Obituaries

Funeral services for George Lee Miller will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Fort Reno Chapel, with burial in the Ray-Geyer Cemetery in Pottawatomie County. Mr. Miller passed away Jan. 16, 2020. He was born May 5, 1954, in Andrews, Texas.

Funeral services for Joe Lee Nusbaum were held Friday at Chapel Hill Funeral Home with interment in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Mr. Nusbaum passed away Feb. 2, 2020. He was born Aug. 17, 1926, in Newton, Kan.

Johnnie Faye Weber, 83, of El Reno passed away Feb. 3, 2020. A private ceremony will be held at a later date.   

Our dear, sweet Larissa Rose Blevins Jewell peacefully slipped into eternity Sunday morning, Feb. 2, 2020, at 2:20 a.m. Larissa was born in Oklahoma City on Dec. 14, 1995, to Larry and Vanessa Blevins. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Thomas N. Sharp.

Funeral services for Nathanial Randolph Butler were held Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, at Red Buffalo Hall in Carnegie. Services were under the direction of Ray and Martha’s Funeral Home, Carnegie. Nathan passed away Jan. 28, 2020, at the age of 44 years in Carnegie.

Prayer service for Loretta Margaret Schaefer was held Sunday at Holy Trinity Church, with Mass of Christian Burial on Monday at Holy Trinity with Rev. Cory Stanley and Deacon Max Schwarz officiating. Burial was in the Holy Trinity Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Gene Ray Griggs, 82, passed away Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, at Homestead Assisted Living in Bethany. He was born April 10, 1937, in Calumet. Gene grew up in Calumet, graduating from Calumet High School. He married Georgia Ruzicka on Sept. 15, 1963, sharing over 56 years of marriage.

Funeral services for Jimmie D. Thomas of Minco were held Friday at the First Reformed Presbyterian Church in Minco, with burial following in the Hazel Dell Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Loretta Schaefer of Okarche are pending with Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Loretta died Thursday at Cimarron Nursing Center in Kingfisher.  

Charles Richard Lippoldt, born Nov. 12, 1936, in Okarche, died Jan. 17, 2020, at his home in Bishop, Calif. Charles lived in Inyo County for 43 years. He loved to go camping and fishing and he also liked to travel, watch sports and bowl.