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Jimmie B. Ruel

Jimmie B. Ruel

Sep 27, 2015

SEPT 28, 2015 JIMMIE B. RUEL Dateline/Kingman Jimmie B. Ruel, 82, died Sept. 27, 2015. He was born Jan. 30, 1933 the son of Walter and Elizabeth Ruel. A longtime Kingman resident, he was retired from Beech Aircraft. He was a member of the Hutchinson Moose Lodge; and the AIM Union. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, at Walnut...

Janene K. Gillen

Janene K. Gillen

Sep 20, 2015

SEPT 21 JANENE K. GILLEN Dateline/Willowdale Janene K. Gillen, 48, died Sept. 20, 2015, at South Wind Hospice, Pratt. She was born Dec. 24, 1966, at Attica, Kansas the daughter of Karl and Donna Bridgeman Werner. A lifetime resident of the Zenda and Willowdale communities, she was a bus driver and activity bus driver for USD 331 and 332; and...

Florence M. Hampel

Florence M. Hampel

Sep 19, 2015

Florence "Flo" Marie Hampel, 88, died Sept. 19, 2015, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Jan. 9, 1927, in Fowler, Kansas, the daughter of Martin John and Clara Christine Gerber Huelskamp. She was a postal clerk in Pretty Prairie, Kansas for 29 years. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Which was very important...

Glenn E. Yoder

Glenn E. Yoder

Sep 11, 2015

Sept 15, 2015 GLENN E. YODER Dateline/Harper Glenn E. Yoder, 80, died Sept. 11, 2015, at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He was born Oct. 3, 1934, in Harper Co., Kansas the son of Wilbur and Eunice Marie Bender Yoder. A longtime resident of Tucson, he was in retail management, and the former manager of the Wichita Airport Parking lot....

Florence M. Bayack

Florence M. Bayack

Sep 9, 2015

FLORENCE M. BAYACK Dateline/Kingman Florence M., Bayack, 82, died Sept. 9, 2015. She was born Dec. 7, 1932, at Grainfield, Kansas the daughter of Emery and Jeannette Boucher Gagnon. A long time Kingman resident, she was the retired taxi driver for the City of Kingman and recently retired as owner of Bayack Liquor. She was a member of the St....

Floyd Spade

Floyd Spade

Sep 8, 2015

FLOYD SPADE Dateline/Medicine Lodge Floyd Spade, 77, died Sept. 8, 2015. He was born January 5, 1938, at Nashville, Kansas the son of Leo and Rosa Koehler Spade. A Medicine Lodge resident since 1975, previously of St. Leo, he was a retired farmer, oil field employee, bar and liquor store owner, and a former co-owner/operator of F&F Satellite. He was...

Eddie Baker

Eddie Baker

Sep 3, 2015

Sept. 21, 2015 EDDIE BAKER Dateline/Mt Hope Eddie Baker, 59, died Sept. 3, 2015. He was born Oct. 18, 1955, the son of Elbert and Rose Thiehoff Baker. A longtime Mt. Hope resident, he was an employee of Restoration and Water Proofing in Wichita. He was married to Diana Lynn Chopp. Other survivors include a son, a daughter, and a...

Mary Lou Mercer Bainum

Mary Lou Mercer Bainum

Aug 19, 2015

MARY LOU MERCER BAINUM Dateline/Cunningham Mary Lou Mercer Bainum, 89, died Aug. 19, 2015. She was born Jan. 11, 1926 in Mahoning Co., OH the daughter of George and Clara Belle Silliman. A Cunningham resident since 2008, she was a retired sales clerk and secretary. She was a member of the Adventist Church, Kingman. On May 22, 1943, she married...

Marieda K. Goetz

Marieda K. Goetz

Aug 8, 2015

MARIEDA K. GOETZ Dateline/Willowdale Marieda K. Goetz, 88, died Aug. 8, 2015. She was born Aug. 22, 1926, at Sharon, Kansas the daughter of Charley and Leota Lichlyter Simon. A resident of the Willowdale community most of her life, moving to Augusta in 2002, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the St. James Catholic Church, Augusta; the...

Rosalene Mary Beat

Rosalene Mary Beat

Jul 27, 2015

ROSALENE MARY BEAT Dateline/Cunningham Rosalene Mary Beat, 79, died July 27, 2015, at Kingman. She was born June 17, 1936, at Wichita the daughter of Casper and Rosa Giefer Heimerman. A longtime Cunningham resident, she was a retired assembler for the Don Dye, Co. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Cunningham. On June1, 1982, she married...

Wayne E. Blumanhourst

Wayne E. Blumanhourst

Jul 26, 2015

JULY 27, 2015 WAYNE E. BLUMANHOURST Dateline/Kingman Wayne E. Blumanhourst, 81, died July 26, 2015. He was born March 7, 1934, at Anthony, Kansas the son of Oliver and Aletha Matrow Blumanhourst. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a farmer, stockman and retired Kingman County Solid Waste employee. He was a member of the Kingman United Methodist Church; and the...

Wanda M. Drake

Wanda M. Drake

Jul 22, 2015

Wanda M. Drake (Ne'e Barnett), 83, passed away on July 21st, 2015 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, KS. A resident of Kingman, KS for over 50 years, Wanda was born in Flint, Oklahoma on October 24, 1931. She was the youngest child of Robert Edward and Sarah Florence (ne'e Talbot) Barnett. She graduated as class valedictorian from...

Jim Kathman

Jim Kathman

Jun 25, 2015

June 29, 2015 JIM KATHMAN Dateline/Willowdale Jim Kathman, 50, died June 25, 2015. He was born April 9, 1965, in Garden City the son of Richard and Emily Henning Kathman. A Kansas resident since 1980, he was a former oil field employee and salesman. He is survived by children April, Misti, Dean, Corly and Alexa; mother Emily Ward; brothers Joe,...

Mildred Anna Bergkamp

Mildred Anna Bergkamp

Jun 23, 2015

JUNE 24, 2015 MILDRED ANNA BERGKAMP Dateline/Mt. Vernon Mildred Anna Bergkamp, 79, died June 23, 2015. She was born June 9, 1936, at Pretty Prairie the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Kuhl Bergkamp. A longtime resident of Mt. Hope Nursing Center, she was a former cafeteria employee at WSU. She was a parishioner at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Andale. Survivors...

Joyce A. Riebling

Joyce A. Riebling

Jun 8, 2015

JOYCE A. RIEBLING LA CANADA, CALIF. - Joyce A. Riebling, 73, entered into eternal peace on Monday, June 8, 2015. She was born Oct. 31, 1941 in Wichita, to Loyce and Josephine (Beat) Holston. She graduated from Blessed Sacrament Grade School, Sacred Heart Academy, attended Sacred Heart College and graduated from Marymount College in Salina, with a bachelor of arts...

Therese Marie Cisco

Therese Marie Cisco

Jun 6, 2015

June 7, 2015 THERESE MARIE CISCO Dateline/Cunningham Therese Marie Cisco, 36, died Saturday, June 6, 2015, at her home in Cunningham. She was born Oct. 4, 1978, at Springfield, MO, the daughter of James M. and Rose Mary Spade Cisco. A resident of Cunningham, previously of Hutchinson, she was a Certified Medical Aide at Sunshine Meadows Nursing Home in Buhler,...

Doyle Matthews

Doyle Matthews

May 22, 2015

MAY 23, 2015 DOYLE MATTHEWS Dateline/Kingman Doyle Matthews, 82, died May 22, 2015. He was born Jan. 26, 1933, at Kinsley, Kansas the son of William and Ina Howe Matthews. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a retired Cessna Aircraft employee. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, A.F.&A.M. On Nov. 27, 1952, he married Vanetta Irene Gracey at...

Katherine A. "Kathy" Wright

Katherine A. "Kathy" Wright

May 20, 2015

Dateline/Norwich Katherine A. "Kathy" Wright, 55, died May 20, 2015, in Wichita. She was born May 22, 1959, at Great Falls, Montana the daughter of John and Frances Paranteau Welsch. A Norwich resident since 1994, she was a special education teacher for the Ensign Co-Op. She atteneded the St. Patrick Catholic Church at Harper of the St. Joan of Arc...

F. Christine Graber

F. Christine Graber

May 19, 2015

F. CHRISTINE "CHRIS" GRABER Dateline/Kingman F. Christine "Chris" Graber, 66, died May 19, 2015, at her home after a long battle with cancer. She was born Dec. 27, 1948, in El Dorado, Kansas to William Casper and Bonnie Jean Davis Cooper. Growing up in El Dorado, Liberal, Dodge City and Anthony as her dad's job with Bell Telephone dictated. She...

Thomas Harry Mcburney

Thomas Harry Mcburney

May 17, 2015

MAY 18, 2015 THOMAS HARRY McBURNEY Dateline/Kingman Thomas Harry McBurney, 76, died May 17, 2015, at Wichita. He was born Sept. 26, 1938, at Dodge City the son of John Everett and Harriet Campbell McBurney. A resident of the Kingman community most of his life, he was a retired farmer and stockman. He was a member of the Kingman United...

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