Lynn Douglas Puffinbarger

Funeral services for Lynn Douglas Puffinbarger will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, August 3, 2018, at the Cherokee Friends Church with Rev. Dave Emery officiating. Interment will be in the Byron-Amorita Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. There will be a visitation with the family at the Cherokee Friends Church Thursday, August 2, 2018, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Lynn Douglas Puffinbarger, son of the late Elmer Ray and Jessie (Terry) Puffinbarger, was born March 16, 1931, in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and passed away July 31, 2018, at Cherokee, Oklahoma, at the age of 87 years, 4 months, and 15 days. Lynn graduated from Byron High School. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Math and Science from Northwestern State College and completed his Masters Degree in Greeley, Colorado. He taught in Kansas and the Byron Driftwood School for a short time. On June 5, 1956, he was united in marriage to Winona Helen Nelson at Alva, Oklahoma. They lived in Alfalfa County their entire lives where they farmed and ranched. He was nationally known as a horse breeder and raiser of multiple champion POA’s and his alfalfa hay. Lynn was a member of the Cherokee Friends Church. He served on the Alfalfa County Fair Board, the Alfalfa County Excise Board, the Cherokee School Board and the Alfalfa County Historical Society. Nationally, he served on the Board of Directors and as President of the Pony of America Club and was the first to be honored as a Diamond Premier Breeder. He enjoyed taking his bird dogs and friends hunting. He loved helping youth, especially with their 4-H, FFA, and POA projects. His family was always important to him and he really enjoyed spending time with his grand-kids and great-grand-kids. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Winona; three brothers, Marvin, Cotton, and Fay Puffinbarger; two sisters, Clarice Vanderpool and Clytice Butler, and one great grandchild, Presley Puffinbarger. Lynn is survived by three children, Loretta Doak and husband, Randy, of Okeene, Lynetta Cressler and husband, Ross, of Hoxie, Kansas, and Tommy Puffinbarger and wife, Angela, of Burlington; one brother, Loy Puffinbarger and wife, Anne, of Edmond; one sister, Muriel Bushman and husband, Jerald, of Enid; two sisters-in-law, Cleo McCollough of Enid and Madie Faye Puffinbarger of Vici. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, Cody Puffinbarger of Cherokee, Joni Inskeep and husband, Eric, of Kingfisher, Isaac Palmer of Bethany, Heather Holt of Oklahoma City, Tiffany Holt of Alva, Keith Cressler and wife, Michelle, Randi Cressler and Chasity Lewis and husband, Mike, all of Hoxie, Kansas; ten great-grandchildren, Ashlyn and Tripton Puffinbarger, Rylee and Avery Inskeep, Bentley and Braydyn Cook, Kellen, Jackie, and Troy Cressler, Brittany Lewis; other relatives and many friends. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Alfalfa County 4-H Club.

Lynn Douglas Puffinbarger

March 16, 1931 - July 31, 2018