Obituaries

Thomas F. Coffey passed away peacefully at his home with family by his side on Jan. 15, 2023.

Tom was born Sept. 30, 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression, to John W. and Katherine Reherman Coffey on the Coffey homestead eight miles west of Okarche. He was the second oldest of their six children.

Tom, known as “Red” by his friends, started working on the farm at an early age, and when not working, attended a local one-room schoolhouse and later grade school and high school at Holy Trinity Catholic School in Okarche.

Memorial services for Jerry Allen Darter of Oklahoma City will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at Yukon First United Methodist Church.

Jerry died Jan. 13, 2023, at the age of 90. 

Jerry was a faithful servant as a Methodist minister to several churches across Oklahoma, including El Reno Wesley.

He was preceded in death by his parents and son, Mark Daniel Darter.

Funeral services for Bobby Glen Hart of El Reno will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, at First Baptist Church in Walters, with burial in the Walters Cemetery. Services are under the direction Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters.

Bobby departed this life on Jan. 15, 2023, in Temple, Okla. He was born Jan. 22, 1937, west of Walters to Clay and Ida V. (Martin) Hart. He was the oldest of their five children.

Funeral services for Jimmy Lynn Bass were held Jan. 17 at First Baptist Church in Minco, with burial in the Evergreen Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.

Jimmy passed away Jan. 6, 2023, in Omaha, Neb. He was born July 3, 1977, in Weatherford and grew up west of Minco, graduating with the Minco class of 1996.

He was employed several years as an electrician with the Oklahoma Electrical Supply Company before forming Bass Electric Company out of Minco. He had served as president of the Minco Little League and the Minco Ag Boosters.

Bezzie Alberta Laughlin left this life to join the Lord on Jan. 7, 2023, at the age of 103. She was the daughter of Norman and Cora Barr Palmer, born Aug. 5, 1919, in the city of Tupelo, Oklahoma. She had two brothers, Carl and Ernest, a sister, Carrie, and a twin sister, Ezzie.

Bezzie grew up in Calumet, where she attended the old Calumet grade school and graduated from Calumet High School in 1938. During her time in high school, she enjoyed being part of the basketball team.

John Lynn Porter passed into his heavenly father’s arms on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, at 84, following a long illness of many factors.

He was born July 30, 1938, to Edwin and Marie Porter in El Reno, Oklahoma.

Funeral services for Judy Beth Jones of Union City will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13 in the Benson Memorial Chapel in El Reno, with burial following at the Union City Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home, Minco.

Judy died Jan. 9, 2023, at her home. She was born Aug. 29, 1962, in Amarillo, Texas. Judy was raised in the Tulia and Happy, Texas, communities.

She worked in retail management throughout her life. She moved to Oklahoma in 1995.