Helen Marie Best

Helen Marie Best was born July 8, 1935, on the family farm southeast of Cordell, to John Leo and Viola Brubaker Best. Helen graduated from Cordell High School in 1953. She married Kenneth Lee Fleming Dec. 18, 1954. They had three children: Roger, Rhonda, and Dean.

Obituary: Henry Ratke

A funeral service will be held for Henry Ratke on Tuesday, June 9, at 2:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clinton. Interment will be at Hatchett Cemetery in Bessie, under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home with military honors. Henry was born on Nov.

Obituary: Donna Rae Dean

Donna Rea Dean was born April 26, 1932, in Elk City to Lorene "Rene" (Brown) and James Haskell Rea. She passed away May 25, 2020, at Elk City, at the age of 88 years and 29 days. Donna grew up in Canute where she attended school until she married James C."Jimmie" Dean, Jr. on July 30, 1949.

Obituary: Jerrie Sue Pearson

Jerrie Sue Pearson was born on June 24, 1950. in Cordell, to Jerry and June Smith. She left his world on May 29, 2020. Jerrie Sue was a 1968 graduate of Lone Wolf High School. She then attended beauty school and began her career as a beautician.

Obituary: Clifford Harold Goodwin

Memorial service for Clifford Harold Goodwin, 88 year-old Weatherford resident, will be held on Saturday, June 27, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. in The Chapel of Lockstone Funeral Home. Cliff was born April 24, 1932, to Warren and Mabel (Thomson) Goodwin in Foss.

Obituary: Helen Leora Wood

Helen Leora Wood, 96, of Sentinel, passed away on June 7, 2020, at the Cordell Christian Home in Cordell. She was born on Feb. 16, 1924, to Earl and Ella (Smith) Luttrell in Rocky. Helen grew up and attended school in Rocky. and graduated from Rocky High School in 1942.

Mary Ann Ivy

Mary Ann Ivy, 68, of Cordell, passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on May 29, 2020. She was born on Aug. 4, 1951, to James and Pauline (Burns) Rutherford in Cordell. Mary grew up and attended school in Cordell, graduating from Cordell High School in 1969.

Wenona Dunn

Wenona (Latimer) Dunn was born Nov. 10, 1920, on a farm southeast of Lexington in Cleveland County. She was the eldest child of Kirk and Pearl (Rigney) Latimer. She left this world on May 26, 2020, at the age of 99.

Iva Lee Gass

Iva Lee Gass, 94, of Cordell, passed away on May 29, 2020. She was born on Jan. 15, 1926, to Claude and Minnie (McElroy) Marshall, the youngest of six children at Lake Valley. Iva married Johnny Gass and had two children a son and a daughter.

John Calvin McCornack

John Calvin McCornack, son of Christola Stutzman McCornack and Charles Robert McCornack, was born on Feb. 7, 1937, on a cotton farm near Cloud Chief, Oklahoma. He died on May 23, 2020 at Spanish Cove in Yukon.