
Ralph W. Schmidt
Jul 6, 2014
INMAN—Ralph Schmidt, 93, died July 6, 2014 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born August 3, 1920, in Greensburg, Kansas, the son of Pete and Anna Schmidt. He was a lifetime farmer growing up on a farm near Mullinville, Kansas and later extending his farming to Wilmore, Kansas. On May 26, 1945 Ralph married Lillian Koehn. She preceded him...

W. Winfield Slaven
Jun 29, 2014
Haviland-William Winfield Slaven, 96, died June 29, 2014 at Home Again Senior Living, Haviland Kansas. He was born November 8, 1917 near Kingston, Arkansas to John W. and Dora (McClung) Slaven. He married Thelma Day, November 7, 1937 at Syracuse, Kansas. She died October 2, 2013. Win spent many years farming and ranching near Coolidge before retiring from the Hamilton...

Louis “Ray” Allison
Jun 21, 2014
Greensburg- Louis “Ray” Allison, 86, died June 21, 2014 at the South Wind Hospice House, Pratt, Kansas. He was born January 30, 1928 in rural Payne County, Oklahoma, the son of Tolbert W. and Cora E. (Downey) Allison. Ray lived in Payne County, Oklahoma, Hutchinson, Copeland and Greensburg, Kansas since 1967. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1946 and...

Gary L. Worden
Jun 18, 2014
Haviland- Gary L. Worden, 77, died June 18, 2014 at Home Again Assisted Living, Haviland, Kansas. He was born March 7, 1937 in Osborne County, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Fern (Wineinger) Worden. He was a lifetime resident of Haviland. Gary retired from ANR Pipeline Company and was a self employed Heating and Air Conditioning Specialist. He was a...

Ione Morford
Jun 6, 2014
Hillsboro / Greensburg-Josephine Stella “Ione” Morford, 99, died June 6, 2014 at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro, Kansas. She was born December 19, 1914 to Joseph Allen and Della Criqui Morford near Greensburg. She grew up on the farm with her brothers Elton “Slim”, and Floyd “Sherman” Morford. Ione graduated from Greensburg High School in 1932. She received her education degree...

Frances Irene Montgomery
May 25, 2014
FRANCES IRENE MONTGOMERY Greensburg – Frances Irene Montgomery, 80, died May 25, 2014 at Via Christi Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. She was born August 13, 1933 in Clifton Terrace, Illinois the daughter of George and Irene Phillips Sherman. She was a life-long home-maker. On June 3, 1970 she married James William “Bill” Montgomery in Shelbyville, Missouri. Frances had lived in Hannibal,...

Betty Maxine Hogan
May 22, 2014
Greensburg-Betty Maxine Hogan ,84, of Greensburg, Kansas, died May 22, 2014 Thursday afternoon at Carriage House Assisted Living, Greensburg, Kansas. Betty Maxine Cole was born September 21, 1929 to Daniel and Fannie (Reynolds) Cole in Neodesha, Kansas. She was married to Robert Leroy Preble for who died in a accident. She then married Glen Martin “Sammy” Greer who died in...

Bonnie L. Kendall
May 1, 2014
BELPRE – Bonnie L. Kendall, 56, died May 1, 2014, at South Wind Hospice House. She was born Oct. 13, 1958, in Burwell, Neb., to Vernon and Edna Irion Goochy. She lived in Burwell, Ord and Phillips, Nebraska, Valley Center, Kansas and most recently in Edwards County, Kan. She was a manufacturing Machinist. Bonnie is survived by three sons, Joseph...

Beth Hinshaw
Mar 30, 2014
Haviland- Beth Hinshaw, 87, died March 30, 2014 at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham, Kansas, She was born July 1, 1926 in Haviland, Kansas the daughter of C.V. and Beatrice (Bevan) Wagner. She was a homemaker and taught piano lessons from her home. She earned a degree in Music from Friends University. Beth had lived in Haviland, Alva and Seiling, Oklahoma, Independence,...

D. Elizabeth Pew
Feb 23, 2014
Greensburg- Dorothy Elizabeth Pew, 90, died February 23, 2014 at South Wind Hospice House, Pratt Kansas. She was born April 28, 1923 in Langdon, Kansas, the daughter of Chester Lawrence and Bertha Marie (Lightner) Pew. She had lived in Sterling, Hutchinson, Garden City and Greensburg. Elizabeth was a high school business skills teacher. She earned a B.S. from Kansas State...

Dayle A. Heft
Jan 16, 2014
Greensburg-Dayle Allen Heft, 74, died January 16, 2014, at the South Wind Hospice House in Pratt, Kansas. He was born December 20, 1939 at Ashland, Kansas. Dayle was the son of Doyle J. and Jessie Marie Heft. Dayle grew up on a ranch South of Coldwater. He attended Nauvoo Country School for five years. He attended Coldwater Grade School and...

Aurora Marlene Sponaugle
Jan 14, 2014
Pratt- Aurora Marlene Sponaugle, 3 month old daughter of Joseph Sponaugle and Brittani Figueroa, died January 14, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born September 30, 2013 in Pratt, Kansas. She is survived by her parents of Pratt, three brothers, Kayson Wyatt Nystrom, Elijah Anthony Figueroa, and Cayden Brandon Sponaugle, Grandparents Robert and Ethel Sponaugle, Coldwater, Kansas,...

William Victor “Vic” Mcelwain
Jan 2, 2014
Greensburg- William Victor McElwain, 93, died January 2, 2014 at South Wind Hospice House, Pratt, Kansas. He was born April 2, 1920 in Calhan, Colorado, the son of Charles Noble and Anna (Keller) McElwain. A lifetime resident of Kiowa County, Vic graduated from Greensburg High School in 1939 and attended Kansas University for a semester. He was a farmer/rancher and...

Beverly Ann Whitney
Dec 24, 2013
Haviland-Beverly Ann Whitney, 80, died December 24, 2013 at South Wind Hospice House, Pratt, Kansas. She was born March 20, 1933 in Coldwater Kansas, the daughter of Harry Alonzo and Emma Mae (Bibb) Richardson. Beverly graduated from Wilmore High School. She was co-owner of the Willieburger Cafe, and later Bev’s Baking both of Haviland. She had lived in Rock, Kansas,...

Jeanetta A. Dargel
Dec 21, 2013
Bucklin- Jeanetta A. Dargel, 85, died December 21, 2013 at Hill Top House, Bucklin, Kansas. She was born November 14, 1928 in Sitka, Kansas, the daughter of John M. and Adolphina S. (Wassinger) Stegman. Jeanetta graduated from Ashland High School. She was a homemaker and worked as a nursing home administrator. She had lived in Ashland, Greensburg and Bucklin, Kansas....

Elrie Mayfield Kinser
Dec 17, 2013
Newton-Elrie Mayfield Kinser, 101 died Tuesday December 17, 2013 at Presbyterian Manor in Newton, Kansas. He was born June 16, 1912 in Stevens County, Kansas the son of William and Blanche Cook Kinser. He was married to Myrtle Wheeler on March 25, 1934 at the Bethel Friends Church. They moved many times during the early years of their marriage finding...

Ruby Blanche Brown
Dec 14, 2013
Haviland- Ruby Blanche Brown, 77, died December 14, 2013 at the Kiowa County Memorial Hospital, Greensburg, Kansas. She was born February 19, 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Marion and Mary Amanda (Evans) Rector. A lifetime resident of Haviland, Blanche was a Certified Nurses’ Aide and waitress. On May 4, 1955 Blanche married William “Bill” Carr Brown...

Sibyl Andrea Mckinley
Dec 6, 2013
Mullinville- Sibyl Andrea McKinley, 96, passed away December 6, 2013 at Hill Top House, Bucklin, Kansas. She was born October 25, 1917 north of Mullinville, Kansas on the family farm. Delivered by her father, she was the third child and second daughter of John W. and Virga Mae Pridy McKinley. She was raised and lived on the family farm all...

Alan R. Allison
Nov 30, 2013
Greensburg- Alan Ray Allison, 60, died November 30, 2013 at his home near Greensburg, Kansas. He was born October 10, 1953 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of L. Ray and Avanel E. (Hardwick) Allison. Alan was a grain elevator operator for 30 years before retiring in February 2012. A Greensburg resident since 1967 he graduated from Greensburg High School in...

Gabriel Vernon Morock Hughes
Nov 28, 2013
Haviland- Gabriel Vernon Morock Hughes, infant son of Anthony and Micaiah (Morock) Hughes, Haviland, Kansas, died November 28, 2013 in Greensburg, Kansas. Survivors include four brothers Adryan, Cooper, Jeshua and Brogan Hughes, and sister Annalisa Hughes, of the home, paternal Grandparents Craig and Brenda Morford, maternal Grandparents Bruce and Lynda Morock, paternal Great-grandmother Marion Ruth Hughes, maternal Great-grandmother Dorothy Gauron,...
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