Obituaries

PRETTY PRAIRIE — Della E. Wedel, 98, died March 3, 2013. She was born May 23, 1914 at Pretty Prairie, the daughter of Jonathan and Rosa Kaufman Goering. She was a member of the First Mennonite...

BOULDER, Colo. — Bob McCartney, 76, entered peacefully into eternity on March 2, 2013. Bob was born on Dec. 1, 1936 in Shawnee, Okla., to Cleo and Dorothy McCartney. After stops in Texas and New Mexico,...

KINGMAN — Leonard C. Base, 98, died Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Harper. He was born Jan. 18, 1915 at Murdock, the son of Jonas and Barbara Saner Base. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community,...

LYONS — Bill Schoenhofer, 85, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Bill was born on Sept. 21, 1927 to Carl and Tillie Smith Schoenhofer in Walnut. Bill was the youngest of 11 children. Bill was raised in...

KINGMAN — Merlyn Jean Boyer-Darling, 74, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. She was born July 13, 1938 at Kingman, the daughter of Owen Eugene and Jennie Iva Faulds Clark. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community,...

KINGMAN — Robert L. ‘Bob’ Naasz, 81, devoted husband, father and papa, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. He was born April 11, 1931 in Kingman County, the son of John and Wilahemna “Minnie” Pfeifner Naasz. A...

PRATT — Rowena Pearl Owens, 90, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 at Hilltop Manor in Cunningham. She was born March 22, 1922 in Wakita, Okla., the daughter of Raymond and Grace May (Mercer) Rixse. A longtime...

WICHITA — Robert Lee Coykendall, 83, passed away Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Born and raised on a farm in Duquoin, he was a teacher and principal in elementary schools in Cheney, Moorpark, Calif. and Wichita. In...

Arlington — Charles A. Burgess, 53, died Feb. 21, 2013, at his home. He was born Oct. 27, 1959, at Hutchinson the son of Willard D. and Helen Swenson Burgess. A longtime resident of Arlington, he...

MURDOCK — Kylie R. Sanderson, 23, died Feb. 21, 2013, at Wichita. She was born Oct. 4, 1989, at Wichita the daughter of Donald and Penny Sanderson. A resident of Murdock most of her life, she...