Obituaries

PRATT — Rowena Pearl Owens, 90, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 at Hilltop Manor in Cunningham. She was born March 22, 1922 in Wakita, Okla., the daughter of Raymond and Grace May (Mercer) Rixse. A longtime...

WICHITA — Robert Lee Coykendall, 83, passed away Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Born and raised on a farm in Duquoin, he was a teacher and principal in elementary schools in Cheney, Moorpark, Calif. and Wichita. In...

Arlington — Charles A. Burgess, 53, died Feb. 21, 2013, at his home. He was born Oct. 27, 1959, at Hutchinson the son of Willard D. and Helen Swenson Burgess. A longtime resident of Arlington, he...

MURDOCK — Kylie R. Sanderson, 23, died Feb. 21, 2013, at Wichita. She was born Oct. 4, 1989, at Wichita the daughter of Donald and Penny Sanderson. A resident of Murdock most of her life, she...

KINGMAN — W. Eugene “Gene” Dixon, 92, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. He was born Dec. 9, 1920 at Basil, the son of Lloyd and Gladys VanArsdale Dixon. A lifetime resident of Kingman, he was retired...

GARDEN PLAIN — Mark L. Goetz, 58, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at Wichita. He was born in Kingman on Oct. 31, 1954 to Lawrence and Peggy Goetz. Survivors include his mother, Peggy; brothers, Daniel, Durham,...

KINGMAN — Mary B. Bowyer, 90, died Feb. 17, 2013. She was born April 13, 1922, the daughter of James A. and Lucy Riggs Marshall. She was a member of the Kingman Church of Christ. In...

SALINA — Jeffery Lind Regan, 60 of Salina, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. He was born Dec. 30, 1952 to Frederick and JoAnn (Chapman) Regan. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Joshua; and...

KINGMAN — Leonard L. Orth Jr., 92, died Feb. 12, 2013, at Kingman. He was born March 13, 1920 at Cheney, the son of Leonard L. and Gladys Marshall Orth. A Kingman resident since 1991, he...

KINGMAN — Everett D. Ely, 71, died Feb. 8, 2013. He was born Nov. 26, 1941, at Harper, the son of Russell and Mildred Metzger Ely. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a retired carpenter for...