Obituaries

WICHITA — Iva Jean “Jeanne” Schmidtz, 77, former owner/operator of Elmer’s Steak House passed away on Wed. Oct. 2, 2013. Jeanne was active member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Wichita. Survived by her daughter, Dana Brake...

HUTCHINSON — Florene Fay Goering, 76, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 19, 1937, to David J. and Lizzie Graber Flickner in Pretty Prairie. She was a 1955...

LAMAR, Colo. — Charles L. Hull Sr., 49, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 at his home in Lamar, Colo. He was born Feb. 23, 1964 at Kingman, the son of Richard L. and Anna L. Denison...

ROLLA, Ark. — Barbara R. Simpson, 67, died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2013. She was born Nov. 8, 1945 at Rolla, Ark., the daughter of Elmer and Edith Ruth Medlin Stewart. A Kingman resident most of her...

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — Mildred Mary Cox, 89, died Sept. 13, 2013, Midland City, Ala. She was born Aug. 19, 1914 at Attica, the daughter of James Benjamin and Margaret Ett Broce Brooks. A longtime Kingman...

GRAVOIS MILLS, Mo. — Larry Lewis Frazier, 67, Gravois Mills, Mo., formerly of Harrisonville, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 9, 2013 at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, Mo. Larry was born February 6, 1946 in Adrian,...

PENALOSA — Clarence E. Helm, 87, died Sept. 4, 2013. He was born March 25, 1926, at Penalosa, the son of Orval and Ida Mae Latham Helm. A lifetime resident of the Penalosa and Kingman communities,...

GARDEN PLAIN — Richard A. Clupny, 80 of Garden Plain, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 in Wichita. Richard was born Dec. 26, 1932 in Wichita, to Leonard and Maria Clupny. He was a veteran. He was...

PRATT — Joseph H. Youngers, 78, died Aug. 27, 2013, at Deseret Health Rehabilitation, Pratt. He was born Oct. 21, 1934, in Willowdale, the son of Frank and Josephine R. Bohrer Youngers. He was a 50-year...

GREAT PASS, Ore. — Helen E. Coman, 72 of Great Pass, Ore., died Aug. 24, 2013. She was born Feb. 7, 1941, at Wilmot, S.D. A longtime resident of Kingman, she was a registered nurse. She...