Obituaries

LYONS — Bill Schoenhofer, 85, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Bill was born on Sept. 21, 1927 to Carl and Tillie Smith Schoenhofer in Walnut. Bill was the youngest of 11 children. Bill was raised in...

KINGMAN — Merlyn Jean Boyer-Darling, 74, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. She was born July 13, 1938 at Kingman, the daughter of Owen Eugene and Jennie Iva Faulds Clark. A lifetime resident of the Kingman community,...

KINGMAN — Robert L. ‘Bob’ Naasz, 81, devoted husband, father and papa, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. He was born April 11, 1931 in Kingman County, the son of John and Wilahemna “Minnie” Pfeifner Naasz. A...

PRATT — Rowena Pearl Owens, 90, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 at Hilltop Manor in Cunningham. She was born March 22, 1922 in Wakita, Okla., the daughter of Raymond and Grace May (Mercer) Rixse. A longtime...

WICHITA — Robert Lee Coykendall, 83, passed away Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Born and raised on a farm in Duquoin, he was a teacher and principal in elementary schools in Cheney, Moorpark, Calif. and Wichita. In...

Arlington — Charles A. Burgess, 53, died Feb. 21, 2013, at his home. He was born Oct. 27, 1959, at Hutchinson the son of Willard D. and Helen Swenson Burgess. A longtime resident of Arlington, he...

MURDOCK — Kylie R. Sanderson, 23, died Feb. 21, 2013, at Wichita. She was born Oct. 4, 1989, at Wichita the daughter of Donald and Penny Sanderson. A resident of Murdock most of her life, she...

KINGMAN — W. Eugene “Gene” Dixon, 92, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. He was born Dec. 9, 1920 at Basil, the son of Lloyd and Gladys VanArsdale Dixon. A lifetime resident of Kingman, he was retired...

GARDEN PLAIN — Mark L. Goetz, 58, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at Wichita. He was born in Kingman on Oct. 31, 1954 to Lawrence and Peggy Goetz. Survivors include his mother, Peggy; brothers, Daniel, Durham,...

KINGMAN — Mary B. Bowyer, 90, died Feb. 17, 2013. She was born April 13, 1922, the daughter of James A. and Lucy Riggs Marshall. She was a member of the Kingman Church of Christ. In...