Obituaries

Eunice Keil

Funeral services will be held for Eunice Martha Eda Keil, 91, of Kansas and formerly of Clinton, at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clinton. She died Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Keil was born July 20, 1927, to Gottlieb and Eda Gerner in Bessie. She grew up in western Oklahoma. On Nov.

Lillian Fern (Johnson) Gardner

Lillian Fern (Johnson) Gardner, 81, died Tuesday, May 21, 2019. She was born Dec. 1, 1937, to Morris and Anna (Feuers) Johnson in Copeland, Kan. She attended grade school and high school in Ingalls, Kan., and graduated in 1955. She graduated from Sterling College in 1959 with a teaching degree.

Shelly Del Cantu-Burleson

Funeral services will be held for Shelly Del Cantu-Burleson, 35, former Washita County resident, at 10 a.m. today in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel. She died Sunday, May 19, 2019, in Oklahoma City. Del Cantu was born Sept. 2, 1983, to Roberto John Cantu and Jusdine Del (Horn) Cantu in Lawton.

Frank Shephard

A Celebration of Life will be held for Frank “Jake” Shephard, 92, of Yuba City, Calif., and formerly of Arapaho, from 3-5 p.m. Sunday, June 9, at the Moose Lodge in Yuba City. Shephard died Friday, April 26, 2019, in Reno, Nev.

Carolyn Javorsky

Funeral services will be held for Carolyn Javorsky, 77, at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Corn Mennonite Brethren Church in Corn. She died Saturday, May 18, 2019. Javorsky was born July 21, 1941, the second of identical twins born to John W. and Pauline Gossen, in Cordell.

Gwen Davis

A chapel service will be held for Gwendoline Marie Davis, 52, of Clinton at 10 a.m. today in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel. She died Monday, May 20, 2019, in Clinton. Davis was born Dec. 9, 1966, to Laverne Hook and Claudette Knight (Trout) in Nebraska.

Goldie Kenney

Funeral services will be held for long-time Custer County resident Goldie Kenney, 105, at 2 p.m. today in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel. Kenney died Friday, May 17, 2019, at Angel-wood Assisted Living in Clinton. She was born Jan. 23, 1914, to Ed and Effie Young in Higgins, Texas.

Ruby Sawatzky

Funeral services for Ruby Jewell Sawatzky, 81, of Clinton will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Assembly of God Church in Arapaho. She died Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in Elk City. Ruby Jewell (Fields) Sawatzky was born July 12, 1938, to Dewey and Martha (Wilkinson) Fields in Clinton.

Donald W. Deimund

Funeral services for retired U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Donald W. Deimund will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Arapaho First Baptist Church. He died Thursday, May 16, 2019, in the V.A. Hospital in Oklahoma City. Donald Walter Deimund was born March 4, 1937, to Walter E.

Ricky Wood

Funeral services will be held for Ricky Kent Wood, 63, of Clinton, at 10 a.m. Friday at the First Christian Church in Clinton. He died Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at his home. Wood was born Sept. 24, 1955, to James K. Wood and Carmen Lea (Jackson) Wood in Ardmore.