Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Wakita.
Wakita is also known as: Grant County / Wakita town.
Zip codes in the city: 73771.
Grant County funeral flowers can be purchased from one of the local funeral shops we partner with.
The present funeral home was built in the 1950's by Lawrence and Frances Parsons and was called Parsons Funeral Home.
They managed the business for thirty years until retiring and selling it to Bob Williams.
Wakita is a town in Grant County, Oklahoma, United States, founded in 1898. It is south from the Kansas state line. This town's population was 344 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 18.1 percent from 420 at the 2000 census. Wakita is notable as the location for the 1996 motion picture film, Twister.
It was disclosed on February 4th, 2019 that Larry E Claflin died in Wakita, Oklahoma. Claflin was 78 years old. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Larry E's life.
It was disclosed on July 5th, 2018 that Verena V Wetter (Seiler) perished in Norton, Kansas. Ms. Wetter was 89 years old and was born in Wakita, OK. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Verena V's life.
It was reported by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on February 18th, 2018 that Esther Annalee "Ann" Hewlett (Bland) died in Independence, Iowa. Ms. Hewlett was 83 years old and was born in Wakita, OK. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Esther Annalee "Ann"'s life.
It was revealed on July 31st, 2017 that Helen George (Templin) died in Wakita, Oklahoma. Ms. George was 49 years old. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Helen's life.
It was noted on May 15th, 2017 that Dean Bellin passed on in Wakita, Oklahoma. Bellin was 68 years old. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Dean's life.
It was reported on April 13th, 2017 that Billy Williams passed on in Wakita, Oklahoma. Williams was 63 years old. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Billy's life.
It was reported on March 7th, 2017 that Renee William (Hunstad) died in Wakita, Oklahoma. Ms. William was 51 years old. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Renee's life.
It was written on September 26th, 2016 that Dean L Templin passed away in Wakita, Oklahoma. Templin was 74 years old. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Dean L's life.
It was written on March 23rd, 2015 that James A Conrady passed away in Wakita, Oklahoma. Conrady was 57 years old. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor James A's life.
It was noted by The Mail Tribune on October 31st, 2014 that Erma Lu Cauthon (Hendricks) passed on in Medford, Oregon. Ms. Cauthon was 82 years old and was born in Wakita, OK. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Erma Lu's life.
It was featured in the 1996 blockbuster movie 'Twister (1996 film) starring Helen Hunt & Bill Paxton in which Wakita was destroyed by an Fujita scale (later F5 tornado tornado. This is why Wakita was used in the Hollywood blockbuster "Twister", because of this paradox created between the spell and the movie setting. Some believe that Green wanted to name the town in the Chief's honor because of a protective spell supposedly cast to protect the area around the town from tornadoes for a time span of 100 years. False fronts where built onto the existing store fronts for some shots and then were removed and replaced it with rubble in the streets after the tornado hit and the rest of the building was removed using Computer-generated imagery Some buildings were demolished, but nothing was put in to replace them.
Before the town's founding in 1898, there was a dispute over the right to name the town. -Other Notables- *First road in town, 1958 *First traffic light, 1962 (Which was ran over by the nightwatchman only 1 week later and was never reinstalled).
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