Public visitation for Marie Deatherage was held Wednesday, April 7, with family present, at Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Private services were held Thursday at El Reno Cemetery. Marie passed away at home on Easter Sunday, April 4, with family at her side following a brief illness.

Born Ruth Marie Ferguson in El Reno on Nov. 4, 1938, she lived with her family in Kansas and Arizona. Upon returning to El Reno, the family purchased a washing machine. It was delivered to the house by a “tall, skinny kid” named Don Deatherage, and she decided on the spot that he was the one for her.

Wayne Donald “Don” Fees was born May 28, 1937, at home in El Reno to Wayne and Virginia Bright Fees. He died April 3, 2021, in Edmond.

Aside from some time away on military assignment, Don and his wife, Faun spent most of their life in Canadian County around their El Reno home or the family farm in Calumet.

Don had a career in the military where he served as a Major in the U.S. Military Police in the United States Army.

Whether it was from the right side or the left side of the mound, El Reno High School’s pitching staff found the strike zone often in last week’s District 5A-2 series with Capitol Hill.

Four pitchers combined to strike out 24 of the 42 batters faced over the two-day series as El Reno’s baseball team posted 15-2 and 16-4 wins over the Red Wolves. The Indians improved to 12-9 on the season and 8-0 in the 5A-2 standings.

UNION CITY – Mixing in eight timely hits between 12 walks, Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to defeat cross-county rival Calumet 12-8 last week.

The win lifted Class A’s 20th-ranked Tigers to 13-9 on the season and a rivalry sweep, while the Chieftains slipped to 3-9 for the spring.

Union City scored three runs off bases-loaded walks, with the rest plating on a team batting average of .307 as the Tigers went 8-of-26. Kaitlyn Linson batted .750 after going 3-for-44 with a double, a triple and two runs batted in.