A Memorial Service for Kenneth Robert Wichman, age 50, will be at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, June 26, 2008, at the Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Richard Dunn officiating.  Cremation arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory.

            Kenneth was born to Robert and Diane Jean (Delord) Wichman on March 7, 1958, in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and died Monday, June 23, 2008, at Integris Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid.

            He grew up In Lake Zurich, Illinois.  He graduated from Lake Zurich High School, where he was involved in athletics.  He was a goaltender for the high school hockey team.  After graduation, he attended trade school.  He worked as a Master Mechanic for Mercedes Benz.  In 1991, he moved to Arkansas, and then to Enid in 2007.  He was employed at Advance Foods in the Maintenance Department.

            Kenneth is survived by his stepfather, James Francis Martin of Marengo, Illinois; one brother Mark Wichman of Flanagan, Illinois; four sisters, Denise Erickson of Sun City, Arizona, Melissa Crotty of Sandwich, Illinois, Rebecca Autry of Mesa, Arizona, and Jamie Kashmere of Cary, Illinois.