MARTIN R. TOMSON

© Published Enid, OK. News

February 28, 2006

Submitted by: Sylva Rhodes

MARTIN R. TOMSON

The funeral for Martin R. Tomson, 72, of Cleo Springs, OK. will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Church, Cleo Springs. The Revs. Roy Wahlgren and Dan O’Daniel will officiate. A graveside service will be Friday in Syracuse Cemetery, Syracuse, Kan. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home Inc., Helena, OK.

He was born Jan. 31, 1934, in Syracuse to James Clifford and Mary Ent Tomson and died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, at his home.

He graduated from Syracuse High School in 1952. He joined the Army in February 1957 and served until February 1959. He married Lola Mae Walker July 11, 1958. They made their home in Syracuse where he worked as a bookkeeper at the elevator, a repairman with Plateau Natural Gas Co. and was a Hamilton County judge. They moved to Johnson, Kan., in 1971, where he was a loan officer at Johnson State Bank. They moved to Cleo Springs in August 1977, where he owned and operated Tomson Hardware and Lumber.

He was a member of First Christian Church, Cleo Springs; Odd Fellows IOOF lodge, and was senior center board president, Cleo Springs. He also attended Chisholm Trail Cowboy Church.

Surviving are his wife, Lola of the home; two sons, Joe Tomson of Phoenix, AZ/ and Jack Tomson of Stillwater, OK.; two daughters, June Hiebert of Ringwood, OK. and Jill Lasiter of Oklahoma City, OK.; two sisters, Betty Marquez of Hutchinson, Kan., and Sue Wilson of Kansas City, Mo.; four brothers, Merlon Tomson of Las Cruces, N.M., Morton Tomson of Phoenix, OK., Moran Tomson of Johnson, Kan., and Mason Tomson of Houston, TX.; and nine grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one sister and four brothers.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Cleo Springs Senior Center, or Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, heart division.

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