Wayne Owen Koon
May 6, 2017
Dateline/Kingman Wayne Owen Koon, 87, died May 6, 2017, at Kinsley, Kansas. He was born Jan. 7, 1930, at Kingman, Kansas, the son of Clarence Walter and Pauline Isabell McCue. A lifetime resident of Kingman, he was a truck driver for the Kansas Dept. of Transportation. Wayne was a member of VFW Post #1146, Kingman; and was a U.S. Army...
John R. Parsons
May 5, 2017
JOHN R. PARSONS Dateline/Kingman John R. Parsons, 97, died May 5, 2017, at Kingman. He was born July 20, 1919, at Harper, Kansas the son of Elmer W. and Mary Bobbitt Parsons. A Kingman resident since 1967, having also lived in Harper and Cimarron, Kansas he was a retired farmer and agency manager for Kansas Farm Bureau. John was a...
Michael R. Strohl
Apr 28, 2017
APRIL 29, 2017 MICHAEL R. STROHL Dateline/St. Leo Michael R. Strohl, 64, died April 28, 2017, at Pratt. He was born Jan. 18, 1953, at Nashville, Kansas the son of Richard I. and Josephine Freund. A resident of St. Leo most of his life, he was farmer. Michael was a member of the St. Leo Catholic Church. On March 3,...
Frederick A. "Fred" Goenner
Apr 27, 2017
APRIL 28, 2017 FREDERICK A. "FRED" GOENNER Dateline/Wichita Frederick A. "Fred" Goenner, 87, died April 27, 2017, in Wichita. He was born April 22, 1930, at Zenda, Kansas the son of Arthur F. and Lillie Johnson Goenner. A longtime Wichita resident, having also lived in Hastings, Nebraska and Salina, he was a retired Grain Insurance Field Agent. Fred is survived...
Roger C. Cloyd
Apr 23, 2017
APRIL 26, 2017 ROGER C. CLOYD Dateline/Pretty Prairie Roger C. Cloyd, 73, died April 23, 2017, at his home in Pretty Prairie. He was born Feb. 20, 1944, at Wichita the son of Everett and Virginia Tapp Cloyd. A longtime resident of Pretty Prairie, he was a retired pipeline welder. Roger was a member of the United Methodist Church, Pretty...
Leora A. Adelhardt
Apr 21, 2017
LEORA A. ADELHARDT Dateline/Zenda Leora A. Adelhardt, 87, died April 21, 2017, at Mt. Hope, Kansas. She was born June 18, 1929, at Willowdale, Kansas the daughter of Fred and Louise Schulte Hageman. A Zenda resident most of her life, she was the former head cook at Zenda Friendship Meals. She was a member of the St. John Catholic Church,...
Betty L. Krehbiel
Apr 12, 2017
April 14, 2017 BETTY L. KREHBIEL Dateline/Kingman Betty L. Krehbiel, 81, died April 12, 2017, at the Cheney Golden Age Home, Cheney, Kansas. She was born Nov. 13, 1935, at Belmont, Kansas the daughter of Lloyd and Magel Chaney Calhoun. A longtime resident of the Kingman and Belmont communities, she was a retired CNA at Pennock's Nursing Home. She was...
Eleanor Bernadine Hageman
Apr 9, 2017
Dateline/Willowdale Eleanor Bernadine Hageman, 98, died April 9, 2017, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born Oct. 22, 1918, at Cunningham, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Theresa Bencken Mertens. She was a loving mother. A longtime resident of the Willowdale community, she owned and operated a dairy farm; and was an employee for School District 332. Eleanor was...
Lela M. Santee
Apr 8, 2017
APRIL 8, 2017 LELA M. SANTEE Dateline/Pretty Prairie Lela M. Santee, 92, died April 8, 2017, at the Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born Aug. 31, 1924, at Arlington, Kansas the daughter of Harry and Mary Eva Walburn Warfield. A resident of the Pretty Prairie community most of her life, she was a retired LPN at St. Elizabeth's...
Robert E. "Bob" Sowers
Apr 5, 2017
APRIL 6, 2017 ROBERT E. "BOB" SOWERS Dateline/Cheney Robert E. "Bob" Sowers, 69, died April 5, 2017 at his home near Cheney. He was born March 28, 1948, at Kingman, Kansas the son of Ora and Stella Garrison Sowers. A lifetime resident of Kingman County, he was a truck driver known by his CB handle of "Sandburr". Bob was a...
Opal Laura Kaufman
Apr 2, 2017
April 3, 2017 OPAL LAURA KAUFMAN Dateline/Pretty Prairie Opal Laura Kaufman, 104, died April 2, 2017, at Lyons, Kansas. She was born January 24, 1913, at Pretty Prairie the daughter of John J. and Carrie Swartz Kaufman. A resident of the Pretty Prairie community most of his life, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Mennonite...
Paul John "Pauly" Hageman
Mar 31, 2017
PAUL JOHN "PAULY" HAGEMAN Dateline/St. Leo Paul John "Pauly" Hageman, 82, died March 31, 2017, at Pratt Regional Medical Center. He was born July 24, 1934, in Kingman County, the son of William and Minnie Becker Hageman. A resident of the St. Leo community most of life, moving to Pratt in 2010, he was a retired farmer and oil driller...
Florence L. Hageman
Mar 27, 2017
MARCH 28, 2017 FLORENCE L. HAGEMAN Dateline/Kingman Florence L. Hageman, 78, died March 27, 2017. She was born Feb. 6, 1939, at Kingman the daughter of Roy and Edna Freeman Simpson. A lifetime resident of Kingman, she was a homemaker. Florence was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church, the Altar Society, D of I, and the P.E.0., all...
Earline Rose Macy
Mar 23, 2017
Earline Rose Hockensmith Macy passed away March 23, 2017, in Kingman at the age of 99. She was born February 15, 1918, in Corsica, South Dakota, the fourth of five children born to Lou Earl and Gertrude (Fenenga) Hockensmith. The family later settled in Mnneapolis, Kansas where Earline graduated high school with the class of 1935. On March 7, 1937,...
Robert James Decker
Mar 21, 2017
Dateline/Nashville Robert James Decker, 71, died Mar. 17, 2017, in Cunningham. He was born Sept. 10, 1945, at South Haven, Michigan, the son of Frank and Ellen Peterson Decker. A longtime Nashville, Kansas resident, previously of Corpus Christi, Texas, he was an auto mechanic. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy On Mar. 4, 1978, he married Julie Mantey...
Elaine Crites
Mar 7, 2017
MAR 9, 2017 Dateline/Kingman Elaine Crites, 81, died March 7, 2017, at her home in Kingman. She was born Feb. 21, 1936, in Kingman Co., the daughter of Frank and Hazel Armstrong Pryer. A resident of Kingman most of her life, she was a retired CNA, CMA and Physical Therapist at Pennock's and Hilltop Manor. On Feb. 14, 1986, she...
Lawrence Leroy Rouse
Mar 5, 2017
LAWRENCE LEROY ROUSE Dateline/Kingman Lawrence LeRoy Rouse, 83, died March 5, 2017, at his home. He was born Nov. 21, 1933, at Latham, Kansas. A longtime Kingman resident he retired from Coleman EVCON. Survivors inlcude wife Toriko; sons Mark, Ronnie, Danny, Robert and Ken; daughter Kyoko Miller; brother Jim; 9 granchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Family committal services will be 1:30...
Anna Marie Taber
Mar 3, 2017
MARCH 4, 2017 Anna Marie Taber Anna Marie Taber passed away March 3, 2017. She was born to Gladys and Lloyd Dixon on Jan. 23, 1934 and raised with her eight brothers and sister in Cleveland, Kansas. She married Bydus H. Taber on Jan 20, 1951, who passed away Nov. 1, 1994. She was a long-time secretary for both Kingman...
William "Bill" Crosley
Mar 3, 2017
PRETTY PRAIRIE- William "Bill" Crosley William "Bill" Crosley, 84, died March 3rd, 2017. Born to William "Everett" and Thelma (Hooverman) Crosley on July 6th, 1932 at Cawker City. Survived by wife Lyla, sons Steve (Gay) Crosley, Mike (Marsha) Tallant, Doug (Pam) Tallant. Daughters Debra Mead, Teresa Tallant. Sister Eileen Koster. Nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews and great nieces...
Jane Lewin
Feb 28, 2017
Jane Lewin, 89, died Feb. 28, 2017, at Kingman. She was born March 19, 1927, at Winfield, Kansas the daughter of James N. and Edna Cross Shultz, she was retired employee of the Kingman Savings and Loan and Intrust Bank, Wichtia. She was a member of the United Methodist Church. On Jan. 18, 1947, she married Jewell K. Lewin at...
