Slugger Ken Hottman played for 89ers in 1974

Farewell to people with Oklahoma ties who enjoyed the game day experience:

•Ken Hottman, 69, of Sacramento, California. He played 55 games in 1974 for the Oklahoma City 89ers, then an affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. Hottman was known as a power-hitting outfielder in the minors, although he slugged just 11 homers for Oklahoma City before being sent to Double-A San Antonio.

Hottman played six games in the majors, that in 1971 with the Chicago White Sox. After baseball, he spent 30 years working for United Parcel Service.

•Ron McKinney, 75, of Oklahoma City. He spent many years as president of the Oklahoma City Blazers Booster Club. The retired mechanical engineer loved to pilot hot air balloons.

•Marvin Chiles, 84, of Oklahoma City. He was a star athlete at Stafford High in Zenith, Kansas. Chiles was an all-conference football and basketball player and a state champion runner in track.

He went to Kansas State on a football scholarship, but after his freshman year he chose to become a sprinter for the Wildcats' track team. Chiles worked in the insurance industry.

•Beverly Greer Starkey, 81, of Edmond. The Kansas native enjoyed barrel racing and watching rodeos. She and husband Nevin were OU fans, holding season tickets for football and basketball for several years.

•Tom Jordan, 70, of Midwest City. Starred in football and wrestling at Midwest City High School. Jordan was an All-City selection in football and won a state title in wrestling. He also boxed on the AAU circuit.

Jordan became a homebuilder and trainer of quarter horses and thoroughbreds. Several of his horses won races at track such as Midway Downs, Fair Meadows and Remington Park. He was named Leading Trainer at Midway Downs in 1988.

•Marvin Hays, 78, of Edmond. He was the last of nine children in his family — and he might have been the best athlete of the bunch that kept Garber High School in the sports page headlines.

He lettered in football, basketball and baseball. He was an All-State baseball player, which led to a contract with the Milwaukee Braves. A shoulder injury ended his pro ball playing career before it got started.

Hays, who went to work as a landman, enjoyed golf and watching his son Tosh play and coach the sport. Tosh recently led Oklahoma Christian School to a state golf championship.

•Randy Bulla, 59, of Wilson. He worked in the oil and construction fields. Bulla was on a crew that helped build Mile High Stadium in Denver. He enjoyed fishing and hunting.

•Mary Furlong Maguire, 88, of Oklahoma City. She was a scorekeeper at her kids' Little League Baseball games. A fan of the Thunder, Dodgers and Dallas Cowboys.

•James Vaughan, 87, of Oklahoma City. He was a big auto racing fan; he spent two years — both championship seasons — as a sponsor for State Fair Speedway legend Steve Smith. Vaughan drove a truck for Wilson Foods for 30 years.

•Frances Treeman Hoch, 93, of Oklahoma City. She played basketball at Perry High School. Hoch liked to play golf; she lived in a home adjacent to the Lake Hefner Golf Course.

•Gladie Barnwell Needham, 103, of Oklahoma City. She once owned a sporting goods store in Disney, Oklahoma.

•Matt Groom, 94, of Oklahoma City. He wrestled for the Perry Maroons in high school. A World War II veteran who assisted in the liberation of prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp.

•Doyce Vaughn, 80, of Moore. Captained the football and basketball teams at Ponca City High School. A retired Marine.

•Elizabeth Thompson Hendrix, 84, of Ardmore. She was Prague High School's football homecoming queen in 1951.

•Tarver Boydston, 51, of Oklahoma City. He played football at Mustang High School. The plumber loved to hunt and fish. An organ donor.

•Frances Hewitt Hendrickson, 94, of Oklahoma City. Described by family as a "spunky athlete," Hendrickson played golf and tennis into her 80s.

•Bobby Barbee, 43, of Choctaw. He was an AllState baseball player at Choctaw High School. Barbee played semi-pro baseball in El Dorado, Kansas, helping his team win the National Baseball Congress championship in 1996. He worked for Tinker Air Force Base, where he played for a softball team.

•Connally Myers, 55, of Little Rock, Ark. The Northwest Classen High School grad was a former baseball player, excelling at shortstop and as a left-handed pitcher. He also played AAU basketball. Myers worked for Clark County Child Protective Services.