Lorna Violet Canaan Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Lorna Violet Canaan will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at the Bible Baptist Church with Vladimir Lukyanob officiating. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Lorna Violet Canaan, daughter of the late Laurence and Clara Violet (Eckels) Combs, was born September 4, 1940, in Grant County, Oklahoma, and passed away February 2, 2019, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 79 years and 28 days. Lorna attended Alva Schools, On March 2, 1958, she was united in marriage to Donald David Canaan at Alva. Since Donald was in the Marines, they lived in several duty stations before returning to Alva in 1973. After her children were raised she cared for people in home health. She was a member of the Bible Baptist Church. She had pen pals all over the country. She liked reading and sewing, but she really enjoyed garage sales and thrift store shopping. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Donald; one brother, Ralph Wheat; and two sisters, Lenora Burns and Marlene McKenna. Lorna is survived by two sons, William Canaan and wife, Casey, of Alva, and David Canaan and wife, Cindy Jo, of Carmen; two daughters, Mary Perrin and husband, Ray, of Alva, and Cindy Wright and husband, Joe, of Alva; two brothers, Walter Combs and wife, Barbara, of Rim Rock, Arizona, and Lawrence Combs and wife, Florence, of Springdale, Arkansas; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for Breast Cancer Research.

Lorna Violet Canaan

September 4, 1940 - February 2, 2019