Sunrise for Robert Arthur Patterson was Nov. 24, 1946. Sunset was Dec. 3, 2019, at his home in El Reno.
Robert was born in El Reno and was a lifelong resident, attending Booker T. Washington School. He was a welder, employed at Dexter Axle at the time of his retirement.
Donald “Donnie” Williams of El Reno passed away Dec. 6, 2019, at the age of 70. Donnie was born April 19, 1949, in El Reno to A.L. Williams and Cleo Clark. Donnie joined the United States Army in 1968, he was proud to serve his country. He later married the love of his life, Patricia Dodd, and the two of them were blessed to share 49 years together.
Opposing coaches knew El Reno High School’s football team had improved its defense over a year ago and it showed by the Blue Crush holding teams to 1,300 fewer yards and 164 fewer points than its own offense. Those stats were a big reason behind El Reno’s defensive players being among the Indians selections to the 2019 All-District 5A-1 team in voting by league coaches last week.
El Reno landed six players on the senior-only team to go along with one offensive player.
