Guy Ann Branham
Jan 4, 2017
Guy Ann (Lusk) Branham, age 80, passed away in Wellington, KS on January 4, 2017 two months after she lost her husband of 60 years. Guy Ann was born on April 14, 1936 in Shelbiana, KY to Grover Cleveland Lusk and Opal Lillian (Burke) Lusk. She graduated from Virgie High School. She married Sam "Bolden" Branham Jr. on December 10,...
Donna Jean Hubbard
Dec 26, 2016
Donna Jean Hubbard, lifelong Wellington resident, went to heaven on December 26, 2016 at the age of 70. She is preceded in death by her mother, Vlasta (Stejskal) Hubbard and her father, Cecil Hubbard and her sister-in-law, Kathy Hubbard. Donna was born October 5, 1946 in Wellington, Kansas. She was a 1964 graduate of Wellington High School. She began working...
Russell Lee Whorley
Dec 22, 2016
Russell Lee Whorley, age 75, a resident of Belle Plaine, KS since 1956, passed away Thursday evening, December 22, 2016 at Sumner Regional Medical Center. Russell was born on Decemer 2, 1941 in Lewisburg, TN to Howard Richard Whorley and Nannie Baxter (Hardison) Whorley. He lived in Mayfield, KS from 1943-1956 then moved to Belle Plaine. He was a graduate...
Monika Ingrid Stayton
Dec 12, 2016
Monika Ingrid (Weufen) Stayton died of pancreatic cancer on December 12, 2016. Monika was born on February 2, in Meiningen, Thuringia, in what was then East Germany. She is the daughter of Harry and Erika (Oppelt) Weufen. On April 19, 1997, Monika and Robert (Rob) G. Stayton were united in marriage in Bavaria, Germany. After high school, she received further...
Elmer John Naasz
Dec 10, 2016
Another of the "Greatest Generation" has left us on December 10, 2016. Elmer John Naasz born October 6, 1919 at Penalosa, KS, son of John and Wilhelmina (Pfeifner) Naasz. He was confirmed at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kingman, KS on September 26, 1937. He graduated from Kingman, KS on May 23, 1938. Elmer enlisted in the United States Army...
Jackie Lee Howell
Dec 6, 2016
Jackie L. Howell, 76, passed away peacefully on December 6, 2016 in Rogers, MN. Jack was born on March 7, 1940 to Wythal and Wanda Howell in Wellington, KS where he grew up with his brother Wayne, and graduated from high school. Soon after high school, Jack, moved to Kansas City where he served in the Army and later worked...
Wanda Louise Harris
Dec 5, 2016
Wanda Louise Harris, age 84, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away Monday, December 5, 2016 at Golden Living Center in Wellington, KS. Wanda Louise (Bursack) Harris was born on August 14, 1932 in Winfield, KS to Earl Bursack and Daisy (Behymer) Bursack. She was a graduate at Oxford High School with the Class of 1950. Wanda married Wayne L....
Henry M. Ancell
Dec 2, 2016
Henry Marvin Ancell, 84, passed peacefully at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita on December 2, 2016. Henry was a lifelong farmer, and additionally had owned a tire store and machine shop in Wellington. Henry was born in Wellington on September 8, 1932 to George Carson Ancell and Rosa Jane (Love) Ancell. Henry grew up at Stoney Castle south of...
Jimmie T. Gilbreth, Jr.
Nov 8, 2016
Jimmie T. Gilbreth, Jr. age 53, of Wellington, passed away Tuesday morning, November 8, 2016 at his home. Jim worked for several years as a mechanic for Federal Tire and then at Triumph Assessory Services as a machinist. Jim had been a resident of Wellington since 1974. Jim was born on July 30, 1963 in El Dorado, KS to Jimmie...
Helen Virginia Slothower
Nov 8, 2016
Helen Virginia Slothower, age 96, lifelong Wellington resident, passed away Tuesday morning, November 8, 2016 at Joy Home in Oxford, KS. Helen worked for many years for the USD #353 Food Service Department. Helen (Long) Slothower was born on November 14, 1919 in Wellington, KS to Elmer Long and Bonnie Belle (Trant) Long. Helen married Kinard N. Slothower on September...
Samuel "Bolden" Branham, Jr.
Nov 6, 2016
Samuel "Bolden" Branham, Jr., age 85, passed away in Wellington, KS on November 6, 2016. Samuel was born on June 5, 1931 in Virgie, KY. He graduated from Virgie High School after which he served in the Korean War as a member of the United States Army. He married Guy Ann Lusk on December 10, 1955 in Lebanon, IN. They...
Margaret Mae Frazier
Nov 5, 2016
Margaret Mae Frazier, age 97, lifelong resident of Wellington, passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Wellington. Margaret was a homemaker, railroader wife, and mother. Margaret Mae (Antill) Frazier was born on April 3, 1919 in Wellington, KS to George Antill and Nellie Eliza (Wright) Antill. She was a 1937 graduate of Wellington High...
Jacqueline K. "Jackie" Millington
Nov 3, 2016
Jacqueline K. "Jackie" Millington, age 54 of Wellington, passed away Thursday evening, November 3, 2016 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, KS. Jackie was a homemaker. Jacqueline K. (Evans) Millington was born on August 25, 1962 in Pittsburg, KS to Alva Earl Evans and Elizabeth Ann (Smith) Evans. Jackie was raised in Pittsburg and moved to Wellington in...
Neva Eleanor Ferguson
Sep 30, 2016
Neva Eleanor Ferguson, 97, longtime resident of Wellington, passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at Golden Living Center in Wellington. Neva was a homemaker and seamstress. In years past, she worked as a clerk at Safeway Grocery, also at the IGA store in Wellington, and as a cook for the USD #353 school food services. Neva (Furber) Ferguson was born...
Dianne Church
Sep 22, 2016
Dianne Church, age 70, resident of Sumner County since 1972, passed away September 22, 2016 at her home. Dianne worked as a USDA/Farm Loan Program Technician from October 4, 1987 to December 31, 2008. Dianne (Fuller) Church was born on June 16, 1946 in Fulton, KY to William Douglas Fuller and Mabel E. (Snyder) Fuller. She married Larry Joe Church...
Willard "Red" Leroy Webster
Sep 11, 2016
Willard Leroy Webster, age 81, of Caldwell, KS, longtime resident of Corbin, KS, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2016 at his home. Willard was the owner of the Day & Night Food Market located on North "C" Street in Wellington. He was also an employee of many grocery stores in Wellington and he also was an employee of Sunflower Mobile...
Bonnie Faye Landes
Sep 1, 2016
Bonnie Faye Landes, age 90, resident of Wellington, KS passed away Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Golden Living Center. Bonnie worked side by side with her husband in the family business of the gas and oil stations, farm fuel transport, bait house, ice house, and café. Bonnie Faye (Riggs) Landes was born on June 23, 1926 on the family farm...
Robert L. Dare
Aug 29, 2016
Robert L. Dare, age 88, lifelong Wellington resident, passed away Monday, August 29, 2016 at the Kansas Veterans Home in Winfield, KS. He worked as a salesman for Jostens for over 30 years. Robert L. Dare was born on February 3, 1928 in Wellington, KS to William H. Dare and Frances F. (Smith) Dare. He was raised in Wellington and...
Lestle Joyce Hollingsworth
Aug 9, 2016
Lestle Hollingsworth was born in Tulsa, OK to Velma Conklin and Joyce Randall Hollingsworth. He was the second of their four sons. His family also lived in Colorado Springs, CO for a year before returning to their family farm in Belle Plaine, KS where Lestle spent most of his school years. In 1953 he was a second generation graduate of...
Sharon Ann Callender
Jul 28, 2016
Sharon would like you to know her work here is complete. It was an exhausting but exciting life, she accomplished so much. But now she's off to bigger and better things. Sharon was born in 1945 to John (Jack) and Eileen (Hebbe) Kraus of Wellington. She graduated from Wellington High School in 1963 and then attended nursing school at St....
