Obituaries

Pauline L. Jacobs, 85, died March 12, 2022 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born June 10, 1936, the daughter of Leo w. and Lucille Miller Mertens.  A longtime resident of Kingman, having also lived...

Katherine A. Henderson, 53, of Great Bend, passed away suddenly on Thursday morning, Feb. 24, 2022, at Bright Place North Care Facility in Topeka. Katherine was born on Sept. 19, 1968, at Wichita to Frederick L....

Anna Belle Messick, 84, of Wichita, passed away March 3, 2022, at Life Care Center of Wichita. She was born Aug. 23, 1937, in Sterling, the daughter of Carl and Edith Hubbard Manwarren. Ann has resided...

Stephanie Renea Wyman, 30, was born Jan. 31, 1992, in Kingman and passed away Feb. 25, 2022, after a brief illness and a battle with depression. She was the youngest daughter of Jacque Wyman and lived...

Leola Aletha Osner, 89, passed away on March 2, 2022, at Wheatlands Health Care Center in Kingman. Leola was born March 23, 1932 at Belmont, the daughter of Oliver and Aletha Blumanhourst. She attended Kingman Schools....

Mary Alyce Jones, 102, died Feb. 28, 2022, at Pretty Prairie. She was born July 13, 1919, in Kingman County, the daughter of Artie and Rosa Sallee Dean. A lifetime resident of the Penalosa, Lerado and...

Paul Ellis Kemp, 81, passed away peacefully on Feb. 18, 2022, surrounded by his family. Born on Sept. 15, 1940, in Kingman, he graduated from Kingman High School before earning a degree from Hutchinson Community College...

Jill Loree Miller was born Aug. 23, 1957, in Kingman and died Feb. 19, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was surrounded by her family and pastor. After graduating from high school in 1976...

Larry Norman Jayne was born Feb. 16, 1951, to George Edward “Shorty” and Kathrine Croute Jayne in Kingman. He attended Kingman schools until the family moved to Salina, Kansas in 1969, where he graduated from high...

Donald R. Mertens, 80, died Feb. 14, 2022 at the Kingman Community Hospital. He was born April 23, 1941, in Kingman County, the son of Leo W. and Lucille Miller Mertens. A lifetime resident of the...