Obituaries

Virginia Frances (Fite) Hellwege, 92, beloved longtime resident of Kingfisher, passed away peacefully on Oct. 22, 2025, at Great Plains Medical Center in Elk City.Virginia was born Aug. 1, 1933, at home on the family farm a mile south of Brinkman to Leo Francis and Iva Maude Ella Hood Fite.Her...

Brenda Lavonne (Chaino Ahkeahbo Williams) Mechling was born March 18, 1957, in Kingfisher to Don Chaino Ahkeahbo and Averial (Rivers) Chaino.She passed away Sept. 28, 2025, at the age of 68.She spent her early years in Kingfisher surrounded by the love of her grandparents, Carl and Laura Rivers,...

Born in Dane, Okla., to Ralph “Shorty” Russell and Bertha Kile Russell, Anna Mae Steen passed peacefully at home on Oct. 16, 2025.Anna Mae grew up in Kingfisher, where she graduated from high school in 1949.

The beautifully-lived life of John Henry Hopkins, Jr., of Kingfisher came to an earthly end on Oct. 25, 2025.Born in a farm home near Cashion on July 16, 1932, he was the son of John Henry Hopkins, Sr., and Esther Viola Best Hopkins.

A memorial service for Jimmie Dale Givens, formerly of Kingfisher, will be Saturday, Nov. 8.It will be held at 618 Seminole St. in South Coffeyville, Okla.A meal will be served at the come-and-go memorial.Jimmie was born Dec. 15, 1945, and passed away Nov. 5, 2024.

Virginia Hellwege, 92, formerly of Kingfisher, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025.Services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 27, at the Willow United Methodist Church with burial to follow at Brinkman Cemetery in Willow.

Peggy Josephine Zehr was born Sept. 26, 1936, in Shamrock to Richard and Hazel (Owensby) Cooper.

Peggy Josephine Zehr, 89, formerly of Dover, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025.A memorial service will be held, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at the First United Methodist Church in Hinton with Rev. Lance Ashmore officiating.Services under the direction of Turner Funeral Homes, Hinton.A full obituary...

Private family services will be held at a later date for Wanda J. Gehringer, 67.She was born in Salina, Kan., on Dec. 11, 1957, to Donald and Jessie Shute Short and died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, at Enid Senior Care.Cremation arrangements are by Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home, Hennessey.Wanda is survived...

Joetta “Jody” Wiewel, 86, passed away Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, at Norman Regional Healthplex.Jody was born in Bison on July 25, 1939, to Joseph and Agnes Linhart.