Beckham Co. - Obit for James Herbert Oren, 1996 Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ James Herbert Oren ERICK, Okla. - James Herbert Oren, 83, died Saturday, Dec. 14, 1996. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Erick United Methodist Church with the Rev. Marilynn Schellhamer officiating. Burial will be in Erick Cemetery by Fatheree-Albert Funeral Service. Mr. Oren was born southwest of Erick. He attended Dabney School, Erick High School and Oklahoma A&M College. He married Lorene Stone in 1937. They had lived near Big Brushy Creek, southwest of Erick. He enjoyed ranching and farming. He farmed on his ranch and in partnership with his father on the Oren family farm. He retired in 1980 and moved to Erick. He was a Methodist. He was preceded in death by his wife. Survivors include three daughters, Ellen Moss of Amarillo and Barbara Oren and Mona Oren, both of Erick; five sons, John Oren of Arlington, Texas, and James Oren, Stone Oren, Charlie Oren and Kenneth Oren, all of Erick; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to First United Methodist Church at Erick.