Obituaries

PRETTY PRAIRIE – Raymond Ervin Walters, 77, died Friday, April 10, 2015 at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. He was born July 14, 1937 at Kingman, the son of Ervin and Mary Alice Ridge Walters. A...

ARKANSAS CITY – Jimmie Leedo Poe, 79, beloved father, husband and grandfather died in his sleep Friday, April 10, 2015 at the South Central Kansas Medical Center, Arkansas City. Jim was a retired school teacher serving...

CUNNINGHAM – Josephine V. Albers, 98, died Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. She was born June 26, 1916 at St. Marks, the daughter of Alex and Lena Stockemer Wegerer. A longtime resident of...

KINGMAN – Delbert M. Wevley, 84, died Wednesday, April 1, 2015. He was born March 15, 1931 at Rothsay, Minn., the son of Karl and Carolina Amundson Wevley. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a retired...

HUTCHINSON – Ernest A. “Ernie” Stohr, 60, died Monday, March 30, 2015 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born June 20, 1954 in Wichita, to Leon M. and Lois (Gilchrist) Stohr. Ernie graduated from Trinity...

KINGMAN – Patricia L. “Pat” Kimball, 56, died Saturday, March 28, 2015 at her home in Kingman. She was born Sept. 7, 1958, at Nashville, the daughter of Eugene and Betty Vierthaler Hauser. A Kingman resident...

KINGMAN – Marilyn I. Meng, 76, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and sister died Friday, March 27, 2015. She was born at the Attica hospital to Howard and Maureen Slagell on May 22, 1938. She attended...

CONCORDIA – Violet S. Jones, 92, died Friday, March 27, 2015 at Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia. She was born in rural Cloud County on April 3, 1922 to John and Ida (Anderson) Swenson. She was...

KINGMAN – Lela Mae Campbell, 91, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Wheatlands Health Care Center. She was born Feb. 6, 1924 at Belmont, the daughter of Leo and Anna Bowyer Brown. A lifetime resident of Kingman...

WATERLOO – Beatrice Marie Ptacek Gerstenkorn was born April 10, 1924 on a farm near Dorrance, and died March 23, 2015 at Via Christi Hospital, Wichita, Ks. Beatrice was the daughter of Frank and Anna (Kepka)...