John E. Homeratha, 42, died in a Chicago, Illinois, hospital following a period of ill health. His service will be at 1 PM Wednesday in Henninger – Allen Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. James Swallow officiating.

Burial will follow in the Otoe – Missouria Cemetery at Red Rock.

Homeratha was born December 23, 1936, at Pawnee, and attended school at Red Rock prior to moving to Wichita, Kansas. He graduated from the Haskell Institute at Lawrence, Kansas, and entered the military serving with the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper. Following his discharge, he lived in Chicago where he was employed as a welder. He moved to Enid where he continued to work as a welder. From 1966 to 1973, he worked in the oil fields at Hennessey, returning to Chicago in 1974. Homeratha was a member of the Body of Christ.

Survivors include three sisters, Reba Homeratha and Frieda Ellis, both of Enid, and Lily Rice, Edmond; one brother, Phil Lawrence, Kansas; his father, Curtis Homeratha, Red Rock; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.