Obituaries

Jewel Lee (Smith) VonTungeln was called home by her Heavenly Father on Nov. 19, 2019, in El Reno.

Jewel was born June 25, 1924, in Yukon to Fred and Mary Smith.

Jewel attended Yukon High School and graduated in 1941. She attended Central State Normal College before becoming a teacher.

On June 6, 1946, she married the love of her life, Lloyd Charles VonTungeln. Jewel taught children of various different ages for 29 years in the rural school districts around El Reno.

Prayer service for Doris Marie Sanders (Morrison) Slover was held Friday in the Benson Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 at St. Joseph Church in Union City with Deacon Lloyd Menz officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Paul H. Hoebing was born Feb. 29, 1932, in Okarche to Leonard and Clara Wiewel Hoebing, the youngest of eight children.

Our beloved John Gerald “JG” Yellow Eagle was called to his Heavenly home on Nov. 15, 2019, at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. John had double pneumonia and irreversible damage to his lungs.  Maheo did not allow him to suffer, he passed on peacefully in his sleep.

John Gerald was born Sept. 29, 1975, in Clinton. His Cheyenne name was “Hoh Wah Hah Naas.” He was named after one of his grandfathers, Andrew Yellow Eagle.

Dr. Ronald D. Powell (Retired Colonel USAF Reserves) passed away Friday, Nov. 15 at the age of 72, after suffering from brain cancer (primary glioblastoma) since March of this year.

Memorial service for Lloyd M. Corlee of Norman will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, at Ellison Avenue United Methodist Church in El Reno with Cydni Tillery officiating. Interment will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery.

Wake service for Elizabeth Ann Shawnee will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Concho Community Hall. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Concho Community Hall. Burial will be in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Elizabeth died Nov. 10, 2019, at Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was born Nov. 23, 1970, in Lawton and was raised in Belgium. After graduating, she returned to Oklahoma, moving to Geary and then to Oklahoma City. She worked as a hair stylist.