Obituaries
Curtis O'Dell, Jr.
Jan 24, 2022
Curtis Dean “Bud” O’Dell, Jr., age 73, passed away on Jan. 24, 2022 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. He was born on Mar. 20 1948 at Stafford, KS., the son of Curtis D. and Ruby Jean (Munden) O’Dell, Sr. Bud was a Truck Driver for the Oil Industry. He graduated from St. John...
Penni Heller
Jan 10, 2022
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Penni Dawn Britt-Heller
April 27, 1963 – January 10, 2022
A nurse on earth is now an angel in heaven.
Penni Dawn Britt-Heller, 58, died...
Joe Butler
Dec 31, 2021
Joe G. Butler, age 69, passed away on Dec. 31, 2021 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born on Oct. 8, 1952 at Wichita, KS., the son of Joy and Roberta (Wood) Butler. He was a farmer and life-long resident of Macksville, KS. On Mar. 31, 1973, he married Marcene A. (Rothrock) at Macksville, KS., she survives. ...
Gregory Fisher
Dec 21, 2021
Gregory D. Fisher, age 69, passed away on Dec. 21, 2021 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, KS. He was born on February 1, 1952 at St. John, KS., the son of Donald B. and Doris Jeanne (Kachelman) Fisher. A long-time resident of St. John, he was a Farmer and Rancher. He graduated from St. John High School...
Rosa Villalba - Gonzalez
Dec 7, 2021
Rosa Villalba - González,de 39 años, falleció el 7 de Diciembre de 2021 en Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, KS. Nació el 1 de Febrero de 1982 en Jiménez, Chihuahua-México, hija de Jorge Villalba y Rosa González. Rosa era ama de casa y residente de Macksville, KS. Los sobrevivientes incluyen su pareja el Señor Jesús Erasmo Ortiz y...
Donald Vosburgh
Nov 30, 2021
Donald Merle Vosburgh, age 83, passed away on Nov. 30, 2021 at Grand Plains, Pratt, KS. He was born a twin Feb. 9, 1938 at Dodge City, KS. The son of Edward E. and Alice E (Smith) Vosburgh. He married Sybil R. (Cummins) on Sept. 2, 1961 at Macksville, KS. She survives of the home. He was a...
Joy Cudney
Nov 25, 2021
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J oy 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...
Robert Toot
Nov 23, 2021
Robert Duane Toot, age 84, passed away on Nov. 23, 2021 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, KS. He was born on Aug. 31, 1937 in Pratt, KS., the son of Ora and Dorothy (Hunley) Toot. Robert was the owner of Bob’s Motor Co., worked for the City of St. John and farmed for many local farmers. He served...
Gail Dill
Nov 22, 2021
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,...
Orpha LeRoy-Wretling
Nov 18, 2021
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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...
Rollin "Bud" Suiter
Nov 13, 2021
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...
Lindsey Davis
Nov 8, 2021
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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...
Leslie Deighton, Jr.
Nov 8, 2021
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,...
Davie Davis
Nov 3, 2021
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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. ...
Germaine Suiter-Smith
Nov 1, 2021
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...
Betty Felin
Oct 25, 2021
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...
Cleo Bartlett
Oct 19, 2021
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...
Johnnie Powell
Oct 13, 2021
Johnnie Lee Powell, age 67, passed away on Oct. 13, 2021 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. He was born on Dec. 9, 1953 at Great Bend, KS., the son of LeRoy and Lorine (Busick) Powell. He was a self-employed auto mechanic and resident of Seward since 2000. Survivors include his mother, Lorine; a sister, Donna Clark,...
RosaLee Ford
Oct 12, 2021
RosaLee (Hathaway) Ford, age 90, passed away on Oct. 12, 2021 at her home in Kinsley, KS. She was born on Aug. 2, 1931 at St. John, KS, the daughter of Robert Thomas and Lovina Belle (Weibling) Hathaway. She was a professional cook and resident of Kinsley, KS since 1951. On Sept. 1, 1951, she married Merle LeRoy...
Donna McMillan
Sep 30, 2021
Donna Dean McMillan passed away September 30, 2021 @ St John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, CA. Donna was born September 24, 1947, in Great Bend, KS to Richard and Madeleine McMillan. Donna graduated from St John High School in 1965 and attended Fort Hays Kansas State College. Donna resided in West Los Angeles, CA. She worked for 20...