Obituaries

Jimmie “Jim” Don Skillen passed away in Cheney on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. He was 87 years old. Jim was born in Norwich, on Feb. 13, 1935. He was the son of Glenn and Mabel Skillen. He graduated from Norwich...

Patricia Joan Augustyn, 88, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, at Parkwood Village in Pratt. She was born Dec. 26, 1933, at Corning, Iowa, the daughter of George E. and Marguerite Mary Ford Miller. A longtime resident...

Dr. Loren L. Augustyn, M.D., 92, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, at Parkwood Village in Pratt. He was born March 10, 1930, at Loup City, Neb., the son of Joseph John and Gertrude B. Tomasiewicz Augustyn....

Darwin Ray Francis, 86, Attica farmer/stockman, agribusiness leader and cooperative system activist, passed away peacefully on Oct. 8, 2022, surrounded by his family. Darwin was born in the Galloway Hospital in Anthony to Ray & Evelyn...

Linda A. Buss, 69, died Oct. 5, 2022 at her home in Spivey. She was born Dec. 23, 1952, at Wichita, the daughter of Jacob and Elva Keller Lorenz, Jr. A Spivey resident since 1998, she...

Martha A. Benton, 93, died Sept. 30, 2022, at McPherson. She was born April 29, 1929, at Waterloo, the daughter of Lawrence Elmer and Minnie Alice Endicott Clayton. A longtime resident of the Waterloo community, she...

Arlene Mae Zerger passed from this life in the early morning hours on Sept. 20, 2022. Arlene was born July 5, 1936 to Jonas and Hulda (Kaufman) Schrag. She grew up on the family farm south...

Wayne Culp, 57, died Sept. 20, 2022, at his home in Zenda. He was born Oct. 31, 1964, at Kenton, Ohio, the son of John Gary and Barbara Crawfold Culp. A longtime resident of the Zenda...

Eugene Raymond “Gene” Freund, 87, passed away Sept. 15, 2022, at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. He was born Jan. 29, 1935, at Nashville, Kansas, the son of Ferdinand and Marie Georges Freund. A lifetime resident of Kingman...

Allison Dean Gilbert, 72, daughter of the late Ernest and Edna Dean of Kingman Kansas, passed away peacefully the morning of Aug. 16, 2022, in Sykesville, Md. Allison grew up in Kingman but lived in Westminster,...