Obituaries

Mar 2, 2017

Artie R. (Elliott) Jones, age 93 passed away Mar. 2, 2017 at Great Bend Regional Medical Center.  She was born on Aug. 1, 1923 at Aline, OK, the daughter of George Lee and Martha Elizabeth (Kelley) Elliott.  On Oct. 19 1941 she married Glenn S. Jones at Enid, OK, he passed away on Sept. 19, 2001.  They moved to...

Feb 17, 2017

Janice Marie (Richmeier) Nusser, age 57, passed away on Feb. 17, 2017 at the Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, KS.  She was born on June 23, 1959 at Hoxie, KS, the daughter of E. J. (Elmer) and Mary Jean (Aich) Richmeier.  Janice was a Medical Receptionist for the Stafford County Health Department, St. John, KS.  She graduated from St. John...

Jan 6, 2017

Emerson Henry Shields, age 92, passed away Jan. 6, 2017 atthe Stafford County Hospital, Stafford.  He was born Sept. 18, 1924 at McPherson, KS, the son of Martin I. and Augusta (Barre) Shields.  At the time of Emerson’s passing, he was the oldest practicing Attorney in Kansas and owner of Shields Law Office, St. John, KS.  He spent a year at...

Dec 8, 2016

Sadie “Sid” Ruth Barber- Dale, 99 of St. John, Kansas, passed away on December 8, 2016 in Aurora, Colorado after a long and inspirational life.  Visitation will be at 7 p.m., Wednesday, December 14th at Minnis Chapel in St. John.  Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, December 15th at Minnis Chapel with Tom Reazin officiating.  Burial...

Dec 5, 2016

Kenneth N. Parten, age 83 passed away Dec. 5, 2016 at Stafford County Hospital, Stafford, KS.  He was born on Feb. 1, 1933 at Prather Hill, Greenwood, County, KS, the son of Carl and Ruth (Mann) Parten.  He married Jan (Huffman) on Sept. 14, 1952 at St. John, KS. He was owner-operator of Parten Oil and Gas Co. His...

Dec 5, 2016

Doris D. (Kennedy) Stimatze, age 86 passed away on Dec. 5, 2016 at Harry Hynes Hospice at Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita, KS.  She was born on Nov. 20, 1930 at rural St. John, KS, the daughter of Wayne and Myrtle E. (Stinemetze) Kennedy.  She worked many years as a laundry supervisor for Hearthstone Nursing Home, St. John.  On...

Dec 5, 2016

Doris Jean (Rouse) Swindle-Kennedy, age 77, passed away Dec. 5, 2016 at Stafford County Hospital, Stafford, KS.  She was born on Feb. 14, 1939 at Vinton, IA, the daughter of R.D. and Dorothy Mae (Fish) Rouse.  She was a homemaker and former owner of her Dry Cleaning business in St. John.  On May 18, 1967 she married Howard D....

Nov 24, 2016

Donald B. Mayhew, age 97, passed away on Nov. 24, 2016 at Great Bend.  He was born on Dec. 15, 1918 at Trousdale, the son of Frank and Coila (Kneeland) Mayhew.  He was a life-long resident of Trousdale where he was a farmer and machinist at Cross Mfg for 20 years. He was a member of the Trousdale United...

Nov 15, 2016

Rural St. John, KS Dateline:

Bertie Lou Hayden, age 88 passed away on Nov. 15, 2016 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. She was born on Sept. 17, 1928 in rural Hudson, KS, the daughter of Jacob and Nettie (Ricker) Siefkes.  She was a life-long Stafford County resident and a retired school teacher. She graduated from...

Oct 30, 2016

Roger Hiram Russell, age 80, passed away October 30, 2016 at Parkwood Village, Pratt, KS. He was a 22nd generation American, 7th generation Kansan and 5th generation Stafford County Native. Born at his Kipp grandparent’s home in the Rose Valley township in Southern Stafford County Kansas, in near blizzard conditions on the sixth day of March 1936. Roger was...

Oct 13, 2016

Vivian Victoria Roberts, age 99 passed away on Oct. 13, 2016 at Diversicare of Larned.  She was born on Aug. 11, 1917 at Halstead, KS, the daughter of Cornelius C. and Elizabeth V. (Schmidt) Koehn.  A former resident of Macksville, she worked as a Dietician for Macksville Schools and managed the Macksville City Swimming Pool for several years. Her...

Sep 16, 2016

Macksville, Ks

Maria Espino, 70, of Macksville, Kansas passed away on Friday, September 16, 2016 at her home.  She was born on Aug. 14, 1946 at Aguanueva, Durango, Mexico, the daughter of Maurilio Espino and Guadalupe Delgadillo.  She was a 24 year resident of Macksville, cooking at numerous restaurants in her lifetime. She is survived by a...

Aug 30, 2016

Eddina Symns, age 84 passed away on Aug. 30, 2016 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center.  She was born on Nov. 4, 1931 at St. John, KS, the daughter of Charles I. and Nellie S. (Forrester) Symns.  She was an artist and homemaker, graduating from Radium High School and the University of Kansas.  Her memberships include, Kansas Farm Bureau, Hutchinson...

Aug 25, 2016

Betty Lou Tschanz, age 91 passed away Aug. 25, 2016 at Leisure Homestead, St. John.  She was born on Dec. 9, 1924 at Hutchinson, the daughter of Edward Stanton and Nellie Mildred (Ward) Cooper.  She was a homemaker, worked at the St. John News and was a waitress at several cafes in St. John and Protection.  A resident of...

Aug 11, 2016

Our Little Angel, Baby Michael Wayne Sheets, blessed us on August 11, 2016 and was called to the Lord on August 11, 2016.  Surviving family members include; his parents Darren Sheets and Harley Cullum; his brothers, Benjamin and Braden; Grandparents, Katy and Sam Martin, Joni and Mike Sayler, Robert and Dona Patterson, Billy and Jolene Sheets; Great Grandparents, Rosette...

Aug 8, 2016

Charles E. “Charlie” Blakeslee, age 89, passed away on Aug. 8, 2016 at his home. Charles was born on June 22, 1927 at Great Bend, KS, the son of George Washington and Lena A. (Hiss) Blakeslee.  He was a life-long Stafford County resident and farmer, while also working over 19 years at Minnis Funeral Chapels.  His memberships include, Trinity...

Aug 4, 2016

Tony L. Tranbarger, age 53 passed away Aug. 4, 2016 at his home.  He was born Apr. 6, 1963 at Larned, KS, the son of Larry E. and Carol A. (Mills) Tranbarger.  A life-long Macksville resident, he was a farmer.  He graduated from Macksville High School in 1981 and received a BS Degree in Agriculture from McPherson College.  Tony...

Jul 31, 2016

Harry W. Johnson passed away at Bickford Assisted Living in Mission, Kansas on July 31, 2016. He was born in Greensburg, Kansas to W.R. and Sylvia Johnson on August 6, 1921. He was a 1939 graduate of Greensburg High School and a 1943 graduate of Kansas University with a degree in Music Education. While at KU, he played the...

Jul 6, 2016

Carolyn Elizabeth Breitenbach, age 94, passed away July 6, 2016 at Phillips County Hospital, Phillipsburg, KS.  She was born on Nov. 23, 1921 in Henderson, KY, the daughter of James Rudy and Elizabeth (Raber) Bryant.  In May of 1946, she married Bernard F. Breitenbach at Henderson, KY, he preceded her in death.

She was a licensed funeral...

Jul 4, 2016

Al Campos passed away on July 4, 2016 - his 79th birthday -  in Phoenix, AZ.  Raised in St. John by his grandparents, Frank and Goldie Rellez, Al's home was any place duty called him. A devout patriot, he proudly served our country with a 30-year career in the U.S. Air Force, retiring in 1985 as a Senior Chief...