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...
Andrew N. Gerstenkorn
Nov 30, 2014
ANDREW N. GERSTENKORN Dateline/Waterloo Andrew N. Gerstenkon, 96, died Nov. 30, 2014, at his home in Wichita. He was born Nov. 27, 1918 at Red Wing, Kansas the son of Andrew and Anna Herman Gerstenkorn. A longtime resdent of Waterloo, he was a retired machinist for Blanchat Machine Co. He was a member of the St. Louis Catholic Church; the...
Deborah S. "Deb" Mills
Nov 23, 2014
DEBORAH S. "Deb" MILLS Dateline/Cunningham Deborah S. "Deb" Mills, 51, died Nov. 23, 2014. She was born July 1, 1063, at Nashville, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Delores "Dee" Theis Mills. A longtime Cuningham resident she was a retired RN for the Pratt and Kingman Medical Centers Home Health Dept.; and a Certified EMS for the City of Cunningham....
Carol E. Gunn
Nov 21, 2014
Carol E. Gunn, 69, died Nov. 21, 2014, at Wichita She was born Feb. 19, 1945, at Savannah, Georgia the daughter of Sol and Eileen Anderson Roehl. A Kingman resident since 1994, previously of Salina, she was an Administrative Assistant for Klaver Construction. Carol was a member of the Kingman Christian Church, the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and was a...
Virginia A. "Jean" Goetz
Nov 17, 2014
Nov 18, 2014 VIRGINIA A. "JEAN" GOETZ Dateline/Kingman Virginia A. "Jean" Goetz, 81, died Nov. 17, 2014. She was born Jan. 24, 1933, at Nashville, Kansas the daughter of Nickie "Jim" and Eleanor Keiter Weber. A longtime Kingman resident, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church , the D of I and the...
Ed Bruce
Nov 16, 2014
NOV 17, 2014 ED BRUCE Dateline/Pretty Prairie Ed Bruce, 73, died Nov. 16, 2014, at his home at Pretty Prairie. He was born July 25, 1941, at Colfax, Iowa the son of Ralph F. and Marjorie Pearl Robinson. A longtime Pretty Prairie resident, he was a retired tool expedite supervisor for Boeing. He was a member of the United Methodist...
Elmer K. Jantzen
Nov 9, 2014
NOV 10, 2014 ELMER K. JANTZEN Dateline/Kingman Elmer K. Jantzen, 87, died Nov. 9, 2014, at Wichita. He was born Feb. 17, 1927, at Beatrice, Nebraska the son of John B. and Justine Ensz Jantzen. A longtime resident of Kingman he was a retired contractor and carpenter. He was a member of the First Mennonite Church, Pretty Prairie. On Sept....
Jack L. Luthi
Oct 27, 2014
JACK L. LUTHI Dateline/Kingman Jack L. Luthi, 85, died Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, at Kingman Community Hospital. He was born May 10, 1929, at Gridley, Kansas the son of Harmon O. and Inez Beer Luthi. A Kingman resident since 1969, he was a retired KCC oil field supervisor. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Kingman; and was...
Milton E. Brooks
Oct 23, 2014
OCT 23, 2014 MILTON E. BROOKS Dateline/Cunningham Milton E. Brooks, 94, died Oct. 23, 2014, at his home outside Cunningham. He was born Feb. 28, 1920, at Manor, Georgia the son of Horace H. and Minnie Cribb Brooks. A longtime resident of Cunningham, he was a retired school administrator, teacher, coach and for twenty-two years a school superintendent serving school...
Richard L. "Dick" Almond
Oct 21, 2014
OCT 22, 2014 HUTCHINSON KINGMAN CUNNINGHAM PLEASE PRINT AS WRITTEN RICHARD L. "DICK" ALMOND Dateline/Cunningham Richard L. "Dick" Almond, 83, died Oct. 21, 2014, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Dec. 17, 1930, at Wichita the son of Charles R. and Ethel Benson. A longtime Cunningham resident, he was a retired truck driver and welder for Kingman Manufacturing....
Anita Kay Crow
Oct 19, 2014
ANITA KAY CROW Dateline/Kingman Anita Kay Crow, 72, died Oct. 29, 2014, at her in rural Kingman home. She was born Nov. 29, 1942, in Wichita the daughter of Chester L. and Mary J. Newkirk Smith. A resident of rural Kingman, she was a retired cafeteria manager for Wichita School District 259. On Dec. 31, 1966, she married James Crow...
Kyle A. Thornton
Oct 17, 2014
Oct. 20, 2014 KYLE A. THORNTON Dateline/Woodward, OK Kyle A. Thornton, 42, died Oct. 17, 2014 at Woodward, Oklahoma. He was born Aug. 7, 1972, the son of Shirley and Beverly Hopkins Thornton. A longtime Kingman resident he was an oil field employee. He was a member of the Catholic Church; and was a U.S. Army veteran. Survivors include his...
