All Obituaries

Gail Leon Dill, age 70, passed away on Nov. 22, 2021 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, KS. She was born on Sept. 21, 1951 in Pratt, KS., the daughter of Carl Melvin and Nona Lea (Wilson) Staub. She is survived by her children, Heather Mathias, Aiken, SC; Brandon (Erica) Morrow, Spirit Lake, IA; Shelly Dill, St. John, KS, brothers, Lonnie Staub, St. John, KS, Carl Staub, Jr., St. John, KS; sister Rita Suiter, Macksville, KS; grandchildren, Abigail, Liam, Gabriel, Graham, Elijah and...

Joy L. Cudney passed away on November 25, 2021, in Pratt, Kansas. She was born on June 7, 1924, in Trousdale, Kansas. Her four brothers—Thomas, Alexander, Doyn, and Charles—preceded her in death. She credited her older brother Thomas with her name, noting that he jumped for joy at having a baby sister.   Joy married Ray Earl Cudney on September 3, 1944, in Trousdale, Kansas. Together they built a life as farmers and raised four daughters: Barbara, Doris, Shirley, and...

http://youtu.be/sS9BdaKLSmo http://youtu.be/THoOLMS_3x0 https://youtu.be/y6ojdgj55lw https://youtu.be/jBS3oP3He-k http://youtu.be/oUz79vgf-I0   Orpha Wretling, 90, passed in peace on Nov. 18, 2021 at Leisure Homestead, Stafford, KS. She was born on March 13, 1931 to Theodore F. and Hulda L. (Alpers) Witt in Great Bend, Kansas. Orpha was preceded in death by both of her parents, an infant brother, Vernon Witt; sisters Veleta (Witt) Mueller and Cleora (Witt) Francis and brother...

Rollin Leroy “Bud” Suiter, age 87, passed away on Nov. 13, 2021 at Parkwood Village, Pratt, KS.  He was born on June 17, 1934 at the family farm in Rural Macksville, KS., the son of Ernest B. and Martha Pauline (Boothe) Suiter.  Bud was a farmer-stockman and life-long resident of Macksville, KS. He was a member of the Macksville Christian Church.  On Aug. 2, 1953, he married Twylla L. (Locke) at Macksville, KS., she survives.  Other survivors include his son,...

http://youtu.be/J8Dc3-7nM_k Lindsey Nicole (Dryden) Davis, age 38, passed away on Nov. 8, 2021 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS.  She was born on Oct. 15, 1983 at Great Bend, KS., the daughter of Stephen F. and Marsha (Massey) Dryden.  She was a Registered Nurse at the Larned State Hospital, Larned, KS., and a resident of Garfield since 2018.  She married Davie C. Davis on Aug. 18, 2016, he passed away on Nov. 3, 2021.  Lindsey is survived by three sons, Mason...

http://youtu.be/J8Dc3-7nM_k Davie C. Davis, age 48, passed away on Nov. 3, 2021 at the University Hospital, Columbia, MO.  He was born on Dec. 13, 1972 at Fort Walton Beach, FL., the son of Wallace Davis and Mary C. Williams.  He was a self-employed contractor with Davis Construction and a resident of Garfield since 2018.  He married Lindsey Dryden on Aug. 18, 2016, she passed away on Nov. 8, 2021.  Davie is survived by his two sons, Landon and Lynkon Davis; a step-son,...

Cleo R. Bartlett was born in September 1926 in Fulton County, Arkansas.  He was the son of Andrew and Alma Shelton Bartlett and spent his childhood on a farm between St. John and Stafford.  He attended Stafford schools, graduating with the class of 1943 at the age of 16.  The summer after graduation he attended Sterling College, received an emergency WWII teaching certificate, and began his forty plus years of educating young people.  In 1944 he was drafted into the U. S....

Leslie Deighton, Jr., age 83, passed away on Nov. 8, 2021 at the Stafford County Hospital, Stafford, KS.  He was born on Nov. 19, 1937 at Larned, KS., the son of Leslie A. and Clara (Elmore) Deighton, Sr.  On Nov. 30, 1957, he married Barbara Lyda at Alva, OK., she survives.  A resident of Macksville, KS., since 1967, he was the owner and operator of Les Deighton Sales and Repair in downtown Macksville, KS.  He was a member of the Fort Larned Good Sam’s Camping...

Germaine Elizabeth (Odom) Suiter-Smith, age 93, passed away on Nov. 1, 2021 at Kenwood Plaza, St. John, KS.  She was born on Oct. 25, 1928 at Pratt, KS., the daughter of Herbert and Ella S. (Bird) Odom.  Germaine was a Macksville High School graduate, homemaker and a retired nurse’s aide. She was a member of the Macksville Christian Church and the CWF both of Macksville, KS.   On Oct. 22 1947, she married Eugene Lee Suiter at Macksville, KS., he passed away in...

Betty Jean (Martin) Felin, age 90, passed away on Oct. 25, 2021 at her home in St. John, KS.  She was born on Feb. 24, 1931 at Eagle City, OK., the daughter of Charles A. and Jessie M. (Stott) Martin. She worked 17 years as a cook for St. John District Hospital and previously ran the Delp’s Café and worked as a clerk at Rexall Drug store, all of St. John.  On Feb. 9, 1951 she married Robert E. Felin at Marshfield, MO., he passed away in 2000.  She loved spending...