Obituaries

KINGMAN — Dixie G. Simpson Orth, 87, died Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at her home in Kingman. She was born Oct. 6, 1926, at Pratt. A longtime resident of Kingman, she was the retired owner/operator of...

MAPLE HILL — William C. Parker, 86, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He was born Oct. 9, 1927 at Micro, NC, the son of Rosker and Robeary Narron Parker....

KINGMAN — Lois Ellen Tetrick, 82, died Monday, March 3, 2014, at Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita. She was born June 10, 1931 at Cleveland, the daughter of James and Susie Youngers Schuman. A lifetime resident of...

KINGMAN — Doris M. Easley, 93, died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at South Wind Hospice, Pratt. She was born April 25, 1920, at Iola, the daughter of Orville Ray and Ozza Cooper Merryman. A longtime Kingman...

NORTH NEWTON — Shirley Anne Thieszen was born Feb. 29, 1936 to Ben and Susie Goertzen at Mt. Lake, Minn. She passed away March 1, 2014 at the age of 78 years, in her home in...

GARDEN CITY — Gregory C. Wohler, 55, died Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Garden City. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 6 at Livingston Funeral Home, 1830 N. Main St., Kingman, KS 67068....

DERBY — Catherine Ann (Bevington) Drosselmeyer, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. She was born July 4, 1928 in Anthony, to Glen Day Bevington Sr. and Mary E. Bevington. Survivors: longtime...

DODGE CITY — Alice P. Demuth, 89, died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. She was born April 1, 1924 on the family farm near Willowdale in Kingman County, the...

KINGMAN — Gerda J. Leland, 84, entered eternal life Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Gerda was born Aug. 15, 1929 in Dieren, Netherlands to James and Albertha deWit. She immigrated to the United States at the age...

CUNNINGHAM — Carlos A. Schwartz, 89, died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 at Hospice House of Reno County in Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 17, 1924 in Kingman County, the son of Charles and Anna Fischer Schwartz....