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Aleta (Wiechmann) Vogt
Feb 20, 2026
Aleta L Vogt, 78, of Valley Center, Kansas passed away Friday, February 20, 2026
She was born on Monday, June 30th 1947 to Karl and Amy (Krizek) Wiechmann. She attended Valley Center Schools and graduated from Valley Center High School in 1965. On June 7th 1969, she married the love of her life,...
Marie (Crum) Short
Feb 18, 2026
Marie A. Short (Toni) passed away February 18th at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was a loving mother of six, Francie Redd, Robert Tibbits, Nikki Short, William Short, Charles Short, and Katie Short. Toni enjoyed Bingo and was the owner of S&S Bingo in Hutchinson. She was a long time employee of Cessna/Eaton Employees Activity Center, Fesler...
Patricia (Moman) Safarik
Feb 18, 2026
Patricia "Pat" Sue Safarik, 67, passed away in her home surrounded by family on Wednesday the 18th of February 2026 in Valley Center, Kansas. She was born in Crocker, Missouri to William and Alma (Schweglar) Moman. She was born and raised in Belle, Missouri finally residing in Kansas. She graduated from Maries County High School in Belle...
Verla (Warnken) Gorham
Feb 16, 2026
Verla Rae Gorham, born Verla Rae Warnken, passed away on February 16, 2026, at the age of 83. She was born and raised in Great Bend, Kansas, and lived a life defined by faith, generosity, hard work, and an abiding love for her family.
Verla's career spanned many years and roles. In the...
Debby (Andrla) Schoenberger
Feb 14, 2026
Debby Lou Schoenberger of Great Bend, Kansas peacefully passed away surrounded by her family on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at Hutchinson Regional Hospital in Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born on Tuesday, August 11, 1953 in Minneapolis, Kansas to Edward A. and Dollie Mae (Robbins) Andrla, the third child in a family of four children.
Joyce (Greathouse) Sucht
Feb 11, 2026
Joyce E. Sucht was born in Alabama a coal miners daughter, very poor to Housten Greathouse and Mae (Fortenberry) Greathouse. At the age of 6 she was given a very special memory from her mom, a hand sewn "coat of many colors". She had 9 brothers and sisters. At the age of 18 she moved to Kansas...
Albert E. Miller
Feb 9, 2026
Albert E. Miller Sr, 78, passed away on Monday, February 9, 2026. He was aborn to John and Berdina Miller in Kearney, Nebraska on Friday, August 29, 1947. His family moved to Wichita, Kansas while he was still in elementary school. After graduation, in 1965 he enlisted in the Air Force serving 6 years through the Vietnam...
Jerry D. Mcnolty
Feb 6, 2026
Jerry McNolty, age 85, passed away on Friday, February 6, 2026, in De Soto, Kansas. Born on Wednesday, April 17, 1940, in Newton, Kansas, Jerry was a man defined by his quiet integrity and a steady commitment to helping those around him.
The son of Charley and Hazel (Yocum) McNolty, Jerry made his...
Vickie (Reffner) Kingsbury
Feb 4, 2026
Vickie Sue Kingsbury, 82 yrs old, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2026 peacefully at home surrounded by family and friends. Born on Thursday, September 23, 1943, she was the daughter of Charles Fred Reffner and Dorothy (Kehl) Reffner joining her brother Jack Franklyn Reffner. Raised on the family farm at the edge of Valley Center she attended...
Gregory A. Wiechman
Feb 1, 2026
Gregory Allen Wiechman, 66, of Arlington, Kansas, passed away on February 1, 2026, at his home, surrounded by his loving family.
He was born on November 7, 1959, in Wichita, Kansas, to Elmer and Dorothy Wiechman. In 1980, he married his high school sweetheart, Kathy, and together they built a life full of...
Carole (Seiler) St Claire
Jan 31, 2026
Carole Anne St. Claire, a beloved mother, grandmother, and sister, passed away on January 31, 2026 in Wichita, Kansas. Born in Hollywood, California, to Irene Seiler and Robert Seiler Sr., Carole moved to Seal Beach as a young child. At the age of five, she moved to Denver, Colorado, where she later attended Denver East High School....
Clarence W. Mitchell
Jan 30, 2026
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Clarence Mitchell - a beloved brother, father, and grandfather. Clarence was born May 7th of 1941 and completed his journey on January 30th of 2026 in Wichita, Kansas. In his 84 years, he shaped the lives of many with his humor, bravery, kindness, generosity and...
Larry L. Edwards
Jan 28, 2026
Larry Lee Edwards, 84, of Wichita, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at home. He was born on Sunday, April 27, 1941 in Wichita, the son of Frank Dalton Edwards and Viola 'Bess' (Smith) Edwards.
He married the love of his life, Mary E. Braman on July 31, 1963 in Buffalo,...
Melvin D. Doramus
Jan 26, 2026
Melvin Dale Doramus, 88, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away at home with his wife at his side on Monday, January 26, 2026.
Dale was born on Saturday, February 6, 1937, in Wichita, Kansas, to Phillip Melvin Doramus and Irma Evelyn (Shutler) Doramus. Dale graduated from Wichita East High School in 1955, and he...
Kathleen (Roberts) Buell
Jan 26, 2026
Kathleen Ann Buell " Kathy", 65, passed away on Monday, January 26, 2026, at home in Valley Center, Kansas.
Kathy was born in Wichita, Kansas, to Dale Dean Roberts and Marybelle (Coit) Roberts. She lived her entire life in the Wichita area. She was a 1978 graduate of Valley Center High School and...
Annis (Williams) Wright
Jan 20, 2026
Annis (Ann) S. Wright passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at the age of 78, in Mt. Hope, KS. She was born in Mount Holly, NJ to Edward and Wanda Williams (Filanowski) on June 5th, 1947. She grew up in Burlington, NJ, where she attended Burlington City High School. In 1966, she met Leo E. Wright,...
Wilma Jean (Blosser) May
Jan 19, 2026
Born Sunday, April 3, 1938, Wilma Jean (Blosser) May left this world on Monday, January 19, 2026, peacefully in her Valley Center home of over fifty years. She also left an enduring legacy of family, of faith, and of love.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Claude Alvin Blosser and Minnie...
Sheryl "Walt" Hague - Kennedy
Jan 19, 2026
Sheryl Marie Hague - Kennedy, 65, was called to her heavenly home on Monday, January 19, 2026. She was the youngest child of Eugene Loren Hague and Doris Elaine (McCoy) Hague. She was raised in the Peabody - Walton - Newton, Kansas area where she attended schools. She is a long time resident of Valley Center, Kansas...
Norma (Van Orden) Trent
Jan 16, 2026
Norma Leigh Trent (Van Orden), 90, affectionately known as "Nana", passed away peacefully on January 16, 2026, in Wichita, KS. She was born on June 24, 1935, to Floyd L and Margaret A. Van Orden (Knapp). She attended Wichita North High School, where she met her sweetheart, Donald Edward Trent. The two were married on September 24,...
Timothy L. Armstead
Jan 11, 2026
Timothy Lee Armstead passed away on Sunday, January 11th, 2026 in Wichita, Kansas. Timothy Lee Armstead, born October 3rd, 1950, in Wichita, Kansas. He was born in Wichita, Kansas to William Ray Armstead and Mildred Marie Mather. He was a lifelong resident of Wichita, Kansas, where he attended Heights High School and was a graduate of NRI...
