Rudolph A. “Rudy” Hanza November 01, 1930 – February 23, 2019 Share this obituary Sign Guestbook| View Guest Book Entries| Send Sympathy Card Funeral service for Rudolph A. “Rudy” Hanza will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, February 28, 2019 in St. John Lutheran Church with Rev. Dr. Bill Schneider, pastor officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.
The family will greet friends from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Wednesday at the funeral Home. Rudolph A. “Rudy” Hanza, age 88, of Lawton passed away Saturday, February 23, 2019 in Lawton. He was born November 1, 1930, in Hobart, Oklahoma to German immigrants, Karl H. Hanza, Sr. and Anna Herbst Hanza.
He was baptized in the name of the Triune God on Christmas Day, 1930 at the “elderhosen” (elder’s house) in Gotebo. He was confirmed in the Lutheran faith on June 24, 1945 at St. John Lutheran Church in Lawton. The family homesteaded the farm in Gotebo, Oklahoma before 1921, and it was here Rudy and his brother, Karl, Jr. learned the value of hard work that would extend through his lifetime.
In the mid 1930’s the family purchased the farm south of Lawton, and began the farming and dairy operation. Rudy had so many great stories of growing up west of Cache Creek. He rode his horse to Bishop School across the pasture that is now the Lawton Airport.
He continued his education at Lawton High School, graduating in 1949. Rudy was engrossed in agriculture his entire life and found a brotherhood in the Future Farmers of America, where he earned the State Farmer and American Farmer degrees. He had a registered Angus herd for many years.
In 1951 Rudy met his sweetheart, Charlene Scoggins, and began a partnership of 67 years of marriage together. They were married on October 6, 1951. Rudy & Charlene ran the dairy for many years, while farming, ranching and raising six children.
Rudy bought a backhoe and truck and began working in and around Lawton, and dug many footings on buildings in Lawton. In 1972, they purchased the Ford tractor and implement dealership on 6th Street& HWY 277 in Lawton, R & H Implement. They added a construction business a few years later, R & H Construction.
Rudy was on the Bishop School board for over 37 years. His hobbies included farming and ranching and was still involved until his health forced him to retire about a year ago. Rudy was involved in 4-H and FFA with his children and grandchildren, and loved going to stock shows and sporting events to cheer them on.
He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Charlene; six children: Charles and Patti Hanza, Geronimo; Karl and Sherry Hanza, Lawton; Darrell and Cindy Hanza, Geronimo; Sharon and Grady Greene, Collinsville; Jana and Greg Hogan, Perry; and Teresa and David Heater, Lawton, fourteen grandchildren and their spouses: Tad Hanza, Stephen and Whitney Hanza, Sarah and Gil Ambrose, Clint and Candy Hanza, Kathryn and David Harris, Barry and Janet Hanza, Alyssa and Derek Cottrell, Bret Hanza, Briant and Ashley Hanza, Kyle and Jessica Hanza, Philip and Kirsten Greene, Robert Greene, Geoffrey Hogan and Collin Hogan; twenty two great-grandchildren; two sisters in law, Shirlene Scoggins, Midland, TX, and Jo and David Bray, Sayre; 18 nieces and nephews and their spouses and extended family. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and sister in law, Karl Hanza, Jr. and wife, Yvonne; a brother in law, Robert Scoggins, and a sister in law, Dorthy Scoggins. Memorial contributions in Rudy’s name may be made to St. John Lutheran Church, 102 S.W. 7th Street, Lawton, OK 73501.
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