Obituaries

Body Graveside services for Miller Red Cherries Jr. will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Miller died Sept. 14, 2023, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was born Oct. 25, 1940, in Clinton.

Body Funeral services for Kathy Birlew will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20 at First Christian Church with Rev. Colton Lott officiating. Come-and-go viewing will be held at Wilson Funeral Home on Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. 

Body Lillie Mae Simons Denson, 85, of Zephryhills, Fla., went to be with her Lord on Aug. 26, 2023, in Dade City, Fla., after a long illness. Mrs. Denson was born Oct. 14, 1937, in El Reno to Walter Arthur and Lena Fay (Stine) Simons.

Body Graveside services for Donna Jo Percival of Enid, a former Minco resident, were held Sept. 12 at the Friendship Cemetery southwest of Minco, under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.

Body Funeral services for Julia Ann “Tiny” Redbird will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Del City Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Vera Radley officiating. Burial will follow in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Tiny died Sept.

Body Sunni Redfawn Goodbear, 38 years on this earth. Sunni was a proud member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes and the Pawnee Nation, Skidi and Chaui Bands. Sunni was a gifted singer, songwriter and Traditional Southern Cloth Dancer.

Body Jannell Ridenour was born Jan. 29, 1939, to Arthur F. and Ina Louise (Sand) Tech in Calumet. She passed away Sept. 9, 2023, at her home in Calumet at the age of 84.  Jannell graduated from Calumet High School and from Draughn’s Business School in Oklahoma City.

Body Bruce Lynn Lloyd was born in Alva, Okla., on July 30, 1952, to Gordon L. Lloyd and Catherine (Campbell) Lloyd. He passed away suddenly in his home in Norman on July 10, 2023, at the age of 70. Bruce graduated from El Reno High School in 1970.

Body Michael Stephen Hoefler, known to his loved ones as Mike/Big Mike, Dad or Papaw, peacefully passed away Sept. 2, 2023, at the age of 72 in El Reno. He was born Aug. 15, 1951, in Shawnee.

Body Celebration of Life for Gary Richard Miller of El Reno will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 at Richland Nazarene Church, 10825 N. 6th Street, Yukon (corner of West Hefner Road and 6th Street), with Revs. Matthew Lowery and Terry Rohlmeier officiating. Gary passed away Aug.