Age 91, Lawton - Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday in the St. John Lutheran Church with Rev. Richard Mayer, Pastor, officiating. Mrs. Lechner entered glory on Wednesday December 10, 2008 at her home in Lawton. Burial will be 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Highland Cemetery in Winfield, Kansas. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. Mrs. Lechner was born December 26, 1916 in Okarche, Oklahoma to Rev. Theodore C. and Martha (Kubisch) Otte where her father served as pastor for 28 years. She was the fourth of eleven children of whom she lived the longest. Her father baptized her on January 17, 1917 at St. John Lutheran Church in Okarche and confirmed her on March 29, 1931. After completing 8 years at St. John Lutheran School she entered the local public high school where she was the valedictorian of her senior class, the captain of the girl's basketball team and the captain of the cheerleading squad. She married Rev. Emil Henry Edward Lechner on August 20, 1935 at St. John Lutheran Church in Okarche, Oklahoma with her father performing the ceremony. She supported him in all his work as pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Blackwell from 1931-1941, Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Watonga from 1941-1945, Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Kingfisher from 1946-1951, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Arkansas City, Kansas from 1951-1966, and St. John Lutheran Church in Lawton from 1966-1983. He preceded her in death on July 12, 1983. She has been a member of St. John Lutheran Church since 1968. She was a member of the Women's Dorcas Guild, choir and adult bible class. She served as church secretary from 1968-1983 and is well remembered for her exquisite chancel and altar flower arrangements for every Sunday to the glory of God. Those who knew Mildred will testify to her love of those around her, her bright smile, her easy manner and wittiness in conversation, her love of singing, of parties, of birds, of trees, of flowers, of babies and little childrenand will know also of her refusal to worry (in obedience to her Lord's command and in evidence of her trust in Him). She is survived by a son, MAJ Dr. E. Theodore Lechner, Lawton; a daughter and son in law, Mitzi and Dennis Laxton, Temple, Texas; 27 nieces and nephews and many great nieces and nephews. Her parents, daughter, Kimberly Kay Lechner, five brothers and five sisters, preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made the Lechner Memorial Fund, St. John Lutheran Church, 102 SW 7th Street, Lawton OK 73501.