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Patricia Anne Fritsch

Patricia Anne Fritsch

Sep 18, 2011

Patricia Anne Fritsch, age 67, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2011 at her home in Wellington, KS. She was a retired manager of Friendship Meals. Patricia Anne (Conway) Fritsch was born on April 8, 1944 in Wellington, KS to Glen S.D. Conway and Faynetta Melissa (Meredith) Conway. She was a Wellington High School graduate with...

Gaylia Sue Dorsey

Gaylia Sue Dorsey

Aug 29, 2011

Gaylia Sue Dorsey, age 65, life long resident of Wellington, passed away Monday morning, August 29, 2011 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, KS. She was a former Supervisor at BAE Systems. Gaylia Sue (Tracy) Dorsey was born on May 28, 1946 in Wellington, KS to John Martin Tracy and Christina Maude (Willis) Tracy. She graduated with the...

Ronald Dean Gardner

Ronald Dean Gardner

Aug 17, 2011

Ronald Dean Gardner, 65, of Wellington, KS, passed away August 17, 2011 at Sumner Regional Medical Center after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was a former employee of Oxwell, Inc. in Wellington. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Darlene; parents, William B. and Euna Gardner; and brother, Gene Gardner. Survivors include his wife, Virgie...

Cleland Wayne Condit

Cleland Wayne Condit

Aug 16, 2011

Cleland Wayne Condit, age 68, Wellington resident since 1964, passed away Tuesday evening, August 16, 2011 at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Wellington. Cleland was a retired Manufacturing and Engineering Supervisor at B.A.E. having worked there from 1963 – 2005. Cleland was born on December 18, 1942 at Winfield, KS to Sterling L. and Maxine L. (Gardner) Condit. He was...

Dorothy Pauline Lansden

Dorothy Pauline Lansden

Aug 7, 2011

Dorothy Pauline Lansden, age 90, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away Sunday morning, August 7, 2011 at Norman Regional Hospital in Norman, OK. She was a retired co-owner of Frank Funeral Home and also a former owner of Redwood Studio. Dorothy Pauline (Gardner) Lansden was born on August 10, 1920 in Wellington, KS to Arthur J. Gardner...

Ruby C. Carroll

Ruby C. Carroll

Jul 17, 2011

Ruby C. Carroll, age 91, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away Sunday afternoon, July 17, 2011 at Riverview Manor in Oxford, KS. Ruby C. (Phillips) Carroll was born on November 17, 1919 in Milan, KS to Luther E. and Marjorie E. (Stephens) Phillips. Ruby married Lynn Carroll on February 19, 1940 in Medford, OK. He preceded her...

Peggy J. Richmond

Peggy J. Richmond

Jul 16, 2011

Peggy Jane Richmond, 61, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2011 at the Via Christi St. Francis Hospice Unit in Wichita, KS. Peggy was born March 21, 1950 in Colorado Springs, CO to Vernon Franklin Woods and Velma Flossie (Louder) Woods. She married Gary S. Richmond on March 18, 1976 in Burlingame, KS. She was preceded in death by her parents....

Melvin Warren Mason

Melvin Warren Mason

Jul 13, 2011

Melvin Warren Mason passed on to heaven on July 13, 2011 at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Wellington, KS. He was born July 20, 1923 on the family farm near Corbin, KS, and the son of Thomas Glee & Leota (Troutman) Mason. He attended Maple Hill grade school and graduated from South Haven High School. Melvin married Mary Oldenburg...

Vernita Olive Morrison

Vernita Olive Morrison

Jul 9, 2011

Vernita O. Morrison, 93, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Wellington, KS. Vernita was born February 7, 1918 in Wellington, KS to John Irl Gift and Lola Florence (Glaze) Gift and lived in or near Wellington all her life. She was a lifetime member of the First Christian Church. She married F. Raymond Morrison...

Ila Lee (Davis) Langford Shue

Ila Lee (Davis) Langford Shue

Jul 8, 2011

Ila Lee (Davis) Langford Shue went home with Jesus on July 8, 2011. She lived 86 years and seven months under the loving care of her physician, Dr. Faustino Naldoza, and was attended to by the caring staff of Riverview Manor Nursing Home, Oxford, and Hospice Care of Kansas. Memorial Services will be held on Thursday, July 14, at 11:00...

Royce Kenley Shue

Royce Kenley Shue

Jul 6, 2011

Royce Kenley "Ken" Shue, age 76, passed away Wednesday evening, July 6, 2011 at Golden Living Center in Wellington, KS. Royce Kenley Shue was born on May 21, 1935 in Chicago, IL to John W. Shue and Grace O. (Raffe) Shue. Ken served in the United States Air Force from 1954 – 1974 and retired as a Staff Sergeant after...

Tawneca Dawn (Cobb) Gonzales

Tawneca Dawn (Cobb) Gonzales

Jun 16, 2011

Tawneca Dawn (Cobb) Gonzales, age 32, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2011 at Renfrow, OK. Tawneca was born on August 23, 1978 in Wellington, KS to James F. Cobb, Jr. and Sandra K. (Silcox) Cobb. Survivors include her parents, James and Sandra Cobb, of Wellington, one sister, Tenneil Cobb, of Chicago, IL., grandparents, Norman and Edith Silcox, of Blackwell, OK,...

Lavola G. Thompson

Lavola G. Thompson

Jun 7, 2011

Lavola G. Thompson, age 87, passed away early Tuesday morning, June 7, 2011 at her home in Wellington. Lavola had been a Wellington resident for the past 31 years moving here from California. She was a seamstress and a homemaker. Lavola G. (Hudson) Thompson was born on June 19, 1923 in Blountsville, AL to Bay Hudson and Ruth (Chandler) Hudson....

Leota Lucy Carothers

Leota Lucy Carothers

May 25, 2011

Leota Lucy Carothers, age 91, of Wellington, KS passed away early Wednesday morning, May 25, 2011 at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Wellington. Leota was born September 22, 1919 in Mullinville, KS. Her parents were Andrew James and Mary Emma Scott. She attended grade school in Mullinville before moving to Kinsley in 1928. She attended 4th grade in three schools...

Herman Nolan Estes

Herman Nolan Estes

May 19, 2011

Herman Nolan Estes, age 77, went home to be with his heavenly father on Thursday afternoon, May 19, 2011 at his home in Hunnewell, KS surrounded by his three loving daughters. He was a welder for Boeing Aircraft retiring in 1993. Herman Estes was born on February 10, 1934 in Stroud, OK to Plesant Henderson Estes and Martha Moet (Waltman)...

Beulah Rogene Currey

Beulah Rogene Currey

May 11, 2011

Beulah Rogene (Knox) Currey, age 75, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 in Corsicana, TX. Rogene was born on March 1, 1936 to Harold & Melba (Church) Knox in Wellington, KS. Rogene was the oldest of six children. After graduating from South Haven High School, she married Percy W. Currey and had four amazing...

John Richard Harris

John Richard Harris

Apr 30, 2011

John "Richard" Harris, age 82, passed away Saturday afternoon, April 30, 2011 at his home in Wellington, KS. He was a sheet metal worker for Hawker Beechcraft retiring in 1991. John Richard Harris was born on December 13, 1928 in Slaton, TX to Verner George Harris and Gladys May (Davis) Harris. He and his family moved to Wellington in 1929...

Dale Crouch

Dale Crouch

Apr 22, 2011

Dale Crouch, 82, passed away Friday, April 22, 2011 at his home in Wellington, KS. He was a retired machinist for Welco Aerospace, a mechanic for John Deere, a handyman and carpenter. Dale Crouch was born on January 1, 1929 in Cleveland, KS to Arthur Theodore and Mary Eliza (Cramer) Crouch. He was raised in Kingman and moved to Wellington...

Anna May Hunt

Anna May Hunt

Apr 22, 2011

Anna May Hunt, age 74, passed away early Friday morning, April 22, 2011 at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Wellington, KS. Anna May (Tyler) Hunt was born on December 24, 1936 in Osceola, MO to Charles W. Tyler and Cecil W. (Terrell) Tyler. Anna married Harry C. Hunt on August 22, 1978 in Wellington, KS. He preceded her in death...

Vivian A. (Karlin) Bell

Vivian A. (Karlin) Bell

Apr 21, 2011

Vivian (Karlin) Bell, age 72, passed into Heaven on April 21, 2011. Co-owner of Accent Bridal & Tux of Wichita, KS and multiple rental farms throughout KS. Vivian was born August 21, 1938 in Wellington, KS. Vivian married Glenn Bell on September 15, 1956. Preceded in death by her parents, Merle and Evelyn Karlin; brother, Donald Karlin; and granddaughter, Niki...

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