Obituaries

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, May 13, in Westcliffe, Colo., for long-time educator, rancher and entrepreneur Clara Mary Reida, late of rural Custer County. Miss Reida died Sunday, March 19, 2023, at her home...

Ryan D. Heimerman, 41, passed away unexpectedly on April 10, 2023, in Wichita. He was born on Feb. 9, 1982, in the middle of a blizzard in Kingman, the son of Robert (Bob) and Carol (Osner)...

Marilyn Joyce Giesen was born Oct. 12, 1938, in Anthony, to Richard Carlson and Alpha (Francis) Cook.  Marilyn attended Anthony schools and then moved to Marion her freshman year of high school. She lived there one...

David Max Hall was born Jan. 25, 1949 in Wichita, son of Max David and Willa Ruth Hall. He grew up in Anthony, graduating from Anthony High School with the Class of 1967. After graduating from...

Gary “Bruce” Cheatum, 89, passed away peacefully in his home on April 5, 2023. Bruce was born and raised in Kingman and married Linda Woody from Anthony in 1952. Upon marriage, they moved to Wichita where...

Lois H. Schrag, 82, died March 21, 2023, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born Feb. 15, 1941, at McPherson, the daughter of Ernest and Marie Hildebrand Heidebrecht. A longtime resident of McPherson having also...

Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell, born July 30, 1931, in Kingman, the daughter of James Jehu Cox and Gladys E. (Long) Cox, died Friday, March 17, 2023, in Lawrence.  She graduated from Kingman High School (1949) and...

Alberta Beat Dolan, a native of Kingman County, Kansas, passed away Feb. 10, 2023, at the age of 103. Alberta was predeceased by her husband, Charles B. Dolan, her parents, Edward and Margaret Conrardy Beat, her...

On March 23, 2023, the world lost another bright light with the passing of Jerry Louise (May) Sowell, a 98-year-old resident of Pretty Prairie. Jerry Louise May was born Sept. 1, 1924, in Wilburton, Okla., in...

PRESTON — Warren Eugene Meireis, 83, crossed the finish line into his Father’s arms on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Warren was born on Nov. 10, 1939, in Stafford to Willard and V. Margaret (Long) Meireis. Warren...