Obituaries

NORWICH – Robert J. Holder, 92, died April 13, 2016, in Wichita. He was born Oct. 26, 1923, at Norwich the son of Fred and Ethel Snelling Holder.  A lifetime resident of the Norwich community, he...

KINGMAN – Bruce Ashida, 60, died April 11, 2016. He was born Nov. 4, 1955, at Leoti, the son of Hideo and Amy Sasaki Ashida. A Kingman resident since 1989, previously of Ulysses, he was a...

KINGMAN – Opal W. Krehbiel, 101, died April 10, 2016. She was born Jan. 1, 1915, in Kingman the daughter of Lewis W. and Hazel Ramsey Fairchild. A longtime Kingman resident, she was a former co-owner...

KINGMAN – Alberta Ann Schwartz, 86, died April 10, 2016. She was born June 22, 1929, at Willowdale, Kansas the daughter of Clement and Rosa Bayer Hageman. A lifetime resident of Kingman County, she was a...

HUTCHINSON – Alice May Hirt, 83, passed away April 6, 2016 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born September 20, 1932 in Baca County, Colo., the daughter of Charlie and Corda May Baker. Alice graduated...

KINGMAN – Merlynn H. Lantis, 91, died April 4, 2016. She was born Oct. 5, 1924, in Kingman County, the daughter of Arthur “A.T.” and Mary Cramer Crouch.  A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, she...

NORWICH – Leona M. Berry, 76, of Norwich, died Thursday, March 31, 2016 at her residence. She was born July 31, 1939 at Argonia, Kansas to William Jacob Fitz and Martha Ellen (Long) Fitz. Leona grew...

HUTCHINSON – James Patrick Sheahan, 85, died March 28, 2016, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born March 2, 1931, in Kingman to William L. and Mabel (Rowley) Sheahan. James graduated from Zenda High School...

CUNNINGHAM – Norma Jean Ratcliff, 72, died March 27, 2016, in Wichita. She was born Aug. 10, 1943, in Harper County, the daughter of Arlo and Bernice Culver Reida.  A longtime resident of the Cunningham community,...

ZENDA – Helen Ryan, 80, died March 25, 2016. She was born May 11, 1935, at Zenda the daughter of Alden and Lavone Simonson Swingle. A resident of the Zenda community most of her life, she...