October 2019

Drainage projects in El Reno continue to move forward. Work is currently being done just north of Sunset on Reno. Public Works crews have been on the location for several weeks, tearing out trees to clear the drainage ditch and cleaning up the ground.

Glen Dale Rickner of Dallas, Texas, passed away Oct. 25, 2019. He was born Nov. 5, 1944, in El Reno. An Air Force veteran, Glen lived his dream, going to Southwestern Oklahoma State University on a basketball scholarship, then returning home to El Reno to coach and teach.

Stanley James Gatz was born Aug. 15, 1956, in El Reno. He died Oct. 21, 2019, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Stanley was a lifelong resident of El Reno, graduating from El Reno High School in 1974.

Funeral services for Martha Jane Turner of Yukon will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at the Yanda & Son Funeral Home Chapel, Yukon, with interment following in the El Reno Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Yanda & Son Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Funeral services for Robert Ernest Leck will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at Geary First United Methodist Church with Rev. Charles King officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunset Cemetery in Geary under the direction of Turner Funeral Home.

Garry Ira Roles, 83, of El Reno succumbed to his illness in the comfort of his own home surrounded by his family on Oct. 26, 2019. Garry was born July 17, 1936, in Sayre to Henry and Margret Roles.

Memorial services for Patricia Ann Amstutz of El Reno were held Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Charlie Blount officiating. Cremation was provided by Wilson Funeral Home. Mrs. Amstutz passed away Oct. 22, 2019, at Oklahoma Heart Hospital North in Oklahoma City.

There are four slices of the District 5A-1 playoff pie still on the serving plate, and with two games left in the regular season, El Reno High School’s football team is still sitting at the main table ready to eat.