Obituaries

WICHITA – Emma “Emmie” Elizabeth Stockemer, 86, wife, mother and grandmother, passed away Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. “Emmie” was a loving mother, friend and neighbor who was always willing to help anyone in need. Emma loved...

KINGMAN – Rex M. Brown, 82, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 at the Cheney Golden Age Home. He was born July 4, 1932 at Mayfield, the son of Leslie and Edna Pritner Brown. A Kingman resident...

Norwich – Michael Bruce Murdock, 74, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 at his home. He was born Feb. 13, 1950, at Lexington, Neb., the son of Otto and Jane Yoder Murdock. A longtime resident of the...

NORWICH – Marjorie (Coon) Callaway, 98 of Norwich died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. Marjorie (Coon) Callaway was born March 14, 1916 at Adams, to Frank Coon and Mary (Weaver) Coon. Marjorie...

WICHITA – Donald L. Pickert, 82, devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, son and friend passed away peacefully in his Wichita home on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. Don was preceded in death by his...

ELDORADO – Rhonda Lynn McElwain was born May 18, 1954 to Alan Clair and Dorothy E. McElwain at Kiowa County Hospital, Greensburg. She was greeted with open arms by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on...

KINGMAN – William Denver Wells, 99, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015 at Wheatlands Health Care Center, Kingman. He was born Dec. 2, 1915 in Clark Co., Kansas, the son of Clifford Ray and Clara Gertrude Goodwin...

MURDOCK – Bruce Adelbert Lannon, 73, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 at his home due to Mesothelioma/asbestos. He was born Jan. 11, 1941 at Clifton Springs, N.Y., the son of Norman Pardy and Frances Sweet Lannon....

HOISINGTON – Corrine Catherine Finger, 75, died Dec. 31, 2014, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born July 16, 1939 in Great Bend, the daughter of Joseph Lawrence “Joe L.” and Regina Marie (Debes) Kaiser....

CROWLEY, Texas – Dorothy McClure Hildreth, 89, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014 at Crowley, Texas. She was born May 7, 1925 to Medford and Ruth Talburt in Holdenville, Okla. Dorothy was a member of the First...