Obituaries
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...
Todd Meyer
Sep 23, 2021
Todd Allan Meyer, age 59, passed away on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt KS. He was born on April 6, 1962 in Sidney, NE., the son of Dean A. and Jannette L. (Krueger) Meyer. Todd graduated from Sidney High School in 1981. He was a resident of St. John. Todd loved horses and...
Clifford Morey
Sep 16, 2021
Clifford Michael Morey, age 76, passed away on Thursday, September 16, 2021 at Leisure Homestead, St. John, KS. He was born on August 3, 1945 in Hutchinson, KS, the son of Harold Clifford Morey and Audrey (Hemphill) Morey. Clifford served four years in the U.S. Navy. On June 26, 1977 he married Diana Stanley. She passed away in...
Patricia Truesdell
Sep 14, 2021
Patricia Vivian Truesdell, age 93, passed away September 14, 2021 in St. John, KS. Pat was born January 4, 1928 in Sterling, CO to Earnest and Gladys (Rush) Wood. Pat married Lee Linnemann and together they had three sons. In 1967, Pat married Calvin D. Truesdell who brought his four sons into their marriage. He later passed away...
Leslie Cammarn
Aug 18, 2021
Leslie Dean Cammarn, age 51, passed away on Aug. 18, 2021 at the O.U. Health Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK. He was born on Aug. 29, 1969 at Kansas City, KS, the son of Eddie Dean Cammarn and Velda R. (Kastning) Young. Leslie was a waste water manager for Butterball Poultry Processing at Carthage, MO. He is survived by his...
Peggy Thompson
Aug 15, 2021
Peggy Thompson, 88, passed away 15 August 2021. Peggy was born in 1932 in rural Kearney County, Kansas, the daughter of Earl Johnson and Florence (Kearns). Peggy attended school in Hopewell, Ks, where she met and married, Loren Thompson, in 1948. The couple relocated to Syracuse, Kansas in 1950, where they farmed and raised their family. Other than 3...
Bob Burns, Sr.
Aug 8, 2021
Bob Jay Burns, Sr., age 56, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021 at the Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, KS. He was born on Dec. 24, 1964 in Salem, OR, the son of Jack Dennis and Sharon Evone (Mullins) Burns. On Aug. 16, 1992, he married Rachel Dawn (Hall) in Issaquah, WA. He was a resident of...
Donald Suiter
Jul 29, 2021
Donald Ray Suiter, age 87, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at the Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, KS.,. He was born on September 9, 1933 at Macksville, KS, the son of Ralph L. and Edna (Waddle) Suiter. Donald was a fourth-generation farmer on the Suiter Homestead. He married Katherine E. (Delp) on...
Lynn Aumiller, Sr.
Jul 24, 2021
Lynn Leon Aumiller, age 81, passed away peacefully at his home on July 24, 2021. He was born in Hoxie, KS on March 30, 1940 to Calvin and Bessie Aumiller. Lynn graduated in 1958 from Radium High School. He married Shirley Mawhirter on May 6, 1962. She preceded him in death on May 19, 2017. He was a member...
Dean Turnbough, Sr.
Jul 4, 2021
Warna “Dean” Turnbough, Sr., age 74, passed away on July 4, 2021 at Pratt Regional Medical Center in Pratt, KS. He was born on March 28, 1947 in Chetopa, KS., the son of Claud and Ruth Naoma (Kephart) Johnson. Dean had 21 siblings. He was a resident of Trousdale, KS before residing in Macksville, KS. On June 30, 1980...
Dexter Cotter
Jun 29, 2021
Dexter Keith Cotter, age 88, passed away on June 29, 2021 in Wichita, Ks. He was born on September 27,1932 in Harper County, OK., the son of Rex H. and Gladys P. (Gilchrist) Cotter. On August 23, 1952 he married Orma Lee Roberts in Buffalo, OK. Dexter served 22 years in the U.S. Army Reserves with active duty...
Dorothy Sparks
Jun 14, 2021
Dorothy Marie Sparks, age 100, passed away on June 14, 2021 at Kenwood Plaza, St. John, KS. She was born on May 1, 1921 near Coy, OK., the daughter of Carl and Olga (Beyer) Schenk. She graduated from High School in 1945 at Alva, OK., and later received her Bachelor’s degree in Business from Northwestern College in Oklahoma. Dorothy...
Vernon Mastin, Sr.
Jun 7, 2021
Vernon Ray Mastin, Sr. was born on November 14, 1935, in St. John, Kansas to Bert and Bertha Mastin. He graduated from St. John High School in 1956.
He passed on Monday June 7, 2021 in Pearland Texas. He met the love of his life Charlotte Doughty and they were married Stafford Ks on...
Jack Thompson
May 19, 2021
Jack Eldon Thompson, age 93, passed away on May 19, 2021 at his home in Macksville, KS. He was born on January 28, 1928 in Sutherland, NE., the son of Orville Dean and Fraukalena (Kruger) Thompson. Jack was a resident of Flats, NE, then later ran a ranch in Garden County, NE for 25 years. On June 13, 1954,...
Rick Cornwell
May 17, 2021
Rick Cornwell of St. John passed away on May 17, 2021, surrounded by his children.
Born on June 15, 1949 to Jack and June Cornwell, Rick grew up on his family farm in St. John, Kansas.
After graduating from St. John High School, he attended Kansas State University where he was a member of the...
Margaret “June” Cornwell
May 16, 2021
Margaret June Cornwell, 94, passed away May 16, 2021, at Kenwood Plaza, St. John, KS. She was born on June 17, 1926, in Osborne County Kansas to Loren and Areta (Dibble) Breckenridge.
June graduated from Woodston High School and Fort Hays College. She then moved to St. John to teach Home Economics where she met Jack Cornwell. ...
Vernon White
May 9, 2021
Vernon Edward White, age 94, passed away on May 9, 2021 at the Home of the Flint Hills, St. George, KS. Vernon was born on May 20, 1926 at Ness City, KS, the son of Homer Reeves and Ina Jane (Redenbaugh) White. On Apr. 5, 1952, he married Peggy P. Smith at rural St. John, KS. He was a...