The pain in the oil patch continues to flow as area employees with Basic Energy Services Inc. were informed on Thursday the company plans to divest of its pumping services assets and sell the yards it operates in this area.

Trey Stolz, director of investor relations for Basic, said the exact number of employees impacted locally by the changes was not immediately available.

He said the plan will impact employees mostly in Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado. He said the change should impact about 350 people company-wide.

A Celebration of Life for Norma Jean Holt of El Reno was held Dec. 4, 2019, at First Pentecostal Church of God with Matt White officiating.

Norma passed away Nov. 21, 2019, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was born Aug. 30, 1941, in Oklahoma City.

She worked for Hormel for 24 years and was a member of WIBC.

Prayer service for Mildred F. LeBleu will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Deacon Lloyd Menz officiating. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Lance Warren officiating. Burial will follow in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Millie died Dec. 11, 2019, at her home in El Reno. She was born Feb. 20, 1927, in Union City where she was raised and attended school.

A Celebration of Life for Jeffrey Allen Loy of El Reno will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, at Yanda & Son Funeral Home Chapel in Yukon. A private interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Valley Falls, Kan., will be held at a later date.