Obituaries

CUNNINGHAM — Freda M. McGinnis, 88, died Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Hilltop Manor in Cunningham. She was born in Wilmore on March 4, 1925 to Leslie and Pearl (Yandell) McGinnis. She was a resident of...

KINGMAN — Gary Bailey, 61, Fabpro Oriented Polymers machine specialist, passed away April 29, 2013. He was born April 30, 1951. The visitation with the family present will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 1 at...

AURORA, Colo. — Leon Christopher Jacobus, 59 of Aurora, Colo., passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Chris was born, Dec. 25, 1953, son of Leon Morse and Barbara Barron Jacobus. His sisters, Julie of Kingman...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Blanche Geisert Brooks, 90, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in Lincoln, Neb. She was born April 1, 1923 to Frederick Jacob and Martha Elizabeth Geisert (Lauer). She married Rev. Norman F. Brooks on...

KINGMAN — Dennis Lyn Sowers, 57, died Monday, April 22, 2013. He was born Nov. 15, 1955 at Kingman, the son of Vernie Lee and Doris Faye Oyler Sowers. A longtime Kingman County resident, he was...

KINGMAN — The Kingman County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its sixth opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous...

LEOTI — Jess W. Krenzel, age 85, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti. Jess was born April 4, 1928 in Augusta, the son of Arthur and Mae Day...

WICHITA — Frances Elizabeth Biggs, 90, retired grocery store owner, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis B. Biggs; parents, John and Ida Theis; sisters, Sylvia Horsch and...

HUTCHINSON — Christine C. Carter, 92, died April 12, 2013, at Dillon Living Center, in Hutchinson. She was born March 5, 1921, to Nicholas and Gertrude Hommertzheim Schoenecker in Sedgwick County near Schulte. She moved with...

KINGMAN — Horizons Mental Health Center, a member of the Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System, has wrapped up its 31-day employee wellness challenge, “March into a Healthier You.” Throughout the month of March, employees were challenged to...