On January 14, 1940, God brought to Marcine and Helen Diel a baby girl who brightened their lives and the life of everyone who knew her.  Her light continued to shine until God said, “It’s time for you to come back to me,” so on April 20, 2023, God took her home.  Marilyn Lou Diel…

Lois Louella Guffy, 92, of Byron Oklahoma, passed away on April 20, 2023. Lois was born on January 23, 1931, to Orville and Banna Caywood on a farm in Nash, Oklahoma. She attended Mt. View District #61 school with her siblings Willis and Lila.  It was in this one-roomed schoolhouse that her talent for art…

Larry Don Miller was born July 17, 1951 in Hardtner, Kansas to Lawrence Miller and Velma Yvonne Sherman Miller and passed from this life in Enid on April 14, 2023. Larry graduated from Burlington High School in 1969.  In 1969 – 1970 Larry attended OSU-Okmulgee and studied Diesel Mechanics.  In 1992-1993 he went to Climate…

Virgil Gene Diel was born July 12, 1937, to Marcine and Helen (Terhune) Diel in Kiowa, Kan. Gene graduated from Burlington High School in 1955. From there, he went on to graduate from Oklahoma State University, with a degree in Agricultural Economics. While at OSU, Gene began his life-long affiliation with Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity…

LaWilda Jo Bishop Reitz was born December 18, 1925, by the light of a gas oil lamp and at a house heated by coal on the family farm west of Byron, Oklahoma to Joe and Velma Marie Bishop. She attended school at Byron, Oklahoma where she was a multi-talented musician, with emphasis on voice, piano…

Wilda Lynn May Flaming was born July 18, 1939 at the Purcell Regional Hospital to Bryce and Vertie Jo May. On March 13, 2023 Wilda was called home in the arms of her loving Lord and Savior. She attended Valley Grove School in Corbett through eighth grade and then Lexington School until she graduated in…

Rex was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma on March 3, 1946 to parents Betty (Clarke) and Vernol Sunderland and passed away on February 25, 2023 in Hospice Care at the Wakita Community Health Center, at the age of 76 years, 11 months and 22 days. He graduated from Byron-Driftwood High School in 1964 before marrying Nelda…

Mass of Christian Burial for Katherine Severin is 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Goltry. Burial will follow in St. Michael’s Catholic Cemetery, Goltry. Services are under the direction of Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home. Recitation of the Rosary is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at the funeral home. Visitation with…

John Curtis Means was born in Oklahoma City and was delivered into the eager arms of his parents, Gary and Sheila Means. John passed from this life on Sunday, Jan. 22, unexpectedly after a brief illness. John thrived growing up on his parent’s farm near Cherokee. At the ripe age of 11 months, he welcomed…

Jewell Lavon (Whitehead) James was born Aug. 16, 1936 to Arthur Whitehead and Elsie (Glenn) Whitehead in rural Capron, and passed away on Jan. 19, 2023, in her home at the age of 86. Jewell was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Elsie Whitehead; sisters and husbands, Helen and Marvin Knopf, Jo Ann…