Obituaries

Memorial services for Paul Eugene Hacker of Mustang will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Church of the Nazarene in Mustang with Rev. Larry Hunter officiating.

Paul passed away March 17, 2022, in Yukon. He was born Jan. 22, 1964, in Oklahoma City. He was raised in the Mustang area, graduating from Mustang High School in 1982. He later completed auto body classes at the Canadian Valley Vo-Tech and was state certified as a master welder.

Paul was part owner and operator of H and H Welding in Mustang, then later worked for HK and S Iron in Wheatland.

Funeral services for Melanie Morlan were held Friday, March 25 at the Concho Emergency Response Center under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Melanie died March 20, 2022, at the age of 40 at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City.

Albert Winslow “Al” Walker Jr., 83, said goodbye to life at 4:19 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. He was in his beloved home, a few days shy of his 84th birthday. Just weeks before that, he had made it very clear to his caregiver and to his TV (that he pushed over) that he was to pass from the comforts of his home and not with hospice.

For those that didn’t know him well, Albert Winslow Walker Jr. was born March 19, 1938, in Oklahoma City, and he was the son of the late Albert Woodrow Walker and Myrtle Rose Coffey Walker.

Phyllis Jean (Haworth) Cecil died Feb. 26, 2022, in Corn, Oklahoma, with her children by her side.

She was 81.

She is survived by four children, Sherri Zongker, Robin Raso, Don H. Cecil Jr. and Rosalind (Rozi) Gear; two sisters, Marjorie Mowery and Sally Vahle; and nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Her husband, Don Hubert Cecil, and a brother, Dwayne, preceded her in death.

Memorial service for Sherry Lynn Brandley Heuer will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Benson Memorial Chapel. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Sherry died March 16, 2022, at her home in Oklahoma City. She was born March 1, 1962, in El Reno. She was raised in El Reno and graduated from El Reno High School. She moved to Dallas, Texas, where she lived for a number of years before returning to Oklahoma, living in Mustang and later Oklahoma City.

Sherry worked as a receptionist and bookkeeper for several medical clinics. 

Wake for Colleen Margaret Hogan will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, with funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday, both at the Concho Emergency Response Center. Burial will follow in the Concho Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. 

Colleen died March 17, 2022, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was born Jan. 25, 1948, in Albuquerque, N.M. She lived in California from 1965 until 2006 when she moved to Oklahoma.

She was an ordained minister serving several churches in California. 

Funeral services for Kimberly Lynn Rivers were held Monday at the Concho Emergency Response Center, with burial in the Concho Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. 

Kimberly died March 15, 2022, at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was born Feb. 2, 1971, in Clinton. She graduated from Clinton High School in 1990 and attended Clinton Indian Baptist Church.

Kimberly is survived by her brother, Ricky Bighorse, and cousin and caregiver, Carol Shawnee of the home in Oklahoma City.

Funeral services for Linda Lee Kremeier of Okarche are pending with Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Mrs. Kremeier died March 19, 2022, at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City.

Barbara Ellen Branch entered into God’s Kingdom on March 12, 2022, attended by family at hospice care in Oklahoma City.

Barbara was born Jan. 8, 1934, to Myrtle Frankie (Crosley) Roberts and Lloyd Bailey Roberts in the small township of Seward. She spent her younger years there, attending school in a one-room schoolhouse with her younger brother, Elmer Lee Roberts, and many cousins until her family moved to Guthrie.

James “Jim” Leon Beard Sr., 84, peacefully passed away at his home in Yukon on Monday, March 14, 2022. Jim was born May 24, 1937, in Westville to Alton and Linnie Beard, the final son of 10 children.

After a six-year tour with the U.S. Army, Jim established roots in El Reno.

He retired at the age of 55 with the Rock Island Railroad.

He had a passion for automotive painting, hunting, fishing and camping. He loved admiring classic cars and watching OU football, as well as having weekly coffee with “the guys.”