Obituaries

Gary D. Ryder, 63, died Oct. 23, 2023 at his home in Kingman. He was born May 8, 1960, at Gordon, Neb., the son of Charles and Joyce Vetter Ryder.  A Kingman resident since 1978, he...

Geraldine A. “Geary” Brown, 83, died Oct. 21, 2023 in Wichita. She was born Feb. 8, 1940, at Hays, Kansas the daughter of Benjamin and Loreen Schutte McCaskey. A longtime resident of the Spivey community, she...

Carol ReNee Suess, 53, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, at the Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. Carol was born in Fremont, Neb., on May 18, 1970 to Lynn Suess and Joan Suess Hall. She lived...

William E. (Bill) Probst, 79, died Oct. 17, 2023, at Wheatlands in Kingman. Bill was born on June 12, 1944 on the family farm west of Kingman. He was the third son of William J. and...

Ruth Elaine Blick passed away peacefully, at Attica Long Term Care, on Oct. 12, 2023, at the age of 82. Ruth was born on April 22, 1941, in Neodesha to Albert Francis and Mary Katherine (Gillen)...

Judy A. Miller passed away at Attica Long Term Care on Sept. 28, 2023. She was born on Aug. 19, 1944, in Kansas City, Mo. to Myron Wayne “Pete” and Wilma Deane (Anthony) Miller.  She graduated...

William “Ron” Cramer, 84, died Oct. 7, 2023 at Wheatlands Health Care Center, Kingman. He was born Aug. 13, 1939, in Kingman, the son of Raymond Dick and Ruby McIntosh Cramer. A longtime resident of Kingman,...

Harold Leon Swafford was born on Nov. 9, 1938, in Anthony to Herman Vance and Helen LaVerne (Cochran) Swafford. Leon was the second oldest out of eight siblings. Leon’s love of the outdoors started at a...

Dr. Patrick “Pat” Wininger Monroe joined his creator on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.   Pat was born in Enid on June 27, 1941, to Asa W. Monroe and Aline W. Monroe. Pat was raised on his family...

Clarence J. “Butch” Mattal, 80, died Oct. 4, 2023 in Wichita. He was born July 9, 1943, the son of Clarence J. “Slim” and Cecilia Lassa Mattal. A longtime Nashville resident having also lived in Arkansas...