Kingfisher Oklahoma

Each year during National FFA Week, the National FFA Foundation hosts a 24-hour giving event called Give FFA Day. This year, the annual day of giving will be held on Thursday, Feb. 25 - its sixth year in a row.

Kingfisher High School’s FFA officers for this year are, standing from left: Dustyn McLean, chaplain; Ivy Hartman, historian; James Perdue, vice president; Braden Bums, president; Rebecca Auringer, secretary; Kara Murray, reporter; Rylie Farrar, parliamentarian; and Cora Taylor, sentinel.

Officers for the Lomega FFA chapter for 2020-21 are, from left: front row, Damon Fisher, vice president; Dilon Fisher, president; Issac Kerr, treasurer; and Kelby Ott, secretary; and back row, Madi Myers, sentinel; Brooks Uhlenhake, chaplain; and Rylee Glazier, reporter. [Photo provided]

Cashion FFA’s chapter officers for 2020-21 are, from left: Jake Wilkerson, president; Tyndal Fields, vice president; Wyatt Collins, secretary; Ryann Ball, reporter; Derek Sheline, treasurer; Jayce Evans, sentinel; Grayson Stewart, parliamentarian; and Kendra Bryant, historian. [Photo provided]

OKARCHE FFA officers this year are, from left: Jaycee Taylor, secretary; Cassye Mayo, sentinel; Evan Endres, treasurer; Blake Henrichs, president; Jalie Rother, reporter; Hannah Goble, parliamentarian; and Bridget Himes, vice president. [Photo provided]

Dover FFA’s chapter officers this year are, from left: Wesley Butler, sentinel; Clair Barker, secretary; Madison Moeller, president; Pedro Valles, parliamentarian; Kasen Harviston, vice president; Emory Norton, reporter; and Alec Schilde, treasurer. [Photo provided]

Kingfisher FFA members annually take on a number of community service projects. One of them is making and delivering Valentine’s Day cards and gifts to residents of the Center of Family Love in Okarche.

Denise K. Meyer, 62, said goodbye to her earthly family and joined the heavenly chorus in the presence of her Savior on Feb. 12, 2021, in Salina, Kan. Denise was born Dec. 13, 1958, in Okarche to Arthur F. and Ruth J. (Brueggen) Annuschat. She married her high school sweetheart Michael (Mike) A.

Memorial service for Robin Colleen McElvany, 55, Kingfisher, will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, at First United Methodist Church of Loyal officiated by Rev. Debbie Biehler. Cremation arrangements are by Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home, Hennessey. Robin was born in Midwest City on Sept.

J. Gaylord Ortman, 89, passed away peacefully with family by his side on Feb. 20, 2021. Gaylord was born Dec. 4, 1931, in Hennessey, the only child to Garwood and Hutoka Ortman. His youth was surrounded by movies and the “Golden age of Hollywood.