Obituaries

A Gathering of Remembrance was celebrated on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, at Fountain Memorial Funeral Home in Lafayette, La., for Randall Lee “Randy” Heldenbrand, 74, who passed away on Monday, Jan. 25, at Franklin Foundation Hospital...

John Gary Culp was born Feb. 26, 1942, and passed peacefully at Kansas Christian Home in Newton Kansas on Jan. 31, 2021. He was preceded in death by his father John Curtis Culp and his mother...

Mildred L. Sexton, 99, died Jan. 27, 2021, at Kingman. She was born Jan. 27, 1922, in Fowler, the daughter of Anthony and Rosa Leis Steinke. A Kingman resident since 1995, previously of Wichita, she was...

Vesta Lucile Doolittle, 90, died Jan. 24, 2021 at the Patterson Health Center. She was born July 21, 1930 in Cowley County, the daughter of Oscar Otis and Bessie May Fell Riggs. A longtime resident of...

Norval Lee Harris, 86, of Norwich, passed away and went to live with his Lord Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Norval was born Jan. 23, 1934 in Haven to McClellan and Ella (Prene) Harris. Growing up he...

Rena Childs, 66, passed away Jan. 21, 2021, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 2, 1954, in Dahlonega, GA, to Paul Edward ‘Ed’ and Hazel (Greenfield) Webster. Rena was a 1972 graduate of Penalosa...

John Joseph “Jack” Kimminau, 84, died Jan. 9, 2021, at Kingman. He was born July 29, 1936, at Willowdale, the son of William and Catherine Clouse Kimminau. A longtime Willowdale resident, he was a retired truck driver and...

Carol E. Sinnett, 74, died Jan. 9, 2021, at her home in Belle Plaine. She was born Feb. 19, 1946, at Anthony, the daughter of James G. and Hazel Armstrong Pomeroy. A longtime Kingman resident, she...

Shirley Maureen Dye, 89-year-old resident of Kansas, Okla., passed away on Jan. 3, 2021, at the Quail Ridge Living Center in Colcord, Okla. Shirley was born on Oct. 19, 1931 in Nashville. She was the daughter...

Robert Lee Thimesch, 88, died Jan. 4, 2021, at the Kingman Community Hospital. He was born Nov. 3, 1932, at Cleveland, the son of Frank and Helen Meis Thimesch. A longtime resident of the Cunningham community, having also...