Class of 1960
1960 Maroon Spotlight
Loren Karcher
Wrestling 57-60; Football 59-60; Student Council 58-60; Wrestling Co-Captain 59-60; Annual King Attendant 58-59; Sophomore Class Vice-President 57-58; F.F.A. Sentinel 58-59; Student Council President 59-60; Boys’ State 58-59; Home Room President 57-60.
1960 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Loren Walter Karcher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Karcher of route 2, Perry, was born June 5, 1942, in Perry. He attended Christ Lutheran school before entering PHS. He was a captain of the wrestling team this year, and has gone out for wrestling since 1958. His record also includes FFA 1958-60, football 1959-60, student council 1958-60, National Honor society, Letterman’s club, FFA treasurer 1959-60, FFA sentinel last year, student council president 1959-60, Boys State last summer, 138-pound state champion wrestler this season, third in state FFA speech contest this year, king attendant 1958-59, Junior Rotarian, junior master farmer, English assembly 1959-60, all-school revue 1957-58, and Lions club wrestling award this year. Loren plans to enter the ministry and will enroll at St. John’s college, Winfield , Kan. His favorite subject has been agriculture, and his hobby is showing and judging livestock.
Loren W. Karcher
June 5, 1942 – June 23, 2006
Loren W. Karcher, 64, of Perry, Oklahoma died Friday, June 23, 2006 at Perry Memorial Hospital.
Born June 5, 1942 in Perry, Oklahoma, he was the son of Walter and Eula Crockett Karcher. He was a 1960 graduate of Perry High School and attended the University of Oklahoma on a wrestling scholarship after winning the High School State Title in 1960.
He served in the Oklahoma National Guard. He and Shirley Gerken were married on April 26, 1964 at Christ Lutheran Church in Perry.
Loren was a senior lease operator in the oil and gas industry with El Paso Production in Liberal, Kansas.
He enjoyed hunting, bowling and reading western novels. His family was very important to him and he especially enjoyed spending time with his grandsons, nieces, nephews and many friends.
He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church.
In addition to his wife, Shirley, Loren is survived by two daughters, Misty Karcher, of Perry, Oklahoma and Shurlyn Maltz and her husband, Jeff, of Guthrie, Oklahoma; two grandsons, Conan Maltz and Zane Maltz, both of Guthrie, Oklahoma; four brothers, Jerry Karcher, Jim Karcher and Keith Karcher, all of Perry, Oklahoma and Wayne Karcher, of Houston, Texas; one sister, Joy Justus, of Helena, Oklahoma; and his mother-in-law, Juanita Gerken, of Perry, Oklahoma.
His parents, two nephews, Brian Karcher and Frank Fuxa, and his father-in-law, D.W. Gerken, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 26, 2006 at Christ Lutheran Church in Perry. Rev. William Metz will officiate, assisted by Rev. Myron C. Maltz. Interment will be in the Richburg Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Christ Lutheran Church or Lutheran Hour.