Obituaries

Funeral services for Marietta Cheryl Poe will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Pastor Mark Fryar officiating. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Marietta passed away Sept. 26, 2022, at her home in El Reno at the age of 77. She was born Aug. 24, 1945, at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Parris Island, S.C. She graduated from El Reno High School in 1963 and attended the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha where she earned a bachelor’s degree in education.

Gary Gene Wagner, 64, of Watonga, passed away Sept. 26, 2022, in Amarillo, Texas. He was born Nov. 24, 1957, in Sentinel to John F. and Francis Leona Wagner.

Louis Dorey was born in Poteau in 1933 to Cleo Mildred (Hunter) Dorey and Louis Joseph Dorey.

On Sept. 26, 2022, he passed away peacefully at the age of 89 years old.

Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 30 at Evans and Miller Funeral Home, Tuttle.

When Mary Sue and Louis met through a mutual friend, she was living in Panama and he lived in Poteau.

The couple spent 47 years living in El Reno where they raised their children.

Funeral services for Felecia Kearney of Chickasha will be held at 11 a.m. Sept. 29 at Shepard Street Christian Church, under the direction of Brown-Thomas Funeral Home in Chickasha.

Felecia passed away Sept. 19, 2022, at Grady Memorial Hospital, Chickasha. She was born July 22, 1954, in Oklahoma City.

She was an LPN for over 45 years. She worked for 33 years at Parkview Hospital in El Reno and retired from nursing at Grady Memorial Hospital in 2018.

She was a member of Mount Moriah Baptist Church, El Reno.

Daniel Paul Gallagher, 69, died Sept. 19 at Integris Health in Oklahoma City.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. at the First Pentecostal Church of God with Dub Cash officiating.

Daniel was born Feb. 9, 1953, in Jonesboro, Ark. He worked in the oil field in the ‘80s, then went to work for Gene Sears Supply where he worked until he passed.

A come-and-go celebration of life for Carrie Ann Riblet will be held at Maple Public School on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. She will be cremated and coming home with her family.

Peggy Ann Hill, 71, of El Reno. Oklahoma, passed away suddenly on September 13, 2022.

Peggy was born on June 5, 1951 to Charley and Ruth Chandler at El Reno Hospital. She attended El Reno High School then went on to study nursing at Redlands Community College in El Reno. After becoming a Registered Nurse, she began her 20 plus year nursing career and found her passion in geriatrics.