Wanda Asper-McMahan was born to Luther and Velma Wakefield on May 21, 1923, in Chickasha. She passed away on March 22, 2022, at the Glenhaven Retirement Village in Chickasha at the age of 98.
 Funeral services were held Monday, March 28, 2022, in the McRay Funeral Home Chapel in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Arrangements are with McRay Funeral Home.
 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 is survived by her daughter Karen Johnson, and husband Harvey of Chickasha, son Scott Asper and wife Thelma of Chickasha. She is survived by 6 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Wanda so loved being “grandma” to Elwood’s grandchildren.
 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.