Obituaries

ZENDA – Larry L. Whitmer, 88, died Jan. 28, 2018 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. He was born Oct. 14, 1929, at Kansas City, Missouri the son of Lloyd and Marie Hope Whitmer. A lifetime resident...

ST. LEO – Janet K. Ford, 59, died Jan. 26, 2018 at the Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Dec. 9, 1958, at Nashville, Kansas the daughter of Allie and Veronica Weber Goetz.  A lifetime resident of...

Bob Gene Robinson, 87, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. He was born Feb. 4, 1930, at Ponca City, Okla. He was the son of Clarence and Ethel Robinson. He was a carpenter. Bob was a...

MESA, Ariz. – Margaret Ruth Laughlin Watson, 94, went home to be with Jesus on Jan. 2, 2018. She passed peacefully in the presence of family at her home in Mesa, Ariz. Margaret was born April...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Claire Elizabeth VanLandingham died on Jan. 3, 2018. Claire was born on March 21, 1990, in Terre Haute, Ind., to parents Shannon Penny VanLandingham and Samuel VanLandingham. Her parents hung a big...

ST. LEO – Delores Albers, 91, died Jan. 15, 2018, at Pratt. She was born March 1, 1926, at Willowdale, the daughter of William “Bill” and Philomina “Minnie” Becker Hageman.  A longtime resident of the Willowdale,...

PRETTY PRAIRIE – Sheri Ann Olson, 65, died Jan. 12, 2018 at her home. She was born Nov. 26, 1952, at Russell, Kansas the daughter of Waldo and Lillian Baughman Landis.  A longtime resident of the...

CHENEY – Noe Coe Ortiz, 40, died Jan. 8, 2018. He was born Feb. 16, 1977, in Sweetwater, Texas, the son of Noe and Melody Darling Ortiz. A Cheney resident since 2011, he was manager for...

HUTCHINSON – Anthony Fredrick “Tony” Mans, 87, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, at his home in Hutchinson.  He was born Dec. 14, 1930, in Garden Plain, to Anthony Joseph and Rosa (Horsh) Mans. Anthony graduated from...

MESA, Ariz. – Margaret Ruth Laughlin Watson, 94, went home to be with Jesus on Jan. 2, 2018. She passed peacefully in the presence of family at her home in Mesa, Ariz. Margaret was born April...