Obituaries

Alvin Thimesch, 86, died Nov. 24, 2020 at Kingman. He was born June 27, 1934, in Reno County, the son of John and Pauline Lubbers Thimesch. A resident of Kingman most of his life, he formerly worked at...

Joseph Jay “Joe” Mattal, 92, died Nov. 22, 2020. He was born March 26, 1928, in rural Reno County the son of Joseph John and Clara Brown Mattal. A longtime resident of the Nashville community, Joe...

Jack E. Routh, 97, died Nov. 12, 2020 at Wichita. He was born April 3, 1923, at Cheney, the son of Ross and Leota Morss Bynum. A longtime Kingman resident he retired from Augden-Kostner John Deere....

Sarah Adelaide Tatro, 95, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at the Wheatlands Health Care Center, Kingman. She was born July 15, 1925, at Garden City, the daughter of Horace and Mabel Jones Foster. A longtime resident...

Evelyn A. Graber, 95, died Nov. 14, 2020. She was born Nov. 4, 1925, at Murdock, the daughter of John H. and Elsie Kaufman Saner.  A lifetime resident of Pretty Prairie, she was a retired secretary...

Diane Rose Truett, 72, died Nov. 3, 2020 at her home. She was born Oct. 9, 1948, at Nashville, the daughter of Martin J. and Geneieve Youngers Miller. A resident of Kingman, she was a hospital...

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...