Funeral services for Mary Etta Flagg will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6 at Wilson Funeral Home with burial following in the El Reno Cemetery.

Mary passed away peacefully Sept. 29, 2021. She was born June 2, 1934, in a tent in Fort Gibson to her parents, Jack Miller Gordon and Dollie Holt Gordon. Her birth was the first adventure in a life well-lived.

Juanita Genevia Dorrough was born Aug. 10, 1933, in Paris, Ark., to JC and Zora Dicks. She had one sister and two brothers.

She went to her heavenly home to be with her Lord on Oct. 1, 2021, at 88 years and 51 days. 

Juanita is survived by her husband, Reverend Alda L. Dorrough of El Reno. They were married on June 25, 1951, in Ozark, Ark. They began passing “love notes” to each other in the sixth grade, a love that would last for more than 77 years.

Graveside services for Kenneth Paul Renner were held Saturday at Holy Trinity Cemetery in Okarche with Rev. Jeff Klade officiating. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Ken died Sept. 28, 2021, at St. Katharine Drexel Retirement Center in El Reno. He was born Feb. 20, 1949, in Kingfisher. He graduated from Omega High School and had a bachelor’s degree in science.

He taught earth science in Yukon, Oklahoma City and Greenfield and also farmed.

To the Editor:

On Oct. 7, 1948, a beautiful fall day, my mom, grandmother, our dog, Bootsie, and myself came up over the top of the north overpass from Herington, Kan., in a 1939 Plymouth loaded down and ready for a new life.

I thought El Reno was the most beautiful little town I had ever seen.

The homes were colorful and everything so neat, many of the homes are still there today.