Alice L. Fancher

Alice Lavern Kepler was born January 30, 1938 in the El Reno Hospital. Alice was one of three children born to Roy George Kepler and Ethel Celeste Patzack Kepler. Alice and her family lived in rural Okarche until she was 10 years old and they moved to El Reno, living there until 1972. Alice was a 1956 graduate of El Reno High School.

In 1972, she moved to Yukon and thereafter lived in the Oklahoma communities of Glencoe and Stillwater. Alice’s final years were spent at Primrose Assisted Living Facility in Shawnee where she had resided since April 2018.

Alice loved her family and from her they learned to be caring, generous and giving to others. Always working hard to help support her family, Alice worked 9 years with Rock Island Railroad, then 20 years with the U.S. Postal Service.

She was a member of the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees, Inc., American Postal Workers Union, Retiree, National Active & Retired Federal Employees Association, American Legion Auxiliary of El Reno.

Alice lived and loved throughout her life suffering the heart break and loss of two husbands: Robert E. Caldwell, married April 2, 1966 and deceased 1977, Gary Ray Fancher, Sr. married April 26, 1980, and deceased 1998.

She was a BIG fan of Thunder Basketball and watching her team was her favorite pastime.

Alice is survived by her children Anthony Lee and Sherri Ann Caldwell of Park Hill, OK, and Tamyra F. and Gary Ray Fancher Jr. of Glencoe, OK; brother Buddy L. and Geneva R. Kepler of Moore, OK; sister Joy A. and Roger N. Hennen of Henryetta, OK; grandchildren Larry D. Fancher, Serena and Wess Yother, Matthew and Kristin Campbell, Kelsey Caldwell-Jones and Sean Jones, Kyle Caldwell and Kraig Caldwell; ten great grandchildren; 9 nieces, 12 nephews; her constant companions Miss Kitty and Midnight and her caregivers at Primrose Assisted Living Facility in Shawnee.

A graveside service to celebrate Alice’s life will be Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 2 p.m. at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.