Obituaries

Mary F. Sowers, 77, died Aug. 29, 2018, at the Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born Aug. 7, 1941, in Henry County, Missouri the daughter of Garland Clay and Fred Baker McQueen. A longtime...

Susan L. Stecklein, 63, died Aug. 27, 2018, at Via Christi Medical Center St. Francis, Wichita. She was born Feb. 28, 1955, at Plainville, the daughter of Jewell and Jane Shultz Lewin. A longtime resident of...

Marian Irene Winter was born Marian Twyman in Nashville in 1917, and passed away gently in her sleep on Aug. 24, 2018, just a few weeks short of her 101st birthday. Blessed with an elephantine memory,...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Lester Schroeder, 95, of Sioux Falls, S.D. passed away on Aug. 15, 2018 at Sanford hospital.  Lester was welcomed into the family of Emma and David Schroeder, Kingman on July 17, 1923....

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Michael David Smarsh 67, rancher and vice president for Farm Credit Services, passed away on Aug. 18, 2018 in Bentonville, Ark. Born March 5, 1951 in Wichita, he was the son of Francis...

Louise “Peggy” Frazier Williams died Aug. 11, 2018 at the age of 94. Born Margaret Louise Cook in Kingman, she was the daughter of the late Verlin and Ruth Cook and sister of the late Warren...

MILTON – Marvin D. Coon, 84, died Aug. 18, 2018. Family will receive friends on Friday, Sept. 1 at the Milton Baptist Church, Milton, from 9:30 to 11 a.m....Read More

Gary Leon Sowers, 74, Kingman, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Feb. 4, 1944 in Kingman to Ora and Stella Catherine Garrison Sowers....

FORT SCOTT – Virginia Marie Gillen McKenna died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott at the age of 80.   Virginia was born July 14, 1938, in Harper County to Arnold P....

WICHITA – Iris Dorreen Beatty Cole, 94, Wichita, passed away Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. She was born Jan. 18, 1924 to Curtiss and Grace (Smith) Beatty. She attended Greensburg High School and on March 9, 1942 she...