Five-Person Funeral Requires Several Hearses
A recent funeral in El Reno, Oklahoma has presented a number of challenges for Wilson Funeral Home. Mainly, Smith Wilson, the funeral director in charge, needs to employ an unprecedented number of hearses and funeral cars for a five-person funeral.
Summer Rust, a resident of the El Reno area, was strangled on January 12 along with her four children. Rust’s boyfriend, Joshua Durcho, has been charged in connection with the deaths.
As a result of the tragic death, Wilson has met with more family members than he has ever met for one funeral. Luckily, he said, the families were in agreement with the arrangements, making the entire process much easier. “Saturday,” he said, “we had everyone come in and sit down, and, so far, everyone is in agreement. We thank God everybody is pulling together and in agreement as far as the services.”
In addition to several hearses needed for the funeral, Wilson also had to arrange for traffic control as more than 1,000 people were expected to attend. The town has pulled together with donations and other forms of aid to help the director and family have the resources they needed to conduct the funeral.
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