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Patricia Joan Augustyn

Patricia Joan Augustyn

Oct 18, 2022

Patricia Joan Augustyn, 88, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, at Parkwood Village in Pratt.

She was born Dec. 26, 1933, at Corning, Iowa, the daughter of George E. and Marguerite Mary Ford Miller. A longtime resident of Kingman, she was a homemaker.

Patricia was a member of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Kingman.

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Rozella M. Ziegler West

Rozella M. Ziegler West

Oct 17, 2022

Dateline/Kingman

Rozella Marie Ziegler, 85, died Oct. 17, 2022 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center.

She was born April 24, 1937, at Cleveland, Kansas the daughter of George and Rose Thimesch Ziegler.

A longtime Kingman County resident, she was a homemaker.

Rozella was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church.

Survivors...

Dr. Loren L Augustyn, M.D.

Dr. Loren L Augustyn, M.D.

Oct 16, 2022

Dr. Loren L. Augustyn, M.D., 92, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, at Parkwood Village in Pratt.

He was born March 10, 1930, at Loup City, Nebraska, the son of Joseph John and Gertrude B. Tomasiewicz Augustyn. A longtime resident of Kingman, he was a medical doctor and surgeon for the United States Air Force, having the rank...

Darwin Ray Francis

Darwin Ray Francis

Oct 8, 2022

Darwin Ray Francis, 86, Attica, Kansas Farmer/Stockman, Agribusiness Leader and Cooperative System Activist passed away peacefully on October 8, surrounded by his family. Darwin was born in the Galloway Hospital in Anthony, KS to Ray & Evelyn Francis June 8, 1936.  According to notes written by Evelyn  in his baby book, he was very strong, and could crawl by...

Neoma Epp

Neoma Epp

Oct 8, 2022

Neoma Epp passed away peacefully on October 8, 2022 at age 98 , at Prairie Sunset Home, surrounded by family.  She was a life long resident of the Pretty Prairie community.  Throughout her 4 years of residence at Prairie Sunset she continued her positive, gracious approach to life and built loving friendships with residents and staff.

Neoma...

Linda A. Buss

Linda A. Buss

Oct 5, 2022

LINDA A. BUSS

Dateline/Spivey

Linda A. Buss, 69, died Oct. 5, 2022 at her home in Spivey, Kansas.

She was born Dec. 23, 1952, at Wichita the daughter of Jacob and Elva Keller Lorenz, Jr.  A Spivey resident since 1998, she retired from the weapons maintenance in the Kansas Air National Guard.

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Martha A, Benton

Martha A, Benton

Sep 30, 2022

MARTHA A. BENTON

Dateline/Waterloo

Martha A. Benton, 93, died Sept. 30, 2022 at McPherson.

She was born April 29, 1929, at Waterloo, Kansas the daughter of Lawrence Elmer and Minnie Alice Endicott Clayton.  A longtime resident of the Waterloo community, she retired from Cessna Aircraft.

Martha is survived by her daughter...

Arlene Mae Zerger

Arlene Mae Zerger

Sep 20, 2022

Arlene Mae Zerger

Arlene Mae Zerger passed from this life in the early morning hours on September 20, 2022.

Arlene was born July 5, 1936 to Jonas and Hulda (Kaufman) Schrag.  She grew up on the family farm south of McPherson, Kansas.  On June 30, 1962 she married Carrol D. Zerger at Eden Mennonite Church. ...

Wayne Culp

Wayne Culp

Sep 20, 2022

WAYNE CULP

Wayne Culp, 57, died Sept. 20, 2022 at his home in Zenda.

He was born Oct. 31, 1964, at Kenton, Ohio the son of John Gary and Barbara Crawfold Culp.

A longtime resident of the Zenda community, he was a oil field worker and custom cutter.

Wayne was a...

Eugene Raymond "Gene" Freund

Eugene Raymond "Gene" Freund

Sep 15, 2022

Eugene Raymond "Gene" Freund, 87, passed away Sept. 15, 2022, at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham, Kansas.

He was born Jan. 29, 1935, at Nashville, Kansas, the son of Ferdinand and Marie Georges Freund.

A lifetime resident of Kingman County, he was a carpenter and farmer.

Gene was a member of St. Leo Catholic Church...

Emery Lynn Knudsen

Emery Lynn Knudsen

Sep 9, 2022

Emery Lynn Knudsen

Emery Lynn Knudsen was born sleeping to her parents Brendan Knudsen and Des Vogel-Goodman of Kingman, Kansas. September 9, 2022 at 1:16pm at Pratt Regional Medical Center. She weighed 3lbs, 13oz, and 15 ½" long. She is survived by her parents and siblings Phoenix,and Dahlila of Kingman. Other survivors include Grandparents, Great Grandparents, Aunts,...

Doris Closson

Doris Closson

Sep 5, 2022

Doris Closson, age 98, passed away at her home on September 5, 2022.  She was born August 31, 1924 in Norwich, Kansas and grew up on a farm near Belmont, Kansas.  The daughter of Ernest and Wilma Trostle, she attended school in Belmont.  She was a lifetime resident of Kingman County.

She was the bookkeeper for Whitmer's...

Robert L. Young

Robert L. Young

Aug 29, 2022

ROBERT L. YOUNG

Dateline/Kingman

Robert L. Young, 85, died Aug. 29, 2022 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman.

He was born Feb. 28, 1937, at Kingman the son of Irvin and Iantha Harner Young.  A resident of Kingman County most of his life, he was a retired farmer.

Robert was a member...

Caroline E. Dyche

Caroline E. Dyche

Aug 28, 2022

CAROLINE DYCHE

Kingman, Cunningham, Pratt

Dateline/Cunningham

Caroline E. Becker Dyche, 91, died Aug. 28, 2022 in Wichita.

She was born Oct. 24, 1930, at Nashville, Kansas the daughter of William and Rosa C. Hageman Becker.

A longtime resident of the Cunningham community, she was a former telephone operator, cashier...

Franklin Leroy Fl Young

Franklin Leroy Fl Young

Aug 26, 2022

Franklin Leroy (FL) Young Jr.

July 5, 1933 – August 26, 2022

It is with heavy heart that the family of FL Young announce his passing at 89, of Cheney Kansas.  He was born in a farmhouse, near Cheney, Kansas, graduated from Kingman High School, attended Kansas State University on a football scholarship,...

Leonard John Henning

Leonard John Henning

Aug 13, 2022

Leonard John Henning, 94, was born on March 8th, 1928 in Willowdale, KS. He is the son of Anthony "Antone" and Emma Mertens Henning; and brother to Julius, Anthony Jr., Robert, Eugene, Joan, and Florence.

Leonard grew up near Willowdale farming with his father and brothers. His mother, Emma, passed away when he was only 12 years...

Maxine Marie Kirkpatrick

Maxine Marie Kirkpatrick

Aug 12, 2022

Maxine Marie Kirkpatrick

April 17, 1928 – August 12, 2022. Maxine's parents were Zora Dunkelberger Thiel and Pete Thiel. She was born on a farm southwest of Cleveland, Kansas.

She is preceded in death by her parents, sister Mildred Layman, brother Wilfred Thiel, and her husband, Warren F. Kirkpatrick who passed away in...

Ronald Eugene Frampton

Ronald Eugene Frampton

Aug 9, 2022

RONALD EUGENE FRAMPTON

Dateline/Penalosa

Ronald Eugene Frampton, 84, died Aug. 9, 2022 at Derby, Kansas.

He was born Dec. 20, 1937, in Hutchinson the son of Walter George and Pauline Nickell Frampton.  A lifetime resident, he was a retired farmer and stockman and Detention Officer for Kingman County.

He was a...

Ruth Ellen Shippen

Ruth Ellen Shippen

Aug 8, 2022

RUTH ELLEN SHIPPEN

Dateline/Pretty Prairie

Ruth Ellen Tasset Shippen, age 81, was a loving friend, daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.  She was born to Clarence and Margaret (Klenke) Tasset in Spearville, Kansas.  A devout Catholic, she graduated high school at Sacred Heart Academy in 1958, then graduated from Newman University in...

Jerry Edward Vanlandingham

Jerry Edward Vanlandingham

Aug 5, 2022

JERRY EDWARD VANLANDINGHAM

Jerry Edward Vanlandingham passed away peacefully surrounded by family at his home in Zenda on August 6, 2022. Born in Kingman, Kansas on October 2, 1939 to Palmer "Dick" Vanlandingham and Sylvia Ione Torrance Vanlandingham.

In 1947 Dick and Ione moved their growing family from a farm North of Spivey to the...

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