Obituaries
Vernel E. Lovett
Mar 26, 2018
Vernel was born August 12, 1928 in Arkansas to William Bell Joseph Wilson and Zella Goddard Wilson. She is one of eight children. She attended grade school and high school in Missouri and Arkansas.
Vernel met Herman Lovett, Sr in the 1960’s. They were married and lived in several places including Little Kansas, Oklahoma, St. Louis, Missouri and California before...
Lawrence F. Sayers
Mar 21, 2018
Lawrence F. Sayers, 90 Passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in El Dorado. Lawrence was born Nov 28, 1927, in Cherokee, OK to Chester L Sayers and Lula R Sayers. His sister, Shirley, joined them a few years later. They eventually settled in Wichita, and Lawrence attended North High School.
He joined the Navy when he was 17 years old and...
Wencel "Jim" J. Holub
Mar 12, 2018
Wencel “Jim” J. Holub, age 92 passed away Monday, March 12 at Wichita. He was born July 4, 1925, at Pilsen the son of Charles and Mary Stika Holub. He was raised and educated in the Pilsen community.
On October 21, 1952, he was married to Loretta Hill. The couple had four children, James, Kenneth, Wayne, and Diana.
Jim Farmed...
Mary Ruth Travis
Mar 8, 2018
Mary Ruth Travis, age 102, passed away Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the St. Luke Living Center in Marion.
Mary was born April 1, 1915 in rural Marion County the daughter of John and Millicent Clubine Yeagley. She grew up in the Wren Community west of Marion.
Following high school, she attended beauty school in Wichita graduating in 1935. She...

Dallas L. Redger
Mar 7, 2018
Dallas L. Redger, age 90, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at the Hillsboro Community Hospital. Dallas was born October 8, 1927 at Durham, Kansas to Neal and Marie (Schmidt) Redger.
He attended school less than a mile from the family farm and lived on the home place all his life. On October 22, 1958 he was united in marriage...

Betty MacNaughton
Mar 5, 2018
Betty Darlene MacNaughton, 88, passed away March 5, 2018, in Leawood, Kansas. She was born on March 21, 1929. Graveside service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Saturday, March 17, 2018, in the Marion, Kansas Cemetery.
Betty was a homemaker and craftswoman. Born to Joseph and Vesta McIntosh, she was the youngest of 3 children. She was born and raised...
E. Wayne Ashenfelter
Mar 3, 2018
Ernest Wayne Ashenfelter, 74, passed away March 3, 2018 at his home near Whitewater, Kansas. He worked for Boeing for 27 years and retired in 1999. During his five-year retirement, he remodeled and added onto his existing home and spent time with the family. Later, he decided to go back to work and was hired at Rockwell Collins in Wichita,...

Dorothy Louise Lawrence
Feb 28, 2018
Dorothy Louise Lawrence, formerly of Marion passed away February 28, 2018, at Emporia at the age of 91. She was born May 1, 1926, in Olpe, Kansas. From age 13 she was raised by Leonard and Anna Petitt. She was a graduate of Ozawkie High School.
On September 19, 1948, she was united in marriage to Earl Lawrence. They made...
Kathryn Ann Weller
Feb 25, 2018
HERINGTON - Kathryn Ann Weller, 88
Kathryn Ann (Kells) Weller was born on November 21, 1929, in Billings, MT, to Ardis and Ione (Hancock) Kells. They homesteaded in Elk Basin near Franny, WY. After her father’s death in 1934, the family moved to Emporia where Mrs. Kells had a sister. Kathryn attended school in Emporia, graduating from high school in 1947.
Kathryn...
Loretta Antoinette (Lara) Ramroop
Feb 21, 2018
HERINGTON - Obituary – Loretta (Lara) Ramroop, 78
Loretta Antoinette (Lara) Ramroop, of Herington, died Wednesday, February 21st, 2018, at the Salina Regional Health Center. She was born on November 7th, 1939, at Hutchinson, the daughter of John F. and E. Patricia (Macias) Lara.
Memorial service will be 4:00PM, Monday, February 26th, 2018, at the New Life Church of God in...
LaVerne Alvin Entz
Feb 21, 2018
LaVerne Alvin Entz was born to Herman J. and Katie Busenitz Entz at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital of Newton, Kansas on June 19, 1937. LaVerne had 2 older brothers, Herbert and Lewis, both deceased. A sister, Katie, was stillborn in 1936. Herman & Katie had bought a farm, located southwest of Whitewater, Kansas, the early summer of 1936 – drought...
Brandon Wade Gillett
Feb 20, 2018
Brandon Wade Gillett, age 42 years, of Dallas, TX passed away on February 20 in Dallas.
He was born on June 19, 1975, in Hillsboro, KS to Bob and Debbie (Franta) Gillett. He graduated from Centre High School and then Kansas State University with a degree in Construction Management. While at K-State, he was an active member of the Lamda...
Charlotte Dawson
Feb 20, 2018
Charlotte Dawson, 90, of Clements KS, died Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at the St. Luke Living Center at Marion, KS. The daughter of Edward Breese Thurston and Osha (Jack) Thurston, Charlotte was born August 15, 1927, at Elmdale KS. Charlotte and Carl Junior Dawson were married July 31, 1944, at Hattiesburg, Miss.
In the early years of her marriage,...
Aimee Kaye Lacy
Feb 17, 2018
Aimee Kaye Lacy, 35, of Potwin, KS passed Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Kansas Medical Center in Andover, KS. She was a lifelong resident of the Whitewater/Potwin area. Aimee was born October 18, 1982 in El Dorado to Doug Frazier and Lynn (Akkerman) Frazier. Aimee is survived by her husband Naron and daughters Isabella Schmidt, Baylee Lacy and Genna Lacy...
Donald George Swiger
Feb 16, 2018
HERINGTON - Donald “Don” George Swiger was born July 27, 1960, in Reed City, Michigan, to Paul and Lucille (Richter) Swiger. Don passed away February 16, 2018, in Council Grove.
Don lived the majority of his life in Michigan, raised in Evart, MI, though lived and traveled around the country for many years before settling in Kansas. His biggest passion was...
Helen "Petie" Cody
Feb 13, 2018
Helen “Petie” Cody 63 Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, KS.
Helen was born January 6, 1955, in San Francisco CA,
Helen is preceded in death by her parents Milton and Virginia Cook, husband Bradford Cody Sr. and sister Mary “Kathy” Elbe. She is survived by her Son Bradford Cody Jr. sisters Geri...
Forrest L. Kelsey
Feb 12, 2018
Forrest L. Kelsey age 89 passed away Monday, February 12, 2018, at his home in Marion, Kansas. Forrest was born in Marion, Kansas on February 5, 1929, the sixth child of Marion Earl and Blanche Cecelia Roberts Kelsey.
He attended the Wren Country School on Pilsen Road. After a fire in their country home, they moved to Marion and he...
Margaret Veronica Franta
Feb 9, 2018
Margaret V. (Bossert) Franta Gently passed away on Friday, February 9, 2018, at ManorCare in Springfield, Missouri. She was born on June 16, 1934 on the family homestead near Karlsruhe, North Dakota. Margaret (Peggy) was the ninth of 12 children of the late Mathias and Margaret (Klein) Bossert. After high school in Minot, North Dakota, she was trained as a...
Lola Mary Metcalfe
Feb 8, 2018
WHITE CITY - Lola “Sue” Metcalfe, 75
Lola Mary Metcalfe, formerly of White City, died Thursday, February 8th, 2018, at the Salina Regional Health Center. She was born on May 18, 1942, the second born child of Vern L. and Lorena (Decker) Estes. Her brother Walter Estes was the big brother, and following Lola was her sisters, Carol, Janet, Peggy, and...