Obituaries

Vera Mae Dickerson, 93, died Jan. 28, 2023, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born Dec. 27, 1929, at Pretty Prairie, the daughter of Arnold and Elma Krehbiel Soft.  A longtime resident of Pretty...

Thelma Louise Guinty, 88, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Services were held at Downing & Lahey West Mortuary, Wichita, with Graveside Services at Walnut Hill Cemetery, Kingman, on Saturday, Jan. 28. Share tributes online at: www.dlwichita.com...Read More

James D. “Jim” Hill, 77, died Jan. 23, 2023. He was born Oct. 17, 1946, in Wichita, the son of Duane and Ruth Norton Hill.  A Kingman resident since 1976, he was the retired owner of...

Diane Kay Kampling Wilson was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world surrounded by her loving family on Jan. 20, 2023  at age 51 after a four-year battle with cancer. She...

Ida M. Payne, 91, died Jan. 19, 2023 at Pretty Prairie. She was born Dec. 8, 1931, at Beaver County, Okla., the daughter of Otto and Mable Clovis Lindt. A resident of the Kingman community most...

With profound sadness, we announce the passing of Joann Lunsford, 88, our loving and devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, on Jan. 14, 2023. Joann was born on Oct. 13, 1934, in Osborne to Joseph...

Elizabeth “Betty” Ann Hill, age 90, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.  She was born on Jan. 21, 1932, in rural Kingman County, the eighth of nine children of Bessie May (Baldock) and Franklin Leroy...

Fern Bell Williams, 97, a long- time resident of the Langdon and Kingman areas, passed away Dec. 1, 2022, at Kingman. She was born April 19th 1925 at Satanta, the youngest of eight children born to...

Judith Delight (Gardner) Hoover Olszewski (“Judy O”)  passed away peacefully on Dec. 24, 2022, in Durango, Colo., at Mercy Hospice House after a short illness. She was 88 years old, born Feb. 4, 1934, in Wichita...

Virginia K. (Jarmer) Steele passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. She was born to Joe and Bertha (Werner) Jarmer and grew up in Zenda. Virginia graduated from Zenda High School as Valedictorian and attended Sacred...