Obituaries

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,...

KINGMAN – Shirley Kay Hope, 79, died Jan. 19, 2016, at Kingman. She was born May 18, 1936 at Atchison, the daughter of Irwin John and Metta Marie Clark Dunbar. A longtime Kingman resident, she was...

DODGE CITY – Lori Marie Truitt, 40, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 19 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. She was born on August 24, 1975 in Dodge City. Lori was a lifetime resident of...

BURTON, Texas – Carl William Riggs, 72, formerly of Kingman, died at his home near Burton, Texas, on Jan. 19, 2016. Carl as born July 30, 1942 in Kingman, to Cecil W. (Cap) and Blanche (Miller)...

ST. LEO – Florence M. “Dollie” Neises, 98, died Jan. 17, 2016, at Kingman. She was born May 31, 1917, at St. Leo the daughter of William and Anna Mans Freund. A longtime resident of St....

CHENEY – Connie Chandler, 65, passed away Friday, November 27, 2015. She is survived by son Jerry (Lisa); daughter Heather Hillman (Trenton); mother Florence Walter; brothers David, Doug, and Jeff; sisters Robin Pinkerton and Sharon Locke;...