Obituaries

Dec 19, 2015

Milton LeRoy Rice, age 80 of Pawnee Rock, KS, passed away Dec. 19, 2015 at Hays, KS.  He was born on Feb. 28, 1935 in rural Hudson, KS, the son of Albert L. and Edna (Mettscher) Rice.  Milton was an X-Ray ASME code welder from 1956-1987 and a resident of Pawnee Rock since 1967. He was a member of...

Dec 14, 2015

Norma Bee Long, age 87, passed away Dec. 14, 2015 at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson, KS.  She was born on May 28, 1928 at Macksville, KS, the daughter of Raymond and Mary E. (Graebner) Neill.  She was a homemaker and resident of Hutchinson for over 40 years.  Her memberships were Alpha Tau Sorority, PEO, Extension Council, Methodist Churches, Hesperian Club...

Dec 11, 2015

Seward, Ks  Dateline:

David L. West, age 72 passed away at his home in Seward, KS on Dec. 11, 2015.  He was born Dec. 9, 1943 in Great Bend, KS., the son of Thomas R. and Lenora (Porter) West.  He was the owner/operator of Midwest Truck in Seward since 1981.  He was a life-long Seward resident, St....

Nov 28, 2015

Nedra June Sizemore, age 90, passed away on Nov. 28, 2015 at Wichita.  She was born on July 7, 1925 at St. John, KS, the daughter of James E. and Goldie R. (Pound) Blazer.  A life-long resident of St. John, she was a cook for St. John Dist. Hospital as well as other private cooking jobs in her community. ...

Nov 10, 2015

Great Bend, Kansas Dateline:

Charlotte Ann Watkins, age 69 passed away Nov. 10, 2015 at St. John.  She was born on Jan. 3, 1946 at Hays, KS, the daughter of Harlan and Elsie (Brown) Littrell. She was a Certified Medical Aide. On May 25, 2001 she married Myron C. Watkins at Great Bend, KS, he survives.  Other...

Nov 4, 2015

Tilda June Cotton, age 96 passed away Nov. 4, 2015 at Stafford County Hospital.  She was born on June 29, 1919 at Cleo Springs, OK, the daughter of Chauncy E. and Olive Ann (Coates) Hager.  A life-long resident of St. John, she was a homemaker and farmer. She was a 1937 graduate of St. John High School.  On Nov....

Oct 28, 2015

Eldred M. Lewis, 87, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at Larned, Kansas, following a long illness.  He was a farmer and resided in Burdett, Kansas.  Eldred was born September 25, 1928, on a farm near Timken, Kansas, the son of Willis Heale Lewis and Hazel Imogene (Vanderford) Lewis.  Eldred attended Larned schools and worked with his father in...

Oct 23, 2015

St. John—Donald Edward Cutright, 64, of St. John, KS, died Friday, October 23, 2015 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt.

He was born on August 21, 1951, in Kiowa, KS, the son of George Edward Cutright and Nadine Ellen (Rucker) Cutright. On May 9, 1987; he married Rosita Kastner in St. John, KS.

Don was...

Oct 21, 2015

George D. Walls, age 89 passed away Oct. 21, 2015 at the Stafford County Hospital.  He was born on Oct. 21, 1926 at St. John, the son of Fred and Ruth (Shotton) Walls.  He was a life-long resident of St. John and a Farmer/Stockman. On Apr. 24, 1954 he married Helen M. (Tubbs) at Turon, KS, she preceded him...

Oct 19, 2015

Dennis Dale Harter, age 65, passed away Oct. 19, 2015.  He was born on Feb. 25, 1950 at Larned, KS, the son of Dale R. and Louise E. (Fehrenbacher) Harter.  He was the store manager of NAPA-Harter Automotive in Stafford, KS.  He graduated from St. John High School in 1968 and was a resident of Stafford since 1996. He...

Oct 9, 2015

Barbara L. Watson was born on February 6, 1931 in Seymour, MO to Rudy and Rachel Schroeder and gained her heavenly wings on October 9, 2015. Barbara graduated from Seymour High School in 1948 and married Herman Watson on May 23, 1948. A short time later they moved to St. John, KS to make their home. On June 22,...

Oct 6, 2015

Shirley Ann Welch

On October 6, 2015 Shirley Ann Barnes Welch lost her long, courageous battle with multiple cancers. She died at her home in Lawrence surrounded by her family.

Like her mother and maternal grandmother before her, Shirley was born on a farm near Brownell in Ness County, Kansas. She was born...

Sep 22, 2015

Hazel Jordan, age 95, passed peacefully in her sleep on September 22, 2015 in Willcox, Arizona.  Hazel was born February 15, 1920 to George Rowe Clemes and Mary Hazel Radke Clemes.  She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 sisters,1brother, husband Ralph, daughter,  Kathryn, son Bradley.  She is survived by daughters Cheryl Boutin, (John) Willcox, Arizona,   Jane Dale,...

Sep 21, 2015

Judy A. (Bradford) Roberts-Anderson, age 71, passed away Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 at Almost Home in Great Bend.  Judy was born on Sept. 25, 1943 in Great Bend, Ks, the daughter of Todd Elmer and Millie L. (Carr) Bradford.  She was a retired Bank Teller for the St. John National Bank and long-time resident of St. John before moving...

Sep 17, 2015

Kenneth L. Tompkins, age 88 of Great Bend, passed away Sept. 17, 2015 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Ks.  He was born on Sept. 20, 1926 on the family farm NE of Byers, Ks., in Rural Stafford Co., Ks., the son of Lawrence W. and Gladys I. (Miles) Tompkins.  Kenny graduated from Antrim High School in 1945. ...

Sep 1, 2015

Patricia Elaine Gould , 65, of Hudson, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, September, 1 st , at her home.  She was born in Ellsworth on July 22, 1950, to Ralph and Lucile (Tipton) Nichols.  On April, 15, 1971 she married Ricky Lee Gould, moving to Hudson in 2006.  Surviving family members include her...

Aug 16, 2015

Manuel Herrera, 20, died Sunday, August 16, 2015 at Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita.  Born May 22, 1995 at Brighton, CO, he was the son of Jesus and Luz Emilia Herrera.  He was a graduate of St. John High School.  He is survived by his parents: Jesus and Luz Herrera. Brothers: Erick Herrera and Omar Herrera.  Grandparents: Francisco Balderrama...

Aug 8, 2015

Gerald V. ‘Yogi’ Behr – Died August 8, 2015 at 83 years of age.

He was born in Hoisington, Kansas, on June 23rd, 1932 to Vincent and Lily (Mater) Behr.

On May 30 th , 1956 Yogi was united in marriage to Kathleen...

Aug 1, 2015

Audrey Kay Miller , age 80, passed away Aug. 1, 2015 at Leisure Homestead, St. John.  She was born on June 9, 1935 at Corcoran, CA, the daughter of George and Nettie C. (McGee) Apperson.  Audrey was a Bookkeeper and resident of St. John since 1997.  On Feb. 19, 1955 she married Orvis R. “Nub” Miller in...

Jul 5, 2015

Audrey Faye (Shepherd) Nusser , age 77, passed away at her home in St. John on July 5, 2015. She was born on June 14, 1938 in Sylvia, KS, the daughter of James and Mildred Shepherd. She was a resident of St. John since 1968 having worked for First National Bank, St. John for 30 Yrs.  On...