All Obituaries

Peter B. Miller, 69, died at his home in Kinsley, KS. on March 22, 2020. He was born on March 9, 1951 in Tulsa, OK. the son of Arthur and Joette E. (Brant) Miller. Pete married Shala C. Spreier on January 27, 1984 in Childress, TX. He is survived by his wife, one daughter Erin Miller and a Brother Michael Miller. A graveside service is at 10:00 a.m. on June 6, 2020, in Hillside Cemetery, Kinsley, KS. with Galen Boehme presiding. Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's...

Barbara R. McKinney, 92, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Hutchinson, Kansas.  Barbara was born September 26, 1927, in Rogers, Arkansas, the daughter of Raymond and Bertha Potts Williams.  She was a homemaker.  Barbara married Warren McKinney on November 4, 1944, in Bentonville, Arkansas.  Barbara was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.  She is survived by son, Kevin of Wichita, KS,  and two grandchildren.  Graveside services were held...

Loretta “Lucille” Gleason, 92, died May 27, 2020, in Wichita, KS. She was born on February 23, 1928, in Kinsley, KS, to Ferdinand and Mary (Schmitt) Hattrup. On November 8, 1949, she married Maurice F. Gleason. Together, they owned and operated the Gleason Tax Service in Kinsley until Maurice’s death on April 9, 2006. She was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Daughters of Isabella, Altar Society, and the church choir. Lucille is survived by her four children: Mark...

Eric Werner, 50, was born in Denver, Colorado on February 02, 1970. He passed from this life on May 25, 2020 in Greenwood County, Kansas. His early school years were spent in Felt, OK. He later attended school in Kinsley, KS then Lewis, KS where he graduated in 1988. Throughout school he spent many years on the farm with his Uncle Dave. After high school Eric enrolled in college at Oklahoma Panhandle State University majoring in agribusiness. At OPSU he married the love of his life and best...

Vada Vae Frick was born July 19, 1926, on the family farm south of Kinsley, Kansas.  She was the fourth child born to Charles Van and Orpha Brown Smith.  She passed away at Medicalodge of Kinsley on May 10, 2020. Vada attended a country school south of Kinsley.  She fed and watered livestock before catching the school bus to Kinsley High School, where she graduated in 1944. She married Lester P. Frick on December 20, 1946, in Kinsley.  They were three weeks short of...

Peggy Jo Coan, 82, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2020.  She was born on April 6, 1938 in Kinsley, KS. the daughter of James and Gladys (Smith) Carroll.  She was preceded in death by her parents James and Gladys, brothers Lee Carroll and Robert Carroll, and a son Duane Coan.  Survivors include sons Mitch (Mary Jo) Coan, Scott (Laura) Coan, a daughter Rhonda Patterson Rogers; a sister Judy (Jeff) Griffiths, and grandchildren and great grandchildren.  A private family...

Clinton Alexander Jones was born in Hays, Kansas on June 15, 1993. Clinton started out his life fighting to survive. His little chest working so hard for every breath, struggling to hang on and live. Clinton fought with the will and determination that even though he was a month early he would make a difference. He was air lifted to Wesley Hospital in Wichita where he had to stay for 9 days, due to a valve in his heart not closing, and they had to give him lots of extra oxygen. Ever since...

Evelyn Louise Horacek, 96, died April 12, 2020 at Medicalodge of Kinsley. She was born on June 21, 1923 in Hutchinson, KS. the daughter of Orion and Margaret (Farley) Lorimor. She was a 1941 graduate of Kinsley High School. Evelyn married Frank Horacek on April 26, 1947, in Rush Center, KS.he passed away on August 19, 1983. She worked at the Kinsley Bank after High School. Then she was a stay at home mom until the youngest of her six children went to school. She then returned to work at...

Kate passed away on April 13 surrounded by family and loved ones at her home in Mebane, N.C., after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Kate was born in Dodge City, Kansas to her parents Frank and Edith Weyrich during the height of the Dust Bowl. She was raised on a farm and developed a fierce, self-reliant spirit; a trademark of the American Midwest she would carry her entire life. After graduating Kinsley High School in 1950 she became a homemaker, and later in life began a career...

Deanna Kay Abildgaard, 54, of Kinsley passed away on April 12, 2020. The daughter of Dennis and Ruth Hattrup of Kinsley, she is a graduate of Kinsley High School and Kansas State University. Her career included working as a Vice President of Compliance at CURO Management LLC, in Wichita. Deanna married her best friend Bill Abildgaard. They had recently relocated to Kinsley after living in Wichita for a number of years. She will be remembered by her selfless devotion to her faith, family and...