Rose Ann Adelhardt
Jul 8, 2012
ROSE ANN ADELHARDT Dateline/St. Leo Rose Ann Adelhardt, 85, died July 8, 2012 at Southwind Hospice, Pratt. She was born Oct. 9, 1926, at Oconto, NE the daughter of Joe and Anna Kathman. A longtime resident of St. Leo, she was a homemaker and a farmer. She was a member of the St. Leo Catholic Church and St. Leo Altar...
Vanetta Irene Matthews
May 8, 2012
Dateline/Kingman Vanetta Irene Matthews, 78, died May 8, 2012 at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born Oct. 19, 1933, at Kingman, the daughter of Ethan and Mary Dinger Gracey. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, she was a self-employed Avon representative. She was a member of the Kingman Christian Church. On Nov. 27, 1952, she married Doyle...
Robert Ellis Christensen
Apr 24, 2012
Robert Ellis Christensen, 84, Carmel, Indiana, passed away on April 24, 2012 in Indianapolis after a courageous battle with congestive heart failure. He was born in Horton, Kansas, on August 31,1927, to Colonel Ellis G. and Irma Shaw Christensen. Robert grew up in Emporia, Kansas, attending Emporia High School, and graduated with a BA in History from the University of...
Ray G. Hawkins
Apr 21, 2012
RAY G. HAWKINS Ray G., Hawkins, 83, died April 21, 2012, at his home in Kingman. He was born July 3, 1928, at Penalosa the son of George Roy and Myrtle Alta Cox Hawkins. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, he was a retired barber and retired as Kingman County Noxius Weed Director. He was a member of the...
Julia Oleeta Bolinger
Apr 16, 2012
JULIA OLEETA BOLINGER Dateline/Pretty Prairie Julia Oleeta Bolinger, 97, died April 16, 2012 at the Prairie Sunset Home. She was born Dec. 13, 1914, at Watts, Oklahoma the daughter of Thomas Monroe and Sophia Elizabeth Williams Childreth. A longtime resident of Pretty Prairie, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the UMW, and the...
Julia Oleeta Bolinger
Apr 16, 2012
JULIA OLEETA BOLINGER Dateline/Pretty Prairie Julia Oleeta Bolinger, 97, died April 16, 2012 at the Prairie Sunset Home. She was born Dec. 13, 1914, at Watts, Oklahoma the daughter of Thomas Monroe and Sophia Elizabeth Williams Childreth. A longtime resident of Pretty Prairie, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the UMW, and the...
Charles J. "Chuck" Osner
Apr 3, 2012
CHARLES J. "CHUCK" OSNER Dateline/Kingman Charles J. "Chuck" Osner, 79, died April 3, 2012. He was born Oct. 14, 1932, in Kingman County, the son of Clarence and Minnie Schwab Osner. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, he was a retired farmer and bus driver for USD 331. He was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church and...
Norma Lee Salmans
Apr 3, 2012
NORMA SALMANS Norma Lee Salmans, 83, died April 3, 2012 in Wichita. Norma was born Oct. 8, 1928, in Kingman County, the daughter of Claud and Myrtle Brock Brand. A Wichita resident, previously of Kingman, she was a retired secretary for USD 331; sales representative for Happiness, Inc, a Nutri-System franchise owner; and was Director of Franchise Support for Prohome...
John N Demmer
Mar 16, 2012
John N. Demmer, 90, died Friday, March 16, at Kingman Community Hospital. He was born Feb. 3, 1922, at Union City, Oklahoma, the son of Leo and Anna Hentzen Demmer. A longtime resident of the Kingman and Willowdale communities, he was a retired farmer and stockman. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Willowdale. On August 7, 1948,...
Father John C. Reinkemeyer
Mar 15, 2012
Father John C. Reinkemeyer, 90, died Thursday, March 15, 2012. Fr. Reinkemeyer was born in Rich Fountain, Missouri the son of Hubert and Clara Fick Reinkemeyer. He studied for the priesthood at Conception Seminary, Conception, Missouri. He was ordained on May 24, 1951, and served as an associate pastor at three St. Patrick Churches-Parsons, Walnut and Kingman-until 1955 when he...
June Routh
Mar 13, 2012
JUNE ROUTH Martha June Routh, 89, died March 13, 2012. She was born March 2, 1923, at Kingman the daughter of William A. and Roxie Belle Brown Anderson. A lifetime resident of Kingman, she was a homemaker and retired sales clerk at Calvert's Clothing Store. She was a member of the Kingman Christian Church. On June 1, 1941, she married...
Mary Ann Mueller
Mar 9, 2012
MaryAnn Carter, 77, died March 9, 2012 at Mt. Hope, Kansas. She was born Nov. 3, 1934, at Kingman the daughter of John and Sibylla Ternes Mueller. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Andale. Survivors include daughter Beverly Sullins; sisters Lucy Jenks and Sr. Sibyllina; and 2 grandsons. She was preceded in death by her parents; a...
Iris E. Zerger
Mar 7, 2012
Iris E. Zerger, 94, died March 7, 2012 at Pretty Prairie. She was born Aug. 29, 1917, at Pretty Prairie the daughter of Walter W. "Bub" and Cora Graber Henderson. A resident of Pretty Prairie most of her life, she was a retired Registered Nurse at Kingman Memorial Hospital and Donley Clinic. She was a member of the United Methodist...
Kenneth Joe Scripsick
Mar 5, 2012
KENNETH JOE SCRIPSICK Dateline/Cunningham Kenneth Joe Scripsick, 89, died March 5, 2012, at Pratt Regional Medical Center. He was born Oct. 22, 1922, at Lake City, Kansas the son of Joseph V. and May Bell Richardson Scripsick. A resident of the Penalosa and Cunningham areas since 1948, he was owner/operator of Scripsick Oil Company. On July 7, 1944, he married...
Hazel Foster
Mar 1, 2012
Hazel Foster, 95, died March 1, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Home, Hutchinson. She was born April 17, 1916, at Ft. Gibson, OK the daughter of Asa and Clara Schlatter Troop. A longtime resident of the Penalosa community, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, UMW and the Sewing Club, all of Penalosa. On...
Sr. Loretta Jacobs
Feb 20, 2012
Sr. Loretta Jacobs, 90, died Feb. 20, 2012. She was born Oct. 7, 1921, at Cheney the daughter Henry and Margaret Hilger. She was of the Order of the Sorrowful Mother. Survivors include brothers Sylvester, Oscar and Virigl; sisters Rosann Depenbusch, Helen Mertens, Jeanette Traffas and Lucy Albers. She was preceded in death by brothers Harold, Vincent and Richard; and...
Alvin L. Ricker
Feb 19, 2012
Alvin L. Ricker, 90, died Dec. 19, 2012 at Pratt. He was born Dec. 3, 1921, at Bellefont, Kansas the son of John L. and Anna Miller Ricker. A longtime resident of the Nashville and Zenda communities, he was the retired General Manager for the Farmer's CO-OP in Nashville, Zenda, Alden and Stafford. He was a member of the St....
Gerald G. Stucky
Feb 10, 2012
GERALD G. STUCKY Dateline/Pretty Prairie Gerald G. Stucky, 79, went home to be with his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on Feb. 10, 2012. He was born Dec. 11, 1932, at Castleton, Kansas the son of Milton and Viola Graber Stucky. A lifetime resident of the Pretty Prairie community, he was a retired farmer and stockman. He was a member...
W. Gene Fairchild
Feb 8, 2012
W. Gene Fairchild, 89, died Feb. 8, 2012. He was born May 22, 1922, in Kingman County, the son of U. Grant and Ima Jean Ramsey Fairchild. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, he was a retired farmer, Missouri-Pacific Railroad employee, and sexton at Walnut Hill Cemetery. He was a member of the Kingman Christian Church. On Aug. 1,...
Joe M. Gomez
Jan 24, 2012
Joe M. Gomez, 87, died Jan. 24, 2012, at Kingman Community Hospital. He was born Sept. 3, 1924, at Rincon De Taymayo, Mexico the son of Placido and Rufina Blanco Gomez. A resident of Kingman most of his life, he was a retired Shop Superviosor for Klaver Construction Co. He was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church, the...
