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...
Robert J. "Bob" Holder
Apr 13, 2016
ROBERT J. HOLDER Dateline/Norwich Robert J. Holder, 92, died April 13, 2016, in Wichita. He was born Oct. 26, 1923, at Norwich the son of Fred and Ethel Snelling Holder. A lifetime resident of the Norwich community, he was the retired President of Delta Electrical Supply. Robert was a member of the Norwich United Methodist Church; the Harper Masonic Lodge;...
Bruce Ashida
Apr 11, 2016
BRUCE ASHIDA Bruce Ashida, 60, died April 11, 2016. He was born Nov. 4, 1955, in Leoti, Kansas the son of Hideo and Amy Sasaki Ashida. A Kingman resident since 1989, previously of Ulysses, he was a former operator for KP&L. Bruce grew up in Johnson, Kansas and graduated from Stanton County High School. He then attended Seward County Community...
Opal W. Krehbiel
Apr 10, 2016
APRIL 11, 2016 OPAL W. KREHBIEL Dateline/KINGMAN Opal W. Krehbiel, 101, died April 10, 2016. She was born Jan. 1, 1915, in Kingman the daughter of Lewis W. and Hazel Ramsey Fairchild. A longtime Kingman resident, she was a former co-owner and operator of Western Pulp Products of Corvallis, Oregon having also lived there for over thirty years. She was...
Alberta Ann Schwartz
Apr 10, 2016
ALBERTA ANN SCHWARTZ Dateline/Kingman Alberta Ann Schwartz, 86, died April 10, 2016. She was born June 22, 1929, at Willowdale, Kansas the daughter of Clement and Rosa Bayer Hageman. A lifetime resident of Kingman County, she was a homemaker and farm wife. She was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church, the Daughters of Isabella and Altar Society, all...
April D. Fish
Apr 5, 2016
April 5, 2016 APRIL D. FISH Dateline/Cunningham April D. Fish, 37, died April 5, 2016, at Attica, Kansas. She was born June 27, 1978, at Fairview, Oklahoma. A longtime resident of the Cunningham community she was a former Social Services Activity Director for Hilltop Manor and Pratt Health and Rehab. She was a member of the Cunningham Christian Church where...
Merlynn H. Lantis
Apr 4, 2016
APRIL 6, 2016 MERLYNN H. LANTIS Dateline/Kingman Merlynn H. Lantis, 91, died April 4, 2016. She was born Oct. 5, 1924, in Kingman County, the daughter of Arthur "A.T." and Mary Cramer Crouch. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, she was a retired rural postal carrier. She was a member of the Kingman Christian Church; and Order of the...
Norma Jean Ratcliff
Mar 27, 2016
Dateline/Cunningham Norma Jean Ratcliff, 72, died March 27, 2016, in Wichita. She was born Aug. 10, 1943, in Harper County, the daughter of Arlo and Bernice Culver Reida. A longtime resident of the Cunningham community, she was a homemaker. On April 13, 1974, she married Rex Ratcliff at Spivey. Other survivors include a son Butch DeWeese and Tonya; step-son Rex...
Carolyn Jean Johnson
Mar 25, 2016
MARCH 26, 2016 CAROLYN JEAN JOHNSON Dateline/Kingman Carolyn Jean Johnson, 77, died March 25, 2016, at her home in Kingman. She was born July 1, 1938, in Kingman the daughter of Delmar and Ethel Shank Oakes. A resident of Kingman most of her life, she was a retired dispatcher for KP&L. She was a member of the First Baptist Church....
Helen Ryan
Mar 25, 2016
MARCH 28, 2016 HELEN RYAN Dateline/Zenda Helen Ryan, 80, died March 25, 2016. She was born May 11, 1935, at Zenda the daughter of Alden and Lavone Simonson Swingle. A resident of the Zenda community most of her life, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Zenda United Methodist Church. On Oct. 1, 1955, she married Lee...
Arthur E. Padfield
Mar 19, 2016
MARCH 21, 2016 ARTHUR E. PADFIELD Dateline/Kingman Arthur E. Padfield, 88, died March 19, 2016. He was born March 2, 1928, in Kingman County the son of William E. and Mae Scovall Padfield. A resident of Kingman most of his life, he was retired employee of Cudahay Meat Packing Plant and was a retired custodian for USD 259. He was...
Yonne M. Devaney
Mar 14, 2016
MARCH 15, 2016 YVONNE M. DEVANEY Dateline/Kingman Yvonne M. DeVaney, 90, died March 14, 2016, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born Dec. 12, 1925, at Retrop, OK, the daughter of Henry and Alice McGowan. A resident of Retrop and Oklahoma City, OK most of her life, coming to Kingman in 2012, she was a country music singer and...
