Obituaries

Tod A. Adams, 50, passed away on Jan. 2, 2019 at home after battling glioblastoma for more than a year. He is survived by his wife Stephanie and son Joseph of the home, mother, Mae of...

Darlene Robinson, 76, died Jan. 3, 2019 at Pretty Prairie. She was born April 13, 1942, at St. Leo, the daughter of Frank B. and Helen Mies Thimesch. A longtime Kingman resident, she was a former...

Juanita Virginia (Shirack) Nagely, 97, passed away Dec. 29, 2018, at the Enterprise Estates Nursing Home.  She was born March 19, 1921, the daughter of George and Gladys (Wilson) Shirack.  She was born in Garfield Township, Dickinson County,...

Robert Arnold Gilchrist died Dec. 25, 2018.  He was born Oct. 25, 1937 to Arnold Dee and Frances Helen Gilchrist.   Robert graduated from Kingman High School, attended Kansas University, served in the army and the...

Jay Wesley Gosch, 73, died Dec. 30, 2018 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Sept. 29, 1945, at Wichita the son of Wesley and Rowena Logsdon Gosch.  A lifetime resident of the Norwich community, he...

Kevin M. Sitts, age 50, passed away Dec. 29, 2018, at Wheatlands. He was born Aug. 5, 1968, and was a lifetime resident of Kingman. Kevin graduated from Kingman High School and continued to be an avid...

Patricia Smith, 75, passed away on Dec. 26, 2018 with her family by her side. She was born on August 9, 1943 in Kingman to John Martin and Mable Katherine (Biggs) Duffin. She attended St. Patrick’s...

Leona M. Nelson, 91, died Dec. 20, 2018 at Kingman. She was born July 6, 1927,  the daughter of Harry and Marie Brining Schiffner.  A Kingman resident since 1959, she was a homemaker and former co-owner/operator...

Laurel D. McClellan, 70, passed away Dec. 22, 2018.  Survivors include his wife, Linda; children:  Laurel II, Tiffany, Ashley and Curtis; sisters: Joyce and Janene; 5 grandchildren. Memorial service was at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 27...

Ja’net E. Arensdorf, 71, died Dec. 24, 2018, at her home in Kingman. She was born Oct. 28, 1947, at Cherokee, Oklahoma the daughter of M.W. “Hap” and Leona Schniffer Nelson.  A Kingman resident since 1959,...