Funeral services for Erika Martha Osborne, 79, of Chickasha, will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 10, 2022 in the Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Ron Blankinship officiating.
Erika Martha (Arnold) Osborne was born September 14, 1943 in Philippsthal, Germany to Adam Jacob Arnold and Christine Marie (Jordan) Arnold. She passed from this life on Saturday, November 5, 2022 in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Erika grew up in Philipsthal, Germany. She was working in the bar, when she met Jonnie Carol Osborne, who was stationed in Germany with the United States Army. They were married December 5, 1966 and shared 50 years together when he passed in 2016.
She came to the States in 1967, moving to Fletcher, Oklahoma with Jonnie joining her a bit later. She was busy raising her family. They moved to Anadarko for a job then settled in Chickasha.
Over the years, she worked at Hermetic Switch for a time, then started working for Delta Faucet shortly after they opened and retired after 30 years. She was a great cook and had a green thumb, capable of growing anything. Erika always said she learned to speak English by herself from watching TV. She loved her cats and her grandchildren. She enjoyed taking the family on vacation trips.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Jonnie, and ten siblings Hans, Willi, Bubi, Fritz, Ernst, Heinz, Adolf, Armin, Elise, and Johanna, and a brother-in-law Gary Osborne.
Survivors include her children Jonnie Osborne and wife Charla of Ardmore and Christine Osborne-Cogburn and husband Jeff of Cement; grandchildren Coty and Rhiannon Osborne, James and Angela Osborne, J.C. and Dallas Osborne, Christopher Battles, Miranda Battles, Jacie Battles, Kam and Brittany Battles, Bentley Osborne, Destani and Eric Turpin, and Shawnie Osborne; sister-in-law Lisa Osborne; sixteen great-grandchildren and other extended family and friends.
Interment will be in Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.