Roger Leon Hada

Funeral services for Roger Leon Hada will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 21, 2024, at the Alva Wesleyan Church with Pastor Paul Kirk and Rev. Max Colaw officiating. Burial will follow in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. There will be a visitation with family present on Sunday. October 20, 2024, from 6-8:00 p.m. Roger Leon, son of the late Elmer and Idella Ione (Little) Hada, was born June 26, 1949, at Alva and passed away peacefully listening to the Gaither’s and surrounded by his family October 15, 2024, at Oklahoma City at the age of 75 years, 3 months, and 20 days. He was raised on the homestead northwest of Alva, near Greenleaf, with his sister and four brothers. Roger graduated from Alva High School with the Class of 1967. He then attended Miltonvale Wesleyan College in Kansas where he met the love of his life, Isla Copeland. They were united in marriage on June 27, 1970, at Topeka, Kansas. He served in the United States Army in South Carolina. After his discharge from the Army, they lived in a couple of places before moving to Alva in 1976. He also attended Oklahoma State University and Northwestern Oklahoma State College and earned a degree in Agricultural Education. Roger was a longtime faithful member of the Alva Wesleyan Church and was a member of Promise Keepers, Kiwanas, and the Lion’s Club. He organized the annual quail hunt for the Tri-State District of the Wesleyan Church, where they released and hunted the quail/pheasants he raised. Roger also enjoyed farming, hunting and fishing and operated a Bail Bonds Business that he used to spread the love and mission of Christ. Besides his parents, Elmer and Ione, he was preceded in death by his wife of nearly 52 years, Isla Hada; his brother-in-law, Max Faulkner; his sister-in-law, Bernice Hada; and his nephew, Rex Faulkner. Roger is survived by his children, Benjamin Hada and wife, Jennifer, of Andrews, Texas, Dustin Hada and wife, Dana, of Weatherford, Oklahoma, and Jennifer Ondriezek and husband, Allen, of Andrews, Texas, and Rachel Lesslie and husband, Tim, of Have, Kansas; his sister, Barbara Faulkner of Alva; his brothers, Gordon Hada of Drumright, Larry Hada and wife, Kassandra, of Mullin, Texas, Errol Hada and wife, Sharon, of Bartlesville, and Allen Hada and wife, Sandy, of Alva. Also surviving are ten grandchildren, Samantha Hada of Amarillo, Texas, Cody Hada and fiancee, Morgan Lee, of Andrews, Texas, Matthew Hada of Andrews, Texas, Madelynn Hada of Weatherford, Kade, Julia, Ava, and Kole Ondriezek, all of Andrews, Texas, and Blake Lesslie, Ashley Blain and husband, Josh, all of Concordia, Kansas; nieces, nephews, many friends and family. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Alva Wesleyan Church.

Roger Leon Hada

June 26, 1949 - October 15, 2024