Kingfisher Oklahoma

Kingfisher Boy Scouts Troop 196 conducted a flag retirement ceremony last Saturday (Flag Day) at the Kingfisher Elks Lodge.The Scouts were joined by Elks officers and members as they lowered and folded the old flag, preparing it for its proper disposal, and then raising a new one.

The 2025 storm season went out with a bang.It just didn’t go out with a roar of a siren.The storm system that brought Kingfisher County more than two inches of rain in some spots also delivered a tornado warning.

• SANTA’S TOYLAND GOLF SCRAMBLE: Help provide a special Christmas for those in need by participating in this four-person scramble at Kingfisher Golf Course on Saturday, July 12. Shotgun start is 8 a.m. and the cost is $300 per team. RSVP by July 8.

Landry Jean Fialkowski gained her Angel wings on June 13, 2025, running joyfully through the gates of Heaven to reunite with her great-grandmas Nancy Fialkowski, Margaret Senn and Bonnie Yost and her great-grandpas Jay Fialkowski, Glen Perdue and Donald Yost.

Linnie Marie Yost Berkenbile went to be with her Lord on June 15, 2025, at 12:49 a.m., at the age of 72.Linnie was born on June 24, 1952, in Kingfisher to Marie and Carl Yost.

Vicki Ann Lorenz, 76, of Kingfisher, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.She was born Dec. 10, 1948, in Kingfisher to Kenneth and Wanda Lucille (Miller) Turner.

Eugene Paul “Gene” Smith, better known to many as “Peaches,” passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2025.A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 20, in the Hennessey Public Schools Auditorium, 213 N. Walnut, under the direction of Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home of Hennessey.

LaWanna Christian, 84, was born in Kingfisher on July 21, 1940. She passed away peacefully on June 14, 2025, at home on the farm she helped build with her husband, George, in Kingfi sher County.After several months in hospice care, she left this world in the place she loved most.

Graveside service for Mary Kathryn Berta, 71, formerly of Hennessey, is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 21, in the Hennessey Cemetery Pavilion.Rev. Alison Burchett will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home.

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