Paul Schiffner

March 25, 1933 - January 29, 2008

Paul Leon, son of Effie May (Rush) and Samuel John Schiffner was born on a farm east of Alva, Oklahoma on March 25, 1933. He passed away suddenly at his home in Alva on the 29th day of January at the age of 74 years, 10 months and 4 days. He attended the Short Springs Rural Grade School. During high school he worked with his Dad on their farm. In 1951 he graduated from the Cherokee High School. November 2, 1952 he was married to Helen Faith Eckels at the Alva Church of the Nazarene. To their marriage three children, Danny Paul, Lyndel Gene and Karen Diane were born. Following their marriage they lived in Alva where they farmed. They custom harvested for 38 years from Texas to Canada. While not harvesting he worked for Rick Caruthers Construction Company. In 1970 they moved to Beeler, Kansas. They returned to Alva in 1986 and he began working for Woods County District #1 in 1991. He attended the Alva Bible Baptist Church. Mr. Schiffner was preceded in death by his great grandson, Matthew Goodman, on December 21, 2002; his father, on January 31, 1960, his mother, on August 27, 1969; three sisters: Mildred Mae Wilson, Ruth Naomi Case and Clara Laverne Scroggs; a cousin who he thought of as a brother, Robert Tatro. Paul is survived by his wife Helen of the home, a daughter and her husband, Karen and Dennis Young of Stockton, Missouri; two sons and their wives, Danny and Margaret, of Fort Worth, Texas, Lyndel & Gwenna of Liberal, Kansas. Eight grandchildren: Jared, Zane and Garrett Schiffner, of Fort Worth, Texas, Bridget and Doug Kirk and their daughter Morgan, Samuel and Nikia Schiffner, all of Wichita, Kansas, Misti and John Young and their children, Parker, and Cecelia, of Andover, Kansas, Charlene Goodman and her daughters Brooke and Sierra, of Olathe, Kansas, Earl Goodman and his sons Aaron, Branden, and Tyler, of Capron, Oklahoma. A brother-in-law, Howard Scroggs, of Waco, Texas; a number of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends. PDF Printable Version