John W Thieme, Sr.
Apr 9, 2011
JOHN W. THIEME, SR. John W. Thieme, Sr., 96. Died April 9, 2011, at St. Francis Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Sept. 16, 1914, at Nashville, Kansas the son of Alfred and Anna Kerschen Thieme. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, he was a retired Industrial Engineer for Boeing and was a farmer. He was a member of...
Dan Biggs
Apr 1, 2011
DANIEL BIGGS, Jr. Daniel Biggs, Jr., 86 died April 1, 2011 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. He was born Nov. 2, 1924, at Waterloo, Kansas the son of Daniel E., Sr. and Anna Frey Biggs. A lifetime resident of the Kingman and Waterloo communities, he was retired from Cessna Aircraft Co. He was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic...
Frieda Dick
Mar 24, 2011
FRIEDA C. DICK Frieda C. Dick, 54, died Tuesday at Manor Care, Wichita. She was born Mar. 29, 1957 in Wichita, the daughter of William J. and Laura May Bishop Hartzell. A longtime resident of Wichita, she was a homemaker. On Oct. 7, 1995, she married Raymond Dick at Wichita. Other survivors include her parents, son Joshua; brother Robin Hartzell,...
Rosetta May Rixse
Feb 20, 2011
Rosetta May Rixse, 75, died June 20, 2011. She was born in February 1936, the daughter of Russell and Marie Crable Barnes. On Aug. 25, 2011, she married Delmar Rixse. Other survivors include: a daughter, Lisa Tolle; sisters, Lila Bosley, Karen Barnes and Ruby Diedrich; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Livingston Funeral...
Bessie Kruckenberg
Dec 22, 2010
Dateline/ISABEL BESSIE KRUCKENBERG Bessie Kruckenberg, 92, died Dec. 22, 2010. She was born Nov. 11, 1918, at Cartersville, Oklahoma the daughter of John and Martha Byrd. A longtime resident of the Isabel and Nashville communities, she was a homemaker and an independent oil and gas operator. She was a member of the St. John's Lutheran Church, Nashville. She married Walter...
Jef S. "Beff" Shepherd
Dec 14, 2010
Dateline/Pretty Prairie JEFF S. "BEEF" SHEPHERD Jeff S. "Beef" Shepherd, 51, died Dec. 14, 2010 at Wichita, Kansas. He was born May 27, 1959, in Indiana the son of Don and Odema Shepherd. A resident of Pretty Prairie since 2006, previously of Halstead, he was a stretch press machinist for Spirit Aerosystems. He was a member of the Pretty Prairie...
Bill A. Frye
Dec 1, 2010
KINGMAN - Bill A. Frye, 78, died Dec. 1, 2010, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, on St. Francis, Wichita. He was born Feb. 15, 1932, at Thawville, Ill., the son of Lyle and Evelyn Lopeman Frye. A resident of Kingman most of his life, he was a retired sales representative and former owner/operator of Frye Automotive Equipment. He was...
Joe E Strong
Nov 22, 2010
JOE E. STRONG Joe E. Strong, 79, died Nov. 22, 2010 at St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Feb. 19, 1931, at Nashville, Kansas the son of Earl W. and Thelma Morton Strong. A lifetime resident of Nashville, he was the owner of Strong's Insurance Agency. He was a member of the Zenda United Methodist Church, the...
Evelyn M Dunkelberger
Nov 21, 2010
EVELYN M. DUNKLEBERGER Evelyn M. Dunkleberger, 94, died Nov. 21, 2010 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born Sept. 15, 1916, at Kingman County, Ks., the daughter of John and Grace Day Cummings. A longtime resident of Kingman County, she was retired from teaching at the Nashville-Zenda Grade School. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Kingman;...
Jane Allen
Nov 6, 2010
DATELINE/Norwich JANE M. ALLEN Jane M. Allen, 54, died Saturday Nov. 6, 2010 at her home at Norwich. She was born Dec. 23, 1955 at Kingman the daughter of Vincent and Marieda Simon Goetz. A longtime resident of Norwich, previously of Willowdale, she was a lunchroom employee for USD 331, Norwich. She was a member of the Norwich Christian Church....
Wilma E Rickard
Nov 2, 2010
KINGMAN - Wilma E. Rickard, 91, died Nov. 2, 2010, at the Kansas Masonic Home, Wichita. She was born Aug. 10, 1919, at Kingman, the daughter of Artie and Vera Burger Cross. A longtime resident of Wichita, previously of Zenda, she was a retired C.N.A. and C.M.A. She was a member of the Trinity Presbyterian Church, Zenda United Methodist Church,...
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...
