Obituaries

Gene A. Lawrence, 84, died Dec. 21, 2020, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. He was born Nov. 4, 1936, at Joliet, Ill., the son of George and Ruth Ziesmer Lawrence. A resident of Kingman since 2016, previously of...

Jeanette Helm, 78, died Dec. 18, 2020, at the Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born March 9, 1942, at Nickerson, the daughter of Allen and Rosella Graber Risley.  A longtime Kingman resident, Jeanette’s love...

ST. LEO — Eugene J. “Gene” Albers, 68, died Dec. 16, 2020 in Kansas City, Mo. He was born Jan. 15, 1952, in Kingman, the son of John and Delores Hageman Albers.  A resident of the...

Gloria L. Jackson, 72, entered her heavenly sleep on Dec. 16, 2020, at her home in Kingman. Gloria worked as a waitress at the Copa Kitchen and Wanda’s Cafe in her younger years, nine years at Gibsons,...

Raymond E. Hall, Wichita, passed away on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. He was born on Oct. 17, 1930, to James Raymond Hall and Beulah Wolfe Hall in Murdock.He recently celebrated his 90th birthday surrounded by his...

Cheri Potter Yetzer, 61, of Monticello, Minn., formerly of Hutchinson, passed away Dec. 12, 2020. She was born Aug. 18, 1959. As a graduate of Pretty Prairie High School, Hutchinson Community College, and the University of...

Byron Lynn Pound passed away Nov. 8, 2020. He born May 11, 1988, to Royce and Susan (Babson) Pound. Byron was a graduate of Kingman High School and was a kind, honest and loving young man....

Elena Colleen Reed, 88, died Dec. 13, 2020, at her home in Wichita. She was born Nov. 9, 1932, at Norman, Texas, the daughter of William and Bessie Mandette Coffman. A Wichita resident since 1995, previously of Kingman,...

Wayne Lee Ravenstein, 91, of Kinsley, passed away Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at Hays Medical Center, Hays. He is survived by his wife Carol Ravenstein of Kinsley, four children, Jeff (Susan) Ravenstein of Kennewick, Wash., Cari...

Robert M. DeFore, 67, died Dec. 5, 2020 at his home. He was born June 4, 1953, in Winfield, the son of Thomas Jack and Bettie Stamps DeFore. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a retired...