Obituaries

Rita Joyce (Ronck) Smith passed away on Jan. 15, 2024, at the age of 71.  Rita was born Dec. 27, 1952 (a twin), in Enid to Norvel and Ruth (Gaume) Ronck. She was raised on a...

Lyna Louise Stuart Dixon passed away Jan. 16, 2024, at Wheatlands Health Care Center. She was born April 8, 1925 in Kingman, the daughter of Virgil Ray and Blanche Elizabeth Dotter Stuart. She married Ernest Gloyd...

Eudora Beste-Crouch, 93, died Jan. 13, 2024 at Kingman Healthcare Center. She was born Aug. 20, 1930, at Paris, Texas, the daughter of Hubert and Delora Smyers Tilson.  A longtime resident of Kingman, she was a...

John C. Trollope, 85, went peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior Jan. 13, 2024, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. He was born May 6, 1938, at Conway Springs, the son of Merle C....

Leslie R. Krehbiel, 52, died Jan. 12, 2024 at her home in Kingman. She was born Dec. 23, 1971, at Junction City, the daughter of Bruce and Alona Olson Hedstrom.  A longtime resident of the Kingman...

Janice L. Barton, 84, of Johnson, died Jan. 7, 2024, at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson. She was born on June 17, 1939, in Kingman, the daughter of Walter and Nannye Alice (McCandless)...

Dr. Ralph Eugene Bellar Sr was born on June 19, 1930, on the family farm near O’Neill, Nebraska, the youngest and eleventh child of John K. and Jennie (Schweitzer) Bellar. When he was 8, the family...

Kristen F. Windscheffel, 39, of Russell passed away Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. Memorial Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, January 11, at the Trinity United Methodist Church. Visitation will be held at 1 to...

Grace A. Graber, 91, died Jan. 2, 2024 at the Prairie Sunset Home. She was born June 9, 1932, at Kingman, the daughter of William and Mary Wagner Osner. A longtime resident of the Pretty Prairie...

Joanne K. Javurek, 77, died Jan. 2, 2024, in her home in Kingman. She was born Oct. 20, 1946, at Ann Arbor, Mich. A Kingman resident since 2019, she was a homemaker. Joanne was a member...