Obituaries

PRATT — Bertha Margaret Fischer, 91, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Nov. 29, 1921 at Willowdale, the daughter of August W. and Katherine (Greiving) Goetz. On Feb. 22,...

CUNNINGHAM — Vernon G. Glenn, 78, died Jan. 14, 2013. He was born Aug. 18, 1934, at Preston, the son of James E. and Marguerite Northrop Glenn. A longtime resident of Cunningham, he was a retired...

TOPEKA — Virginia Lee Fisher, 86, Topeka, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. She was born Jan. 7, 1927, in St. Joseph, Mo., the daughter of Harry S. and Elsie L. (Snow) Perkins. She graduated from Topeka...

ZENDA — Irma Lee Swingle, 87, died Jan. 11, 2013, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, in Kingman. She was born Dec. 3, 1925, at Langdon, the daughter of Alfred James and Nona Lawson Fluke. A longtime resident...

SOUTH HUTCHINSON — Harold G. “Ole” Oelkers, 86, loving husband and father, of South Hutchinson, died Jan. 9, 2013 at Wheaton House at Mennonite Friendship Communities. Ole was born Aug. 2, 1926 at Clyde, the son...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Marjorie Hinderliter, 83, loving mother, wife and friend, died Jan. 9, 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Hinderliter; and son, Daniel Hinderliter. Survivors include...

NEWTON — Sally June Fiedler, 75 passed away Jan. 8, 2013, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita. She was born June 1, 1937 to Russell and Rruth Ingram-Nebergall in Newton. She married Laverne Ray Fiedler in...

Spartanburg, S.C. — Roy Dean Strahm, 70, husband of Winifred Lucille Strahm, passed away peacefully at the Spartanburg Regional Home Hospice on Tuesday, January 8, 2013, after a hard-fought battle with cancer. A longtime resident of...

RAGO — Virginia Sedelle Campbell, 85, died Jan. 8, 2013, at Kingman Community Hospital. She was born April 2, 1927, in Florence, S.C., the daughter of David and Vera Ham Floyd. A longtime resident of the...

ST. LEO — Gregory J. Fischer, 89, died Jan. 5, 2013, at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. He was born Aug. 8, 1923, in Ost, to Anthony B. and Anna Reichenberger Fischer. He was a retired farmer and...