Obituary Listing

Apr 19, 2018

SUSAN FRANCES OLSON Datline/Little Rock, AR It is with great sadness that the family of Susan Frances Olson announces her passing on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at the age of 44, of cancer. She was born on November 1, 1973 at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, KS, the beloved daughter of Richard and Mary (Giefer) Olson of Springdale, AR. Susan will...

Apr 16, 2018

DANIEL BRUCE SMITH Dateline/Penalosa Daniel Bruce Smith, 34, died April 16, 2018. He was born Sept. 27, 1983, at Kingman the son of Greg and Kathy Knapic Smith. A Kingman County resident most of his life, he was a concrete construction employee, tree trimmer, hunting guide and farmer. Survivors include his father Greg; brothers Justin Knapic and Travis Erb and...

Apr 14, 2018

Mary Lou Jarmer, 90, died April 14, 2018, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.

She was born July 29, 1927, in Kingman County, the daughter of Frank and Rose Schwartz Theis. A longtime resident of Kingman County, recently of Pratt, Kansas, she was a homemaker and cook for USD 332.

Mary Lou was a member of...

Apr 10, 2018

BILL MESSENGER Dateline/Rago Bill Messenger, 86 passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2018 in Estes Park, Colorado. William Charles Messenger was born January 7, 1932, in Kingman, Kansas to William H. and Rosa Belle (McMichael) Messenger. He was a graduate of Kingman High School, class of 1950. He then attended Hutchinson Junior College. After this, he served his country in the...

Mar 29, 2018

March 31, 2018 DARREL L. SPADE Dateline/Cunningham Darrel L. Spade, 74, died March 29, 2018, at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. He was born June 4, 1943, at Wichita the son of Leo John and Rosa Koehler Spade. A Cunningham resident since 2015, previously of Wakita, Oklahoma, he was a retired maintaince man and former owner of Spade's Bar in Wakita. Darrel...

Mar 23, 2018

LLYN NOAKES Dateline/Anthony Llyn Noakes, 77, died March 23, 2018 at her home in Anthony. She was born January 2, 1941, at Chicago, Illinois the daughter of Harold and Josephine Beardsley McGinnis. A resident of Anthony, previously of Kingman, she was a former accountant and employed by Coors, University of Houston and Food-4-Less. On May 10, 1981, she married Larry...

Mar 18, 2018

MARY M. SMITHEY Dateline/Spivey Mary M. Smithey, 80, died March 18, 2018, at the Kingman Community Hospital. She was born Nov. 24, 1937, at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania the daughter of Charles H. and Pearl Ann Gibson Hammers. A longtime resident of the Spivey community, she was a former CNA and lab technician. Mary was a member of the St. John Catholic...

Mar 16, 2018

Florence Allen. Age 89, passed away at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas on March 16th, 2018. From her birth to Albert and Rose Hoffman in Minneola, Kansas on October 27, 1928 to her death on March on March 16th, 2018. She nourished her family and the people around her with love, faith, and prayer. She worked in banking and...

Mar 9, 2018

March 12, 2018 MARIA ANITA BREHM Dateline/Kingman Maria Anita Brehm, 73, died March 9, 2018. She was born December 18, 1944 in Albany, New York the daughter of Imre and Mimi Cortese Kiraly. A Kingman resident she was a retired elementary and high school teacher. In 1985 she married Gilbert Richard Brehm in Lakeside, California; he died in 2015. Survivors...

Mar 8, 2018

Dateline/Pretty Prairie Margaret Elaine (Zerger) Graber, 89, was born Feb. 28, 1929, In Castleton, KS, the oldest child to Elmer and May (Rice) Zerger. She graduated from the Pretty Prairie Schools in 1947. Elaine married Marion A. Graber, son of Ben P. and Mary (Unruh) Graber, on May 16, 1948 at the Pretty Prairie Methodist Church. To this union were...

Mar 7, 2018

KARL F. WERNER Dateline/Zenda Karl F. Werner, 74, died March 7, 2018. He was born at Kingman on May 2, 1943, the son of Clem and Bernadine (Govert) Werner. A lifetime resident of Kingman County with the exception of a year and a half spent in Tribune, Kansas, following his marriage to Donna Bridgeman on April 27, 1963. At the...

Mar 4, 2018

HERBERT LEE ADAMS Dateline/Kingman Herbert Lee Adams, 70, died March 4, 2018, at Kingman. He was born Sept. 25, 1947, at Rochester, NY the son of George and Evelyn New Adams. A longtime resident of the Kingman community, he was a retired mechanic. Herbert attended the Kingman Christian Church; and was a U.S. Army veteran serving during the Vietnam War....

Feb 28, 2018

DIXIE K. CHRONISTER Dateline/Kingman Dixie K. Chronister, 74, died Feb. 28, 2018 at her home in Claremore, Oklahoma. She was born Dec. 20, 1943, at Kingman the daughter of Herman and Grace Robey Bailey. A longtime resident of Claremore, formerly of Kingman, she was a retired employee of the Zebco Fishing Rod company. Dixie was married to Dempsey Carl Chronister;...

Feb 27, 2018

FEB 28, 2018 BETTY G. PEARCE Dateline/Kingman Betty G. Pearce, 76, died Feb. 27, 2018, at Pretty Prairie. She was born Oct. 10, 1941 at Byers, Kansas the daughter of Deveere and Lenora McCracken Lawson. A longtime Kingman resident, she was a homemaker. On February 19, 1961, she married Daniel Pearce at Anthony, Kansas; he died December 4, 2015. Survivors...

Feb 23, 2018

Feb 26, 2018 RONALD GUY CROWE Dateline/Turon Ronald Guy Crowe, 81, died Feb 23, 2018, at his home in Turon. He was born Jan. 15, 1937, at Wilmore, Kansas the son of Clyde and Frieda Evena Hecht Crowe. A longtime resident of Turon, he was a retired John Deere tractor mechanic. He was a member of the V.F.W., the American...

Feb 22, 2018

Feb 23, 2018 CHARLES W. GERBER Dateline/Kingman Charles W. Gerber, 99, died Feb. 22, 2018, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. Also known as Charlie, Chas and Chuck, he was born June 11, 1918, at Waterloo, Kansas the eldest son of Marcus and Cressie Frey Gerber. A Kingman County resident most of his life, he was a retired farmer; former owner...

Feb 17, 2018

Dateline/Kingman Tamara "Tammy" Eileen Ziegler, 53, passed away Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, after a long struggle with cancer. She was born May 23, 1964, to Lawrence and Barbara Case Martin. She graduated from Cheney High School and Wichita Business College. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Kingman On October 8. 1988, she married Joe Ziegler of Kingman...

Feb 13, 2018

REYNOLDS F. "BUTCH" LUBBERS Dateline/Kingman Reynolds F. "Butch" Lubbers, 78, died Feb. 13, 2018, at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. He was born Nov. 25, 1939, in Reno County, Kansas the son of Ed and Aurelia Blasi Lubbers. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a retired farmer and construction worker. He was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church and the...

Feb 11, 2018

Feb 12, 2018 CHARLENE LANSFORD Dateline/Kingman Charlene Lansford, 80, died Feb. 11, 2018, with her husband Joe by her side at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born September 4, 1937, at Santa Monica, California the daughter of Albert and Mary McKillip Lightfoot. A Kingman resident since 2003, she was a dedicated homemaker. Charlene was a member of the Calvary...

Jan 28, 2018

LARRY L. WHITMER Dateline/Zenda Larry L. Whitmer, 88, died January 28, 2018 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. He was born October 14, 1929, at Kansas City, Missouri the son of Lloyd and Marie Hope Whitmer. A lifetime resident of the Zenda community, he was a retired farmer and stockman. Larry was a member of the Zenda United Methodist Church; and...