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...
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...
Cathy Speer Klaver
Mar 13, 2016
MARCH 16, 2016 Cathy Speer Klaver, a popular and vivacious resident of Kingman and Wichita for nearly 70 years, died quietly Sunday, March 13, at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis in Wichita. She died, at the age of 71, from complications stemming from a rare degenerative neurological disorder. Cathy was born in Wichita, the daughter of Woodrow 'Woody' and Margaret...
Edna C. Henning-Harrison
Mar 12, 2016
MARCH 12, 2016 EDNA C. HENNING-HARRISON Dateline/Hutchinson Edna C. Henning-Harrison, 82, died March 12, 2016. She was born April 5, 1933, at Turon, Kansas the daughter of Oscar and Donnie Compton. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Catholic Church. In 1954, she married Thomas Henning; he died in 1979. She later married...
Gene S. Fieser
Mar 7, 2016
March 7, 2016 GENE S. FIESER Dateline/Norwich Gene S. Fieser, 67, died March 7, 2016, at Wichita. He was born Dec. 26, 1948, at Wichita the son of Earl and Irene Messmer Fieser. A lifetime resident of the Norwich community, he was a farmer and stockman. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Norwich; and the Kansas Shorthorn...
Elmer L. "Butch" Adelhardt
Feb 28, 2016
FEB 29, 2016 ELMER L. "BUTCH" ADELHARDT Dateline/St. Leo Elmer L. "Butch" Adelhardt, 69, died Feb. 28, 2016, at his home at St. Leo. He was born Nov. 10, 1946, at Nashville, Kansas the son of John and Emma Simon Adelhardt. A lifetime resident of the St. Leo community, he was a farmer and stockman. He was a member of...
Irene F. Oller
Feb 26, 2016
Feb 27, 2016 IRENE F. OLLER Dateline/Kingman Irene F. Oller, 98, died Feb. 26, 2016. She was born March 27, 1917, at Neodesha, Kansas the daughter of Perry and Lizzie Noakes Noffsinger. A longtime resident of the Harper, Spivey and Kingman communities, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Kingman United Methodist Church, the Red Hat Society,...
Johnny J. Schrag
Feb 24, 2016
FEB 24, 2016 JOHNNY J. SCHRAG Dateline/Pretty Prairie Johnny J. Schrag, 89, died Feb. 24, 2016, at the Prairie Sunset Home. He was born Dec. 20, 1926, at Castleton, the son of Benjamin and Carrie Graber Schrag. A lifetime resident of the Pretty Prairie and Castleton communities, he was a retired farmer and stockman. He was a member of the...
Steve Hundley
Feb 24, 2016
Steve Hundley, 72, former coach and educator for Bentonville Schools, passed away, Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. He was born September 3, 1943 in Wellington, Kansas to Perry William and Maxine Roth Hundley. He graduated from Kingman High School and received his degree and Masters in Education from Emporia State University in Kansas. He was proud...
Grace R. Cheatum Voran
Feb 23, 2016
Feb. 23, 2016 GRACE R. CHEATUM VORAN Dateline/Kingman Grace R. Cheatum Voran, 89, died Feb. 23, 2016. She was born Sept. 7, 1926, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Frederick C. and Grace Harlow Nauffts. A longtime resident of Kingman, she was a homemaker. She attended the Christ Church Episcopal and the Kingman Mennonite Church. On Oct. 6, 1945, she...
Rita Mae Leroux
Feb 17, 2016
FEB 18, 2016 RITA MAE LEROUX Dateline/Kingman Rita Mae Leroux, 75, died Feb. 17, 2016. She was born Sept. 22, 1940, at Kingman the daughter of Dewey and Clara Hundley Ramsey. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, she was a homemaker and a 27 year employee of USD 331. She was a member of the Kingman United Methodist Church....
Tom "Big Daddy" Dreiling
Feb 14, 2016
FEB 15, 2016 TOM "Big Daddy" DREILING Dateline/Kingman Tom "Big Daddy" Dreiling, 60, died Feb. 14, 2016. He was born June 30, 1955, the son of Gilbert and Alma Robben Dreiling. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a oil field manager for Mid-Con Gas. He attended St. Patrick Catholic Church; and formerly in the U.S. Army. On July 14, 1989,...
Carl Wayne Durr
Feb 12, 2016
Feb 16, 2016 CARL WAYNE DURR Dateline/Norwich Carl Wayne Durr, 63, died Feb. 12, 2016. He was born April 4, 1952, in Anthony, Kansas the son of Travis and Carol Sunderland Durr. A longtime resident of the Norwich community, he was a retired field operations manager for Woolsey Operating Company. He was a member of the Norwich United Methodist Church;...
Theresa Susan Elpers
Jan 31, 2016
Theresa Susan Elpers, 87, died Jan. 31, 2016, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born August 20, 1928, at Willowdale, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Josephine Bohrer Youngers. . A longtime resident of the Kingman community, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church and the St. Ann Altar Society, both of...
Rev John A. Schmitt
Jan 27, 2016
Feb 1, 2016 Rev. John A. Schmitt Dateline/Kingman Rev. John A. Schmitt, 67, died Jan. 27, 2016, at Wichita. He was born Dec. 18, 1948, at Wichita the son of Jake E. and Wara Paul Schmitt. He served as pastor at the Kingman United Methodst Church from 1996 to 2008, having also served United Methodist Churches in Garden City, Conway...
