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Funeral services for Archie G. Flaming, 88, Corn resident, were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 27, 2016, in the North Side Church of Christ in Cordell, Oklahoma, officiated by Kenneth Jones.
Burial followed in the Lawnview Cemetery in Cordell under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.
Archie Gene Flaming was the second son born to Otto and Marianna (Penner) Flaming on June 20, 1928, on the River Farm which was two miles north and two mile east of Cloud Chief, Oklahoma.
He passed away Thursday, December 22, 2016, in the Corn Heritage Village in Corn, Oklahoma.
Archie was raised in Cloud Chief and walked two miles each way to attend Grandview School where he learned to speak English, because his parents used Plautdietsch (Low German) in the home.
He had many good times during the summer in the big swimming hole on the Washita River.
In 1938, they moved to the Sunnyside Farm located two and half miles north and one east of Cloud Chief.
Archie started the eighth grade at the Corn Public School where he enjoyed sports. He graduated from Corn High School in 1946.
In September he developed a high fever and was hospitalized with Rheumatic Fever. It took him six months to recover.
Archie enjoyed going on wheat harvest with Henry Penner and Walt Krewall.
He was drafted in the Army, in 1950, and proudly served his country in Whittier, Alaska, during the Korean War.
Archie married Marie Weese on April 17, 1953, at Carlsbad, New Mexico. They established a home in Cordell, Oklahoma.
Archie worked on a Seismograph crew and snapped cotton, until he went to work in 1955, with his Uncle Art Penner, as a mason laying brick and block.
He continued in that profession for 20 years. During those years he enjoyed participating on a bowling league.
Also, he was an avid fisherman and spent many vacations on the White River at Bullshoals, Arkansas.
In 1975, he retired from laying brick and went into farming with his brother, Bert.
His wife of 34 years, Marie, past away on Archie’s birthday June 20, 1987.
He married his first wife’s cousin, Lois (Stoiy) Smith on October 9,1987. One year after their marriage his wife’s health started deteriorating.
Archie devoted his time, until her death in 2009, caring for her.
Since her death, he has traveled extensively making trips to all the western states, including Alaska, twice.
In 2011, at the age of 83, he started having coffee with a beautiful lady, Velma Hoock, from Corn, Oklahoma.
This relationship blossomed into a loving companionship for both of them. They would go out to lunch at the Colony Cafe and shop at Walmart together.
In 2014, because of declining health, Archie sold his home in Cordell and moved into an apartment at the Corn Heritage Village (CHV).
Soon Velma also moved to an apartment at CHV where they enjoyed spending time together until Velma’s death in 2015.
Archie has been a long time member of the North Side Church of Christ, Cordell, Oklahoma.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Otto S. and Marianna (Penner) Flaming; his first wife, Marie (Weese) Flaming; and second wife, Lois (Story) Flaming.
Archie is survived by his stepson, Don and wife, Kathy Smith of Norman, Oklahoma; step-granddaughter, Cherri and husband, Wayne Atkins of Double Oak, Texas; two step-great-granddaughters; two brothers, Emery and wife, Leota Flaming of Moore, Oklahoma, and G. Bert and wife, Judy Flaming of Corn, Oklahoma; and many nieces and nephews.