Obituaries

KINGMAN — The Kingman County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its sixth opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous...

LEOTI — Jess W. Krenzel, age 85, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti. Jess was born April 4, 1928 in Augusta, the son of Arthur and Mae Day...

WICHITA — Frances Elizabeth Biggs, 90, retired grocery store owner, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis B. Biggs; parents, John and Ida Theis; sisters, Sylvia Horsch and...

HUTCHINSON — Christine C. Carter, 92, died April 12, 2013, at Dillon Living Center, in Hutchinson. She was born March 5, 1921, to Nicholas and Gertrude Hommertzheim Schoenecker in Sedgwick County near Schulte. She moved with...

KINGMAN — Horizons Mental Health Center, a member of the Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System, has wrapped up its 31-day employee wellness challenge, “March into a Healthier You.” Throughout the month of March, employees were challenged to...

KINGMAN — Billy Myron Strait, 81, died Aril 6, 2013. He was born Jan. 2, 1932 at Metz, Mo., the son of Edward Hayes and Gladys Faye Goodwin Strait. A longtime Kingman resident, he was the...

CONWAY SPRINGS — Sharing between academics and athletics is the name of the game in most of the smaller high schools across the state. Despite being the largest high school in the county Kingman High School...

BLAINE, Tenn. — Elizabeth Natalie McKinney, age 84, of Blaine, Tenn., passed away Friday, April 5, 2013. She was a member of Gilead Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jay and Nettie...

KINGMAN — Alma A. Stucky, 85, died April 3, 2013. She was born Jan. 14, 1928 at Paola, the daughter of Vernie and Edna Ruth Finch Womble. A longtime resident of Kingman, she was the retired...

WICHITA — Elizabeth “Dixie” Fisher, 94, retired purchasing agent at Prairie State Bank in Augusta, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd and Gladys Dixon;...