Obituary Listing

Nov 5, 2013

NOV 12, 2013 DORIS D. BIELER Dateline/Cunningham Doris D. Bieler, 84, died Nov. 5, 2013 at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. She was born July 10, 1928, at Wakeeny, Kansas the daughter of Remis and Katie Diehl Schneider. She was a longtime checker at the IGA Store. She was a member of the Christ Lutheran Church, Ellis; the Ladies Aide and formerly...

Oct 30, 2013

OCT 31, 2013 WILLIAM A. "ART" KISER Dateline/Kingman William A. "Art" Kiser, 58, died Oct. 30, 2013. He was born Dec. 10, 1954 the son of Billy and Bessie Cathers Kiser. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a former employee of Jeri's Kitchen and Houdini Pizza. He was a member of the Kingman United Methodist Church ; and was a...

Oct 28, 2013

Oct 28, 2013 NORMA LEE PFALSER Dateline/Kingman Norma Lee Pfalser, 83, died Oct. 28, 2013, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born May 31, 1930, at Jefferson, OK the daughter of John Henry and Fern Shepherd Nelson. A Kingman resident most of her life, she was a retired cook at the Kingman High School. She was a member of...

Oct 25, 2013

LINDA A. BALKENBUSH Dateline/Kingman Linda A. Balkenbush 48, died Oct. 25, 2013, at her home outside Kingman. She was born Aug. 29, 1965 the daughter of John and Joyce Leary. A Kingman resident since 1998, previously of Wichita, she was a devout Christian and a loving Mom. On June 4, 1988, she married Mark Balkenbush. Other survivors include daughters Nichole,...

Aug 16, 2013

Jean Pulliam Dateline/Kingman Jean Pulliam, 85, died Aug. 16, 2013, at the Wheatlands Health Care Center in Kingman from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Jean was born May 10, 1928 at Ashland Kansas. Her family moved to Wichita, KS, where she graduated from Wichita East High School in 1946. Jean attended Wichita University, earning a teaching certificate after two years. She...

Aug 15, 2013

CHARLES E. HOLLOWAY Dateline/Kingman Charles E. Holloway, 70, died Aug. 15, 2013, at his home in Kingman. He was born Jan. 29, 1943, at Wellington the son of Herschel and Pearl Frances Marlow Hollway. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a retired employee for the City of Wichita. He was a member of Harper Lodge #206, A.F.&A.M. On April 23,...

Jul 28, 2013

Judy D. Smith KINGMAN - Judy D. Smith, 68, died July 28, 2013, at her sister Connie's home in Kingman, with loving family by her side. She was born July 28, 1945, in Winfield, Kan., the daughter of Joe and Barbara Smith. She was retired from Learjet of Wichita and more recently a former co-owner of CJ's Restaurant and Sports...

Jul 22, 2013

ROBERT L. "BOB" McQUIN Dateline/Kingman Robert L. "Bob" McQuin, 88, died July 22, 2013 at Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita. He was born Aug. 13, 1924, at Chanute, Kansas the son of Charles Newton and Nellie Wheeler McQuin. A longtime Kingman resident, he was the retired owner, editor and publisher of the Kingman Leader-Courier. He was a member of Christ Church...

Jul 9, 2013

July 9, 2013 Dateline/Wichita BURRIEL L. "BENNY" RAY Burriel L. "Benny" Ray, 91, died July 9, 2013. He was born Feb. 5, 1922, at Mendon, MO the son of Foster and Frankie Magar Ray. A longtime Wichita resident, he was a retired engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad. On Aug. 20, 1946, he married Alice Busch; she died April 25,...

Jul 7, 2013

Loretta Margaret (Freund) Holcomb, 88, died July 7, 2013, at the KU Medical Center. She was born Feb. 27, 1925, at St. Leo, KS the daughter of Ed and Emma Armbruster Freund. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers. F.M., Clem, and Lawrence "Shorty"; and sisters Elizabeth, Marie and Josephine. On Oct. 23, 1946, she married Theodore...

Jul 3, 2013

July 9, 2013 REECE E. DAY Dateline/Kingman & Wichita Reece E. Day, 92, died July 3, 2013. He was born June 20, 1921, at Amoret, MO the son of James Melvin and Anna M. Fitzgerald Day. He was a retired paint contractor. He was a member of the First Evanglical Church, Wichita and was a U.S. Army veteran. On Dec....

Jun 10, 2013

ALTA LIEBL Dateline/St. Leo Alta Liebl, 100, died June 10, 2013 at Cunningham. She was born June 3, 1913, at Nashville, KS the daughter of Chester and Leora DeWeese Carter. A resident of St. Leo most of her life, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the St. Leo Catholic Church, Altar Society and the D of I,...

Jun 7, 2013

VERNA GRABER Dateline/Pretty Prairie Verna Graber, 89, died June 7, 2013. She was born March 12, 1924, at Pretty Prairie the daughter of Peter and Lucy Graber Schwartz. A lifetime resident of the Pretty Prairie community, she was a quilter and a homemaker. She was a member of the First Mennonite Church, Pretty Prairie. On Oct. 18, 1944, she married...

May 31, 2013

MAY 31, 2013 SAM REIDA Dateline/Kingman Sam Reida, 51, died May 31, 2013. He was born Nov. 25, 1961, at Kingman the son of Arnold Ray and Joyce Lowery Reida. A lifetime resident of Kingman he was a former employee of Kingman County and Youngers and Son. He was a member of the United Methodist Church. On Nov. 21, 1987,...

May 26, 2013

JOYCE E. MOORE Dateline/Penalosa Joyce E. Moore, 85, died May 26, 2013 at Kingman Community Hospital. She was born April 8, 1928, in Reno County, the daughter of Emmet and Viola Geist Oak. A lifetime resident of the Penalosa community, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and UMW, both of Penalosa; and was...

May 19, 2013

DELORES KATHERINE GILLEN On May 26, 1920, Delores Katherine Zoeller, was born in Zenda, Kansas to Fred and Eleanor Zoeller. She was the second of five children (Francis, Lawrence, Lenora and Gerald.) Delores graduated from St. Patrick's grade school and Kingman High School and then continued to live in Kingman County the rest of her life. Delores was a strong...

May 15, 2013

DORIS BENTLY RILEY Dateline/Belmont Doris Bentley Riley, 93, died May 15, 2013. She was born Nov. 20, 1919, at Murdock the daughter of William and Stella Brown Garnett. A resident of the Belmont and Murdock communities most of her life, moving to Wellington in _________, she was a homemaker and Avon representative. She attended the Kingman Christian Church. In 1940,...

Apr 6, 2013

BILLY MYRON STRAIT Billy Myron Strait, 81, died April 6, 2013. He was born Jan. 2, 1932, at Metz, Missouri, the son of Edward Hayes and Gladys Faye Goodwin Strait. A longtime Kingman resident, he was the owner of Kingman Radio Shop. He was a member of Masonic Lodge #230 and Commandry, 32nd degree Consistory, Midian Temple Shrine, VFW, and...

Apr 3, 2013

ALMA A. STUCKY Alma A. Stucky, 85, died April 3, 2013. She was born Jan. 14, 1928, at Paola, KS the daughter of Vernie and Edna Ruth Finch Womble. A longtime resident of Kingman, she was the retired office manager for Kingman Veterinary Hospital. She was the former secretary of the Kingman Women's Bowling Association. On Nov. 6, 1947, she...

Mar 29, 2013

DONALD GENE "DONNIE" GONZALES

Dateline/Kingman

Donald Gene "Donnie" Gonzales, 48, died March 29, 2014, at Kingman.

He was born Oct. 12, 1965, at Kingman the son of Pampi and Katherine Irene Jaso Gonzales. A lifetime resident of Kingman he was a farmer, stockman and construction worker.

He was a member of...