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Armin D Gering
Oct 31, 2010
KINGMAN - Armin D. Gering, 79, died Oct. 31, 2010, at the Golden Age Home, Cheney. He was born July 10, 1931, near Pretty Prairie, Kan., the son of Ewalt and Doris Stucky Gering. A lifetime resident of the Kingman Community, he was a retired owner/operator of Gering Auto Repair. He was a member of the Kingman Church of the...
Marjorie "Marge" J Thissen
Oct 28, 2010
MARJORIE J. THISSEN Marjorie J. Thissen, 83, died Oct. 28, 2010 at her home in Kingman. She was born Aug. 16, 1927, in Kingman County, the daughter of W.E. "Willie" and Edith Litchfield Stead. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, she was a former substitute teacher and employee of the First National Bank of Kingman. She was a member...
Frieda Graber Schrag
Oct 15, 2010
Frieda Graber Schrag, 101, died Oct. 15, 2010 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born Dec. 5, 1908 at Pretty Prairie, the daughter of Jacob B. and Elizabeth Goering. A lifetime resident of the Kingman and Pretty Prairie communities, she was a homemaker and a former early day school teacher. She was a member of the Kingman Mennonite Church....
Fred Vaughn, Sr.
Oct 14, 2010
KINGMAN - Frederick E. Vaughn Sr., 87, died Oct. 14, 2010, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center of Kingman, Kan. He was born Oct. 3, 1923, in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Florence and Willis Ward Vaughn. He owned the Fix-it Shop in Kingman and loved to fish and golf with his family and friends. Fred was a member of St. Patrick...
Enid B Brown
Oct 3, 2010
ENID B. BROWNING BROWN Enid B. Browning Brown, 91, died Oct. 3, 2010 at South Wind Hospice House, Pratt.; She was born Nov. 30, 1918, at Neola, Kansas the daughter of Herbert and Zina Maie McKibben Browning. A Kingman County resident since 1954, she was a retired bookkeeper and receptionist for Donley Clinic and Hospital for over 30 years; and...
Winnona K Jantzen
Sep 29, 2010
WINNONA K. JANTZEN Winnona K. Jantzen, 84, died Sept. 29, 2010 at her home in Kingman. She was born Dec. 3, 1925, at Carnegie, Oklahoma the daughter of Simon Peter and Philbena Jantz Janz. A longtime resident of Kingman, she was retired employee of Kingman Community Hospital working as cook, nurses aide and in Central Supply. She was a member...
Lola Swander
Sep 29, 2010
LOLA I. SWANDER Lola I. Swander, 90, died Sept. 29,. 2010 at the Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. She was born July 13, 1920, at Cunningham the daughter of Clarence and Bertha Cooley Shelman. A lifetime resident of the Cunningham community, she was a homemaker and a retired employee of USD 332 of Cunningham. She was a member of the United Methodist...
Mary Christine Wick
Sep 25, 2010
Chris Wick, 42, died Sept. 25, 2010, at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City. She was born June 20, 1968, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Harland and Francie Rhodes Schasteen. A longtime resident of Garden City, she was a secretary. She was a member of Pretty Prairie United Methodist Church. Survivors include: her companion, Oswald Hoeme; her parents; a brother,...
Jolene Johnson
Sep 25, 2010
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Jolene Fern Johnson, 69, died Sept. 25, 2010. She was born July 29, 1941, in Kingman, to Erwin and Frieda Graber Schrag. Survivors include: brothers, Vernon and Erwin Schrag, and a sister, Norma Marshall. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Mennonite Church, Pretty Prairie. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at...
Clay A. "Bus" Young
Sep 23, 2010
CLAY A. "BUS" YOUNG Clay A. "Bus" Young, 93, died Sept. 23, 2010 at his home in rural Kingman County. He was born May 3, 1917, near Belmont, Kansas the son of Carl C. and Anna Jane Gibson Young. A lifetime resident of Kingman County, he was a farmer. He was a member of the Norwich church of Christ; and...
Mindy Gerber
Sep 20, 2010
MINDY S. GERBER Mindy S. Gerber, 56, died Sept. 19, 2010 at her home. She was born Dec. 25, 1953 at Kingman the daughter of Charles and Dorothy Holland Gerber. A longtime Kingman resident, she was a computer technician for Key Bank. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. Survivors include her father; sisters Deb Gerber and Lish...
Dorothy H Gerber
Sep 4, 2010
DOROTHY H. GERBER Dorothy H. Gerber, 87, died Sept. 4, 2010 at the Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kansas. She was born Feb. 26, 1923, at Washington, Illinois the daughter of Walter and Anna Poehlman Holland. A resident of the Kingman community most of her life, she was a retired bookkeeper and master seamstress. She was a member of the St....
Viola "Vi" Henning
Aug 30, 2010
Kingman VIOLA ANN HENNING Viola Ann Henning, 92, died Aug. 30, 2010 at Hospice House of Reno County. She was born March 8, 1918, at Oconta, Nebraska the daughter of Joe and Anna Mertens Kathman. A resident of Waterloo most of her life, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the St. Louis Catholic Church , Altar Society...
Dorene Catherine Sines Gering
Aug 28, 2010
KINGMAN - Dorene C. Gering, 90, died Aug. 28, 2010. She was born Dec. 15, 1919, to William M. and Cora L. Sayre Sines. On June 13, 1951, she married Ewalt C. Gering. He died Sept. 19, 1986. Survivors include: son, Armin; daughters, Marilyn Kalmar, Sharon Steffler and Evelyn Colvard; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at...
Joel T. Strohl
Aug 27, 2010
DATELINE/Pretty Prairie JOEL T. STROHL Joel T. Strohl, 86, died Aug. 27, 2010 at his home in Pretty Prairie. He was born March 22, 1924, at Isabel, Kansas the son of Frank and Maude Tilden Strohl. A resident of Pretty Prairie since 1951, he was the retired owner of Strohl Oil Company and was a retired Lt. J.G. Navy pilot....
Carletta F. Hageman
Aug 23, 2010
CARLETTA F. "CARLIE" HAGEMAN Carletta F. "Carlie" Hageman, 84, died Aug. 23, 2010 at Wichita. She was born May 5, 1926, at Nashville, Kansas the daughter of Ben and Minnie Schwartz Bock. A longtime Kingman resident, previously of Waterloo, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church, Kingman; the Altar Society and D of...
Jack H Paul
Aug 15, 2010
KINGMAN - Jack H. Paul, 76, died Aug. 15, 2010, in Wichita. He was born July 11, 1934, in Roswell, New Mexico, the son of Leroy and Helen Talley Paul. A Kingman resident since 1971, he was a retired officer for the Citizens Bank of Kansas, Kingman. Jack was a member of the Christ Church Episcopal and Lions Club, Kingman;...
Clem Ewy
Apr 21, 2010
CLEMENS M. "CLEM" EWY Clemens M. "Clem" Ewy, 87, died April 21, 2010 at Kingman. He was born Aug. 20, 1922, at Belmont, Kansas the son of John and Carrie Kaufman Ewy. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, he was a retired farmer, carpenter and bus driver for USD 331. He was a member of the Kingman Mennonite Church....
Twila Kathryn Seiwert- Visconti
Apr 18, 2010
TWILA KATHRYN SEIWERT-VISCONTI Twila Kathryn Seiwert-Visconti passed away Sunday, April 18, 2010 in New York City, New York. Twila was born Feb. 10, 1947, to Anthony C. and Alfreda M. Seiwert of Pretty Prairie, Kansas. She had one child with her fiance the late John C. Oeding who died in 1966. She was a beautician, professional model and loan processer....
Matthew Ryan Eller
Apr 10, 2010
MATTHEW RYAN ELLER Matthew Ryan Eller, 26, died April 10, 2010 at Omaha, Nebraska. He was born June 8, 1983, at Kingman the son of Pat and Jana Layman Eller. A lifetime resident of Kingman, he was manager for Red Rock Fish Farm. He was a member of the Kingman Christian Church and was a 2002 Kingman High School graduate....
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