Obituaries

IOLA — Gale Dean Beck, 89, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 at Windsor Place in Iola. He was born Nov. 19, 1923 near Adams, on what was to become the family farm, to Russel Dewey Beck...

KINGMAN — Rebecca Sue Reece Parsons, 58, was born March 13, 1954 in Enid, Okla. She completed her life at home surrounded by loved ones in Kingman, on Dec. 19, 2012. Becky was a beautiful, wonderful...

GREAT BEND — Sister Sibyllina Mueller, 81, died early Sunday morning, Dec. 9, 2012, in the Dominican Sisters’ Convent Infirmary in Great Bend. Born Jan. 10, 1931, in Wichita, as Theresa Susanne Mueller. Sister Sibyllina was...

ZENDA — Beulah E. Graber, 94, died Dec. 8, 2012, at Kingman Community Hospital. She was born Aug. 7, 1918, at Kingman, the daughter of Wilbur W. and Ruth DeWeese McCllellan. A lifetime resident and supporter...

CUNNINGHAM — Roy Fluke, 89, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. He was born Oct. 30, 1923 in Langdon, the son of Alfred and Nona (Lawson) Fluke. He was a farmer and customer...

KINGMAN — Jack Jackson, 67, died Dec. 6, 2012. He was born Jan. 27, 1946, at Oakland, Calif., the son of Carl and Vernona Sanders Jackson. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a retired constructor worker....

KINGMAN — Jay D. Dutton, 68, died Dec. 2, 2012. He was born March 5, 1944 at Kingman, the son of Lester and Hazel Pritner Dutton. A lifetime resident of Kingman, he was a retired engineer...

WICHITA — Jerome Joseph Gerber, 83, peacefully passed away from cancer on Nov. 27, 2012. he was born to Cornelius and Lena (Tiesmeyer) on Dec. 22, 1928, the third of seven children, in Waterloo. He is...

PERU, Ind. — John Wilford White, 70 of Peru, Ind., died Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 in Wabash County, from injuries received in an auto accident. He was born June 11, 1942 in Wabash, Ind., to Wilford Harry...

GREAT BEND — Kelly Holden Benker, 24, died Nov. 19, 2012 in Barton County. He was born April 16, 1988 in Kingman, to Keith Wayne and Susan Lynn (Bojan) Benker. Survivors include his mother, Susan Lynn...