March 2020

Tuesday evening, Fire Chief Kent Lagaly provided a letter to the El Reno City Council announcing his plans to retire from the position he has held for 18 years. The letter said Lagaly’s retirement would be effective March 31.

A memorial celebration for Keith Edward Schemmer of Kingfisher will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 20, 2020, at the Federated Church at 400 W. Fay Avenue in Kingfisher. Services are under the direction of McNeil’s Funeral Service, Mustang. Mr. Schemmer died at home on Feb. 18, 2020.

Jeannie (Loyall) O’Neal was called home to the Lord on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. She passed away at her home in Mustang that she shared with her loving daughter, Kimberlie, and grandson, Preston “P.” Jeannie was a lifelong resident of El Reno, born March 7, 1944, to Gerlenas and Henry Loyall.

Funeral services for Patricia (Pat) LaFoe were held Friday at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Weslaco, Texas. Pat died March 9, 2020, in Ria Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas. She was born Oct. 2, 1944, in El Reno. Pat was a lifelong resident of the Calumet area.

Graveside services for Ruby Faye Garrett were held Tuesday in the Yukon Cemetery. Ruby passed away March 4, 2020, at 88 years of age. She was born in Mustang. Ruby was a former El Reno resident and still owned a farm in El Reno. She is survived by her daughter, Linda Wright of Lindsay.

After three seasons, the help-wanted sign is back out for the El Reno High School boys basketball program.

A body found Wednesday morning in Union City was being investigated as a possible homicide, although authorities said the exact determination of death would be made by the state medical examiner.