Obituaries

CAMERON, Mo. – Duane Lee Slates, 77, Cameron, Mo., passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2015 surrounded by his family. Duane was born Aug. 19, 1937 in DeKalb County, Mo., to Burton R. Slates and Selma...

HAVEN – Debra Ann “Deb” Blankenship, 58, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015 at her home in Haven, after a hard fought four-year battle with cancer. She was born on Aug. 6, 1956 in Wichita, the...

KINGMAN – Doyle Matthews, 82, died Friday, May 22, 2015. He was born Jan. 26, 1933 at Kinsley, the son of William and Ina Howe Matthews. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a retired Cessna Aircraft...

NORWICH – Katherine A. “Kathy” Wright, 55, died Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in Wichita. She was born May 22, 1959 at Great Falls, Mont., the daughter of John and Frances Paranteau Welsch. A Norwich resident since...

LYONS – Jimmy Dennis Mellott, 60, died Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at his home. He was born March 3, 1955 in Sterling, to Orlon Dennis “Curly” Mellott and Joyce Rife Clark. He was a resident of...

KINGMAN – Christine “Chris” Graber, 66, died Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at her home after a long battle with cancer. She was born Dec. 27, 1948 in El Dorado, to William Casper and Bonnie Jean Davis...

LAWRENCE – Mary Elizabeth Gaumer, 77, Lawrence, is reunited in heaven with her beloved husband, parents and friends. She died on Monday, May 18, 2015 peacefully and surrounded by family at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was...

KINGMAN – Thomas Harry McBurney, 76, died Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Wichita. He was born Sept. 26, 1938 at Dodge City, the son of John Everett and Harriet Campbell McBurney. A resident of the Kingman...

WICHITA – Karen Goetz Merriman, 54, passed away on May 13, 2015 in Wichita. She was the daughter of Philip and Barbara Goetz. She was born on April 16, 1961. She was employed at Cessna Aircraft...

KINGMAN – Mickey Harbert, 81, devoted wife and mother, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015. She was born June 16, 1933 at Kingman, the daughter of Glen and Charlene Robinson Honey. A lifetime resident of Kingman, she...