Obituaries

Leola Aletha Osner, 89, passed away on March 2, 2022, at Wheatlands Health Care Center in Kingman. Leola was born March 23, 1932 at Belmont, the daughter of Oliver and Aletha Blumanhourst. She attended Kingman Schools....

Mary Alyce Jones, 102, died Feb. 28, 2022, at Pretty Prairie. She was born July 13, 1919, in Kingman County, the daughter of Artie and Rosa Sallee Dean. A lifetime resident of the Penalosa, Lerado and...

Paul Ellis Kemp, 81, passed away peacefully on Feb. 18, 2022, surrounded by his family. Born on Sept. 15, 1940, in Kingman, he graduated from Kingman High School before earning a degree from Hutchinson Community College...

Jill Loree Miller was born Aug. 23, 1957, in Kingman and died Feb. 19, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was surrounded by her family and pastor. After graduating from high school in 1976...

Larry Norman Jayne was born Feb. 16, 1951, to George Edward “Shorty” and Kathrine Croute Jayne in Kingman. He attended Kingman schools until the family moved to Salina, Kansas in 1969, where he graduated from high...

Donald R. Mertens, 80, died Feb. 14, 2022 at the Kingman Community Hospital. He was born April 23, 1941, in Kingman County, the son of Leo W. and Lucille Miller Mertens. A lifetime resident of the...

Opal Darlene “Katie” Linn, 83, died Feb. 13, 2022, at her home in Abilene. She was born July 10, 1938, in rural Waterloo, the daughter of James and Opal Nunnemaker Wallace. A resident of Abilene since...

Lily Mae Cron, 86, of Kingman, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, at her home in Kingman. Lily was born the daughter of Leonard and Artive Fite on Dec. 13, 1935 on the family farm...

Marilyn Frances Metzinger was born on March 30, 1924 in Clyde, Okla., to Anthony and Veronica (Ronck) Weber. Marilyn attended Caldwell High School and on Aug. 27, 1940, married Ernest Nicholas Metzinger of Caldwell. Together they...

Eugene H. “Gene” Smith, 93, died Feb. 7, 2022 in Kingman. He was born Dec. 20, 1929, at Hutchinson the son of Linn and Mary Hess Smith. A longtime resident of the Kingman community, he was...