Obituaries

Cullison - Delva "Dee" Hutchins, 77, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2021 at Wesley Medical Center. She was born January 10, 1944 in El Dorado to Harold and Lola (Carey) Davis. Dee married Harold Hutchins in 1992 and he has preceded her in death. Dee graduated...

PRATT—Sarah Dawn Flora, 40, passed away Saturday, February 20, 2021 at Pratt Regional Medical Center. She was born October 19, 1980 in Pratt to Roger L. Murray and Kelly (Wells) Odermann. Sarah was married to Michael Allen Flora and have been together for 23 years. Sarah...

CUNNINGHAM — Tamara  Jean Rice, 71, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at her home. She was born August 26, 1949 in Dundee, Illinois to Robert Emmitt and Berniece (Blodorn) Hopp. Tamara married Kenneth Rice on October 2, 1971 at United Methodist Church in Dundee....

PRATT — Norma Sue Bergner died Tuesday evening, Feb. 9, 2021, at Grand Plains Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, Pratt, Kans. She was 86 years old. She was born June 25, 1934, in Loop, Texas, the daughter of Nathan and Dorothy (Utt) Bowlin. Norma was educated in...

David Aldene Williams (Dave), 62, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 27 after fighting a long battle with cancer. He was born July 23, 1958 in Pratt, Ks to Larry and Dolores (Clemensen) Williams. David is survived by his mother, Dolores Williams of Haviland, a daughter,...

WICHITA, KS, Robert “Bob” Frank Moore, 79, retired maintenance employee for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Services are pending. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Mary Thelma Moore; sisters, Jodi Burnett and Pam Fisher; brother, Bill...

PRATT- Colleen L. Woltje passed away at Pratt, Kansas on February 7, 2021. Colleen was born on January 29, 1936 in Columbia, Missouri to Dorothy Mae and James E. Rice.  She was a loving wife, and mother of four children, Colleen was preceded in death by a...

James (Jim) Dwight Stwalley, 71, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2021. He was born November 24, 1949 in Pratt to Arthur Neil Stwalley and Joyce (Music) Stwalley. James (Jim) married Liz Hurt in 1973 In Pratt, KS. They were married for 19 years. Jim attended Pratt...

HAVILAND—Willard Clair Ferguson, 83, of Haviland, Kansas, passed away at home on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Born August 23, 1937 in Liberal, Kansas to Charles and Stella (Warner) Ferguson, Willard was the last of nine children: Wendell, Charles, Ivol, Bulah, Drula, Delmar, Floyd and Robert....

MANSFIELD, OH —Betty Jean Reed , age 77, died Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at Ohio Health Hospital in Mansfield . Born March 27, 1943 in Shelby to Everett and Cora (Hicks) Stidam, she was a Shelby for many years, most recently residing in Ashland. She obtained...

ST. JOHN—Frances Mae Miller, age 85, passed away Dec. 18, 2020 at Mennonite Friendship Communities, South Hutchinson, KS.  She was born on Feb. 14, 1935 at St. John, KS, the daughter of Roy and Katherine (Sparling) Allison.  Frances was a homemaker, farm wife, seamstress and quilter and...

HAVILAND—Laura Jean McNames Davis, age 84, passed away peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family in her home on January 15, 2021. She was born in Claremore, Oklahoma on September 6, 1936 to Luther and Lorene (Webb) McNames. Laura attended college and graduated with a...

MCPHERSON—Gale Duane Wendelburg, 69, of McPherson, KS went to be with the Lord on January 23, 2021.  Gale was born on March 7, 1951 to Albert and Zelma Lee (Staub) Wendelburg of Stafford. A longtime resident of Stafford, he later moved to Topeka and finally settled...

PRATT—Ula Von Quinn, 89, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2021 at Pratt Health and Rehab. She was born December 17, 1931 in King City, Missouri to Glenn and Blanche (Broderick) Darnell. Ula married Sherrill Duane Quinn on March 10, 1951 in King City, Missouri. He...

PRATT—Melinda Lou Enick, 57, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2021 at her home. She was born December 3, 1963 in Iola to Raymond and Chloe (Storrer) Klaus. Melinda married Doug Enick on August 2, 1986 in Emporia, Kansas. They were married for 34 years. Melinda graduated...

DODGE CITY - Bruce Dale Mock, 93, passed away on January 13, 2021 in Dodge City, Kansas Bruce was born in Hutchinson, Kansas. February 16, 1927 to Kester C. And Alverna (McMurray) Mock. He married JoAnne (Hoskinson) Mock on February 27, 1948 in Hutchinson, Kansas....

Wilma Rose Schlenz Fisher, age 98, graduated from this life to her eternal home in Heaven on December 27, 2020. She was born August 8, 1922 to John George and Hattie Freymiller Schlenz. In addition to her parents, Wilma is also preceded in death by stepmother,...

MANHATTAN - Una L. Allen was born to Keith and Edna Kehr in Newton, Kansas on April 2, 1928.  She and her family moved to Preston, Kansas, where she graduated from Preston High School in 1945. She married Richard Allen on December 24, 1945.  Richard was...

BEL AIRE—Our Dearest Mom, Juanita June (Leeper) Smith, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, January 2, 2021 in her sleep at Catholic Care Assisted Living in Bel Aire, KS.  She was born August 23rd, 1934 to Ross Gardner Leeper Sr. and Beatrice Elizabeth Schuman.  She was proceeded in...

STERLING—Mary Jane Schweitzer, 94, of Sterling passed away Sunday, January 3, 2021 in Sterling.  Private services will be held at Riverside Cemetery. Mary was born on May 27, 1926 in Franklin, Kansas to John Henry and Jenny Lynn (Lane) Tolliver.  She graduated from Arma High School...

Age 90, passed away on Dec. 2, 2020. She was born in Greensburg, Kansas, May 28, 1930 to her parents Harold and Emma (Bertram) Beck. The youngest of four children, she attended Greensburg schools and WSU. She married Walter W. Sondergard, June 29, 1952. They...

SALINA—Cornelia (Joyce) McBride Turner, age 88, passed away Jan. 6, 2021 at Salina Regional Health Center. She was born on Jan. 7, 1932 at Jetmore, KS, the daughter of Roy William and Cornelia Emily Allen McBride.  She was a master scheduler at Cross Manufacturing. She was...

ANDOVER - Rosanne Sullivan (87) died peacefully in her sleep on Friday, January 8, 2021 after a lengthy battle with various health issues.  A recent heart attack on October 5, 2020 left her weak in physical strength but still strong of character as she attempted...

IUKA—Larry Gene Huff, 80, of Iuka, Kansas passed away January 4, 2021 at the Grand Plains Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Pratt, Kansas.  Larry was born November 16, 1940 at the family home in Decatur County, Kansas as the oldest of three children to Bert B...

PRATT—Leonard Lee Mumma, 86, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2021 at Grand Plains Skilled Nursing in Pratt.  He was born September 6, 1934 in Garnett to Louie P. and Mary (Bronson) Mumma. Leonard married Kathryn (Shores) Mumma on August 14, 1954 in Ulysses. They were married...

BUCKLIN—Elveta Estelle Keller passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Hill Top House in Bucklin, KS. Elveta was born on October 20,1937 to George Melvin and Ethel Beatrice (Ward) Keller in Sun City. Elveta enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps of the US Army in 1957. She...

Jimmie Lee Wise, age 88, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 at the Russell Reginal Hospital in Russell, Ks. He was born on Oct. 23, 1932 in St. John, KS, the son of W.S. and Eva (Hunt) Wise.  Jimmie married Patricia Ellen York on July...

GREENSBURG —Jennifer Duke, 42, died December 15, 2020 at Kiowa County Memorial Hospital, Greensburg, Kansas.  She was born June 21, 1978 in King City, California the daughter of Duane Maas and Leslie Duke. She had lived in California and Kiowa County, Kansas.  Jennifer earned a certificate in...

GREAT BEND—Great Bend - Joseph Edward Michael Snyder, of Great Bend, Kansas passed away of a non-COVID illness on December 28, 2020 at the age of 67. He was known as Joe, Pops, Papa Joe, and Snyd by family, friends, and community. Joseph was born in...

PRATT—Her needle is silent and her hands are at rest as Gladys Faye (Randall) Kennedy passed peacefully into God’s arms on December 30, 2020 at the age of 92 at Prairie Sunset Home in Pretty Prairie, Kansas. She was born November 18, 1928 to Amos C....