Rev John A. Schmitt
Jan 27, 2015
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...
Helen M. Coon
Jan 27, 2015
JAN 28, 2015 HELEN M. COON Dateline/Kingman Helen M. Coon, 94, died Jan. 27, 2015, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born Aug. 27, 1920, the daughter of Jesus and Consuello Casarez Garibay. A longtime Kingman resident, previously of Murdock, she was a wife, mother, grandmother as well as a former USD 331 bus driver and a para-educator at...
Judith Ann "Judy" Branden
Jan 24, 2015
Jan. 27, 2015 JUDITH ANN BRANDEN Dateline/Kingman Judith Ann Branden, 75, died Jan. 24, 2015, at her home in Kingman. She was born June 2, 1939, at Kingman the daughter of Warren and Opal McCartney Schaffer. A longtime resident of Montery, California, moving to Kingman in 1998, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Kingman United Methodist...
Paul E. Beat
Jan 22, 2015
JAN 23, 2015 PAUL E. BEAT Dateline/Kingman Paul E. Beat, 101, died Jan. 22, 2015, at Wheatland's, Kingman. He was born March 30, 1913, at Cleveland, Kansas the son of Edward and Margaret Conrardy Beat. A lifetime resident of Kingman County, moving to Kingman in 1973, he was a retired livestock handler and farmer; and formerly worked for the Kingman...
Rex M. Brown
Jan 15, 2015
JAN 16, 2015 REX M. BROWN Dateline/Kingman Rex M. Brown, 82, died Jan. 15, 2015, at the Cheney Golden Age Home. He was born July 4, 1932, at Mayfield, Kansas the son of Leslie and Edna Pritner Brown. A Kingman resident most of his life, he was a retired Technical Assistant for KDOT. He was a member of the Kingman...
Michael Murdock
Jan 13, 2015
MICHAEL BRUCE MURDOCK Dateline/Norwich Michael Bruce Murdock, 74, died Jan. 13, 2015 at his home. He was born Feb. 13, 1950, at Lexington, NE the son of Otto and Jane Yoder Murdock. A longtime resident of the Norwich community, he was a retired computer specialist for the Farrar Corp. Survivors include his brothers Tim Ogden and Ronald Murdock; and sister...
Wm. Denver Wells
Jan 4, 2015
JAN 6, 2015 WILLIAM DENVER WELLS Dateline/Kingman William Denver Wells, 99, died Jan. 4, 2015, at Wheatlands, Kingman. He was born Dec. 2, 1915, in Clark Co., Kansas the son of Clifford Ray and Clara Gertrude Goodwin Wells. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a retired farmer, tv and radio technician and a former paint and craft store owner. On...
Bruce A. Lannon
Jan 1, 2015
BRUCE ADELBERT LANNON Dateline/Murdock Bruce Adelbert Lannon, 73, died Jan. 1, 2015 at his home due to Mesothelioma/asbestos. He was born Jan. 11, 1941, at Clifton Springs, New York the son of Norman Pardy and Frances Sweet Lannon. A Kingman County resident since 1972, he retired from Cheney Electric Service after forty years. On July 22, 1961, he married Mary...
Paul W. Simons
Dec 28, 2014
Dec 29, 2014 PAUL W. SIMONS Dateline/Kingman Paul W. Simons, 86, died Dec. 28, 2014. He was born Aug 12, 1928, in Kingman County, the son of Ralph and Martha Zerger Simons. A lifetime resident of Kingman County, he was a retired farmer, stockman, truck driver and Moorman Feed salesman. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, was...
Agnes C. Zrubek
Dec 22, 2014
DEC 23, 2014 AGNES C. ZRUBEK Dateline/Zenda Agnes C. Zrubek, 83, died Dec. 22, 2014, at Wichita. She was born Dec. 21, 1931, at Wichita the daughter of Peter and Johanna Thimmesch Weber. A resident of the Zenda community most of her life, she was a former ASC and U.S. Postal Service employee. She was a member of the St....
Alice C. Clouse
Dec 21, 2014
Dec. 22, 2014 ALICE C. CLOUSE Dateline/Kingman Alice C. Clouse, 92, died Dec. 21, 2014, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center. She was born March 14, 1922, in Kingman County the daughter of Peter and Gertrude Osner Wieser. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, she was a former teacher and a homemaker. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church,...
Thomas "Tom" F. Thissen
Dec 17, 2014
DEC 17, 2014 THOMAS F. THISSEN Dateline/Kingman Thomas F. Thissen, 87, died Dec. 17, 2014. He was born Oct. 11, 1927, at Kingman the son of Joseph and Mary Lucy Anderson Thissen. A lifetime resident of Kingman, he was a retired brick mason. He was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, and VFW, all of...
Danny Ray Ely
Dec 15, 2014
Dec. 23, 2014 DANNY RAY ELY Dateline/Kingman Danny Ray Ely, 62, died Dec. 15, 2014. He was bornNov. 26, 1952, at Kingman the son of Russell and Mildred Metzker Ely. A lifetime Kingman resident, he was a mechanic and construction worker. Survivors include daughter Rhiannon Andersen; a brother Don; and 2 grandchildren. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, Jan....
Leo V. Krehbiel
Dec 12, 2014
DEC 15, 2014 Dateline/Pretty Prairie Leo V. Krehbiel Leo V. Krehbiel from Pretty Prairie, also known as "Pee Wee", 82, passed away Friday evening, Dec. 12, 2014, following an automobile accident south of Hutchinson. He is survived by wife of 60 years, Reta. Reta was with Leo at the time of the accident, and received minor injuries. He was preceded...
Dorothy L. Graber
Dec 10, 2014
Dec. 11, 2014 DOROTHY L. GRABER Dateline/Pretty Prairie Dorothy L. Graber, 96, died Dec. 10, 2014, at the Prairie Sunset Home. She was born July 1, 1918, at Pretty Prairie the daughter of Peter and Ida Krehbiel Albright. A lifetime resident of the Pretty Prairie community, she was a homemaker and a former bookkeeper at Home Oil Co. and Collingwood...
Delbert John Schwartz
Dec 8, 2014
Dec. 9, 2014 DELBERT JOHN SCHWARTZ Dateline/Kingman Delbert John Schwartz, 92, died Dec. 8, 2014, at the Villa Nursing Home, Cheney. He was born Aug. 28, 1922, at Willowdale the son of Charles and Anna Fischer Schwartz. A Kingman resident since 1979, moving from Willowdale, he was a retired farmer and carpenter. He was a member of the St. Patrick...
Amy Elinor (Smith) Hildebrand
Dec 5, 2014
Dec 7, 2014 AMY ELINOR HILDEBRAND Dateline/Kingman Amy Elinor (Smith) Hildebrand, 92, died Dec. 5, 2014, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born Dec. 20, 1921, in Finney County, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Bertha Long Smith. A Kingman resident most of her life, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Kingman....
Livona Price
Dec 4, 2014
DEC. 4, 2014 LIVONA PRICE Dateline/Kingman Livona Price, 91, died Dec. 4, 2014, at South Wind Hospice, Pratt. She was born Nov. 10, 1923, in Kiowa County, Kansas the daughter of Hugh and Eva Scott Wilson. A longtime Kingman resident, previously of the Zenda and Nashville communities, she was a retired housekeeper at Kingman Community Hospital. She was a member...
Don Rinke
Dec 4, 2014
Dec 5, 2014 Don Rinke Dateline/Kingman Don Rinke, 88, died Dec. 4, 2014, at his home in Kingman. He was born Aug. 27, 1926, at Medicine Lodge, Kansas the son of Joseph Roy and Gertrude Raush Rinke. A Kingman resident most of his life, he was a mechanic at Prairie Land Partner's John Deere. He was a member of the...
Beulah Bainum Degginghoff
Dec 1, 2014
Dec 8, 2014 BEULAH BAINUM DENNINGHOFF Dateline/Cunningham Beulah Bainum Denninghoff, 95, died at home Dec. 1, 2014 in Escondido, California. She was born Oct. 15, 1919, at Cunningham the daughter of William Vernon and Ollie Foutch Bainum. She was a retired Registered Nurse and Nursing Instructor. Preceded in death by her parents, her older brother Leo Bainum and his wife...
