Obituaries

ALLEN, Texas – Robert L. “Bob” Cole, 82, formerly of Arlington, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in McKinney, Texas. He was born April 30, 1936, to Theodore and Viola (Keller) Cole. Bob graduated from Arlington...

NASHVILLE — Geneva A. Westerman, 90, died Sept. 13, 2018, at Parkwood Village, Pratt. She was born May 22, 1928 at Sawyer, the daughter of Theodore F. and Elsie Lampe Hensiek. A lifetime resident of the...

Vernon E. Brummer, 92, passed away on Sept. 12, 2018, at Pratt. Vernon was born Feb. 27, 1926, to Joe and Edna (Miller) Brummer, at Duquoin, Kansas.  He attended Keystone Grade School and then Zenda High...

HUTCHINSON – Ernest E. Gilley, 69, died on Sept. 4, 2018 at the Hospice House of Hutchinson. He was born on April 5, 1949, in Hutchinson, the son of Jefferson and Erma Lee (Dorris) Gilley. Ernest...

Michael D. Pickens, 49, died Aug. 29, 2018 in Wichita. He was born Oct. 22, 1968, in Wichita, the son of Roy D. and Jean Allen Pickens.  A longtime Wichita resident, he moved to Kingman in...

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...