Funeral services for Carrol Jean Mason were held Friday at New Hope Baptist Church with Pastor Dick Kurtz officiating. Burial followed in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Carrol died June 22, 2021, at St. Katharine Drexel Retirement Center in El Reno. She was born Dec. 24, 1937, at Karns Spur to Arthur and Ina (Sand) Tech. She was salutatorian of the 1956 graduating class of Calumet High School and a member of New Hope Baptist Church, Red Hatters and NARVRE, serving as treasurer/secretary of the El Reno unit.

Prayer service for Elizabeth Margaret Kuehn was held on Wednesday, with Mass of Christian Burial on Thursday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church with Rev. Cory Stanley and Deacon Max Schwarz officiating. Burial followed at Holy Trinity Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Betty passed away June 20, 2021, in Kingfisher. She was born Feb. 18, 1926, in Okarche. Betty worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Okarche for 35 years. She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Okarche and Catholic Daughters of the Americas and Altar Society.

After a lifetime career of farming and ranching in western Canadian County, Frank Austin is now laying the foundation for future generations to find their path through education.

With an initial donation of $200,000 to the Redlands Community College Foundation, Austin has made it possible for the foundation to award up to 10 scholarships each year, and eventually the college will be able to expand its agricultural operation with the donation of nearly 2,000 acres of farmland.

A motorcycle group called “End of Watch: Ride to Remember” will visit cities across the country where a law officer was killed in the line of duty in 2020, and one of the cities will be El Reno.

Canadian County Sheriff’s Lt. Shirley Lanning died in a crash last year. Her unmarked patrol car collided with another vehicle along Northwest Expressway on Friday, Feb. 14, killing her and injuring a Piedmont couple, an Oklahoma City police report states.

Reports said Lanning apparently experienced a possible stroke prior to the collision.