Billy Frank Warehime was born on Jan. 3, 1926, to Forrest and Marie Warehime in Sapulpa and passed from this life on Nov. 28, 2009, at Cherokee Manor in Cherokee. Bill joined the U.S. Air Force in 1944 and served until 1946. Bill received an honorary high school diploma because he was fighting in the war when he would have been awarded his diploma. He married Mary Ellen Young in 1947, and she preceded him in death. In 1999 he and Bernetta Rhodes were married.

He is survived his wife Bernetta, one daughter, one brother, one daughter-in-law, a stepson, a step daughter, four step granddaughters, ten step great grandchildren and one step great-great grandson.

Funeral service will be held at the First Christian Church in Cherokee on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, at 2 p.m. with Dr. Ron Hansen and Rev. Diane Stein officiating. Burial followed at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Midway Sunday School Class Scholarship Fund of First Christian Church through the funeral home.