Graveside services for Justine Nathalie Lancaster will be 3 p.m. Saturday, December 12, 2020, at the Alva Municipal Cemetery with Pastor Neal Gordon officiating. Interment is under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva.

Justine Nathalie Lancaster, daughter of the late Joseph Henry and Tempie Pearl (Gourley) Flury, was born March 6, 1916, in Avard, Oklahoma, and passed away December 7, 2020, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 104 years, 9 months and 1 day.

After Justine graduated from Avard High School, she obtained her teaching certificate, then her Bachelors of Education degree at Northwestern State College in Alva. She taught school starting in a one room school house south of Avard for several years. On December 11, 1937, she was united in marriage to Leroy Lancaster. They lived on farms mostly in the Hopeton area until moving to Alva in 1961. She lived her last eight years at Beadles Nursing Home.

Throughout her life, Justine was a lifelong member of the Avard Christian Church where she was the pianist from age 12 to age 96. Her favorite pastime was playing cards, cooking, reading books and playing dominoes at a very competitive level. She loved taking care of nieces and nephews! She loved her family and was so devoted to everyone. She played the piano at Beadles Nursing Home many a time for all of the residents. She loved doing that.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Leroy; three brothers, Hubert Flury, William Flury, and Joe Dan Flury; and three sisters, Lois Flury, Jermaine Bixler, and Betty Stewart.

Justine is survived by many nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Alva Public Library.

Remembrances may be shared with the family at http://www.marshallfuneralhomes.com.