Larry Ray Martin
Dec 31, 2008
Larry Ray Martin, age 64, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, December 31, 2008 at Slate Creek Deseret Nursing Home in Wellington. Larry was a Wellington resident for most of his life except for the last year he had been residing in Caldwell. He was a retired Social Worker for the State of Kansas, a school teacher, and for eight years...
Earl Leroy Mckinney
Dec 23, 2008
Earl LeRoy McKinney, 82, formerly of rural South Haven and Wellington, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008, in Canyon, TX. He had lived in Canyon for the past four years, with the last three years being at the Canyon Health Care Nursing Home. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, December 27, 2008, at 2:00 P.M. at Frank Funeral Home. Pastor Danny...
Sydney Lyndell Nichols
Dec 8, 2008
Sydney Lyndell Nichols, age 88, passed away early Monday morning, December 8, 2008 at Slate Creek Deseret Nursing Home in Wellington, KS. She was a retired nurse's aide and dental assistant. Sydney Lyndell Nichols was born on June 6, 1920 in Reed, OK to James Lindsey Hollis and Mary E. (Killian) Hollis. Sydney married Charles F. "Nick" Nichols on July...
Maria Luz Venegas De Corona
Nov 26, 2008
Maria "Luz" Venegas de Corona, age 100, a longtime Wellington resident, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, November 26, 2008 at her daughters' home in Wellington. Maria "Luz" Venegas was born on June 30, 1908 in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico to Tiburcio and Rosario (Romero) Venegas. She married Jose Higinio Corona on October 12, 1924 in Summervilles, TX. He preceded her in...
Berneata M. Frost
Nov 18, 2008
Berneata M. Frost, age 94, a Wellington resident for most of her life, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, November 18, 2008 at the Golden Living Center in Wellington. Berneata M. (Davis) Frost was born on May 11, 1914 in rural Bluff City, KS to Alvin H. Davis and Edna E. (Lively) Davis. She married Charlie A. Frost on June 17,...
Larry Alan Langley
Nov 14, 2008
Larry Alan Langley, age 48, of Wichita, KS passed away on November 14, 2008 at Sumner Regional Medical Center. He was a landscaper. Larry Alan Langley was born on November 13, 1960 in Wellington, KS to Leslie and Corrine (Clark) Langley. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Allen and Violet Clark and Howard and Helen Langley and one...
Paula Jean Jones
Nov 7, 2008
Paula Jean Jones, age 71, passed away at William Newton Memorial Hospital in Winfield, KS on Friday morning, November 7, 2008. She was self employed as the owner of Paula's Tax Accounting Service in Wellington, KS. Paula was born on December 18, 1936 in Oklahoma City, OK. She was the daughter of Pauline and Allie Paine, Sr. and E. W....
Richard Andrew Newell
Oct 26, 2008
Richard A. "Dick" Newell, age 90, passed away at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Wellington, KS on Sunday evening, October 26, 2008. Richard A. Newell was born on August 10, 1918 in rural Rome, KS to Roy Andrew & Maggie (Stamm) Newell. He graduated from Wellington High School in 1936. Richard married Charlotte "Roberta" Heasty on August 6, 1939 at...
Charlotte Roberta Newell
Oct 24, 2008
Charlotte "Roberta" Newell, age 87, passed away at Friendly Acres Assisted Living in Wellington, KS on Friday afternoon, October 24, 2008. Charlotte "Roberta" Newell was born on February 4, 1921 in Rural Mayfield, KS to William J. and Flora May (Roberts) Heasty. She graduated from Wellington High School in 1939. Roberta married Richard Newell on August 6, 1939 at the...
Richard (Dick) Mathias Giefer
Oct 18, 2008
Richard (Dick) Mathias Giefer, 76, of Wellington, loving husband, father, and grandfather passed away Saturday, October 18, 2008 surrounded by his family. Richard was born April 18, 1932, in rural Wellington where he was a life-long farmer, retired dairyman and stockman. He enjoyed playing cards, cruising the countryside with his faithful canine (Oscar). Farming with his sons, his horses and...
Lela Audrey Huddleston
Oct 16, 2008
Lela Audrey Huddleston, age 94, of South Haven, KS went to her eternal rest on October 16, 2008. Lela Huddleston, maiden name Mantooth, of South Haven was born on August 10, 1914 in Wauneta, KS to Frank and Sylvia (Straight) Mantooth. She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis V. Huddleston, who died in 1969, by three brothers, Ivan...
Sibyl Pauline Whipple
Oct 16, 2008
Sibyl Pauline Whipple, age 76, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away Thursday, October 16, 2008 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice at Via Christi Regional Medical Center in Wichita, KS. She worked in the Sumner County Clerk's office for 32 years and was the Sumner County Clerk for 16 of those years. She retired in 1997. Sibyl Pauline...
Clifford J. Smith
Oct 13, 2008
Clifford J. Smith, age 81, of Wellington, passed away at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS on October 13, 2008. Clifford J. Smith was born November 25, 1926 to R. Alfred Smith and Eva E. (Wiggins) Smith in Cedarvale, KS. Clifford served in the U.S. Air Force from 1947-1952. He graduated with a Bachelors and Masters Degree in English from...
Phyllis J. Sharpsteen
Oct 8, 2008
Phyllis J. Sharpsteen, age 73, passed away at Kansas Medical Center in Andover, KS on Wednesday morning, October 8, 2008. Phyllis J. Garlow Sharpsteen was born on January 10, 1935 in Attica, KS to James T. and Allene (Coslett) Garlow. Phyllis married Donald Lee "Dooley" Sharpsteen on February 16, 1985 at the First Christian Church in Wellington. He preceded her...
Rosie C. Bristow
Oct 1, 2008
Rosie C. Bristow, age 86, passed away at William Newton Memorial Hospital in Winfield, KS on October 1, 2008. Rosie Carr Bristow was born April 30, 1922 to Rev. Odie Carr and Hazel (Warner) Carr in Wichita. KS. She was the youngest of five children. She completed her formal education in Oklahoma and the Wichita Public School system. Rosie met...
Wayne G. Jones
Oct 1, 2008
Wayne G. Jones, age 79, of Mayfield, KS passed away Wednesday morning, October 1, 2008 at Johnson Regional Medical Center in Clarksville, Arkansas. Survivors are his wife, Opal D. Jones of Mayfield, KS; two sons, Greg Jones of Corbin, KS and Glen Jones of Wichita, KS; three daughters, Linda Parslow of Belle Plaine, KS, Jill Bracken of Garland, TX, and...
Virginia Leigh Haggard
Sep 26, 2008
Virginia Leigh Haggard, age 83, passed away Friday afternoon, September 26, 2008 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center - St. Francis Campus in Wichita, KS. She was a retired custodian for USD#353. Virginia Leigh (Dennis) Haggard was born on August 14, 1925 in Anthony, KS to Paul H. Dennis and Eugenia C. (Smith) Dennis. Virginia Leigh Dennis married Lawrence D....
Lois Irene Sprowls
Sep 13, 2008
Lois Irene Sprowls, 93, Wellington resident for over 60 years, died Saturday, September 13, 2008, while a patient in an Albuquerque, NM, hospital where she had undergone hip-replacement surgery. She died on her 93rd birthday. She was born to George E. and Alta Ferguson at Blackwell, OK, on September 13, 1915 and attended schools in Blackwell and Wellington. She was...
Mary Margaret Hester
Sep 4, 2008
Mary Margaret Hester, age 52, of Florence, South Carolina passed away at her home on Thursday, September 4, 2008. She was the property manager of Southern Pines for the past 12 years in Florence, SC. Mary Margaret (LaFary) Hester was born on September 30, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Margaret Foley LaFary Vondracek and the late Harold Mike LaFary. Survivors...
Luetta Mae Boucher
Aug 28, 2008
Luetta M. Boucher, age 80, passed away Thursday evening, August 28, 2008 at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Wellington, KS. Luetta M. (Baker) Boucher was born on November 10, 1927 to Charles Baker and Flossie (Nicholson) Baker. She married William Z. Boucher on June 22, 1963 in El Dorado, KS. He preceded her in death in December of 1997. She...
