Vernon Ollenberger
Vernon Alfred Ollenberger, 90, of Perryton, died Jan. 4, 2026.
Services will be held Thursday, Jan. 8, at 10 a.m. at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Ochiltree Cemetery.
He was born Dec. 22, 1935 in Cleo Springs, OK. He attended Balko High School and attended one year of college. He married Del Raye Ward on March 8, 1969 in Enid, OK.
He farmed in the Balko area on his family farm until 2017, when he moved to Perryton. He was a member of Balko Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Shelley Ollenberger; his parents, Ed and Bessie Leah (Johnson) Ollenberger; two sisters, Barbara Ollenberger and Anna Fairlene McDonald; and two brothers, Robert Ollenberger and Max Ollenberger.
He is survived by his wife, Del Raye; one son, Terry Ollenberger of Juneau, AK; three daughters, Cindy Duval and Carrie Ollenberger, both of Perryton, and Janice Roberts of Seymour; two sisters, Doris Platner of Tulsa, OK and Connie Kavanaugh of Shelton, CT; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to one’s favorite charity.
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