Obituaries

KINGMAN — Billy Myron Strait, 81, died Aril 6, 2013. He was born Jan. 2, 1932 at Metz, Mo., the son of Edward Hayes and Gladys Faye Goodwin Strait. A longtime Kingman resident, he was the...

CONWAY SPRINGS — Sharing between academics and athletics is the name of the game in most of the smaller high schools across the state. Despite being the largest high school in the county Kingman High School...

BLAINE, Tenn. — Elizabeth Natalie McKinney, age 84, of Blaine, Tenn., passed away Friday, April 5, 2013. She was a member of Gilead Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jay and Nettie...

KINGMAN — Alma A. Stucky, 85, died April 3, 2013. She was born Jan. 14, 1928 at Paola, the daughter of Vernie and Edna Ruth Finch Womble. A longtime resident of Kingman, she was the retired...

WICHITA — Elizabeth “Dixie” Fisher, 94, retired purchasing agent at Prairie State Bank in Augusta, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd and Gladys Dixon;...

KINGMAN — Margaret Wilson, 91, died March 28, 2013. She was born May 12, 1921 at DeWitt, Iowa, the daughter of James and Hazel Johnston Sample. A Kingman community resident most of her life, she was...

WILLOWDALE — Dorothy A. Clouse, 92, died March 20, 2013. She was born Jan. 21, 1921 at Willowdale, the daughter of Arthur and Florence Weber Youngers. A lifetime resident of Kingman County, she was a homemaker....

KINGMAN — Orin J. Westerman, 51, died March 19, 2013. He was born Feb. 4, 1962, at Nashville, the son of Harold and Ethel Helmke Westerman. A lifetime resident of the Nashville and Kingman communities, he...

SILVER LAKE — Eldon Keith Bray, 90, died Fri., March 15, 2013, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka. He was born Jan. 7, 1923, at Cleveland, the son of Roscoe Eldon and Pauline (Sloan) Bray. Bray was a...

GEISTOWN, Pa. — Alice L. Collier, 87, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013. She was born Sept. 22, 1925, at Johnstown, Pa., the daughter of Robert R. and Margaret Smith Collier. She was a member of the...