Arlyn Ralph Fansler

Funeral services for Arlyn Ralph Fansler, an 81 year-old Weatherford resident, will be held on Monday, May 10, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. in “The Chapel” of Lockstone Funeral Home with Barry Rutherford and Aaron Whitfield officiating. Burial will follow in Liberty Cemetery, southeast of Fay.

Arlyn was born in Thomas, Oklahoma on August 18, 1939, to Ralph an Alma Ruth (Spain) Fansler and passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2021, at the Weatherford Regional Hospital.

Arlyn attended elementary, junior high, and high school in Watonga Oklahoma. In 1957, he enrolled at Oklahoma State University where he met his future wife, Linda Allison. He majored in Engineering then eventually changed to Animal Husbandry. In 1961, he decided to enroll in the University of Houston Optometry School. In the summer, between his first and second year of studies, he went back to Oklahoma State to complete the credits he needed to graduate. Arlyn then graduated as an Optometrist in 1964, but not before he married Linda Allison, whom he was married to for more than 55 years. He then practiced Optometry in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area until 1969. He got his own optometry office in Weatherford where he practiced optometry until his retirement. As for his hobbies, his love of drinking coffee and “fact talks”, not “gossip”, at Jerry’s Restaurant, hunting and farming occupied his spare time as well as his heart.

Arlyn is survived by his two sons: Brett Fansler of Tulsa and Matt Fansler, and wife, Dori of Weatherford; one daughter, Traci McDougall and husband, Tye of Forney, Texas; one brother, Kevin Fansler and wife, Sherry of Mount Juliet, Tennessee; and daughter-in-law, Nancy Copeland; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; two sisters, Ruth Ann and Carolyn; and one son, Bryan.