Obituaries

Funeral services for Allen Joseph McCracken were held Thursday, July 15, 2021, at Bethel Community Church in Yukon with Ray Rhoton officiating. Services were under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

Mr. McCracken entered heaven on Friday, July 9, 2021, at his home surrounded by loved ones. He was born Nov. 26, 1941, in El Reno. Allen served in the Army before entering into the Reserves four years later. He married Judy Kay Cowan on July 20, 1973, and raised their family in Yukon.

Funeral services for Dwight Charles Oaks of Minco were held Friday at the Minco High School Auditorium, with burial with military honors following at the Hazel Dell Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.

Dwight passed away July 10, 2021, in Muskogee. He was born Dec. 5, 1960, in Oklahoma City. He attended Minco schools, graduating in 1979. Dwight served in the U.S. Army National Guard and worked as a machinist until his retirement after 42 years in 2020. He was a member of Hazel Dell Baptist Church.

Helen Katherine (Stover) King, 94, of El Reno, passed away July 15, 2021, with her family by her side.

Helen was born to the late Henry and Catharina (Wiedemann) Stover on Sept. 25, 1926, in Piedmont. She was married to Clyde P. King on Sept. 4, 1948, and they lived most of their lives in El Reno.

Graveside services for Karen Blanton Daughety will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 10, 2021, at Red Rock Cemetery with Pastor Paul Roach officiating. Services are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

Karen was born July 22, 1947, in El Reno to Clarence “Finley” and Gretchen (Kitson) Blanton. She passed away Friday, July 2, 2021, in Oklahoma City at the age of 73.

Beatrice Rocha, 90, of Topeka, Kan., passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Saturday, July 3, 2021.

Bea was born Nov. 5, 1930, the daughter of Jose and Felicitas Gordillo Ramirez. She grew up in El Reno and traveled to Topeka to visit cousins. One such trip included a blind date with Rudolph Rocha, which led to their marriage on Sept. 18, 1948, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. They enjoyed over 31 years together before his death on March 4, 1979.

Shirley Lee Davis, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, went to be with her heavenly father on July 3, 2021, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Funeral services for Jamie Michelle Lamebull were held Thursday at the Concho Community Hall with Francine Williams and Micki Black officiating. Burial followed at the Lumpmouth Family Cemetery in Geary under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Jamie died July 4, 2021, at Integris Southwest Community Center in Oklahoma City. She was born Aug. 30, 1983, in Ada. She was a homemaker and a member of the Indian Methodist Church.

Her grandparents who adopted her, Simpson and Bertha Jane (Lumpmouth) Lamebull, and aunt, Sandra Jean Lamebull, preceded her in death.

Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord

Frances Lorene Schwab Eubank MacNeil, born in El Reno, Oklahoma, on September 11, 1933, the last of the six children of Victor and Mary Menz Schwab.

Lorene was raised on the family farm outside El Reno with her siblings: Richard, Bernardine (mother of Marilyn, Brenda and Loretta), Cletus, Robert and Genevieve.

After Mary died in 1948, Lorene lived with her brother Richard and his wife Zelda in California.

Funeral services for Clarence McLoud will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at Hinton First Baptist Church with Rev. Keith Gillham and Rev. Steve Murray officiating. Burial will follow in the Hinton Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Turner Funeral Home.

Clarence was born March 16, 1927, in Roosevelt, Okla., to Claud G. and Ollie “Bill” (McMorris) McLoud. He passed away June 27, 2021, in Yukon at the age of 94. Clarence attended Pergatory, Shilo, California, and East Walnut schools.

Funeral services for Ronald Lee Sutton of El Reno were held Thursday in the Benson Memorial Chapel, with burial following in the Concho Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Ronald died June 26, 2021, at the Comanche County Hospital in Lawton. He was born Oct. 1, 1952, in El Reno. He worked in construction and was a member of the El Reno Indian Baptist Church.