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Betty Jean Trekell © Enid News and Eagle © 02-02-2007 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
The funeral for Betty Jean Wanger Trekell, 69, of Alva, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at First Christian Church, Alva. Melvin Darnell will officiate. Burial will be in Freedom Cemetery, Alva. Arrangements are by Wharton Funeral Home, Alva.
She was born Jan. 13, 1938, in Camp Houston to Charles A. and Sadie L. Wanger and died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007, at Alva Share Medical Center.
She attended Unity grade school northwest of Camp Houston. The family moved to Alva where she attended Horace Mann Junior High School on the campus of Northwestern State Teacher’s College. She graduated from Alva High School in 1956. She was a member of Barnes Street Church of Christ.
She married Landis Trekell Oct. 9, 1955, in Alva. They lived in Alva, Walsh, Colo., Stillwater and Waynoka, returning to Alva in 1973. She was a homemaker.
Surviving are her husband, Landis; three children, Rhonda Fields, Cynthia Nighswonger and Kirk Trekell, all of Alva; two brothers, Harold and Max Wanger, both of Alva; five sisters, Ila Wood of Alva, Lou Spurlock of Wichita, Kan., Linda Davis of Enid, Janice Colburn of Bethany and Marilyn Bindrum of Alva; and seven grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sisters.
Memorials may be made to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, cancer division.
Condolences may be made online at www.whartonfuner alchapel.com.
Landis Trekell © Alva Review-Courier © 12-04-2020 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
© Alva Review-Courier
February 27, 1935 - December 1, 2020
Landis Trekell, age 85, of New Boston, Texas, passed away on December 1, 2020, at Wadley Hospital in Texarkana, Texas, after a 22-day stay in ICU battling Covid-19.
A memorial service was held in Nash, Texas, on December 3, 2020, at Chapelwood Funeral Home with visitation from 4 to 5 p.m. and the memorial service from 5 to 6 p.m. A public visitation will be held in Alva, Oklahoma, at Wharton Funeral Chapel from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, December 5, 2020. Private family graveside services will follow at the Freedom Cemetery at 2 p.m. with Melvin Darnell officiating. Arrangements will be handled by Texarkana Funeral Home of Texarkana, Texas, and Wharton Funeral Chapel of Alva. Online condolences may be made at http://www.whartonfuneralchapel.com
Landis was born on February 27, 1935, near Fort Supply, Oklahoma, to William Albert and Eula Alice (Lindell) Trekell. His early years were spent on the ranch at Ft. Supply, Oklahoma, on a farm near Ringwood, Oklahoma, and later in Enid, Oklahoma, where he attended junior high and high school, graduating in 1953. He attended Northwestern State College from 1954 to 1958, where he graduated with a BS degree in industrial arts education. He received his masters degree from Oklahoma State University in 1964 in industrial education with emphasis upon vocational carpentry.
Landis had several teaching jobs in the industrial education field, with his first being in Walsh, Colorado. His next job was teaching vocational carpentry in Waynoka, Oklahoma, for seven years before becoming the building trades instructor, building a new house each year with his students at the Oklahoma Northwest Area Vocational-Technical School in Alva, from 1972 to 1990, where he retired in 1990 after 32 years of teaching. He is quoted as saying, "I enjoyed every year of it." Many of his former students have remarked that they have used the skills acquired in his classes more than many other things in their education.
On October 9, 1955, Landis was united in marriage to Betty Jean Wanger. To this marriage, three children were born: Rhonda Kay, Cynthia Ann and Kirk Albert. His precious wife, Betty, passed away in 2007, after a six-year battle with cancer. On August 30, 2008, he married Geneva Ann McCarter of New Boston, Texas. With that marriage, he acquired more loving family.
Landis was an interesting man with many talents and hobbies. He enjoyed woodworking, woodcarving, silver-smithing, rock hounding, hunting and collecting Indian artifacts, antique cars, writing poetry (mostly about Bible stories and characters) and collecting old tools. He had a huge collection of wise sayings, proverbs, quips and stories. His father (William Albert Trekell) participated in the Cherokee Outlet land run of 1893, and Landis had a great interest in that.
He loved teaching his grandchildren about life and the Lord, and building things with them. He was a devoted Christian from the time of his baptism as a teenager in Enid. He taught many sermons with his life and from the pulpit. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Landis was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Betty; and his brothers, William (Billy) Trekell and Erlin Trekell.
He is survived by his wife, Geneva; his brother, Larry Trekell (Johnnie); his sister, Marilyn Sexton (Paul); his children, Rhonda Fields (Kevin), Cynthia Nighswonger (Tom), and Kirk Trekell (Kim); his grandchildren, Grayson Fields (Cambra), Landon Fields (Emily), Clinton Nighswonger (Diana), Tyler Nighswonger (Lindsey), Brittany McGrew (Justin), Blake Trekell and Bradley Trekell (Jenni); and great-grandchildren Zoe and Flint Fields; Addison Fields; Callie Nighswonger; Audrey Nighswonger; Kaden, Evan and Lydia McGrew; and Carlee, Sierra and Bailey Trekell. Also surviving are many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Landis is also survived by Geneva's family, Andy McCarter (Christy), Sheila McCarter (James) and seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions in his memory may be made to the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Foundation, the Alva Church of Christ c/o Wharton Funeral Chapel, or the charity of your choice.
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