Obituaries

Barbara Joan (Lanier) Chronister passed peacefully into the arms of our Savior on Feb. 23, 2021, at the age of 90. She was born Jan. 8, 1931, in the small community of Sickles, Okla., to Floyd and Mattie (Armstrong) Lanier.

Kathy Jo Bassett, 59, lifelong resident of El Reno, peacefully passed away Feb. 21, 2021. She was born July 13, 1961, in Okarche to her parents, Joseph and Katherine (Allen) Klohn. She was raised in El Reno and graduated from El Reno High School in 1979.

Lorene (Big Eagle) Rolette, Cheyenne-Kiowa, passed away on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, at the age of 81. She was born to her parents, John Big Eagle and Sarah Ataumbi-Big Eagle in El Reno on Dec. 4, 1939, and given the name Singing Woman.

Sharon Griffin, 78, passed away Feb. 12, 2021. She was born in Pratt, Kan., to George Henry and Anna Marie DeVaney Seely. Sharon is one of six children, Georgia Ann Seely, Thad Seely, Stanley Joe Seely, Martha Marie Bass and Christie Jane Hubbard.

Denise K. Meyer, 62, said goodbye to her earthly family and joined the heavenly chorus in the presence of her Savior on Feb. 12, 2021, in Salina, Kan.

Betty Jean Taylor of El Reno passed away Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, in Oklahoma City. She was born in El Reno on Dec. 24, 1949. She grew up in Union City and attended Union City schools. She had been a resident of El Reno for numerous years.

Memorial service for former El Reno resident Ada Foster Fisher will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Huber-Benson Funeral Home with Rev. Dick Kurtz officiating. Ada passed away Feb. 16, 2021, at her home in Shawnee. She was born Nov. 29, 1930, in Piedmont and moved to El Reno in 1975.

Carrie G. (McAfee) Sinyard was born April 3, 1931, in Shawnee, Okla., to Thomas Joel McAfee and Viola Orr, and went to be with her Lord and Savior on Feb. 13, 2021, in Oklahoma City. Carrie moved to El Reno in 1942 and graduated from El Reno High School in 1949.

Martin Conrad Peters Sr., born Nov. 10, 1938, went to be with Jesus on Feb. 15, 2021. He passed peacefully in his home with his wife of 60 years, Lanoy Ann Peters by his side. Martin was born on his family farm in Okarche as the fifth of five children.

Funeral services for Peggy Nina Smith will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at Ray and Martha’s Funeral Home Chapel in Carnegie with Deacon Mike Lawson officiating. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery.