Obituaries

Thomas “Tom” Valadez, 89, died Oct. 31, 2020 in Pratt. He was born March 7, 1931 in Norwich, the son of Gabriel & Maria (Alvarez) Valadez. A longtime resident of the Kingman community, he was retired...

Lynda Beth Wiard, 84, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, at Wheatlands Healthcare Center. She was born Nov. 16, 1935, at Wichita, the daughter of William R. and Thelma “Beth” Stires Herman A resident of Kingman since...

Janis C. McIlrath, 94, died Nov. 7, 2020, at Wheatlands Heathcare Center. She was born Jan. 22, 1926, at Kingman, the daughter of Charles and Hazel Stewart Wagner. She was a graduate of Kingman High School,...

Theodore C. “Ted” Geisert died at his home peacefully on Nov. 6, 2020. He was born April 5, 1925, on a farm near Elmo, the son of Frederick Jacob and Martha Lauer Geisert. He graduated from...

Donald (Don) G. Aumiller, 87, passed away at the Hutchinson Regional Hospital Nov. 4, 2020. Don was born July 10, 1933, in Sharon Springs to Grant and Helen (Meis) Aumiller. Don was raised in Hays and...

Ruth Sanderson, 90, died Nov. 4, 2020 in Wichita. She was born Dec. 6, 1929, in Manhattan the daughter of Richard R. and Lillian Lathrop Bennett.  A longtime Kingman resident, she was a former demonstrator for...

Judy May Morisse, 77, died Nov. 2, 2020, at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. She was born Nov. 29, 1942, in Barber County the daughter of Victor and Vera Greenstreet Catlin. A longtime resident of Kingman and Barber...

Audet Reed, died Nov. 4, 2020 at Kingman. Survivors include sons Brian, Jonathan, adopted son Brian Haerle; daughter Jennifer Thomas; 11 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at Livingston Funeral...

Susan Carol Wilkinson Huhman, 73, died Nov. 4, 2020. She was born the only child of John Nickolas and Lillian Hodge Wilkinson in Leeds, England, on Dec. 27, 1946. She married Dane Huhman on May 31,...

Merle R. Heldenbrand, Jr., 85, died Nov. 1, 2020, at Wheatlands Health Care Center, Kingman. He was born Oct. 24, 1935, the son of Merle R., Sr. and Charlene Watkins Heldenbrand.  A longtime resident of Kingman, he...