Obituaries

Graveside services for Dorothy Janet Slover of Minco will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 at the Evergreen Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Dorothy passed away Nov. 11, 2023, at her home. She was born Dec. 15, 1932, in Oklahoma City.

Services for Timothy Ray Tipken of Kingfisher will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Pastor Sharon Wilbur of the Ellison Methodist Church officiating.

Services for James Alan Elder Sr. will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Curtis Steffler officiating. Visitation will begin at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. James died Nov. 8, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born Oct. 17, 1960, in El Reno.

Memorial services for Carson Ray Mills of Cogar will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12 at Canaan Baptist Church in Minco. Carson died Oct. 26, 2023. He was born April 21, 1970, in Midwest City. He grew up in Cogar and attended school in Binger, graduating in 1988.

Noel Kent Allen passed away Nov. 6, 2023, at 81 years old. Noel was born Nov. 3, 1942, to parents, Vernon and Ada (Thomas) Allen. Growing up, Noel attended several schools including Central School, El Reno High School and Redlands Community College, and eventually joined the Army.

Services for Richard Byron Whiteman were held Nov. 9 at Huber-Benson Funeral Home with Mark MeGehee officiating. Interment was in the El Reno Cemetery. Rick passed away Nov. 2, 2023. He was born Aug. 23, 1953, in Okarche. He grew up in El Reno, Oklahoma City and Houston, Texas.

Services for Verna Lou Wheeler of Yukon were held Nov. 2 at Covenant Community Church in Yukon, with David Ray of Yukon Church of Christ officiating. Interment followed at the Lone Wolf Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Peoples Cooperative Funeral Home, Lone Wolf.

Fritz Joseph Cerne Jr., 77, of El Reno, passed away Nov. 5, 2023. Cremation services were under the care of Wilson Funeral Home.

Wake services for Carl Heap of Birds will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, with funeral services at 12 p.m. Saturday, both at the Emergency Response Center in Concho. Burial will follow in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Services for Alisha Dawn Kirkland will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Ginger Lemons officiating. Alisha died Nov. 6, 2023, at her home in El Reno. She was born Feb. 14, 1980, in El Reno. A lifelong resident, she graduated from El Reno High School in 1999.