December 2019

Santa and Mrs. Claus, also known as Larry and Nancy Salsman, have been helping the community of El Reno for more than 25 years. They’ve made appearances at children’s events, parades, nursing homes, wherever they can help spread a little Christmas joy.

Now they’ve turned their attention to help those recently laid off in the Halliburton cutbacks.

The couple will no longer be making “special” appearances, but they are still working to help the community.

Carolyn June Schulz, 83, of Yukon, passed away at home with her family on Nov. 29, 2019, after an 18-month fight with pancreatic cancer. She was born June 11, 1936, in El Reno to Frank and Lorena Coker, graduated from El Reno High School, then went on to Hills Business College. Carolyn worked at Oklahoma Allergy Clinic and later as an executive assistant for Pan Am Petroleum until she married the love of her life, Norman Schulz in 1965 and then transitioned into her greatest role of wife and mother, proudly taking care of her family.

C.R. “Joseph” Ramsey was born Jan. 26, 1936, in Tribbey, Okla., to Willie and Bell (Anderson) Ramsey. He passed away at home surrounded by his wife and family by his side on Nov. 23, 2019, at the age of 83. C.R. was the youngest of 10 children.

He married his loving and devoted wife, Pat of El Reno on March 15, 1968. They raised a combined family of six children. C.R. loved to dance, water-ski and fish in his younger days.

Funeral services for Jimmy Carlton Oliver of Cogar will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Canaan Baptist Church of Cogar, with burial to follow in the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco. Services are under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.

Mr. Oliver died Dec. 3, 2019, in Cogar. He was born March 31, 1948, in Hinton. Jimmy was raised in the Cogar community, graduating from Gracemont High School in 1966.

He was a retired heavy equipment operator and cattle rancher and member of Canaan Baptist Church.

El Reno High School’s wrestling team, ranked 10th in the state in the first Class 5A poll, kicked off the dual season last week with a beat-down of the Western Heights Jets 77-12.

The win also counts in the Suburban Conference standings as EHS was slated to continue that part of the schedule with a road trip to No.14 Del City before traveling to Piedmont this Tuesday to take on the third-ranked Wildcats.

Tyrone Lewis’ team will wrestle the first of four home duals on Thursday against U.S. Grant.