A2 - THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, March 27, 2014
People
Olive Fay Dawes
1919-2014
Ralph Edward Friend
1929-2014
Cale Wayne Drumm
1975-2014
Cale Wayne Drumm, age
39, of Stillwater, OK passed
away on March 21, 2014 in
Oklahoma City,
OK. Funeral ser-
vices have been
entrusted to the
care of Palmer
Marler Funeral
Home of Still-
water, OK and
will be held at
l pm on Thurs-
day, March 27 at Life Church
in Stillwater, OK. Interment
will follow at Sunset Memo-
rial Gardens. Public visitation
will be held from 8am to 8pm
on Wednesday, March 26 at
the funeral home with family
greeting friends from 6pm to
8pm.
Cale Drumm always dreamed
of being a soldier. He served
in the Army National Guard
through two tours in Iraq and
two in Afghanistan. He went to
heaven Friday night following
an accident in the 1967 Mus-
tang he had worked on for
more than 20 years.
Cale was born to Jim Drumm
and Lois (Drumm) Friede-
mann on February 3, 1975 in
Stillwater, OK. He married
Angie Harper (Lindley), whom
he had known since grade
school, on August 1, 2010. He
was currently employed with
Knight Medical Supply and
worked for Audio Innovations
for 13 years.
Sgt. Drumm was loved by
all who knew
him through
his passion for
his family, his
country and his
integrity.
Cale Wayne
Drumm was
preceded in
death by his
grandparents, Wayne and
Rachel Drumm, and Robert
and Dora May Gunter; one
uncle, Sam Gunter; and cousin,
Mike Devlin.
Survivors include his wife,
Angie; one son, Matthew
Winchester Drumm; one step-
daughter, Christian Lindley
all of the home; his parents
of Stillwater plus step-par-
ents John Friedemann, Lisa
Drumm, and Bryan Heid;
sisters, Abby Drumm, Brandy
Heid; one brother, Vincent
Heid all of Stillwater; nieces
Bailey, Kelsey and Haylee;
nephews, Caden, Brayden, and
Giles; and numerous cousins.
Donations may be made to the
family at any Bank SNB loca-
tion or to the Wounded War-
rior Project, P.O. Box 758517,
Topeka, Kansas 66675.
Condolences can be sent to
the family via an online guest-
book at www.pmcfh.com
Dr. David Linn Reinecke
1951-2014 "
Dr. David Linn Reinecke, a
longtime Cushing physician,
passed away on Monday eve-
ning in Oklahoma
City at the age of
62. A celebration
of his life will be
at 10:00 a.m.,
Saturday, March
29, 2014 at the
First United
Methodist Church
in Cushing.
Arrangements
are entrusted to Palmer Marler
Funeral Home, Cushing, OK.
David was born on June 1,
1951 in Manhattan, Kansas
to Marvin and Alice (Herr)
Reinecke. He grew up in
Bartlesville, graduating from
Bartlesville High School
in 1969. David attended
Oklahoma State University,
graduating with a Bachelor's in
Biology in 1973. He then went
on to Medical School at O.U.,
graduafingin 1977. Davidmar-
ried the love of his life Cathy
Amberg on February 13, 1982
in Oklahoma City, OK. They
lived in Osawatomie, Kansas
where he worked in Public
Health for a few years before
moving to Cushing in 1984.
In Cushing, David began his
career in Internal Medicine
Practice. He was a member
of the First United Method-
ist Church, the O.S.M.A.,
A.M.A. and a Rotarian. David
had many hobbies. One that his
is most remembered for was his
love for wine and fine food. He
began collecting wine in 1975.
He and Cathy have traveled
to Napa, France and Italy to
experience how the wine was
made and sample the local
cuisine. He
had amazing
hand written
journals, ledgers
and notes to
chronicle his
collection. He
liked to cook
for close family
and friends and
plan the wine to
accompany the meal. Some of
the best Saturday's and holidays
were spent enjoying these meal
that David prepared. David
also enjoyed hunting and nature
in general. David loved spend-
ing time with his family.
Survivors include his wife
Cathy of the home, daughter
Jill Clark and husband Ryan
of Chicago, I11., sons Brad
Reinecke of Cushing and Jeff
Reinecke of Stillwater, mother
Alice Reinecke of Bartlesville,
sisters Maria James and hus-
band George of Cincinnati,
Ohio, Ruth Birgeles and hus-
band Tom of New York City,
Lilli Lessinger and husband
Ray of Lorena, TX, brother
John Reinecke, and numerous
nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by
his father.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to the Oklahoma
Medical Research Foundation,
825 NE 13th St, Oklahoma
City, OK 73104.
Condolences and online
guest book are available at http:
//www.palmermarlerfh.com/.
Olive Fay (Austin) Dawes
was bom September 2, 1919
to Oren and Inez (Emde)
Austin in Chan-
dler. She passed
away March 24
in the Drumright
Nursing Home at
the Age of 94.
She was pre-
ceded in death by
her parents, a son
Ronald, a brother
Oren Austin, and two sisters,
Violet Rule and Ramona Lef-
fingwell.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Gene, two sons, Phil
Fowler of Talihina and Thel-
don Fowler and wife Janice of
Cushing. Seven grandchildren,
sixteen great grandchildren and
one great-great grandson.
Graveside
services were
Wednesday,
March 26, 2014
at 2:00 p.m. at
Pleasant Ridge
Cemetery,
located 4 miles
north and 3 1/4
miles west of
Chandler, OK. Arrange-
ments were entrusted to
Palmer Marler Funeral Home,
Cushing.
Condolences and online
guest book are available at http:
//www.palmermarlerfh.com/.
LeRoy Henry Fischer
1917-2014
LeRoy Henry Fischer was
bom May 19, 1917 in Hoff-
man, Illinois, the son of Dr.
Andrew Leroy
and Effie Risby
Fischer. He died
March 11, 2014
at age 96 in
Stillwater, Okla-
homa.
LeRoy attended
a one room
school in Hoff-
man and gradu-
ated from Centralia, Illinois
High School. He developed
a life-long interest in history
when he accompanied his
parents to his father's medical
conventions which were held
in historic American cities.
After earning a PhD in his-
tory from the University of
Illinois, he immediately went
into the U.S. Army Signal
Corps during WWII. He
worked as a crypto-analysis
in Operation Ultra Secret.
He helped decode wireless
German Enigma messages
for the Allies at Bletchley,
England for two years, four
months and twenty one days.
Following the war, he taught
at Ithaca College in New York
state before coming to Okla-
homa State University in 1946.
He taught at OSU for 38 years
specializing in American His-
tory and the Civil War in the
Indian Territory. His graduate
students were very special to
him. He retired as the Oppen-
heim Professor of History.
He was an early champion
for historic preservation, espe-
cially for his beloved Old Cen-
tral.and Honey Springs Battle
Field. The Honey Spring
Battle Field Park visitor's
center is named in his honor.
LeRoy was active in the
Oklahoma Historical Society,
serving on the Board of Direc-
tors for 43 years.
He was Chair-
man of the Board
at Stillwater First
United Meth-
odist Church,
served on the
YMCA Board
and was active
on the Okla-
homa Historic
Preservation Committee.
Among his honors were
OSU teacher of the Year,
Centralia, Illinois Hall of
Fame, Oklahoma Higher Edu-
cation hall of Fame, Oklahoma
Historians Hall of Fame and
Distinguished Service Award
by the Oklahoma Heritage
Association.
On June 20, 1948, LeRoy
married Martha Gwendolyn
Anderson in Stanton, Iowa.
Martha and LeRoy's mar-
riage was blessed with three
children, Barbara, Jim and
wife Vickie and John. They are
reported to be the most won-
derful children in the whole
wide world. Five exceptionally
brilliant grandchildren survive
LeRoy; David, Andrew and
Elizabeth McCrary along with
Rob and Brent Fischer.
Services were held March
15, 2014 at the First United
Methodist Church in Stillwa-
ter, Oklahoma.
If desired, memorials can be
directed to:
LeRoy H. Fischer Endowed
Graduate Research Paper
Fund
OSU Foundation , Attn: Gift
Processing
P.O. Box 1749
Stillwater, OK 74076-1749
Reynolds Services Friday
Doris Ruth Reynolds, a former Perkins resident, passed
away on Monday, March 24, 2014 in Enid, OK at the age
of 83 years.
Funeral services have been entrusted to the care of the
Palmer Marler Funeral Home in Perkins and will be held at
I0:00 a.m., Friday, March 28, 2014 in The Christian Church
of Perkins. Burial will follow in the Sunset Memorial Gar-
dens, Stillwater, OK. The family will be greeting friends
on Thursday evening from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the Palmer
Marler Funeral Home in Perkins.
Condolences and an online guestbook are available at
www.PMCFH.com.
Legendary Sfillwater boxing
coach Ralph Edward Friend
won his" final round on earth
and went to be
with his Lord in
that big boxing
ring in the sky.
Services have
been 'entrusted
to the care of
Palmer Marler
Funeral Home
and a service cel-
ebrating Ralph's
amazing life was held at lpm
on Saturday, March 22, 2014
at the Palmer Marler Funeral
Home Chapel in Stillwater,
OK. Interment followed at
Sunset Memorial Gardens
where Ralph was laid to rest
beside one of his most promis-
ing fighters, Martin Pinney.
Ralph was bom on June 1,
1929 in Ventura, CA to Asa
Ashford Friend and Flo (Herd)
Friend. He attended schools in
Ontario, OR where he boxed
on his high school boxing team.
Following his graduation,
Ralph spent a year coaching his
high school team and began a
lifelong passion for shaping the
lives of young men by training
them to become the best fighter
they could be. Ralph enlisted
in the U.S. Army where he
served 2 years in Germany
as a jeep driver and personal
guitar player for a high ranking
Army Colonel. He also boxed
and coached other boxers in the
Army's boxing league.
Following his honorable
discharge from the military,
Ralph returned to Oregon
and purchased a gas station.
In 1956, he married Helga
Lehmann. To make extra
money, Ralph would play the
guitar on the local radio sta-
tion and he also did live skits
on the radio with Larry from
The Three Stooges.
In the early 1960's the Friend
family moved to Oklahoma
and purchased a farm in the
Glencoe area. He ran the
grain elevator in Lela (Noble
County), managed the Ahrberg
Mill in Stillwater, and he also
owned Rite-Way Laundry in
Stillwater for several years.
Ralph owned and operated
R&R Grain and Feed in Mor-
rison from 1969-1973. In the
mid 1970's, he accepted a posi-
tion at Moore Business Forms,
a job he enjoyed for nearly 20
years. Ralph enjoyed his busy
life. Although his business
career kept him on his feet,
he still had time to raise cattle
and pigs and enjoy a successful
career as a professional boxing
coach and boxing official.
There were few things in life
that Ralph Friend was more
passionate about than boxing.
He was appointed to the Okla-
homa Boxing Commission by
a former Governor and served
the Commission for many
years and he served as chair-
man of the Heartland Regional
Boxing Tournament. In the
early 1970's, Ralph founded
the Stillwater Boxing Club,
a sheet metal building in his
back yard that has produced
a number of Golden Glove
champions. Above the hand-
made ring is a board that lists
the Stillwater Boxing Club
Honor Roll, 13 names of an
elite class of Golden Glove
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champions Friend has trained.
Friend never turned someone
away from his gym as long
as they are will-
ing to work, no
matter their age
or size.
In 1971, he
led 34-year-old
Brian Kelly to
the ring for the
Light Heavy-
weight World
Championship
against Bob Foster. During his
six decades in the profession,
Ralph trained many local and
regional fighters such as Martin
Pinney, Jimmy Fairbanks,
Don Christiano, Joel Spitler,
Kirk Christiano, and Johnny
Blaiser with the help of his
assistant coach Fred Causley,
Sr., whom Ralph had lured out
of his office job.
Ralph also received many
awards and accolades as a
fighter. He amassed a collec-
tion of wins from fights all
over the West Coast before
returning to his coaching
roots. In 1979, Ralph founded
the Martin Pinney Memorial
Boxing Tournament and the
Ralph Friend Tournament is
held in Oklahoma City each
year. Ralph was the coach for
the Regional Golden Gloves
boxers and was the National
Golden Gloves Coach of the
Year in the 70's and also the
Golden Gloves Coach of the
Decade. He was inducted into
the Nation Golden Gloves Hall
of Fame. June 1, 2009 was
deemed Ralph Friend Day by
the City of Stillwater.
Ralph Friend was a strong-
willed, hardworking man
who truly believed that at the
age of 84, he "could still go
10 rounds with Joe Lewis."
Although Ralph loved the sport
of boxing and the many boxers
he coached, his first love was
always his family. He taught
his two sons Joey and Danny
to be respectful, loyal, and to
always put their families first.
Ralph's legacy of respect and
dedication to excellence in all
you do will live on through
the lives of his sons, as well as
through the lives of the many
fighters he coached during his
inspiring 84 years of life.
Ralph is survived' by his two
sons: Joey Friend and wife
Teena, of StiUwater, OK and
Danny Friend and wife Beth,
of Belton, SC. Grandchildren:
Wesley Ziegelmeier and
Nicole Currant and husband
Chad. Great grandchildren:
Treytn and Harper Currant
and a brother Warren Friend.
He is also survived by many
nieces, nephews, and other
family members and friends.
Ralph was preceded in death
by his parents: Asa and Flo
Friend; two sisters: Freda
Patton and Gladys Tyner; and
two brothers: Williard and
Arnold Friend.
In lieu of flowers the family
has requested that donations
be made in Ralph's name to
the Kansas/Oklahoma Boxing
Association in care of Palmer
Marler Funeral Home 5106
N. Washington. Stillwater,
OK 74075
Condolences can be sent to
the family via an online guest-
book at www.pmcfh.com
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