Elmer LaDon "Don" Oblander

Elmer LaDon Oblander, known affectionately as Don, passed away on August 14, 2024, at the age of 85 in Enid, Oklahoma. Don was born on July 10, 1939, in Alva, Oklahoma. His parents were Goldie Ellen Meier and Elmer Edwin Oblander.
His father and mother were school teachers. His father was also a principal and superintendent.
Don graduated from Blackwell High School in 1957. In high school he loved to play basketball and run track.
After high school, he attended Southwestern Adventist University in Keene, Texas from 1957-58.
After one year in Texas, he moved to Tonkawa, Oklahoma and met Sharon Sanborn. They met in junior college and married in 1959.
He went on to finish his degree at Union College in Lincoln Nebraska where he graduated with a Degree in religion/agriculture animal husbandry.

In 1961 he moved to Okeene, Oklahoma. He had 3 children.

Through his life Don had many accomplishments. He served on the Board of Agriculture, he was a member of the Grand Ole Opera in Enid Oklahoma, sang for 5th Sunday Sings in the community, and sang in the church quartets.

The farm and his cattle were his love. He worked many hours on the farm with his children, Starla, John, and Sheryl.

He loved all animals. He once pulled over for a homeless dog on the side of the country road. He felt sorry for her and rescued her. His son John, Trixie, and Trixie's puppy, Millie, went everywhere with Don.

Don also loved the cats that would show up at the "Gerken Place". He would always have food in the back of the pickup truck for them. It didn't matter what time of the day it was, he would not let a day go by without feeding the barn cats.

Don's greatest love was his wife. His nickname for Sharon was "Shari". Sharon loved dancing and he would always walk in the room and twirl her around and start dancing no matter what he was doing.

He was a man who loved his family and had John by his side and in the family home until the day he passed away.

The Seventh Day Adventist Church and its congregation was an integral part of his life as well. While being a member, he served various times on the school board, church board, was an elder, singer, and would write and give many sermons. He loved the Lord with all of his heart. He read and studied his bible daily. He was at prayer meeting the Wednesday before he passed.

Don was proceded in death by his mother Goldie Ellen Meier and father Elmer Edwin Oblander,
Baby LaDon, many aunts and uncles.
Don is survived in death by his wife, Sharon, daughter Starla and husband Jim Bernhardt, grandsons, Travis, and Brad of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, son John Oblander of Okeene, Oklahoma, daughter Sheryl and husband William Pepperman, granddaughter Abigail Pepperman of Porter, Texas, brother Duane Oblander and wife Barbara of ShellKnob, Missouri , Aunt Betty Jane Teders of Kingfisher, Oklahoma and many cousins, nieces, nephews, his SDA church family, and friends of the community.

Please help us remember our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, nephew, and friend.
September 15 at 11:00am
Okeene Seventh Day Adventist Church.
104 Hickory St, Okeene, OK 73763