Obituaries

KINGMAN – Irene F. Oller, 98, died Feb. 26, 2016. She was born March 27, 1917, at Neodesha the daughter of Perry and Lizzie Noakes Noffsinger.  A longtime resident of the Harper, Spivey and Kingman communities,...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Steve Hundley, 72, former coach and educator for Bentonville Schools, passed away, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. He was born September 3, 1943 in Wellington to Perry William and...

KINGMAN – Grace R. Cheatum Voran, 89, died Feb. 23, 2016. She was born Sept. 7, 1926, at Cambridge, Mass., the daughter of Frederick C. and Grace Harlow Nauffts. A longtime resident of Kingman, she was...

KINGMAN – Rita Mae Leroux, 75, died Feb. 17, 2016. She was born Sept. 22, 1940, at Kingman the daughter of Dewey and Clara Hundley Ramsey.  A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, she was a...

GARDEN PLAIN – Donald Leis, 77, passed away on Feb. 14, 2016.  Don was one of the first sets of triplets born in St Francis Hospital in Wichita to George and Sophia Leis on May 30,...

KINGMAN – Tom “Big Daddy” Dreiling, 60, died Feb. 14, 2016. He was born June 30, 1955, the son of Gilbert and Alma Robben Dreiling.  A longtime Kingman resident, he was a oil field manager for...

KINGMAN – Theresa Elpers, 87, died Jan. 31, 2016, at  Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born August 20, 1928, at Willowdale, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Josephine Bohrer Youngers. .  A longtime resident of...

KINGMAN – Rev. John A. Schmitt, 67, died Jan. 27, 2016, at Wichita. He was born Dec. 18, 1948, at Wichita the son of Jake E. and Wara Paul Schmitt.  He served as pastor at the...

PRETTY PRAIRIE – Viola Schroeder Stucky, 94, died Jan. 26, 2016, at  Mennonite Friendship Community. She was born April 27, 1921, in Harvey County, Kansas the daughter of David and Emma Flickner Schroeder.  A longtime resident...

WELLINGTON – Kandis A. Goforth, 60, died Jan. 21, 2016, at Wellington. She was born March 1, 1955, at Kingman the daughter of Barney and Delores Beuhler Barnes.  A longtime resident of Wellington, previously of Kingman,...