Obituaries

WICHITA — Alfred W. “Al” Becker, 88, retired Coors of Kansas salesman of over 30 years, passed away Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. Al currently lived in Wichita but was a farm boy originally from St. Leo....

LIBERTY, Mo. — Helen Louise Reiter, 100, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, at Liberty, Mo. She was born April 11, 1913, in Kingman County, the daughter of Charles and Mary Ethel McCue Conley. A resident of...

TURON — Quinten E. Hobbs, 88, died Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. He was born Oct. 7, 1925 at Penalosa to Floyd and Ruth Allen Hobbs. A longtime resident of Turon and Langdon, he was a retired...

KINGMAN — Lawrence W. “Larry” Campbell, 70, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013 at Kingman. He was born Mary 10, 1943 at Russell, the son of Eugene and Margaret Sebree Campbell. A longtime Kingman resident, previously of...

KINGMAN — Doris F. Powers, 83, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Doris is preceded in death by her husband, Paul; parents, Forrest and Grace Kern; son, Allan; and daughter, Catherine. She is survived by sons,...

PRETTY PRAIRIE — Emmett Hutton III, 72, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 at his home. He was born March 22, 1941 at Hutchinson, the son of Emmett and Maxine Gagnebin Hutton Jr. A longtime Pretty Prairie...

SHARON — Karol K. Ricke, 71, died Friday, Nov. 29, 2013 at her home in Sharon. She was born Aug. 30, 1942 in Nashville, the daughter of Frank and Rose (Schwartz) Theis. A longtime resident of...

KINGMAN — Cora Belle Tebu, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, at age 95. Cora Belle Vincent was born June 4, 1918. She was raised on a farm in western Oklahoma during the hard times...

COUNCIL GROVE — LaVina E. Miller, 77, longtime resident of Council Grove, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. LaVina is survived by her husband, Duane, of the home; daughter, Corbi Jill...

PRETTY PRAIRIE — Wilbur Meisenheimer, 94, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 at the Prairie Sunset Home. He was born Feb. 13, 1919, in Kingman County, the son of Paul and Audra Cheatum Meisenheimer. A lifetime resident...