Obituaries

Graveside services for Lois Mae Markle of Oklahoma City will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2 in the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco. Lois passed away Aug. 25, 2020, at the Sommerset Assisted Living Center in Oklahoma City. She was born Aug. 26, 1921, in Ralston.

Graveside services for Larry Ray Johnson will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco. Mr. Johnson passed away Aug. 7, 2020, at Integris Deaconess Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was born Sept. 18, 1954, in Chickasha.

Funeral Mass for Jose Ramon Borjas-Ramos will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Services are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.  Jose passed away Aug. 26, 2020.   

Private family services for Willadean Woodworth of Minco were held under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Deanie passed away Aug. 24, 2020, at St. Katharine Drexel Retirement Center in El Reno. She was born May 15, 1934, in Chickasha, and graduated from Minco High School.

Born September 24, 1924, in El Reno - Died August 24, 2020, in El Reno Carl was the fifth of 12 children, with eight brothers and three sisters, born to Anton and Mary Irene (Kappus) Elmenhorst.

Damon Monroe Colson passed away Aug. 15, 2020, at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City. Damon was born to Buck and Alice Colson on May 20, 1960, in Oklahoma City.

Graveside services with military honors for Carl Eugene Ashley were held Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, in the El Reno Cemetery with Rev. Rick Duncan officiating. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Mr. Ashley died Aug. 18, 2020, at St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa.

Funeral services for Alfred J. Meyer were held Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at St. John’s Lutheran Church with Pastors Joel Heckmann and Jeff Klade officiating. Burial followed at St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Vernia JoAnn Mehan-Salmon was born July 20, 1939, in Chandler to Felta and Ted Mehan.

Joel Lee Crawford was born Feb. 13, 1947, in Roswell, N.M., to Henry Lee Crawford and Pauline Roberts Pappan. He died in El Reno on Aug. 17, 2020. Joel spent most of his working life as an excellent electrician. He had served his country as a staff sergeant in the United States Marine Corps.