Obituaries

KINGMAN – Arthur E. Padfield, 88, died March 19, 2016. He was born March 2, 1928, in Kingman County the son of William E. and Mae Scovall Padfield. A resident of Kingman most of his life,...

TURON – Clarice L. Williams, 84, died Thursday, March 17, 2016, at her home in Turon.  She was born January 31, 1932 in Murdock, the daughter of Charlie and Alta McAlister Wolfe. A longtime Reno County...

KINGMAN – Yvonne M. DeVaney, 90, died March 14, 2016, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born Dec. 12, 1925, at Retrop, Okla., the daughter of Henry and Alice McGowan. A resident of Retrop and...

WICHITA – Cathy Speer Klaver, a popular and vivacious resident of Kingman and Wichita for nearly 70 years, died quietly on Sunday, March 13 at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis in Wichita. She died, at the...

HUTCHINSON – Edna C. Henning-Harrison, 82, died March 12, 2016. She was born April 5, 1933, at Turon, Kansas the daughter of Oscar and Donnie Compton.  A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She was...

SPIVEY – Shirley J. Crossman, 80, died March 10, 2016. She was born July 20, 1935, at Anthony, the daughter of Dick and Marrieta Culver Blakesley.  A lifetime resident of the Harper and Spivey communities, she...

NORWICH – Gene S. Fieser, 67, died March 7, 2016, at Wichita. He was born Dec. 26, 1948, at Wichita the son of Earl and Irene Messmer Fieser.  A lifetime resident of the Norwich community, he...

ST. LEO – Elmer L. “Butch” Adelhardt, 69, died Feb. 28, 2016, at his home at St. Leo. He was born Nov. 10, 1946, at Nashville, Kansas the son of John and Emma Simon Adelhardt.  A...

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...