Obituaries

Funeral services for Jason Lee Ruff were held Monday at the Geary Emergency Response Center.

Burial was in the Greenfield Indian Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Jason died Feb. 8, 2023, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.

He was born Nov. 8, 1987, in Oklahoma City. He was a graduate of Capitol Hill High School and worked at OKC West.

Jason was a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes and Lakota Tribe. He participated in Sweat Lodge Ceremonies and Peyote Ceremonies.

Joyce A. Lee passed away peacefully in her sleep the morning of February 2 in El Reno at River Oaks Skilled Nursing & Therapy.

Joyce was born to Carl and Ada (Baker) Boyer on May 8, 1942, in Geary, Okla.

She was the oldest of four daughters.

Like many children born in her time, she stayed busy with chores, helping her mom tend the garden, cook, clean and take care of her younger siblings.

Kathryn (Kathy) Louise Havener was born Sept. 23, 1955, at Kingfisher Regional Hospital to Joseph Irwin Farrell and Betty Lou Farrell.

She passed away Feb. 7, 2023, in Oklahoma City.

Kathy was the middle child of four brothers, Greg, Mark, Jeff and James Farrell. She was a very tough gal because, well, she had to be.

She was a heck of a basketball player, she played piano and clarinet, and was eventually the Drum Major of the Kingfisher High School Band. 

Come-and-go viewing and visitation for Patricia Ann Everett of Union City will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at Wilson Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 at Wilson’s with Lynsey Manning-Hankins officiating. Burial will follow at the Union City Cemetery.

Patricia passed away Feb. 3, 2023. She was born in El Reno on Oct. 24, 1942, to Leo Clovis and Christine Marie Clovis. She attended El Reno High School. She became a lifelong Union City area resident after marrying John H. Everett on June 30, 1962.

Wake for Frankie Jo Shortman will be held Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 7 to 9 p.m., with funeral services set for Thursday at 1 p.m. Both services will be at the Concho Emergency Response Center with Rev. Victor Cope officiating.

Burial will be in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Frankie of Balch Springs, Texas, died Jan. 28, 2023, at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. She was born June 18, 1967, in Clinton.

She graduated in 1985 from Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah, as valedictorian that year.

Funeral services for ArFrances Netterville of Inglewood, Calif., will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, El Reno. Services are under the direction of Temple and Sons Funeral Directors Inc.

ArFrances passed away Jan. 16, 2023. She was born June 15, 1943, in El Reno and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School. She was employed with the El Reno Nursing Home and El Reno Country Club as a cook, and was a licensed missionary. She moved to California in 2015.

Funeral services for Gloria Bellymule-Zuniga will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Concho Emergency Response Center with John Tyler Youngbull and Abraham Zuniga officiating. Burial will follow at the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Gerald Kent (Hoss) Horse were held Wednesday at Huber-Benson Funeral Home with Rev. Sam Horse and Ken Wehmuller officiating.

Burial followed at the Concho Cemetery.

Gerald died Jan. 27, 2023, at his home in El Reno. He was born Nov. 21, 1966, in El Reno.

He worked in the oil field industry as a blowout specialist and later as a cook. He was a member of the Native American Church and attended the Methodist Church. He was an avid member of the C&A Sundance and the Kiowa Gourd Clan.

A wake for Elliott Henry “Big Tass” Tasso Jr. will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, with funeral services set for 1 p.m. Friday. Both services will be at Huber-Benson Funeral Home with Rev. Gerald Panana officiating. Burial will follow at the Concho Cemetery.

Big Tass died Jan. 27, 2023, at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born July 19, 1949, in Clinton. He was an intake specialist for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes and a member of the Native American Church.

He is survived by his wife, Frances Hadley of the home.

Our mother, Delores S. Littlebear Hart (Ma’evehpota’e Red Leaf Girl) has walked on, reunited with her husband and our father, Samuel C. Hart.

She passed on Jan. 19, 2023, surrounded by her children and brother and sister-in-law, at the age of 88 years.

Our mother’s life began on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. When Mom and her little brother were quite young, their mother, Flossie Littlebear died during childbirth.

Mom and her brother were then cared for by their grandmother, Rosa Littlebear.