Obituaries

Dr. Loren L. Augustyn, M.D., 92, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, at Parkwood Village in Pratt. He was born March 10, 1930, at Loup City, Neb., the son of Joseph John and Gertrude B. Tomasiewicz Augustyn....

Darwin Ray Francis, 86, Attica farmer/stockman, agribusiness leader and cooperative system activist, passed away peacefully on Oct. 8, 2022, surrounded by his family. Darwin was born in the Galloway Hospital in Anthony to Ray & Evelyn...

Linda A. Buss, 69, died Oct. 5, 2022 at her home in Spivey. She was born Dec. 23, 1952, at Wichita, the daughter of Jacob and Elva Keller Lorenz, Jr. A Spivey resident since 1998, she...

Martha A. Benton, 93, died Sept. 30, 2022, at McPherson. She was born April 29, 1929, at Waterloo, the daughter of Lawrence Elmer and Minnie Alice Endicott Clayton. A longtime resident of the Waterloo community, she...

Arlene Mae Zerger passed from this life in the early morning hours on Sept. 20, 2022. Arlene was born July 5, 1936 to Jonas and Hulda (Kaufman) Schrag. She grew up on the family farm south...

Wayne Culp, 57, died Sept. 20, 2022, at his home in Zenda. He was born Oct. 31, 1964, at Kenton, Ohio, the son of John Gary and Barbara Crawfold Culp. A longtime resident of the Zenda...

Eugene Raymond “Gene” Freund, 87, passed away Sept. 15, 2022, at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. He was born Jan. 29, 1935, at Nashville, Kansas, the son of Ferdinand and Marie Georges Freund. A lifetime resident of Kingman...

Allison Dean Gilbert, 72, daughter of the late Ernest and Edna Dean of Kingman Kansas, passed away peacefully the morning of Aug. 16, 2022, in Sykesville, Md. Allison grew up in Kingman but lived in Westminster,...

Stella Marie Patton passed away Aug. 26, 2022. She was born to Linda and Robert Patton on March 26, 1965, and was the oldest of five children. Her father, Robert Patton, preceded her in death. She...

Max Allen Wewe, 19, passed away Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. He was born on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003, the son of Doug and Shasta Steckline Wewe. That was the first miracle, as the sonogram said it...