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.

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.

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.

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.

Cynthia Miller

Memorial services for Cynthia Miller, 69, Clinton resident, will be held 11:00 A.M., Thursday, June 4, 2020 in the New Hope Fellowship Church, officiated by Rev. Gary Jones and under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.

Dr. Ron Helvey

A memorial service will be held for Dr. Ron Helvey, 76, of Mountain Home, Ark., and formerly of Colony, Okla., at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Mountain Home First Baptist Church. He died Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at MD Anderson Medical Center in Houston, Texas, after a short illness.