Funeral services for Joyce Mae Hacker of Bethany were held Monday at the Church of the Nazarene in Mustang, with burial following at the Mustang Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home in Minco
Joyce was born May 13, 1934, in Addington. She was raised in Minco and Hazel Dell, attending Hazel Dell Baptist Church. Joyce was a homemaker and had attended the Church of the Nazarene.
Funeral services for Kenneth Luther Sorensen will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Benson Memorial Chapel under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Kenneth died Dec. 17, 2022, at his home in El Reno. He was born April 30, 1944, in Chicago Heights, Ill. He served in the U.S. Air Force and received a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. He was the first juvenile officer in El Reno and was a systems administrator retired from the Federal Correctional Institution.
Kenneth was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Elk City and El Reno.
Vera Mae Sweeney died Sunday at Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon.
Services are pending with Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Mary Margaret Amato departed for her heavenly journey Nov. 27, 2022, after a courageous battle fighting respiratory illness and heart disease.
Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Union City with Rev. Lance Warren and Deacon Lloyd Menz officiating. Burial will follow in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Services are under the guidance of Huber-Benson Funeral Home, El Reno.
Arlene ZumMallen was born Jan. 21, 1933, in Fairmont, Okla. She entered into the arms of her Savior on Dec. 13, 2022.
She was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in Fairmont and gave her Confirmation of Faith at Zion as well, on March 30, 1947. Her confirmation verse is Blessed are they that hear the Word of God and keep it. - Luke 11:28
Arlene was raised on the farm several miles east of Fairmont. With many brothers and sisters, work was the order of the day.
Lynda Lea Boyle (Gough) went peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her loving family to be with the Lord on Dec. 11, 2022.
Lynda was born to Perry and Inez Gough on Oct. 11, 1947, in McAlester.
Lynda later had two daughters of her own, Lisa Garland and Sherry Randall.
Lynda gave selflessly to the people she loved through the hardest times in her life. She became the caretaker of her father, mother and grandmother in the last years of their lives.
They all were able to live their last moments in their family home surrounded by family.
Kenneth Grady was born Nov. 27, 1932, in Hutchinson, Kan., the third of five children of Lester and Alice Selfridge Grady. He died Dec. 11, 2022, at his home in El Reno.
Kenneth was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He worked in sales and distribution of beverages.
He was a member of First Baptist Church and a former member of Wesley United Methodist Church.
On Dec. 4, 2014, Kenneth married Betty Wilkerson Snodgrass. Betty survives him.
Jani Dean Myers-Coughlan, a lifetime resident of Oklahoma, passed from this life at Yukon Integris on December 10, 2022, at the age of 47, as a result of heart failure.
Jani was born to parents, Mark and Vicki Myers on April 25, 1975, at Baptist Integris Hospital in Oklahoma City.
Jani graduated from El Reno High School in 1993.
She received her Bachelor of Social Work from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 2003, and her Master of Social Work from the University of Oklahoma in 2008.
On Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, Clifford Alvin Johnson went to be with his Lord and Savior. He was born July 9, 1935, on a farm just west of Calumet to Jim and Elgie (Turpin) Johnson.
Cliff loved music. In junior high, he and his cousins, Ray and Earl Boyer, formed the Country Cousins. He graduated from El Reno High School in 1954. Soon after graduation, he married his high school sweetheart, Janelle Stussy. He was blessed with four daughters, Tina, Dina, Micki and Jeanne.
Funeral services for Martin D. Long were held Thursday, Dec. 8 at the CrossBridge Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Mark Fryar officiating.
Burial followed in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Marty died Dec. 4, 2022, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was born Nov. 3, 1958, in El Reno. He graduated from El Reno High School Class of 1977, graduated from El Reno Junior College and attended Central State University.
Growing up, Marty loved racing motor cross bikes, making it to national competition.
