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Lowell L. D. Warkentin © Ellis County Capitol 11-1997 Submitted by: Donna Dreyer
A "celebration of life" service for Lowell (L. D.) Warkentin, 80 year old, were held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 14, 1997, at the First United Methodist Church in Enid, Okla., with Lucinda Holmes and Irving Smith officiating. Burial followed in the Memorial Park Cemetery under the 'direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.
L. D., the fourth child of Aaron H. and Mary Dalke Warkentin, was born in Goessell, Kans., on September 27, 1917, 'and died November 11, 1997, at home after a few months illness. At the age of three, he moved with his family to a farm near Geary, Okla., where he attended Good Hope country grade school and graduated from Geary High School in 1935. He completed a degree in Agronomy at Oklahoma A&M College in 1940 and a Masters Degree 'in Rural Adult Education from Oklahoma State University in 1965. He served 'as: captain with the 12th Army Group Headquarters in the European Theater of Operations during WWII in England, Normandy, France, Luxemburg, Holland, and Germany. During the Korean Conflict he was called back to active duty and served 18 months in the Washington, D. C. area.
After the' war, L. D. began his career with Oklahoma State University Agricultural Extension Service and was employed in Custer, Ellis, Canadian, Roger Mills and' Garfield Counties as County Extension Director. He served as State President of the Oklahoma County Agents Association in 1969- 70 and received a Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents in 1960. L. D. and his family lived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 1961 to 1963, where he worked as an Agricultural Advisor for Oklahoma State University as part of the Point Four Program. L. D. was employed part-time by Security National Bank from 10 years following his retirement from Agricultural Extension.
L. D. married Elsie Ann Doughty December 26, 1941, at Oklahoma City. He was a longtime member of the Methodist Church and the American Legion, and a member of the Enid Noon Lion's Club for the past 30 years.
L. D. is survived by his wife: Ann, of the home; a son: Patrick, and wife, Alison, of Pine, Colo.; a daughter: Robyn, and husband, Cecil, of Guymon, Okla.; and a daughter: Colette, of Oklahoma City, Okla.; grandchildren: Reid Brooks of Oklahoma City, Molly and Matt Burns of Guymon, Lara Burns of Liberal, Kans., and Kathy and husband, Mike Gonzalez of Bay City, Mich.; and, a brother: Ralph, of Yukon, Okla.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Vera Regier, and a brother, Carl.
Memorials may be made to the Hospice Circle of Love with the Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home serving as custodian of the fund.
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