Funeral services for Alan "Bud" Wayne Boehs, 86, of Fairview, Oklahoma, will be 10:30 am, Monday, February 1, 2021 at the Church of God in Christ Mennonite with burial in the Cedar Cemetery.  Arrangements by Fairview Funeral Home Inc.

Alan, "Bud", my loving husband, our father, and grandfather, passed peacefully on January 28, 2021 after a brief illness. We are so grateful Bud and I could spend the last month together.

Bud was born May 15, 1934 to Alfred and Esther Boehs, their firstborn son. His formative years were spent in a happy home. He attended Isabella School and often walked to and from school with his sisters. Bud grew up raising black diamond watermelons, cotton, and wheat. He helped his grandfather plow the fields and harvest on the land he would later raise his own family. As a young man, Bud gave his heart to the Lord and was baptized into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite.

Bud married Margaret Whitesell on March 21, 1954 in Montezuma, Kansas. They spent two years in 1-W service in Mexico, working with an agricultural program sponsored by the church. Their first daughter Winona was born to them there. Bud enjoyed sponsoring Mexican families through the years, making lifelong friendships. After their time in service, Dad and Mom settled on his grandfather's homeplace, now a centennial farm, where they raised their family of four children. Through busy years of farming wheat and raising cattle, he and Mom also enjoyed spending time in service for others, whether at Window Rock and the Dominican Republic, or teaching Sunday School at home. Life was not without difficulties, as they endured the heartrending loss of their daughter Sally and first grandchild Amy.

In later years Bud was a master at restoration of antique farm equipment. The last restoration project was the original Case tractor of his grandfather, with which he had plowed the homeplace as a boy. Grandad's threshing bees, fishing trips, and storytelling will be lifelong, unforgettable memories for his grandchildren.

Those left to cherish memories are his wife Margaret; daughter Winona and husband Roger, son Clark and wife Sheryle, daughter MaryBeth and husband Gale, all of Isabella, Oklahoma, and son-in-law Darcy and wife Nancy of Ringwood, Oklahoma; 15 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren; two sisters Sharon and Alfreda, and one brother Max and wife Iris; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Preceding him in death are his parents, daughter Sally, grandchild Amy, and 2 sisters Aleene and Carol.

Memorial contributions may be made. to Cedar Cemetery Fund or the Major County Historical Society with Fairview Funeral Home, Inc acting as custodian.

Condolences may be made online at www.fairviewfuneralhomeinc.com.