Obituaries

SPIVEY — Dee Brown, 87, died May 13, 2022 in Kingman. He was born May 28, 1934 in Kingman, the son of Henry and Alice Shephard Brown. A lifetime resident of the Kingman and Spivey communities,...

Gary R. Leslie, 80, died May 10, 2022 at his home in Kingman. He was born Sept. 28, 1941, at Kingman, the son of Jack and Mary H. Pritner Leslie.  A lifetime resident of the Zenda,...

Mary C. Gillen, 88, died May 10, 2022, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born Dec. 8, 1933, at Colwich, the daughter of Sylvester and Catherine Heitz Ewertz.  A long time resident of the Willowdale...

Francis G. “Pudge” Madison, 71, died May 9, 2022 in Wichita. He was born May 7, 1951, at Wichita, the son of Lewis and Imogene Swingle Madison.  A longtime resident of Kingman, he was a retired...

Nora E. Allender, 93, of Norwich, died Friday, May 6, 2022 at Ascension Via-Christi St. Francis, Wichita. She married Lowell Devere “Bud” Allender Jan. 2, 1948. He passed away Dec. 4, 1993. Also preceded by parents...

Anna Marie Reid, 56, died May 2, 2022 in Wichita. She was born March 3, 1966, in Topeka the daughter of Vincent and Gloria Martinez Hernandez. A longtime resident of Kingman, she was a Registered Nurse and...

Lucy Faye (Snell) Orth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She left this world peacefully on Monday, May 2, 2022.  Lucy was born to Alice (Wilson) and Walter Glenn Snell on Nov. 28, 1932,...

Lorene Oak, 89, died April 24, 2022, at her home at Penalosa after years of bravely battling dementia. She was born Jan. 19, 1933, at Langdon, the daughter of Ralph and Arbrie Goff Barr. A lifetime...

Wilma J. Wilson, 89, died April 14, 2022 in Wichita. She was born March 26, 1933, at St. Leo, the daughter of Edwin and Esther Schulte Wegerer. A longtime resident of the Kingman community, she was...

Alice K. (Meis) Sander, 70, died Monday, April 11, 2022, surrounded by her family at her home in Murdock after fighting cancer for 6 months like a warrior, while maintaining dignity and grace throughout her courageous...