“When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75 percent,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and public face of the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, told the New York Times in December.

“Then, when newer surveys said 60 percent or more would take it, I thought, ‘I can nudge this up a bit,’ so I went to 80, 85.”

Donna Feddersen died peacefully with her husband, Bill by her side on Jan. 13, 2021.

Donna was born Oct. 1, 1931, to Chester and Lemmie Lyon in Gracemont. They later moved to El Reno where she spent the rest of her life until moving with Bill to a senior living facility to be closer to family in Oklahoma City.

Donna graduated from El Reno High School and continued her education in being the best wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, which earned her a master’s degree from her family. She never ran out of love to give to others.

Joseph Gatz died Sunday at his home in El Reno.

Services are pending with Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Based on the number of phone calls flooding into the Canadian County Health Department, residents are eager to get in line to receive one of the two approved COVID-19 vaccines.

According to representatives at the El Reno branch, 700 or more calls are being fielded there each day related to either the disease or the vaccination efforts. The same, if not more, are being answered at the Yukon branch, according to one official, due to the proximity to Oklahoma City.