Obituaries

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Bob Schweitzer

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Rosary for Bob G. Schweitzer will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17 at Benson Memorial Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18 at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Cory Stanley and Deacon Lloyd Menz officiating. Burial will be at Red Rock Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

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Charleece McBee

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Funeral services for Charleece Anderson McBee, 93, of El Reno, were held Wednesday, Jan. 10 at Highland Baptist Church with burial following in the El Reno Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

Charleece passed away peacefully Jan. 6, 2024, at Integris Hospice House in Oklahoma City. She was born June 3, 1930, in El Reno to Wilbur Reuben and Glenda Opal (Duncan) Anderson. She was a 1948 graduate of El Reno High School.

She worked at Stevenson’s Grocery as a bookkeeper until the store was sold, then worked at Wal-Mart until retirement.

Billie Louise Mirth

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Billie Louise Mirth passed away from this life on Jan. 6, 2024, at the age of 89.

Billie loved her family. She was Mom to Michael, who preceded her in death, Brad and wife, Lori, and Scott and wife, Darla. She was Granny to Kait and husband, Nathan, Frankie and partner, Derek, Aly and husband, Chad, Danielle and partner, Austin, John, Rachael, Dylan, Thomas and Audrey. She was Great-Granny to Ryker, Alysen, Hazel, June and Bea.

She was a born-again Christian who cherished her friends and family, especially her Gann cousins.

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Ellen Hacker

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Services for Ellen L. Hacker of Minco were held Jan. 6 at the Minco Church of Christ, with burial following in the Evergreen Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.

Ellen passed away Jan. 3, 2024, at St. Katharine Drexel in El Reno. She was born Dec. 14, 1930, in Purcell. She grew up in the Pocasset community, graduating from Pocasset High School.

She then attained her master’s degree from Oklahoma Women’s College (now USAO) in Chickasha. She moved to Minco in 1973, where she taught third grade at Minco schools until her retirement.

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Agnes Siegrist

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Services for Agnes Estella “Aggie” Siegrist of Yukon will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10 at First Presbyterian Church in El Reno with Rev. Jan Burns-Hintze officiating. Viewing and visitation will be held at Wilson Funeral Home on Tuesday, Jan. 9 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with family present from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Burial will be in the Kingfisher Memorial Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

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Edward McDaniel

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Funeral services for Edward Ray McDaniel of Fort Worth, Texas, will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 4300 Ramona Avenue, Dallas, Texas, with burial at 11:15 a.m. at DFW National Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Golden Gate Funeral Home.

Mr. McDaniel passed away Dec. 29, 2023. He was born Feb. 7, 1949, in El Reno to his parents, Donald Ray McDaniel and Maxine Handy McDaniel. He attended Booker T. Washington High School and received an associate degree from Redlands Community College.

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Adrienne Harjo

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Wake service for Adrienne Harjo will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, with funeral services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday. Both services will be held in the Benson Memorial Chapel, with burial in the Concho Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Adrienne died Jan. 2, 2024, at Clinton Regional Hospital. She was born June 4, 1975, in Lawton. Her early years were spent in Oklahoma City and Watonga before moving to El Reno where she graduated from El Reno High School.

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Juanita Doolittle

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Juanita Charlene (Ashley) Doolittle, a resident of Claremore, passed away with grace and dignity on Dec. 23, 2023, at the age of 75. 

A celebration of life service was held in the chapel at DeLozier Funeral Service in Chelsea on Thursday, Jan. 4, with burial following at Dawes Cemetery in Chelsea.

Charlene was born Oct. 30, 1948, to the late Charlie Nelson Ashley and the late Almeda Ree (Christopher) Ashley in El Reno. Charlene was the second of five children and graduated from El Reno High School in 1966.

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Gabriele Taylor

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Services for Gabriele E. Taylor were held Thursday in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Rev. Paul Roach officiating. Burial followed at the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Gabriele died Dec. 29, 2023, at Select Specialty Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was born Aug. 12, 1948, in Pirmasens, Germany.

She was adopted at the age of 8 and later moved with her parents to El Reno where she was raised and attended El Reno schools. She was a homemaker.

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Robert Hoffman

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Services for Robert LeRoy Hoffman will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 6 in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Pastor Danny Hart officiating. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8 at the Grant Township Cemetery in Marion, Kan., with Pastor Carl Helm officiating. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Bob was born Sept. 22, 1955, in Marion, Kan. He served as a policeman with the Marion Police Department and worked his way through the ranks to the office of Chief of the Department.