Rita G. Theis
Mar 13, 2022
RITA G. THEIS
Dateline/Cunningham
Rita G. Theis was born July 29, 1930 at Cunningham Kansas and died at Hilltop Manor March 13, 2022. Her parents were Alf and Ruth Wilson Cooley.
On October 14, 1947 she married Joseph A. Theis at Cunningham.
They had three son's, Dennis (Pam), Larned, Ks...Dan (Pat),...
Pauline L. Jacobs
Mar 12, 2022
PAULINE L. JACOBS
Pauline L. Jacobs, 85, died March 12, 2022 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman.
She was born June 10, 1936 the daughter of Leo w. and Lucille Miller Mertens. A longtime resident of Kingman, having also lived in New Mexico and Wichita, she was a retired clothing store assistant manager and cashier for...
Joan T. Robinson
Mar 7, 2022
Joan Robinson was born April 13, 1930 to Paul and Lettie Edwards in Larned, Kansas. She worked many years at Lollipop House and taught countless students how to play piano in her home. She loved children, teaching, reading and music. She was a loving wife to her husband Rex Robinson who preceded her in death. Also preceded by her...
Leola Aletha Osner
Mar 2, 2022
Leola Aletha Osner, 89, passed away on March 2, 2022 at Wheatlands Health Care Center in Kingman, Kansas.
Leola was born March 23, 1932 at Belmont, Kansas, the daughter of Oliver and Aletha Blumanhourst. She attended Kingman Schools. Leola married Howard Osner on July 20, 1951, in Kingman. He preceded her in death in...
Mary Alyce Jones
Feb 28, 2022
MARY ALYCE JONES
Dateline/Penalosa
Mary Alyce Jones, 102, died Feb. 28, 2022 at Pretty Prairie.
She was born July 13, 1919, in Kingman County the daughter of Artie and Rosa Sallee Dean.
A lifetime resident of the Penalosa, Lerado and Pretty Prairie communities, she was the former owner of the H&R...
Stephanie Renae Wyman
Feb 25, 2022
Stephanie Renea Wyman, 30, was born Jan. 31, 1992 in Kingman and passed away Feb. 25, 2022 after a brief illness and a battle with depression.
She was the youngest daughter of Jacque Wyman and lived in Kingman her entire life.
She loved a good rom-com movie, fishing in a great pond, watching the Game...
Larry Norman Jayne
Feb 17, 2022
Larry Norman Jayne was born February 16, 1951, to George Edward "Shorty" and Kathrine Croute Jayne in Kingman, Kansas. He attended Kingman schools until the family moved to Salina, Kansas in 1969, where he graduated from high school. Larry later attended University of Houston and worked in the construction trade as a concrete finisher and later as a crane...
Lois E. West
Feb 16, 2022
LOIS E. WEST
Dateline/Wichita
Lois E. West, 75, died Feb. 16, 2022 in Wichita.
She was born April 30, 1946, in Kingman the daughter of Julian and Ethel Boydston Walter. A longtime resident of Wichita, she was a retired manager in the Deli and Bakery departments at Mitchell-Miller IGA.
On Jan....
Donald R. Mertens
Feb 14, 2022
DONALD R. MERTENS
Dateline/Cunningham
Donald R. Mertens, 80, died Feb. 14, 2022 at the Kingman Community Hospital.
He was born April 23, 1941, in Kingman County, Kansas the son of Leo W. and Lucille Miller Mertens. A lifetime resident of the Cunningham community, he was a retired frame carpenter with Mertens Brothers and...
Opal Darlene Linn
Feb 13, 2022
OPAL DARLENE "KATIE" LINN
Dateline/Kingman
Opal Darlene "Katie" Linn, 83, died Feb. 13, 2022 at her home in Abilene.
She was born July 10, 1938, in rural Waterloo, Kansas the daughter of James and Opal Nunnemaker Wallace. A resident of Abilene since 2019, previously of Kingman and Waterloo, she was a former secretary...
Eugene H. "Gene" Smith
Feb 7, 2022
EUGENE H. "GENE" SMITH
Dateline/Kingman
Eugene H. "Gene" Smith, 93, died Feb. 7, 2022 in Kingman.
He was born Dec. 20, 1929, at Hutchinson the son of Linn and Mary Hess Smith.
A longtime resident of the Kingman community, he was a retired farmer and general contractor.
Gene was...
Joyce M. Clark
Jan 31, 2022
JOYCE M. CLARK
Dateline/Kingman
Joyce M. Clark, 85, died Jan. 31, 2022 at the Cheney Golden Age Home, Cheney.
She was born Feb. 17, 1936, at Mitchell, Kansas the daughter of Joseph "J.B." and Jessie Bain Rife. A longtime Kingman resident, she was operations manager at Great Plains Dental in Kingman.
...
Ruth A. Lam
Jan 30, 2022
RUTH A. LAM
Dateline/Kingman
Ruth A. Lam, 92, died Jan. 30, 2022 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman.
She was born May 13, 1929, at Cheney, Kansas the daughter of Henry and Laura Schierenbeck Kohler. A longtime resident of the Kingman community, she was employed at the Kingman County Courthouse, Calverts, Kingman Flower Shop,...
Carla Anne Rudicel Voran
Jan 27, 2022
Carla Anne Rudicel Voran, 78, died on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 at Olathe Medical Center.
She was born Sept. 14, 1943, at Kingman, Kansas, the daughter of Donald C. and Ruby Billie Clark Rudicel. A longtime resident of Kingman, more recently of Hutchinson and Paola, she was the Food Service Director for the Kingman, Buhler and Paola...
Garry L. Ligenfelter
Jan 26, 2022
Garry Lee Lingenfelter, 80, passed away Jan. 26, 2022, at Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka Kansas.
He was born Oct. 18, 1941, at Wichita the son of Waldo and Cora (Aiken) Lingenfelter. Garry moved to Ellinwood in 2019, from Salt Plains Park, Okla. to be closer to family. He retired from the Alfalfa County Oklahoma Sheriff's...
Lois Lee Hamilton Kostner
Jan 21, 2022
LOIS LEE HAMILTON KOSTNER
Dateline/Murdock
Lois Lee Hamilton Kostner, 87, was born Jan. 26, 1934, at Anthony, Kansas the daughter of Fenner Ward Hamilton and Pearl Oller Hamilton Guthridge. She attended schools in Kansas City and Anthony, Kansas and worked at Olmstead Drug and Citizen's National Bank in Anthony. She married Loren Leroy Kostner Oct....
Mary Jane Cain
Jan 21, 2022
MARY JANE CAIN
Dateline/Byers
Mary Jane Cain, 84, died Jan. 21, 2022 at Kingman.
She was born Sept. 7, 1937, at Pretty Prairie the daughter of Gene and Claudie Fairchild Field. A longtime resident of Byers, she was a retired Post Master.
Mary Jane was a member of the United Methodist...
Juanita M. "Midge" Henning
Jan 18, 2022
JUANITA M. "MIDGE" HENNING
Dateline/Kingman
Juanita M. "Midge" Henning, 91, died Jan. 18, 2022 at her home surrounded by her children.
She was born March 5, 1930, at Anthony, Kansas the daughter of Hilia Strickland Kemp. A longtime resident of the Kingman community, she was a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, a retired rural mail...
Mary Lou Hedrick
Jan 18, 2022
MARY LOU HEDRICK
Dateline/Pretty Prairie
Mary Lou Hedrick, 89, died Jan. 18, 2022 at the Prairie Sunset Home.
She was born July 5, 1932, at Hutchinson the daughter of Thomas and Amelia Girard
White. A longtime resident of the Castleton and Pretty Prairie communities, she was a homemaker, an Avon representative...
Mildred Evelyn Boswell
Jan 17, 2022
Mildred Evelyn Boswell was born March 22, 1931 to Joseph Flickner and Selma (Albrecht) Flickner. She was their first daughter and forth child of eight. She was born in Spivey, Kansas and raised in the Kingman area where she lived most of her life. After high school, she attended Grace Bible School in Nebraska while there she had the...
