PATRICK JOSEPH ELPERS

Patrick Joseph "Pat" Elpers, 64, died Sept. 11, 2025 in Wichita.

He was born April 21, 1961, in Wichita the son of Roland and Mary Jane Albers Elpers.  A longtime resident of Kingman County, he was a farmer and stockman.

Pat was a member of the St. Rose Catholic Church, Mt. Vernon; the Farm Bureau Association, the St. Rose Men's Club, the Pretty Prairie Booster Club; and was currently a Kingman County Commissioner.

On April 20, 1991, he married Lori Billips at Hill City, Kansas.  Other survivors include two daughters  Anne Pitts and her husband Nate, and Renee Elpers; his parents Roland and Mary Jane; brother Mark Elpers; sisters Kathy Scheer and Lori Billinger; and grandchildren Augustus and Emmett Pitts.

Parish rosary will be 7:00 p.m. at the St. Rose Catholic Church on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025.  Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025 also at St. Rose Catholic Church.  Burial will be in the St. Rose Catholic Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Lori Elpers in care of the Pat Elpers Memorial Fund.