and Dennis Lakely of Enid; five grandchildren, Sherry Shklar and husband Michael of Waynoka; Shannon Nusser and wife Heather of Alva; Carissa Nusser of Alva; Shelley Reidy and husband Marcus of Edmond and Derek Nusser of Alva; 14 great grandchildren, one great-great granddaughter and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the NWOSU Foundation.
Remembrances may be shared with the family at http://www.marshallfuneralhomes.com.
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