Obituaries for Dec. 18, 2005

Baker, Don Lee (paid)
Mr. Baker passed away Thursday morning at his Red Oak residence. He was born in Yukon to Amon B. and Jessie Marie (Thompson) Baker. He served in the U.S. Navy for 11 years. Mr. Baker was married to Catherine L. Everett. He was an aircraft mechanic for LTV and a member of the Park Meadows Baptist Church in Waxahachie.

His survivors include his wife, Cathy Baker of Red Oak; son and daughter-in-law, Douglas and Robin Baker of Midlothian; daughters and sons-in-law, Donita and Robert Potts of Richardson and Diane and Todd Zimmerman of Red Oak; grandchildren, Melissa and Tommy Baker of Arkansas, Bobby, Christopher and Chelsea Zimmerman of Red Oak and Pasha, Natasha, Masha and Dima Potts of Richardson; great-grandson, Jordan Baker of Little Rock, Ark.; brother, Frank Everett and family of Piedmont; sisters and brothers-in-law, Kem and John Betts and Nita Bryant, all of Mineola, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his parents.

The family will receive friends and relatives from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. today and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m Monday at the Red Oak Funeral Chapel. Celebration of his Life will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005,also in the Red Oak Chapel. Interment will follow at 12:45 p.m. in the DFW National Cemetery, Dallas. Arrangements are under the direction of the Red Oak Funeral Home.

Boucher, Vona
Funeral services for Vona Boucher of El Reno will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Wesley United Methodist Church with Dr. Richard D. Cato officiating. Burial will be in the Canton Cemetery. Services are under direction of Wilson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Boucher died Thursday at Parkview Hospital.

Choate, Edna
Funeral services for Edna Evoyne Choate of El Reno were held Friday at First Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Greg Conner and Rev. John Copeland officiating. Burial was in the Geary Cemetery under direction of Turner Funeral Home.

Mrs. Choate died Tuesday at her home. She was born Feb. 5, 1946, in Geary. She attended Pleasant Ridge and Geary schools and had lived in the Geary and El Reno area all her life. She attended All Tribes Church in Geary and First Freewill Baptist Church.

She is survived by daughters, Tammy Burns of Perkins and Angela Carpenter of Oklahoma City; a son, Jeff Choate of Geary; brothers, James Hicks, Mack Hicks and Tommy Hicks, all of Geary; sisters, Jonee Noyes of Bethany, Norma Carrick of Geary and Eunice Montgomery of California; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.