KINGMAN COUNTY, KANSAS
KINGMAN COUNTY, KANSAS
OBITS &/or FUNERAL CARDS
BANKS, PEARL H.
Pearl H. Banks, 95, retired farmer and butcher, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1987. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Kingman United Methodist Church.
Survivors: grandson, Cecil Butch Cole Jr of San Francisco, niece, Joan Fletcher of Kansas City, Mo. Memorial has been established with Kingman Library. Livingston Funeral Home. (The Wichita Eagle, February 12, 1987, page 6D)
Henry S. Punk Child, 97, retired Child Shoe Shop owner and operator in Kingman, died Monday, Nov. 16, 1987. Memorial service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman.
Survivors: daughters, Molly Wieland of Garden City, Mary Hall of Kansas City, Kan.; five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Carnegie Library, Kingman in care of Gamand Funeral Home, Garden City and Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman. (The Wichita Eagle, November 17, 1987, page 4D)
Mildred V. Cramer, 73, retired Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. employee, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Livingston Funeral Home.
Survivor: husband, James. Memorials have been established with Kingman Methodist Church and Kansas Masonic Home, Wichita. (The Wichita Eagle, October 24, 1985, page 5D)
Dale Ely, 63, of Clearwater, former rural Nowich/Kingman and Wichita resident, retired Cessna Aircraft flightline mechanic, died Friday, July 21, 1989. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Webb Mortuary, Clearwater.
Survivors: wife, Hilda, stepsons, John Smelcer of Lakewood, Calif., Dale Hiebert of Kansas City, Mo., stepdaughters, Kathyrn Smith of Guyton, Ga., Doris McBride of Kansas City, Mo., Diane Hiebert of Huntsville, Ala.; brothers, Gerald of Columbia, Mo., Russell of Kingman, sisters, Inez Dauster of Stockton, Calif., Flossie Spears of Wichita, Edith Ferguson of Kingman, six step-grandchildren, two step-great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Clearwater Ambulance Service. (The Wichita Eagle, July 23, 1989, page 2B)
Travis A. Gracey, 19, of Cheney, Kansas State University student, died Tuesday of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Cheney United Methodist Church.
Survivors, parents, Rodger and Betty of Cheney, sister Marnie Gracey of Cheney, grandparents, Ben and Laverna Gracey of Kingman, Ernest Jr. and Ramona Roop of Garden City. Memorial has been established with the Kansas State University Acada Fraternity. Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman. (The Wichita Eagle, July 25, 1985 page 5D)
Leland Stanford Hobson, 86, of Rogers, Ark., former Kingman and Manhattan resident, retired general Electric assistant manager and former Kansas State University professor of engineering, died Thursday, Aug. 31, 1989. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Walnut Hill Cemetery, Kingman.
Survivors: sons, Arthur S. of Fayetteville, Ark., Richard H of Los Angeles, sisters, Esther E. Hobson of Kingman, Eunice T. Hutto of Sam Rayburn, Texas; two grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Christian Church, Kingman. Rollins Funeral Home, Rogers, Ark. (The Wichita Eagle, September 3, 1989, page 2B)
Rose M. Hoffman, 87, homemaker, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 1988. Rosary 7 p.m. Tuesday. Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman; services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, St. Patrick Catholic Church, Kingman, 3 p.m. Wednesday, Greenlawn Cemetery, Pratt.
Survivors: sons, Andrew of Hutchinson, Bill of Wichita, Charles of Pratt, daughters, Florence Allen of Kingman, Rosetta Sorenson of Florissant, Mo., Arlene Robinson of Kansas City, Mo.; brother, Gus Kuhl of dodge City, Ollie Kuhl of Florida, sister, Minnie Lampe of Dodge City, 35 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren. Memorial established with st. Patrick grade school. (The Wichita Eagle, September 19, 1988, page 5C)
Elnore Dorene (Fry) Jacobson, 59, of St. Joseph, Mo., former Wichitan, homemaker, died Thursday, May 12, 1988. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Walnut Hill Cemetery, Kingman.
Survivors: mother, Helen Richardson of Wichita, brother, Wendell Fry of Colorado, sister, Nancy Guldner of Wichita. Memorial has been established with the Kansas Masonic Home, Wichita. Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman. (The Wichita Eagle, May 13, 1988, page 10A)
J. Paul Lacey, 76, retired Beardmore Drilling Co. drilling superintendent, died Wednesday, May 28, 1986. Service 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Livingston Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Alice, son, Michael of Denver, sister, Thelma Ross of McPherson, three grandchildren. Memorials have been established with Kingman Community Hospital and Kansas Lung Association. (The Wichita Eagle, May 29, 1986, page 6D)
Robert Paul Mize, 72, retired Mize & Co. founder, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 1987. Service 2 p.m. today, Livingston Funeral Home.
Survivors, wife, Mary, sons, Max, Robert Jr., both of Kingman; daughter, Sheril Logan of Wichita, Janece Duncan of Emporia; brother, Don of Hillsboro; 14 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the Kansas Lung Association and Kingman United Methodist Church. (The Wichita Eagle, February 28, 1987, page 4D)
Ernie J. Poland, 75, of Kansas City, Mo., former Kingman resident, retired Bill Allen Chevrolet employee, died Friday, Dec. 12, 1986. Service 7 p.m. today, White Chapel Funeral Home, Gladstone, Mo.
Survivors: wife, Mary, daughters, Barbara Jewell of Derby, Betty Schubert of Kansas City, Mo., Janice Dodds of Garden Plain; brother, Howard of Wichita; sister, Thelma Young of Olathe, nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the American Cancer Society and Hospice of Kansas City, Mo. (The Wichita Eagle, December 16, 1986, page 4B)
Elmer J. Strothman, 72, Strothman Liquor Store owner, died Thursday. Rosary 8 p.m. tonight, Livingston Funeral Home; service 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Kingman.
Survivors: wife, Maxine, sons, Mike of Kingman, Gary of Kansas City, Kan., Rod of Dallas, brother, George; sister, Agnes Williams, both of Wichita; two grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Kingman Library. (The Wichita Eagle, May 10, 1985, page 8C)
Edith Leota Yarberry, 84, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Livingston Funeral Home.
Survivors: son, Jack Routh of Kingman, stepson, Jim F. Routh of Kansas City, Mo., stepdaughter, Ruth Wadley of Guymon, Okla., sister, Bernice Foyle Nichols of Wichita, six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 10 step-great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Kingman Library. (The Wichita Eagle, April 7, 1985, page 6B)
Cassie A. Stearns, age 100, of Wellington, KS passed away Friday evening, September 24, 2010 at the Slate Creek Deseret Nursing Home. She was worked as a nurse aide for Wellington Hospital for more than 25 years.
Cassie was born October 7, 1909 in Kingman, KS to Perry and Victoria (Weber) Pepper.
She graduated from Spivey High School.
She married Charles B. Stearns on January 2, 1931 in Kingman, KS. They moved to Wellington from Harper in 1954. Cassie was a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist.
Cassie is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charles in 1988; infant daughter, Beverly; one brother; four sisters; and two stepbrothers.
She is survived by two sons, Brent Sterns and his wife Mary of Wellington, KS and Roger Stearns and his wife Sandy of Lincoln, NE; three daughters, Lois Ferguson of Wichita, KS, Marcene Mitchell and her husband George of Hobert, NE and Charlene Johnson of Wichita, KS; 15 grandchildren; 29 great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 10:00 A.M. at the Frank Funeral Home in Wellington, KS. Pastor Keith Trumbo will officiate. Interment will follow the service at the Duquoin Cemetery in Duquoin, KS.
Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Monday, September 27, 2010 from 1:00-8:00 P.M.
A memorial has been established with the Slate Creek Deseret Nursing Home. Memorials can be left at the funeral home.
Frank Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.
To leave condolences or sign our guest book, please visit our website at www.frankfuneralhome.net (Wellington Daily News, October 10, 2010, submitted by Kyle M. Condon)
Kingman, KS --- Mrs. Emma Marie Hillman, 88, formerly
of Kingman died Friday at the Stafford Nursing Home Wichita. Born Aug. 31, 1883, at Cheney she moved to Wichita
in 1934 from Kingman. Her husband Richard F. Hillman died in 1959l
She was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Wichita.
Survivors include daughters: Mrs. Elsie F. Smith, Wichita; Mrs. Ruth A. Zimmerman, Pretty Prairie; Mrs. Esther
L. Schaeffer, Albuquerque, N.M.; Son: Albert J. Hillman, Bayfield, Colo.; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Broadway Mortuary, Wichita; Rev. Thomas G. VanderBloeman. The family suggests
memorials to the Emmanuel Lutheran Hour. (Hutchinson News Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas Saturday, June 3, 1972
page – 13 *** column – 4 submitted by Rose Stout)
Zenda, KS --- Lawrence, E. Spade 62, died Thursday
at his home after a short illness. Born Aug. 9, 1909, in Kingman County, he married Mary Elizabeth Smith Aug. 6,
1935 at Willowdale. He was a retired farmer and a lifetime resident here.
He was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church, Zenda.
Survivors include the widow; daughters: Mrs. Clara Mae Freund and Mrs. Marge Rankin, Nashville; Mrs. Kathlene Bock,
Kingman; Mrs. Mary Theis, Sharon; Mrs. Jeannette Ogilvie, Santa Monica, Calif.; sons: Leonard, Oklahoma City, Okla.,;
Robert Preston; brothers: Leo, Nashville; Elmer, Phoenix, Ariz.; sisters: Mrs. Harold Baker, Cunningham; Mrs. Joe
Arensdorf, Willowdale; Sister Augusta Spade, Ohio; 21 grandchildren.
Funeral will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Willowdale; Father Louis Struble Rosary will be
8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Livingston Mortuary, Kingman. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday at the mortuary. The family suggests memorials to the American Heart Association. (Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas Saturday, June 3, 1972 Page – 13 *** column – 4 submitted by Rose Stout)
SCHAAR, ALICE WOHLFORD
Mrs. Alice Wohlford Schaar, 67, Severy, sister of Olan Wohlford, 818 East 7th, died Tuesday night at Eureka Hospital
after a short illness. Born Sept. 1, 1904, in Harper County, she married William Schaar, Feb. 28, 1923. She was
a former Cheney resident.
Other survivors include the widower: brothers: Ansel Wohlford, Ivan Wohlford, and Norman Wohlford, Wichita; sister;
Mrs. Mary Case, Eureka.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at a Severy funeral home and at 3 p.m. Friday at the Cheney Christian Church.
Burial will be in Vinita Cemetery, near Cheney.
The funeral for Mrs. Maria Anna Fornwalt, 79, Kingman, who died at the Kingman hospital Sunday after a long illness, was at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Kingman church and at 2:30 o’clock at the Lerado church. Interment will be in the Lerado cemetery. Mrs. Fornwalt is survived by one so, Eby Fornwalt, of Hutchinson. (Hutchinson News Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas Wednesday, August 14, 1940 page – 7 *** column – 7 submitted by Rose Stout)
Belmont, KS --- Mrs. Lilian Ravenstein, 79, died
Wednesday at Kingman Community Hospital. Born Sept. 7, 1895, at Burrton, she was married to Henry Ravenstein, Jan.
31, 1925, at Wichita. He died in 11961. She was a retired school teacher.
She was a member of Kingman United Methodist Church.
She is survived by her brother: Wayne W. Forney, Des Moines, Iowa.
Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Livingston Mortuary; Rev. Claude Fillingim. Burial will be in Greenwood
Cemetery. Friends may call for 2 to 9 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. (Hutchinson News Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
Friday, April 18, 1975 Page – 3 *** column – 4 submitted by Rose Stout)
Kingman, KS --- Thyril (Butch) Lee McCullough,
34, died Wednesday at Kingman Community Hospital. Born Aug. 26. 1940, at Kingman, he married Gayle Fairchild, Aug.
20, 1966, at Kingman. He was an employee of Don Dye Company and a life-time resident here.
He was a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors are the widow; daughters: Shelia Marie and Kay Lynn, of the home; parents: Mr. and Mrs. Ben McCullough,
Kingman; brother: Troy, Kingman.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Livingston Mortuary; Rev. Robert Patenaude. Burial will be in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. (Hutchinson News Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas Friday,
April 18, 1975 page – 3 *** column – 4 submitted by Rose Stout)
Born in Cunningham, Kansas, July 30, 1901, died July 6, 1964. Maiden name Grace Myrtle Fakes. (Submitted by Yvonne Arthur)
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