NAME: MERTON DELOYD RENO, AGE 75, OF LEHIGH-COALGATE, OK. BORN: OCTOBER 18, 1920 AT FLINT, MICHIGAN TO OLIVER JOHN AND ANNA (ALDRICH) RENO. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1996 AT MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL, COALGATE, OK. AGE: 73 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FLINT, MICHIGAN. MARRIED: NORMA WILLIS ON MARCH 12, 1955 AT TIJUANA, MEXICO. OCCUPATION: TRUCKDRIVER AND FIREMAN FOR CALIFORNIA STATE FORESTRY SERVICE AND WORKED FOR KAISER STEEL CORPORATION FOR 28 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: PROTESTANT FAITH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WWII IN THE U. S. AIR CORPS, OBTAINING THE RANK OF CORPORAL. HE WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF VFW, MOST RECENTLY COALGATE LODGE #1198. ALSO A MEMBER OF UNITED STEEL WORKERS UNION LOCAL #2869 IN FONTANA, CA. HE WAS ALSO A MASON IN THE COALGATE LODGE. MERTON ENJOYED WORKING AND FIXING THINGS IN HIS WORKSHOP. HE LOVED TO GARDEN AND HANG OUT AT THE FIRE STATION. SURVIVED BY WIFE: NORMA RENO OF THE HOME IN LEHIGH, OK. SONS: RUSSELL RENO AND WIFE CHERYL OF PHELAN, CA. ROBERT RENO OF UTAH. DAUGHTERS: REBECCA DANIELS AND HUSBAND LEE OF LAMPE, MI. RAMONA PHILLIPS AND HUSBAND JOSEPH OF UNION CITY, CA. RHONDA COOK AND HUSBAND ALLAN OF HAYWARD, CA. RAYLENE RENO OF WALLED LAKE, MI. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: LUCILLE YOUNG OF MICHIGAN. BEVERLY GEIESE OF BURTON, MI. HATTIE OMEDIEUM OF DEER PARK, MI. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: OLIVER AND ANNA RENO. BROTHERS: DONALD AND EARL RENO. SISTERS: OLIVE RENO.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: LEHIGH BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COAL COUNTY, OK. INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ COAL COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BILL WEATHERS. CASKETBEARERS: DELBERT POWELL, DALE POWELL, GERALD BRICE, DENNIS MOSLEY, DAVID TOWNSEND, FREDDIE BRICE, MIKE POWELL, LARRY PARKER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: PAPPY CONATSER, HENRY KERSEY, LEE DANIELS, JOSEPH PHILLIPS.