May 2020

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Eugenia Chouteau

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Wake service for Eugenia Mae Chouteau will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, with funeral services at 1 p.m. Monday, both in the Benson Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Eugenia died May 27, 2020, in Blair. She was born Dec. 9, 1960, in Oklahoma City where she lived most of her life. She worked in housekeeping.

Monte Dirickson

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Graveside memorial service for former El Reno resident Monte Ray Dirickson will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the El Reno Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Monte died May 26, 2020, at his home in Oklahoma City.

 

James Black Bear Jr.

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Wake service for James Edmond Black Bear Jr. will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Pow Wow Grounds in Concho. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Benson Memorial Chapel with burial in the Concho Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

James died May 27, 2020, in Watonga. 

Frances Zent

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Graveside services for former El Reno resident Frances (Dorine) Zent will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, June 1, 2020, in the El Reno Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home. 

Dorine died March 23, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz., with her family by her side. She was born Sept. 14, 1933, in El Reno.

She attended El Reno High School where she met and married Danny Ray Zent, deceased. Dorine and Danny moved shortly after their marriage to Tucson.

Mary King

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Graveside service for Mary King, 87, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the El Reno Cemetery Pavilion.

Viewing will be Sunday, May 31 from 1 to 6 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home. 

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Never Forget

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Citizens, veterans and members of area Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops turned out to the El Reno Cemetery to help put flags on the graves of those who paid the ultimate
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Stitching her way into town

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An El Reno store aims to stitch its way into your hearts.

Make it Sew opened in downtown El Reno at the beginning of May. It’s a fabric, sewing and quilting store lined wall-to-wall with merchandise.

The store includes a huge stock of fabrics, patterns, notions (sewing and quilting tools), books and quilt panels.

Located on Bickford, the building was previously K’s Quilting. It’s now owned by MaCrae Putnam.