Obituaries

Fredrick A. Hampel was born in Kingman on Oct. 30, 1964, and passed away peacefully in his home in Evergreen, Colo., on March 3, 2021.  Always a farm boy at heart, Fred was raised on the...

Vicki Roth, 67, of Kingman, passed away on March 29, 2021, after many years struggling with a respiratory disorder. Vicki was born in the small farming community of Payette, Idaho. Her parents, Gary and Betty, moved...

Joyce L. Kaufman, 87, died April 3, 2021 at Via Christi St. Theresa Campus. She was born Jan. 8, 1934, at Johnson, the daughter of C.L. and Eunice Potts Bonham.  A longtime Kingman resident, she was a...

Janice Lynn Wall, 74, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.  Janice was born Feb. 12, 1946 in Wichita to the late Lotus Helm and Erma Lee Young Helm. She enjoyed gardening and shopping and was a Catholic.  Ms....

Paulette Kay Walker Forcum was born Sept. 24, 1945, in Cushing, Okla., and passed away April 2, 2021 in her home in Kingman at the age of 75 after a short courageous fight with cancer. She...

Charles W. “Charlie” Thimesch, 86, died March 29, 2021, at Wichita. He was born July 26, 1934, at Cleveland, Kan., the son of Frank and Helen Meis Thimesch.  A longtime Cunningham resident, Charlie ran two gas filling...

Ernest A. “Ernie” Wapelhorst, 78, died March 27, 2021, at his home in Kingman. He was born Aug. 13, 1942, at Colwich, the son of Leo and Wally Orth Wapelhorst.  A longtime Kingman resident, he was a...

Lenora Josephine Zoeller, 95 died  March 27, 2021 in Kingman. She was born Dec. 18, 1925, at Duqoin, the daughter of Fred and Eleanor Werner Zoeller.  A longtime Kingman resident she was a former grade school teacher,...

Dr. Francis “Frank” Leo Depenbusch, MD, 83, passed away March 21, 2021, at Hospice House of Reno County, Hutchinson. He was born in a farmhouse, outside of Zenda, Feb. 9, 1938, to Bernard Peter “Ben” Depenbusch...

Marilyn R. Shingleton, 86, of Pueblo, Colo., moved from her earthly tent on March 3, 2021, to her mansion over the hill top, above the beautiful azure blue in that bright land where we never grow...