Obituaries for June 7, 2006

Avalos, Elena
Graveside services for Elena Cortez Avalos of El Reno will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the El Reno Cemetery with Butch Ward officiating. Services are under direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

Mrs. Avalos died Sunday at Kingfisher Regional Hospital. She was born Aug. 14, 1965, in Corpus Christi, Texas. She made her home in El Reno in the mid-1980s where she worked as a translator.

She is survived by a son, Mark Avalos, and a daughter, Allyssa Avalos, both of El Reno; sisters, Guadalupe Cortez of El Reno and Debbie Barnes of Stanton, Texas; and a half brother, Johnnie Cortez of Portland, Texas.

Ingram, Anna
Funeral services for Anna Delphine Beach Ingram were held today at Hinton United Methodist Church with Rev. Tony Caro officiating. Burial was in the Hinton Cemetery under direction of Hinton-Turner Funeral Home.

Mrs. Ingram died Monday at Parkview Hospital. She was born July 10, 1915, in Lookeba. She attended Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha. She moved to Calumet in 1941 and to El Reno in 1973. She was past worthy matron of the Order of Eastern Star of Calumet and former member of Red Rock United Methodist Church. She was also a member of Wesley United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women.

She is survived by a sister, Melba Francisco of Hinton.

Smith, Jack
Funeral services are pending for former El Reno resident Jack W. Smith of Amarillo.

Mr. Smith died Tuesday in Amarillo.

Wavada, Jadyn Dean (paid)
Jadyn Dean Wavada, infant son of Jerry and Shannon (Reimers) Wavada, died June 5, 2006, at Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon.

In addition to his parents, he is also survived by grandparents, Mark and Connie Reimers of El Reno and Robert and Betty Wavada of Yukon; great-grandparents, Dan and Earlene Reimers of Oklahoma City, Vic and Linda Taylor of El Reno and Donna Secrest of Ponca City; and uncles, Jake and Amber Reimers of El Reno, David Wavada of Yukon and Don and Kathy Wavada of Yukon.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 8, 2006, in the Canadian Valley Cemetery in Calumet with George Gilland officiating. Arrangements are under direction of Yanda and Son Funeral Home of Yukon.