Elaine Lockstone
Funeral services for Elaine Hope (Tautfest) Lockstone, 92-year-old Weatherford resident, were 2 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2024, with Chuck Horton officiating. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Lockstone Funeral Home.
Elaine was born February 1, 1932, to David and Bertha (Lehr) Tautfest, in Enid, and passed away Friday, May 3, 2024, in Weatherford.
Elaine was born and raised in Enid until the age of 14, when her family moved to Weatherford to open the Tautfest Hardware Store. Soon after moving to Weatherford, her dad passed away in 1949. Her mother continued running the store alone and the family kept living in Weatherford. Elaine attended Weatherford High School and graduated with the Class of 1950. She attended Southwestern State College for two years before going to the University of Oklahoma. She returned to Weatherford and completed her degree.
In the summer of 1953, Elaine began dating a young man named Stony Lockstone and they were married November 20, 1953, at the First Methodist Church in Weatherford. She taught music for two years at Hydro Schools and later as a substitute teacher but was soon busy raising her children.
Their family was blessed with three sons and one daughter — Shawn, Mike, Marty and Jane and together they raised their family.
These years were busy with children’s school activities, volunteering and helping with the family business.
Elaine and Stony were longtime members of the First United Methodist Church in Weatherford and Elaine was a member of many women’s groups throughout her years, but PEO and Methodist Women were both particularly special to her.
She loved her friends and enjoyed being able to spend time with them playing Bridge and quilting. She made many quilts throughout the years, and all children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren have their own. She also enjoyed playing the piano and organ her entire life, including playing for church and funeral services. Stony passed away in 2019. Together they had accomplished 65 years of marriage and everything with it.
Her house was kept well. She travelled extensively. Her gardens were tidy and she kept them herself. Her flowers bloomed. She had a large and loving family whom she cared for and loved her back. She had many friends she loved and many who loved her.
Life was good.
Survivors include: her daughter, Jane Buffham, of Elk City; three sons, Shawn Lockstone and wife, Mary Anne, of Duncan, Mike Lockstone and wife, Vicki, of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Marty Lockstone and wife, Cindy, of Weatherford; brother, David Tautfest and wife, Novelle, of Weatherford; nine grandchildren, Kendall Lockstone and wife, Megan, of Roswell, New Mexico, Miles Lockstone and wife, Kimber, of Wichita Falls, Texas, Matt Lockstone and wife, Amanda, of Broken Arrow, Audrey Lockstone, of Oklahoma City, Adam Lockstone and wife, Jenna, of Weatherford, Scott Price and wife, Elizabeth, of Weatherford, Boone Price. of Weatherford, Rory Pugh, of Weatherford, and Riky Pugh and wife, Kelsey, of Weatherford; 15 great-grandchildren; and many other family and friends.
Elaine is preceded in death by her husband, R.L. “Stony” Lockstone; her parents, David and Bertha Tautfest; parents in law, Ralph and Angeline Lockstone; one grandson, Jon Logan Lockstone; and sistersin- law, Kay Tautfest and Eleanor Williams.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Weatherford.