Obituaries

Rosalia Marie “Sally” Francis was born Oct. 27, 1930 in Wichita, daughter of Agnes Erker and Francis Kraus. She was raised by her grandparents, Ferdinand and Caroline (Haukap) Erker. Sally graduated from Wellington High School. On...

Mary Armeda (Douthett) Robinson died May 27, 2020, surrounded by her family, at Larksfield Place in Wichita. She was born April 13, 1923, on the family farm near Isabel, KS, the daughter of Roy & Bertha...

Patty D. Mertens, 68, of Buffalo, Ind., passed away from a lower GI bleed at 10:53 a.m., Thursday, April 23, 2020, at the Indiana University Health, Arnett Hospital of Lafayette with her family by her side....

Logan Avery Kostner, 14, died Feb. 28, 2020, at Wesley Medical Center. He was born May 27, 2005, at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, the son of Adrian and Shondra Kostner. Logan was a freshman, attending...

Elias “Eli” Hammerschmidt, 89, died May 7, 2020, at Inman. He was born Sept. 28, 1930, at Ogallah, the son of Mike and Anna Sander Hammerschmidt. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a retired oilfield consultant....

Herschel L. “Roy” Holloway of Wichita passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020. Herschel was born March 6, 1936, to Pearl and Herschel Holloway.Roy is survived by his wife Addie, son Herschel (Eddie) and wife Angie Holloway,...

Naomi Lee Hart Foster passed away Sunday, May 3, 2020. She was born on May 26, 1932, southeast of Cunningham on the old Doty farm. Her parents were Thomas Beryl Hart and Verda Mae Benefiel Hart....

Nancy Jo Wilson (Davis), 74, left this life to be with the Lord on April 2, 2020. Nancy was born Aug. 14, 1946, in Wichita to Joyce Crumett and Jay Davis. She married Gary Lynn Wilson...

Michael Neal Graber, 70, of Mt. Crested Butte, Colo., died at St. Mary’s Hospital, Grand Junction, Colo., on April 21, 2020, of complications from COVID-19. Born Aug. 17, 1949 in Kingman, Mike was the fourth of...

Christine M. Pearce, 83, died April 23, 2020. She was born Dec. 14, 1936. A longtime Kingman resident, she was a former line employee for Cessna Aircraft. Christine was a member of Park Place Church, Wichita....