Obituaries

Graveside services to honor the life of LaVerna Beltz will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 18, 2025, at Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, Oklahoma, in the Garden of Gethsemane area, with Elder Hector Rivera and Pastor David Miller officiating. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral...

Jim J. Bray, age 89, of Joplin, MO, passed away on Monday, March 24, 2025, at a local hospital after a lengthy illness.
Jim was born on October 6, 1935, in Enid, OK, son of the late Earl J. Bray and Lois (Holliday) Bray. He grew up in Enid and graduated from Enid High School before receiving his degree in art from...

Thomas Eugene Kraus, age 84, of Pond Creek, OK, passed away on Thursday, April 17th, 2025, in Enid, OK.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025, at Pond Creek Methodist Church, with Pastors Gary Lille and Randy Kiel officiating. Internment will follow at the Pond Creek Cemetery.
Tom...

Connie I. Mick, beloved mother, educator, and long-time Enid resident, passed away at the age of 93. Her funeral service will be held Thursday, April 17, at 2:00 p.m. at the First Church of the Nazarene in Enid, with Rev. Bill Hane officiating. She will be laid to rest at Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction...

Harlan Dale Strait, age 90, of Jet, OK, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2025, in Enid, OK. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 21, 2025, at the Bethel Hawley Baptist Church, with the Rev. Gary Lillie officiating. Interment will follow at New Home Cemetery, west and south of Nash.
On April 6,...