STATE DEATHS

NORMAN Pierce, Ronnie Dell: 69, died June 3. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday (McMahans, Noble). OKLAHOMA CITY Foreman, Mamie Sue: 74, died June 4. No services (Vondel L. Smith and Son South, Oklahoma City). Knight, Marvin: 78, Top of the World Captivating Caps, died June 7. Services 10 a.m.

STATE DEATHS

BLANCHARD Wooten, Billy Gene “Bill”: 93, retired letter carrier, died June 4. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday (Eisenhour, Blanchard). DEL CITY Magott, Elizabeth Eleanor: 99, died June 3. Mass 2 p.m. Tuesday, St. Paul Catholic Church (Bill Eisenhour SE, Del City).

Raymond Littke

Funeral Services for Raymond L. Littke, 89, longtime Clinton resident, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in Bessie, officiated by Daniel Mosburg and under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. The family will greet guests from 6-8 p.m.

Henry Ratke

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

CUSTER CO. SHERIFF’S REPORT

Officer responded to welfare check for an open door in the 100 block of S. 4th . Officer responded to welfare check for subjects walking on Meacham Road. Officers responded to suspicious vehicle on N. 2430 Road. Officer responded back to suspicious vehicle on N. 2430 Road.

Henry Ratke

Funeral services are pending for Henry Ratke, 95, of Bessie. He died Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Oklahoma City. Arrangements are under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.

Bryant Calip

Funeral services for Bryant Calip, 57, former Clinton coach and educator, are pending with Schaudt’s Funeral Service & Cremation Care based out of the Tulsa area. Calip was born Dec. 12, 1962, and died June 4, 2020, after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Lewis Smith

Funeral services will be held for Lewis V. Smith, 91, of Clinton at 11 a.m. Monday at Kiesau Memorial Chapel. He died Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at Integris Hospice House in Oklahoma City. Burial will follow the services at Clinton Cemetery under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.

STATE DEATHS

BETHANY Rider, John Clifford: 89, electrical engineer, died May 31. Graveside services were Wednesday (Mercer-Adams, Bethany). Stephens, Arman: 80, pastor, died May 27. Celebration of life 11 a.m. Thursday, The Gate Church, Oklahoma City. Services will be live webcast at www.mercer-adams.com.

James Robert Mathis

Jim was born in Thomas, Okla., to William and Anna Lee Mathis on October 26, 1938, and lost his courageous battle with cancer on May 21, 2020. Following high school and some college, where he studied engineering, Jim joined the United States Army Reserve.