Obituaries

Melvin Lee Roy Payton, 79, of El Reno, peacefully passed away in Oklahoma City on Sept. 10, 2020. He was born March 12, 1941, to parents, Benjamin Franklin Payton and Helen Louise (Mathis) Payton in Lovell, Okla. Melvin was a high school graduate of El Reno High School in the year 1959.

Wake services for Harriet Irene Whiteshirt, 62, of El Reno were held Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, at the Canton Community Center. Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, at the Canton Community Center with Pastor James Scott officiating.

Wake services for Virgil Whiteshirt Jr., 66, of El Reno were held Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, at the Canton Community Center. Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, at the Canton Community Center with Pastor James Scott officiating.

Services for Robert Edward Palmer were held Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church with Revs. Donald Hefta and Aaron Kotila officiating. Burial with military honors followed at the El Reno Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Prayer service for Peter Marquez will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14 at St. John Nepomuk Church in Yukon, with Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John with Rev. Rex Arnold and Deacon John Teague officiating.

Joy Ellen Canon was born Sept. 3, 1931, near Calumet, the daughter of Edward Loy and Edith (Andersen) Spear. An elementary schoolteacher, her career took her to Hutchinson, Kan., and later, while working for the Department of Defense Dependent School System, to Okinawa, Japan, and Ulm, Germany.

Wake service for Ella Mae Reese was held Thursday at the Geary Community Building, with graveside services on Friday at the Pedro Family Cemetery in Calumet. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Mark C Myers, a lifetime resident of El Reno, passed from this life on August 29, 2020, at the age of 69. Mark was born to parents Frank and Jonnie Myers on October 7, 1950, at the El Reno Sanitarium. He graduated from El Reno High School in 1968, from ERJC in 1972, and attended Southwestern.

Graveside services for Jeannie (Mashaney) Walbaum-Boren will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2 in the Geary Cemetery with Pastor Travis Ewton officiating. Services are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

Martha Raye (McMichael) Hall was born to Carroll and Florence McMichael on July 31, 1940, in Blackjack, Texas, and passed away Aug. 20, 2020, in Yukon. Martha graduated from Galena Park High School in 1958.