Obituaries

Ronald Gene Mertens, 81, died April 11, 2025, at his home in Garden Plain. He was born July 8, 1943, in Kingman, the son of Leo and Lucille Miller Mertens. A longtime resident of Kingman County,...

Juanita Anne Payne, 82, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2025, at Grand Plains Skilled Nursing. She was born on Dec/ 25, 1942 in Salt Lake City to Howard Otis and Mary Isabelle (Darling) Merrow. Juanita married...

Carolyn L. Johnson, 81, died April 8, 2025 in Kingman. She was born April 9, 1943, at Lockwood, Mo., the daughter of Maurice and Rosalie Davidson McFerrin. A longtime Kingman resident, she was a retired CMA,...

Gale Maurene Woods passed away on April 3, 2025, at the age of 81.  Gale was born Dec. 1, 1943. She was preceded in death by her parents Theodore Stam and Ruby May Baker.  Gale grew...

Jeanne E. Holliday, passed away on Feb. 28, 2025, at Wheatland Healthcare in Kingman. She was born on Jan. 29, 1930 in Newton, the daughter of Peter F. and Elizabeth (Lowen) Unruh. She lived in Newton...

It is with deep sadness that we announce John Neil Ballard, Jr., 64, of Tonkawa, peacefully passed away in his home on March 13, 2025.  John was born on Nov. 20, 1960 in Ft. Bliss, Texas,...

Stephen Craig Reneau, 77, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 14, 2025, surrounded by family in Tulsa. Born on Sunday, Nov. 23, 1947, to Sam and Velma Reneau on the family farm in Clyde, where he...

Theresa C. Ziegler, 84, died March 18, 2025. She was born July 25, 1940, in Wichita, the daughter of Joseph P. and Cecilia R. Burtz Kennedy. A resident of Kingman most of her life, she retired...

Loretta Mae Hogg, retired receptionist and office clerk, died Sunday, March 16, 2025. Born Feb. 8, 1938, near Zenda, the daughter of Ira and Loretta (Lewis) Swingle. She married Donald Eugene Hogg in 1959 at the...

Bruce I. Kinsler, 66, died March 17, 2025 at his home in Kingman. He was born Oct. 7, 1958, in Kingman, the son of Warren and Marjorie Isley Kinsler.  A lifetime resident of Kingman, he was...