Obituaries

Patrick Joseph “Pat” Elpers, 64, died Sept. 11, 2025, in Wichita. He was born April 21, 1961, in Wichita, the son of Roland and Mary Jane Albers Elpers. A longtime resident of Kingman County, he was...

Etta Mae Frampton, loving wife and mother passed Sept. 7, 2025. Her passion was her family especially her great-grandchildren and watching old westerns. Besides being a farm wife she had been a cook at Turon Grade...

Carolyn Kimminau, 85 of Adrian, Mo., passed away on Sept. 2, 2025, at the Baptist Homes of Adrian surrounded by her family.   She was born Jan. 23, 1940, in Nashville. She was the youngest of...

Blake Lyman Reese, 16, died Sept. 2, 2025 in rural Kingman County. He was born June 30, 2009, in Wichita to Rachel Sparks Childers and Jason Reese. Blake enjoyed driving the tractor and working with cattle...

The Zweifel Family invites friends and family to a Gathering celebrating the life of Samuel Calhoun Zweifel on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at The Hanger, 126 N Main St, Kingman,  from 10 a.m. to noon. We...

Howard Lynn Silvey, a man whose life was deeply rooted in the fertile soil of dedication — to agriculture, to community, and above all, to family — peacefully departed this world on Aug. 31, 2025.  Born...

Donna Kay Bottomley, 74, passed away Monday evening, Aug. 25, 2025, at the Life Care Center in Burlington. She was born Feb. 1, 1951, at Eureka, the daughter of Elwin Eugene and Letta Melvina (McCoy) Phillips....

Eleanor F. (Faye) Williams, 83, passed away at Patterson Health Center in Anthony on Aug. 22, 2025. Eleanor was born on June 2, 1942, to Fenner Ward (Huck) Hamilton and Pearl (Oller) Hamilton in Kansas City,...

Joan Jantzen Dewey, of Medford, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025 at home with her family.   Being the second of seven children, Joan was born March...

Stephen Combs, 60, left this world on Aug. 18, 2025 in Columbia, Mo. Though he passed away far from home, his heart always belonged to Pond Creek where he was raised, lived, and built a life...