Dolores Marie Thurman Winter was born October 14, 1944 at Okeene, Oklahoma to Cyriaca and Alex Thurman, and passed away Monday October 29, 2018 at the age of 74. She was a resident of the Homestead community for 47 years where she was mostly a homemaker. She had numerous part-time jobs for many Okeene businesses throughout her life. She worked for the Blaine County Election Board along with Wilkinson Mortuary. She attended Okeene High School and was a member of the Homeste

Weldon Howard Benham Weldon was born 3 miles east of Okeene on the “Jones Place” on July 13, 1924. He has seen many changes through his 94 years from plowing behind a horse to GPS combining and farming! He was a farmer/rancher all his life and his last cattle roundup was at the age of 88 when he “retired”. He married his high school sweetheart Ruth Eberhart on May 6, 1944 at their preacher's home and they were married for almost 61 years, until Ruth passed in 2005. Weldon