Obituaries

KINGMAN — Darrell W. Sowers, 66, died Aug. 9, 2013, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. He was born Nov. 1, 1946 at Kingman, the son of Ora and Stella Garrison Sowers. A lifetime resident of...

PRATT — James Lawrence “Larry” Kiley, 74, died Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013 at his home in Pratt. He was born April 27, 1939 at Pratt, the son of James Edward and Pauline Gertrude (Leckner) Kiley. Larry...

KINGMAN — Paul D. Miller, 89, died Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, at Kingman. He was born March 23, 1924, at Bessie, Okla., the son of Vern and Lela Mae Miller. A longtime resident of Kingman, he...

GLENWOOD, Minn. — Florence Elizabeth Oelkers (Theis), 81, died Sunday, July 28, 2013, at the Glacial Ridge Hospital in Glenwood, Minn. Florence was the daughter of Bernard Matthew and Anna Marie (Keiter) Theis. She was born...

ST. LEO — Frank J. Reif, 99, died Friday, July 26, 2013 at Hilltop Manor in Cunningham. He was born Oct. 1, 1913 in Claflin, to Alois and Anna (Hitschmann) Reif. On August 16, 1939 he...

KINGMAN — Robert L. “Bob” McQuin, 88, died July 22, 2013 at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita. He was born Aug. 13, 1924 at Chanute, the son of Charles Newton and Nellie Wheeler McQuin. A longtime...

NESS CITY — Terry Lee Henning, 53, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2013, at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City. He was born Sept. 11, 1959, in Ransom, the son of Julius and Melva Rose Weber...

MANHATTAN — This is Day 15 of the 2013 Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas City Board of Trade, the Kansas Grain & Feed Association, the Kansas Wheat Commission and Kansas Association...

KINGMAN — Danny David Yoder, 68, died Monday, July 8, 2013. He was born April 7, 1945 in Brussells, Belgium, the son of Floyd and LaVina Yoder. A longtime Kingman resident he was a retired truck...

KANSAS CITY — Loretta Margaret (Freund) Holcomb, 88, died July 7, 2013, at the KU Medical Center, Kansas City. She was born Feb. 27, 1925, at St. Leo, the daughter of Ed and Emma Armbruster Freund....