Wanda Asper-McMahan

Wanda Asper-McMahan was born to Luther and Velma Wakefield on May 21, 1923, in Chattanooga, OK.  She died on March 22, 2022 at the Glenhaven Retirement Village in Chickasha at the age of 98.  Funeral services will be held Monday, March 28, 2022, at 1:00pm in the McRay Funeral Home Chapel in Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Wanda graduated from the Chickasha High School in 1943. Wanda married Bill Asper on February 19, 1945, in Avon Park, Florida when Bill was stationed at Seabring Air Corp Airbase.  She attended OCW and graduated with her teaching degree.  She taught the 4th grade at West Elementary School in Chickasha for 5 years.  Bill and Wanda moved to Colorado in 1965 where Wanda taught 5th grade at Tennyson Knolls Elementary School for 22 years. They attended the Bear Valley Church of Christ in Denver, Colorado.  They returned to Chickasha in 1987 and attended the Southern Oaks Church of Christ.

Wanda was preceded in death by her husband Bill Asper on February 14, 1995.  She later married Elwood McMahan, who preceded her in death on February 3, 2019. Wanda was also preceded in death by her parents, and sister Hazel.

Wanda is survived by her daughter Karen Johnson, and her husband Harvey of Chickasha, and her son Scott Asper, and his wife Thelma of Chickasha. She is survived by 6 grandchildren: Dan Carpenter, Mike Carpenter, Tyler Herring, Will Asper, Jennifer Asper and Suzanne Sable. Wanda has 8 great-grandchildren.  Wanda so loved being "grandma" to Elwood's grandchildren.

Arrangements are with McRay Funeral Home.