Kingfisher Oklahoma

From distracted driving to sharing the road to driver etiquette, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and its safety partners are bringing 12 months of driver safety education to motorists in an effort to lessen fatalities on Oklahoma roads.

Mary Evelyn (Jones) Kite, 80, died Saturday, Jan. 2021. She was born in Cox City, Feb. 24, 1940, to Albert and Bertha Jones. Mary went to at Pikes Peak. She married Jimmie Beaver in 1958. They had two children, Marlon Wayne and Mary Christine. On Oct.

Opal Jean Leech, gained her angel wings and left this earth Jan. 26, 2021, at the age of 87. She was born Oct. 7,1933, to Henry and Rosella (Reimers) Thiems on their farm west of Okarche. She was the seventh of nine children. Opal graduated from Kingfisher High School in May,1951.

Charles “Chuck” Edward Patocka was born Feb. 2, 1959, to Edward and Vivian Vaverka Patocka in Enid. He went to be with the Lord on Jan. 26, 2021, in Oklahoma City. He attended Hennessey schools and graduated in 1977. His classmates nicknamed him Lark.

Regina Coffey Alig passed away peacefully on Jan. 24, 2021, in Houston, Texas. She was born on July 22, 1944, in Pasadena, Calif., to Eugene and Lucille (Hufnagel) Coffey, both from Okarche, Okla. Regina was the oldest of nine children.

Barbara Jean Farrar was born Feb. 2, 1934, in Oklahoma City, to George and Beulah (McHone) Pickle, and entered into the arms of our Lord on Jan. 25, 2021, in Dover, at the age of 86. Barbara gave her life to Christ at the age of 16 and has been a member of the Baptist Church, since moving to Dover.

LADY WILDCATS — (front row, from left) Sydney Owens, Bella Schenk, Izzy Reeves, Mackenzie Wakefield, Neeley Tilley-Bedick and Bella Woody; (back row) Ella Suntken, Lauren Jenkins, Reese Williams, Kaylee Duran, Lyndsay Miller, Laynee Woody, Reece Patterson, Cheyanne Henry, Lauren Lamb and Brook...

PFC 1 Abbie Jones, left, 2016 Kingfisher High School graduate, was among the more than 5,000 National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C., during President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

It took four tractors, two make-shift skids from electrical poles, two days, family members, helpful neighbors and one determined farm wife to make it happen. It was 1947, Clyde and Helen Chlouber purchased the property where the “county poor farm,” also known as the Greenwood Home, was located.

We know better than to think that every one of our readers and advertisers hasn’t seen his or her own version of extremely difficult times in the last year and knows all too well what they call for.