Nellie Edith Williams
Jul 3, 2016
JULY 5, 2016 NELLIE EDITH WILLIAMS Dateline/Pretty Prairie Nellie Edith Williams 76, died July 3, 2016, at her home in Pretty Prairie, Kansas. She was born April 19, 1940, at Kit Carson, Colorado, the daughter of Clifford and Mildred Martin Schrimp. A resident of Pretty Prairie for over 50 years, previously of Medicine Lodge, she was a cook for the...
Margaret May Edwards
Jun 30, 2016
PRETTY PRAIRIE Margaret May Edwards joined her heavenly family on Dec. 30, 2016. Margaret was a resident of Prairie Sunset Home in Pretty Prairie. Margaret was born to Henry Ola and Josephine McRae Trickle on June 17, 1929, from Loda Township, Reno County, Kansas. Margaret joined the family of sister Mary, and brothers Clarence, Robert and Leighton. Margaret graduated from...
Helen M. Weikal
Jun 30, 2016
JULY 1, 2016 HELEN M. WEIKAL Dateline/Kingman Helen M. Weikal, 82, died June 30, 2016, at Newton, Kansas. She was born Dec. 6, 1933, at Sedan, Kansas the daughter of LeRoy and Effie Beery Jones. A longtime Kingman resident, she was a retired aircraft manufacturing employee. On Feb. 14, 1975, she married Richard L. "Bud" Weikal; he died in 2007....
Doris V. Schnelting
Jun 27, 2016
DORIS V. SCHNELTING Dateline/Kingman Doris V. Schnelting, 92, died June 27, 2016. She was born Nov. 10, 1923, at Ft. Smith, Arkansas the daughter of Thomas and Clara Barnwell Overstreet. A longtime Kingman resident, she was a former associate at the Gift Gallery. She was a member of the Kingman United Methodist Church. She married Owen "Red" Schnelting; he died...
Mary Frances Kostner Kramer
Jun 25, 2016
Dateline/Murdock Mary Frances Kostner Kramer, 95, died June 25, 2016. She was born Jan. 27, 1921, at Lerado, Kansas, the daughter of Carl Preston and Elizabeth Myers Jones. A resident of Murdock, Kansas most of her life, she was a homemaker. She was a member of United Methodist Church in Murdock. On May 25, 1943, she married Virgil Kostner; he...
Mary Anna Knapic Sauer
Jun 20, 2016
MARY ANNA KNAPIC SAUER Dateline/Kingman Mary Anna Knapic Sauer, 84, died June 20, 2016. She was born Dec. 15, 1931, at Kingman the daughter of Frank W. and Loretta Schaeffer Meade. A resident of the Kingman community most of her life, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church, Kingman; and attended St. Francis...
Troy L. Cromer
Jun 14, 2016
TROY L. CROMER Dateline/Kingman Troy L. Cromer, 84, died June 14, 2016, at Wichita. He was born Nov. 27, 1931, at Pratt, Kansas the son of Lester and Clara Ida Feldhut Cromer. A longtime Kingman resident, he was the retired Safeway and Food Barn Meat Dept. Manager; and also retired as Master Sgt. from the Kansas Air National Guard. He...
Shannon A. Council
Jun 12, 2016
SHANNON A. COUNCIL Dateline/Kingman Shannon A. Council, 49, died June 12, 2016, at her home outside Kingman after a short battle with cancer. She was born April 6, 1967, at Manhattan, the daughter of Bill and Sherly A. Shirley Council. A longtime resident of Kingman, she was a homemaker. Survivors include Jesse Stucky; two sons, Chris Beier and Cole Pulliam;...
Vernon L. Keeling
Jun 9, 2016
JUNE 10, 2016 VERNON L. KEELING Dateline/Kingman Vernon L. Keeling, 84, died June 9, 2016, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. He was born April 10, 1932, at Kingman the son of Louis J. and Etta Jean Gilchrist Keeling. A lifetime resident of Kingman, he was a retired farmer, mechanic and owner/operator of Keeling Tractor. He was a member of the...
Virginia H. Fairchild
Jun 2, 2016
VIRGINIA H. FAIRCHILD Dateline/Kingman Virginia H. Fairchild, 96, died June 2, 2016, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born May 25, 1920, at Strauss, Kansas the daughter of Elijah and Mildred Cole Morrow. A longtime Kingman resident she was a homemaker, a former teacher, operator of the Overland Hotel and the Turon Sale Barn. She was a member of...
Loretta R. Benson
May 27, 2016
MAY 28, 2016 LORETTA R. BENSON Dateline/Norwich Loretta R. Benson, 73, died May 27, 2016 at Wichita. She was born Sept. 23, 1942, at Wichita the daughter of Earl and Irene Messmer Fieser. A resident of the Norwich community most of her life, she was a former employee of the Sg. County Appraiser's Office and the Kansas Medical Center. In...
Barbara Ann Fischer
May 24, 2016
BARBARA ANN FISCHER Dateline/St. Leo Barbara Ann Fischer, 83, died May 24, 2016, at her home in Cunningham. She was born Dec. 30, 1932, at Nashville, Kansas the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Landwehr Adelhardt. A lifetime resident of the St. Leo community, she was a homemaker. Barbara was a member of the St. Leo Catholic Church and Sacred Heart...
Ernest Gloyd Dixon
May 21, 2016
ERNEST GLOYD DIXON Dateline/Kingman Ernest Gloyd Dixon, 91, died May 21, 2016. He was born May 14, 1925, at Cleveland, Kansas the son of Lloyd Edward and Gladys Yvonne Van Arsdale Dixon. He married Lyna Louise Stuart on Sept. 30, 1945. Gloyd was the longtime owner of Dixon's True Value Hardware in Kingman. As a community leader, he was a...
Joy Ruth Brooks
May 20, 2016
May 21, 2016 JOY RUTH BROOKS Dateline/Cunningham Joy Ruth Brooks, went to be with her Lord on May 20, 2016. She was born Oct. 8, 1925, at Cherokee, Oklahoma to Rupert and Lillian (Dymond) Jenlink of Jet, Oklahoma. She graduated from high school at Jet, Oklahoma as Salutatorian of her class. She participated in music throughout her school years. She...
Rita A. Goertz
May 20, 2016
RITA A. GOERTZ Dateline/Willowdale Rita A. Goertz, 94, died May 20, 2016, at Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 22, 1921, at Waterloo, Kansas the daughter of August and Anna Rohling Detmer. A resident of the Willowdale community most of her life, she was the retired custodian at the St. Peter and Zenda Grade School. She was a member of the...
Brad Racette
May 19, 2016
BRADLEY E. "BRAD" RACETTE Brad Racette was born March 2, 1957, at Oakley, Kansas and died May 19, 2016. He was the son of George and Verlene Brungardt Racette. A resident of Cunningham, Kansas the past several years, he was a former restaurateur. He attended the AA group in Pratt, Kansas. On Oct. 20, 2001, he married Kathy Walters Folks,...
Rachael E. Alfrey-Turner
May 17, 2016
May 19, 2016 Rachael E. Alfrey-Turner Dateline/Kingman Rachael E. Alfrey-Turner, 45, died May 17, 2016. She was born March 23, 1971, at Walsh, Colorado the daughter of Virgil and Marie Loffland Alfrey. A longtime Kingman County resident, she was a homemaker. On Oct. 10, 2010, she married Vernon Turner. Other survivors include son Dillon Howells; daughters McKenzie Howells and Emily...
Beverly Ruth Handkins
May 8, 2016
Beverly Ruth Handkins, 90, from Houston, TX, went to be with her Lord on Monday, May 8, 2017. She was born September 6, 1926 in Lafayette, Indiana, the daughter of Ruby and Kenneth Edwards. Beverly grew up in Valparaiso and had completed her first two years at Perdue University pursuing a career in the sciences, when life took a turn...
Loren C. W. Kyle
Apr 21, 2016
APRIL 22, 2016 Dateline/Norwich Loren C. "Tub" Kyle, 91, died April 21, 2016. He was born Feb. 13, 1925, at Rago, Kansas the son of Claude and Mabel Matney Kyle. A lifetime resident of the Rago and Norwich communities, he was a retired tire repair store owner/operator. He was a member of the Norwich United Methodist Church; and served many...
Mary Ann Goering
Apr 16, 2016
Dateline/Pretty Prairie Mary Ann Goering, 83, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and loved by all, went home to her Heavenly Father on Saturday at Kingman Community Hospital in Kingman. She was born July 26, 1932, at Pretty Prairie, Kansas, the daughter of Rudy and Ida Flickinger Stucky. A lifetime resident of Pretty Prairie, she was a Certified Nurse's Aide, farmer and...
