Obituaries

John Scott Braden died on Jan. 4, 2025, after a lengthy struggle with heart disease, complicated by Agent Orange exposure. John was born on Oct. 23, 1950, in Pratt, the second son of Loren and Anne...

Jared Zachary Adcock was born to Jesse and Margaret Adcock on May 13, 1989 in Liberal. He asked Jesus into his heart at the early age of 7 and was baptized at 14 at Holcomb FSB...

Barr Bullard, 89, died Dec. 30, 2024 in Midlothian, Texas. He was born June 13, 1935, at Cheyenne Valley, Okla., the son of Ray and Rosalie Barr Bullard. A longtime Kingman resident, he was a retired...

Larry Eugene Pierce, 81, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, at his home in Penalosa.  He was born April 20, 1943, at Norwich, the son of Carl and Edith Ely Pierce. A lifetime resident of Kingman County,...

Barbara Goetz, of Wichita, died at her home on Dec. 3, 2024, at the age of 96. Barbara was born Nov. 11, 1928, in Kingman, to parents Anna and JD Ryan. She married Philip Goetz at...

Alma Louise Hostetler, 97, of Harper, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, at Harper.  Alma was born Oct. 12, 1927, at Protection. She was the second of three daughters born to Ora and Mabel Baker. Alma attended...

Bryan Scott Bergman passed away, at the age of 44, on Dec. 13, 2024.  He was born on Sept. 6, 1980, in Anthony, the youngest son of Jimmy Leo and Cheryl Ann (Hodson) Bergman.  Bryan attended...

Claude William Simmons, Jr., 85, of Enid, passed away Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, at The Commons.  Junior, as he was known to his family and friends, was born Aug. 15, 1939, in Avard to Claude William...

Joseph D. Bailey, 49, died Dec. 6, 2024 in Harper County. He was born Jan. 30, 1975 in Kingman, the son Joel Bailey and Teresa Tatro. A lifetime resident of the community, he was a self-employed...

Marvin LeRoy Wilson, Jr., 88, died Saturday, Dec. 14 in Wichita. He was born Oct. 6, 1936, in Kingman, the son of Marvin LeRoy, Sr. and Lyndal Mae Loomis Wilson. A longtime resident of Kingman County,...