Obituaries

Walter E. “Pete” McIver, 84, died Feb. 19, 2020, at Cheney. He was born Dec. 23, 1935, at Satanta, the son of Oscar and Alice Marie Harlow McIver. A longtime resident of Cheney, he was a...

Donald Kenneth Bett, 98, WWII US Army veteran and former co-owner of Morris-Bett Garage, passed away Feb. 18 in Kingman. Donald was preceded in death by his parents Herbert and Iva (Crumley) Bett, brothers; Herbert “Edd”,...

Ann Smith. 81, died Feb. 8 in Wichita. She was born Nov. 2, 1938, at Kingman, the daughter of William and Josephine McRae Morris. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, she was a former waitress...

Cheryl Lyn (Shepherd) Sayler, 74, of Topeka, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 28, surrounded by loved one. She was born in Wichita on Sept. 26, 1945, and was raised in Kingman. She graduate from Kingman High...

John M. Ramsdale, 93, died Feb. 2, 2020. He was born Sept. 8, 1926, at Wichita, the son of William F. and Elsie F. Weathered Ramsdale. A resident of Murdock, he was an engineer at Boeing...

Marie Ann Mantooth passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the age of 91. She was born on June 2, 1928, in Los Angeles, the only child of George (Judd) and Alma Geron Nichols. When she...

Donald D. Dye, 89, died Jan 24 at Kingman. He was born Feb. 6, 1930, in Kingman the son of Otis and Mary Causey Dye. A lifetime resident of Kingman, he was owner/operator of Don Dye,...

Marjorie Ruth (Kling) Doyen, 85, of Bartlesville, Okla., passed away Friday, Jan. 10. Marj was born to the late Henry and Marie (Clark) Kling on a farm outside of Howard. She graduated from Howard High School...

Melvin Siemens, 90, passed away Saturday, Jan. 18.  He was born Nov. 19, 1929, to Henry R and Martha (Ratzlaff) Siemens in Buhler.   Melvin enjoyed playing basketball at Buhler High School on the team who became...

Deborah E. Wortman, 66, died Jan. 13. She was born June 5, 1953, at Norton, the daughter of Herman and Ellen Nelson Wallace. A Kingman resident since 2019, previously of Belle Plaine, she was co-owner and...