Obituaries

NORWICH — Clarence H. Ward, 81, Norwich, retired farmer and welder, died Nov. 1, 2012. He was born April 26, 1931 in Norwich, son of Harry H. and Clara Armstrong Ward. He married Helen Louise Walters...

WICHITA — Mary Elizabeth (Sue) Burket passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was 97 years of age. She was born Oct. 26, 1925 in Kingman, to Judge Clark...

KINGMAN — Eva H. ‘Granny B’ Bridgeman, 94, died Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 at Parkwood Village in Pratt. She was born Oct. 21, 1918 in Lincoln County, Okla., the daughter of Harry and Elsie (Bowman) Tucker....

PRETTY PRAIRIE — Bryce V. Hedrick, 81, died Oct. 30, 2012. He was born Feb. 13, 1931, at McWillie, Okla., the son of Vernon and Neita Ewing Hedrick. A Pretty Prairie resident since 1963, he was...

PRETTY PRAIRIE — Anna Marie Bergkamp, 87, died Oct. 30, 2012 at Wheatlands Health Care Center, Kingman. She was born April 27, 1925, at Tampa, the daughter of James and Anna Noone Costello. A resident of...

GREAT BEND — Sister Mary Rose Engel, 93, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in the Dominican Sisters’ convent infirmary, Great Bend. Born Aug. 22, 1919, in Ness City, as Mary Engel, Sister Mary Rose was the...

WICHITA — Verna Siemens, 81, homemaker and retired grade school teacher, passed away Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. A Memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Hope Mennonite Church, 868 N. Maize...

KINGMAN — Janice K. Courtney, 57, waitress, died Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 at Kingman. She was born Sept. 26, 1955 in Gerard, the daughter of Sylvester Ray and Betty Ann DeMart Courtney. A longtime Kingman resident;...

SPIVEY — Ruth Bane, 86, died Oct. 11, 2012 at Goddard. She was born May 2, 1926 at Clearwater, the daughter of John Barton and Jane Elila Walton Wise. A longtime Spivey resident, she was the...

WICHITA — Letitia (Tish) Palmer Mandle Ralstin, age 87, passed away at Larksfield Place in Wichita on Wednesday, Oct. 10. She was surrounded by family. Born Letitia Milburn Palmer on March 13, 1925 in Kingman, to...