Jean M. Davis was born on the family farm 10 miles west of Okarche on April 16, 1930, to Barney and Iva McCabe. She died Jan. 19, 2020, at her home in Yukon, surrounded by her loving family.
Jean loved growing up on the farm, playing with her sisters and brother. She always went with her dad to thresh wheat and drive the wheat truck. She loved riding the horses, feeding the cattle and all things of the farm life.
Celebration of Life for Michelle Antoinette Brockman will be held April 20, 2020, at Circle M Ranch in Geary. Services are entrusted to Turner Funeral Home of Hinton.
Michelle passed away Jan. 6, 2020, at the age of 31. She was born May 19, 1988, in Fort Campbell, Ky., to Gary Don and Bobbie Suzett (Bensch) Brockman.
Michelle was raised in Seiling and Chester. She lived in Alaska for 13 years, then lived a short time in Oregon and Idaho before moving to Geary.
Michelle owned and operated Cannabis Garden.
Funeral services for David Eugene “Geno” Sears were held Tuesday, Jan. 21 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Charlie Blount officiating. Burial was in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Michael Marr Curtis of Minco will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Christ in Minco with Rev. Bob Hines officiating. Burial will follow in the Hazel Dell Cemetery northwest of Minco. Services are under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Ethel M. Franklin of El Reno will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Concho Community Hall with Rev. George Akeen officiating. Burial will be in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Ethel died Jan. 17, 2020, at Integris Hospice House in Oklahoma City. She was born May 8, 1946. She came to El Reno in 1997.
She had various jobs during her life including working as a dry cleaner.
Ethel was a member of Indian Baptist Church.
Funeral services for Cecil Hill, 79, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following in the El Reno Cemetery.
Borrowing a page from the girls playbook, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team unleashed a full-court press on Western Heights last week which helped the Indians to their first win of the year against a Suburban Conference foe.
El Reno forced the Jets into 25 turnovers, 17 of those being steals, as the Indians rolled to a 78-33 victory. The win moved EHS, ranked No.13 in Class 5A, to 7-5 on the season.
Kale Simon’s team is now 1-3 against league teams but remains 0-1 in games which count in the Suburban Conference standings.
El Reno High School’s girls basketball team forced Western Heights into 22 turnovers over the first two periods which were directly linked to the Indians full-court pressure defense.
As it turned out, El Reno needed every one of those possessions to get its offense stuck off high center. However, once it did the Indians rolled to a 69-26 win over the Jets.
El Reno has already made it a few miles down the Route to the Future.
The creation of a comprehensive plan for the city’s next 20 years has been discussed frequently over the last several months by members of the Municipal Planning Commission and volunteer focus groups.
The latest effort to bring people and ideas together started last week. On Friday evening, local residents gathered at the El Reno Public Safety Center to voice their opinions and take a peek inside the city planning process.
