Obituaries

Leonard T. “Leon” Tiesmeyer, 69, died Dec. 14, 2023 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center. He was born Sept. 24, 1954, at Kingman, the son of Fred and Ellen Mans Tiesmeyer. A lifetime resident of Kingman, he was...

Ronald K. Young, 79, passed away peacefully Nov. 27, 2023, in Lawrence. Ron was born Jan. 31, 1944, in Kingman,  the first child of Clay (Bus) and Esther (Maple) Young.  He attended grades 1 – 6...

LaVon (Allender) Parsons, 89, passed away Nov. 18, 2023 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center, Kingman. She was born in Duquoin on Dec. 31, 1933, the youngest child of Frank and Alice (Reida) Allender.  LaVon graduated from Adams...

Beatrice G. Ricke, 103, died Dec. 9, 2023 at Wheatlands Healthcare Center. She was born March 24, 1920, the daughter of Lewis and Matilda Burns Dick. A resident of the Willowdale community, she was a farmwife...

Michael L. “Mike” Henning, 61, died Dec. 7, 2023 at his home. He was born Nov. 27, 1962, at Kingman, the son of Herman and Nancy Cheatum Henning. A resident of the Kingman community most of...

Steven John Hughes, 69, of Enid, passed away on the evening of Thanksgiving, Nov. 23, 2023, after a brief battle with lymphoma.  Steve was born on April 9, 1954, in Woodward, to Verlin J. Hughes and...

Steve Shepherd, 72, former owner of Descon, Inc. died at his home in Goddard on Nov. 25, 2023, after a quiet, but hard fought battle with cancer. He was born Jan. 7, 1951, to the late...

MCPHERSON — Virginia Olive McGuire, 93, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. She was born on Aug. 30, 1930, in Zenda  to Joe and Edna (Miller) Brummer. Virginia married EJ McGuire on July 30, 1950,...

“Shorty” Wells, 79, died Nov. 18, 2023 at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. He was born Aug. 22, 1944, at Kingman the son of Howard and Helen Duckworth Wells. A lifetime resident of Kingman County, he was a...

Shirley Ellen Smith, 92, entered her heavenly home on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. Shirley was born on July 5, 1931 in Burdette, the daughter of Johnnie and Ina (McElwain) Johnson. A celebration of Shirley’s life will...