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Vevia M. Cunningham

Vevia M. Cunningham

May 2, 2018

VEVIA M. CUNNINGHAM Dateline/Kingman Vevia M. Cunningham, 80, died May 2, 2018 at her home in Kingman. She was born January 14, 1938 the daughter of Herman and Fern Dunsworth.  A longtime Kingman resident, she was a homemaker. In 1984 she married Johnny Cunningham in Kingman; he died april 2, 2012.  Survivors include a granddaughter Kathy; and three great-grandchildren. Funeral...

Harold Douglas Balding

Harold Douglas Balding

May 1, 2018

Harold Douglas Balding, 91, died May 1, 2018, at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham.

He was born Feb. 2, 1927, at Kiowa, Kansas, the son of Raymond Douglas and Cora Bell Wells Balding. A longtime resident of Lake City, Kansas, previously of Medicine Lodge, Derby, and Waco, Texas, he was a mechanic for Boeing, a carpenter, and a riverboat...

Joyce Eileen Schaefer Smith

Joyce Eileen Schaefer Smith

Apr 30, 2018

Joyce Eileen Schaefer Smith, 78, died Monday, Apr. 30, 2018 in Kingman County, Ks.

She was born Apr. 4, 1939, at Walworth, NY, the daughter of Raymond J. and Laura Cook Schaefer.

A resident of Kingman County most of her life, she was a supervisor for Agriculture Statistics.

On Aug. 9, 1958, she...

F.H. "Bert" Langley

F.H. "Bert" Langley

Apr 24, 2018

F.H. "BERT" LANGLEY Dateline/Kingman Frederick Hubert "Bert" Langley, age 92, passed away on April 24th, 2018, in Kingman, Kansas. Bert was born on March 26, 1926, in Piggott, Arkansas. Bert was preceded in death by his wife, Betty; his parents, Frederick and Sylvia Langley; his sisters, Ravelle Langley (infant) and Pauline Williams; his brothers, Jack and Willard Langley. He was...

Gregory Franklin Deweese

Gregory Franklin Deweese

Apr 22, 2018

Gregory Franklin DeWeese, 60, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2018, at Grand Strand Memorial Hospital in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (the beautiful area he loved). Greg was born January 11, 1958, in Pratt, Kansas. He was the eldest son of Billy and Beverly DeWeese. Greg enjoyed his participation in basketball, football and track during his school years in...

William David Green

William David Green

Apr 21, 2018

WILLIAM DAVID GREEN Dateline/Turon William David Green, 81, died April 21, 2018. He was born October 18, 1936, at Cincinnati, Ohio the son of David and Grace Dillon Green.  A longtime resident of the Turon community, he ran a Recycling Center. William was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. Survivors include sons Doug Rodman, Michael Green and Bryan Green;...

Joel L. Pickett

Joel L. Pickett

Apr 21, 2018

JOEL L. PICKETT Dateline/Kingman Joel L. Pickett, 54, died April 21, 2018 at his home. He was born December 5, 1963, at Bartlesville, Oklahoma the son of Alfred "Sonny" and Iris Heyer Pickett. A longtime resident of the Kingman community, he was a metal recycler, custom cutter and former co-owner/operator of Pickett Brothers Equipment. On July 25, 1983, he married...

Susan Frances Olson

Susan Frances Olson

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...

Daniel Bruce Smith

Daniel Bruce Smith

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...

Mary Lou Jarmer

Mary Lou Jarmer

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...

Bill Messenger

Bill Messenger

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...

Darrell L. Spade

Darrell L. Spade

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...

Llyn Noakes

Llyn Noakes

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...

Mary M. Smithey

Mary M. Smithey

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...

Florence Allen

Florence Allen

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...

Maria Anita Brehm

Maria Anita Brehm

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...

Margaret Elaine (Zerger) Graber

Margaret Elaine (Zerger) Graber

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...

Karl F. Werner

Karl F. Werner

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...

Herbert Lee Adams

Herbert Lee Adams

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....

Dixie L. Chronister

Dixie L. Chronister

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;...

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