J. Doyle Doubek, 81, died May 22, 2008. He was born March 17, 1927, in Coats. A resident of Eden Prairie, Minn., formerly of Richfield, Minn., Bella Vista Ark., and Pratt, he worked 30 years in the insurance industry.

Roddy Dale Sutton, 61, passed away on July 20, 2008, at the Hospice House of Reno County.  Rod was born Oct. 23, 1946, in Pratt, the son of Bill and Hollis Hodges Sutton.
He grew up in Greensburg and graduated from Greensburg High School in 1964 and then Fort Hays State in 1968, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education.

Glen McAhren, 88, of Byers died July 18. Services are pending with Ayres-Calbeck Mortuary.

Willa Mae Studer, 87, Pratt, died July 17. Services are pending with Ayres-Calbeck Mortuary.

Dorothy Jean Snyder, 79, died July 15, 2008, at Hill Top House Nursing Home, Bucklin. She was born May 11, 1929, in Oklahoma City. A resident of Bucklin since May of 2007, she was a former resident of Greensburg and a former longtime resident of Bethany, Okla. She was a homemaker.

Robert E. Walsh, 67, passed away at his home in Cunningham on June 30, 2008, after a long battle with cancer. He was born Feb. 19, 1941, in Salina to Vera Fern and Ralph Walsh and was a former resident of Carpentersville, Ill. Bob was an avid racing and Nascar fan. He loved to fish and shoot his guns.

Fred Albert Bowers was born Sept. 29, 1949, and died June 26, 2008. He had lived and was employed in Pratt on numerous occasions.

Alma (Moody) Arnold, 78, died July 13, 2008, at Halstead Place in Halstead. She was born May 25, 1930, in Kingman, Ariz., and was a longtime resident of Halstead. She graduated from St. John High School in 1948.

Norma Jean King Graf Carson, 78, of Newton died July 12, 2008, at her home. She was born March 24, 1930, in Eureka, the daughter of William Allen and Alma Lucille Thornton King.

Bert F. Nittler, age 98, died July 11, 2008, at his home in Lake City. He was born February 15, 1910, in Hale Center, Texas. He moved to Lake City in 1948, after living in Zenda.

Dorothy M. Newberry, 89, died July 12, 2008, at Attica Long Term Care Facility. She was born July 3, 1919, in Attica.



SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Major Stephanie Christine Stelter, 46, passed away peacefully in the care of Hospice at her home in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday, July 9, 2008.

Reba Rae (Holloway) McIntosh, 83, died July 4, 2008. She taught English and journalism at Pratt High School for two years, was employed as a secretary at the University of Chicago, worked two years in the sociology department at the University of Minnesota and was a receptionist and secretary for her husband’s medical practice in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Norene Bowman, 98, died July 5, 2008, at Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 23, 1909, in Stidham, Okla. A resident of Medicine Lodge since 1927, she was a homemaker.

Marilyn Lavenia McCracken, 81, died July 3, 2008, at Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital, Medicine Lodge. She was born April 30, 1927.