Obit of Sauerman, Alta M. - Comanche County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 04 Feb 2007 Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Highland Cemetery--Lawton OK Lawton Constitution 08 Jun 2003 Alta M. Sauerman Funeral for Alta M. Sauerman, 73, Lawton, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Liberty Heights Christian Church with the Rev. Charles Pettigrew, pastor, officiating. Mrs. Sauerman died Friday, June 6, 2003, at her home. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery under direction of Becker Funeral Home. She was born Nov. 23, 1929, in rural Custer City to Francis and Mable Jewel Rayner. She graduated from Arapaho High School in 1948. She married Norman R. Monroe on Feb. 10, 1951, in Clinton. He died July 22, 1963. She married James G. Sauerman on May 13, 1966, in the Methodist church in Waurika. Mrs. Sauerman was employed at Cameron University for four years. She later graduated from Southwestern State University, Weatherford, with a degree in elementary education in 1965. She taught at Taft Elementary School in Lawton for two years, then taught at Wilson Elementary School until 1993 when she retired. She was a member of Liberty Heights Christian Church for 43 years, serving as deacon, elder, Sunday school teacher and Sunday school superintendent. She taught in Vacation Bible School, served on many committees, sang in the choir, searched for ministers, and other duties as required. She was an active member of the Gamma Mu Conclave of Kappa Kappa Iota Teachers Sorority for 20 years. She held all offices and was president in 2002-2003. Survivors include her husband; of the home; a son, Felix L. Monroe, Lawton; two daughters: Jennifer A. Hubbard and husband David, Lawton; and Julie Lawrence and husband Rickey, Ardmore; two brothers: Ira Rayner and wife Mary, Don Rayner and wife RoeAnn, all of Clinton; three sisters: Marie Watson, Antioch, Calif., Betty Towner and husband John, Lawrence, Kan.; Bonnie Clinkingbeard and husband Wayne, Leavenworth, Kan.; four grandchildren: Parker Green, Haleigh Green, Chris Lawrence and Tyler Lawrence, Ardmore; a former son-in-law, Gerald Green, Ardmore; and many nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers: Benjamin, Ray and Keith Rayner, Antioch, Calif.; and a sister, Beulah, Custer City. Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for Cancer Research, 825 NE 13th Street; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104-5046. Sympathy cards may be sent to the family online at www.beckerfuneral.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html