Obituaries

Funeral services for Loretta Fay Wood will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26 in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Rev. Bob Hines officiating. Burial will be in the Union City Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Loretta died Dec. 21, 2019, at her home in Union City. She was born Oct. 30, 1934, in Union City. She worked for Canadian County, retiring with 21 years of service. She was a member of the Baptist church and the founder of the Grow and Give Flower Club.

Graveside services for Angela Dianne Ross of Geary will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019, in the El Reno Cemetery with Rev. Dick Kurtz, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church officiating. Visitation will be from noon to 5 p.m. Friday at Wilson Funeral Home.

Angela passed away Dec. 20, 2019, at her home. She was born April 18, 1959, in El Reno. She was a lifetime Canadian County area resident and a homemaker.

Funeral services for Lois Joan Kessler of El Reno will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev. Rod Young officiating. The family will be at Wilson Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, for visitation. Interment will be in the El Reno Cemetery.

Joan passed away Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, at the Integris Hospice House in Oklahoma City. She was born April 9, 1940, in El Reno.

Graveside services for Donald Edward Judd of El Reno will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, in the El Reno Cemetery with Rev. Glen Chapman officiating. Visitation will be on Thursday from noon to 8 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home.

Mr. Judd passed away Dec. 21, 2019, at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City. He was born Jan. 10, 1954, in St. Louis, Mo., and came to El Reno in 1979. Mr. Judd had worked in commercial construction and attended the Catholic church.

Funeral services for Zelda Darlene Harjo were held Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Services were under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

Darlene passed away Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at her home after a courageous two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born Oct. 14, 1946, in El Reno to Otto and Anna Wiese.

Darlene grew up in Wewoka and attended Butner High School. She met her husband, Raymond of 17 years in her hometown, Wewoka.

Memorial service to celebrate the life of James Lee Allen was held Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Dick Kurtz officiating.

Mr. Allen passed away Dec. 12, 2019, in Oklahoma City. He was born to James R. Allen and Betty Lou McDonald Allen on June 6, 1949, at the El Reno Sanitarium. James graduated from El Reno High School. He spent many years working in the medical field as a EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) for Parkview Hospital. Later in his career he was employed by the city of El Reno at the water department.

Marian Lee Smith was born April 16, 1948, to Virginia and John Stone. She died at home after a lengthy illness on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2019. She was the second of six children.

Upon graduation from Yukon High School in 1966, Marian began working in Oklahoma City. After completing the Civil Service Exam, she was offered a job in Washington where she remained for five years.

Funeral services for Rosetta Hixon were held Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dick Kurtz officiating.

Rosetta passed away Dec. 6, 2019, in Oklahoma City. She was born Jan. 12, 1945, in Portsmouth, Ohio. She married James Hixon on July 12, 1965. They moved to the El Reno area in 1990. She was a housewife and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters and a brother; a grandchild and a great-grandchild.

A Celebration of Life for Norma Jean Holt of El Reno was held Dec. 4, 2019, at First Pentecostal Church of God with Matt White officiating.

Norma passed away Nov. 21, 2019, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was born Aug. 30, 1941, in Oklahoma City.

She worked for Hormel for 24 years and was a member of WIBC.

Prayer service for Mildred F. LeBleu will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Deacon Lloyd Menz officiating. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Lance Warren officiating. Burial will follow in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Millie died Dec. 11, 2019, at her home in El Reno. She was born Feb. 20, 1927, in Union City where she was raised and attended school.