Obituaries

Loretta Margaret Schaefer died Jan. 30, 2020, at Cimarron Nursing Center in Kingfisher. The prayer service was held Sunday and Mass of Christian Burial on Monday. Both services were at Holy Trinity Church with Rev. Cory Stanley and Deacon Max Schwarz officiating.

The funeral for Patricia Ortega Maldonado, 40, was Thursday, Jan. 30, at Cristo Rey Baptist Church in Hennessey. It was officiated by Pastor Jairo Carmona and Pastor Nicholas Cornejo. Burial followed at Hennessey Cemetery under the direction of Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home.

Elsie Hunter Elsie Mozelle Hunter, 92, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, at Spanish Cove Retirement Village in Yukon. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at the Yanda & Son Funeral Home Chapel, Yukon, with interment following at Wellston Cemetery in Wellston.

Dr. Samuel B. Hendrix, III, of Norman, left this life on the Winter Solstice, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, at 72. He was born in Kingfisher on Jan. 10, 1947, to Lt. Col. Samuel B. Hendrix, Jr., and Ina Mae Noel Hendrix.

Nora Jo Larson of Eakly passed away in Lubbock, Texas, on Jan. 28, 2020. She was 98 and named by her grandchildren as Jo Jo and later Ju Ju. Born July 1, 1921, in Nashville, Ark.

Clifford “Cliff” Rudolph Staude was born Oct. 5, 1926, on a farm near Loyal to Rudy and Amanda Wehrenberg Staude. He entered into his eternal rest Jan. 27, 2020, at the age of 93. He lived in Oklahoma City until moving to the VA Center in Clinton in June 2019.

Eva Louise Ross, 84, of Kingfisher, passed away Jan. 27, 2020 in Kingfisher. She was born Jan. 28, 1935, in Fallis to Harry and Lorene (Clark) Butler. Eva retired from Kingfisher Regional Hospital where she worked as a housekeeper.

Funeral service for Lela Kunau, 88, of Kingfisher, was Monday, Jan. 27, at First Baptist Church with Pastor Scott Watkins officiating. Burial followed at Kingfisher Cemetery with arrangements by Sanders Funeral Service. Lela was born in Wirt on Dec. 5, 1931, to Mary J. Carroll and Ira Enloe.

Violet Katherine Skala Egan of Rogers, Ark., was born Nov. 6, 1940, in Oklahoma City and passed away Jan. 20, 2020, at Northwest Medical Center in Spring-dale, Ark. She was 79. A wake will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, and funeral service at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, at Sts.

Ronald Gene Horn, 84, of Dover, passed away peacefully at Cimarron Nursing Center in Kingfisher on Jan. 22, 2020, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Gene was born Jan. 21, 1936, near Dover to Harvey and Bertha Horn.