Obituaries

Lee Alan Keown died on March 26, 2024, as a result of a fall in his home in Pond Creek. He was born in Harper, Kan., on Jan. 7, 1956, to Robert Eugene Keown and Betty...

Anna Mae (Sladek) Patton passed away peacefully in Caldwell, Kan., on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. She was the youngest of four children born to Joseph C. and Christina L. (Chalupnik) Sladek. She was born May 9, 1935...

Barbara K. Sowers, 79, died April 2, 2024, at her home in Kingman. She was born July 27, 1944, at Kingman, the daughter of Harry and Blanche Wallace Clayton.  A lifetime resident of the Murdock and...

Levi M. Ziegler, 82, died March 24, 2024 in Wichita. He was born Feb. 5, 1942, in Kingman the son of Andrew P. and Katherine Thimesch Ziegler. A lifetime resident of Kingman, he retired from the...

Wilma Jean Forpahl was born on Dec. 28, 1931, in Knowles, Okla., the second daughter of Robert Cecil and Grace Mae (Collins) Benn. One of five children, Wilma grew up on the family farm near Knowles....

Charles William Hirst, a cherished husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2024, in Shell Knob, Mo. Born on Feb. 28, 1952, in Hutchinson to Herbert and Bertha Mae (Miller) Hirst,...

Larry G. McMillian, 74, died March 30, 2024 at Hospice House of Reno County. He was born Oct. 13, 1949, in Eureka, the son of Lewis and Ollie Scott McMillian. A longtime resident of the Pretty...

Timothy William Thissen, 72, of Greeley, Colo., passed away peacefully at his home, with his loving wife Holly by his side, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.  Born on Feb. 13, 1952, in Hillsboro, Tim was the...

 Lenette Lucille Moyer Kottas, 85, of Harper, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2024.   Lenette was born June 19, 1938, in Ellsworth to Harrison and Frieda Moyer, one of four siblings. She graduated from Ellsworth High...

Everett Eugene Flickner, 88, died March 25, 2024, at his home. He was born Oct. 12, 1935, in Kingman, the son of Dave and Margaret Graber Flickner. A lifetime resident of Kingman, he was a farmer....