Obituaries

Body Visitation for Lillie Mae Kappus will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Huber-Benson Funeral Home, with burial following at the El Reno Cemetery. There will be not be a service. Lillie died Jan. 2, 2023, at her home in El Reno. She was born June 8, 1935, in Mountain View.

Body Graveside services for Flora Rae Ables Lippoldt, 85, of Cleburne, Texas, formerly of El Reno, will be conducted at 12 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in the El Reno Cemetery. Flora passed away Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, in Cleburne, Texas.

Body Funeral services for Rudolf “Rudy” Joseph Pata of El Reno will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 9 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the El Reno Cemetery. Come-and-go viewing will be held at Wilson Funeral Home on Sunday, Jan. 8 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Body Raymond Harry Tasso of El Reno died Dec. 26, 2022, at SSM St. Anthony Healthplex in El Reno. He was born Dec. 4, 1947, in Clinton. Raymond was an Army veteran serving in the Vietnam War and a recipient of the Purple Heart.

Body Mass of Christian Burial for Margaret Lorretta Menz was held Thursday, Jan. 5 at St. Joseph Church in Union City with Rev. Lance Warren officiating. Burial was in the St. Joseph Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Margaret died Dec. 29, 2022, in Corn.

Body Arthur William Wiedemann passed away at the age of 93 at his home in El Reno. He was born April 20, 1929, in Richland to Ernst and Dora Wiedemann.

Body Born in El Reno, Oklahoma, on November 19, 1941, Richard D. Thompson was son of Maurice Ellsworth Thompson Sr. and Blanche L. Samuelson Thompson of Calumet, Oklahoma.

Body Funeral services for Myong “Kim” Whipple, 83, of El Reno will be held Friday, Jan. 6 at 10:00 am in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following in the El Reno Cemetery.  Myong passed away Jan. 3, 2023.

Body Melva Jean (McNatt) Stephenson Whitfield was born Aug. 3, 1945, in Chickasha to Melvin and Wanda (Vance) McNatt. She passed away Jan. 3, 2023, in Yukon at the age of 77. Melva grew up in Binger and Santa Paula, Calif. She was 15 when they moved back to Binger.

Body Anita (Miller) Lewis was born June 1, 1943, in Grandfield. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma Baptist University and a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma.