March 2024

Robert Wayne “Bob” Roofe, 77, a beloved (and always steady and reliable) husband, father, brother, grandfather and Vietnam veteran, passed away suddenly at the age of 77 on Feb. 26, 2024.

The number of championships won is usually a stipulation when referring to a program as a dynasty. It’s why El Reno High School head girls basketball coach Jennifer Douglas avoids using the word when talking about her program’s playoff success over the past eight seasons.

Wake service for Nancy Lea Brueggen was held Monday, March 4, with Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday, March 5 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Okarche. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Nancy died Feb. 29, 2024. She was born Oct. 28, 1961, in Kingfisher.

Okarche and Calumet High School's boys teams made the finals of the 2024 Oklahoma Boys State High School Basketball Championships for Class A and B over the weekend.

Funeral services for Joquita Ann Shaw of El Reno will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 6 at Huber-Benson Funeral Home, with burial in the Red Rock Cemetery. Joquita passed away March 1, 2024. She was born May 6, 1939, on a farm west of El Reno to Fred DeFrance and Sylvia Ayers DeFrance.

The two tickets to this week’s Class 5A Oklahoma Boys State High School Basketball Championships from the top side of the West Area bracket came down to three teams from District 5A-1. Unfortunately, El Reno High School was the odd man out.

Octavius Emory Kaulaity was born in Hollywood, Calif., on Feb. 8, 2024. He died at Children’s Hospital in Hollywood on Feb. 21, 2024.   An all-night wake for Octavius will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Concho Emergency Response Center.

El Reno High School opened the 2024 soccer season last week at home against Class 6A power Yukon. The boys lost 9-0 to Yukon despite shots on goal by Carlos Garcia and Kenneth Solis. Aldo De La Torre had six saves in goal for EHS.

Robert Kenneth Wilson Sr. of El Reno died Feb. 28, 2024, at Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon. A wake was held Sunday evening in the Benson Memorial Chapel, with funeral services Monday at the Concho Response Center.