Obituary Listing

Aug 15, 2021

Melva Lula (Day) Putman, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away August 15, 2021.

She was born January 8, 1929 in Winfield, Kansas, the daughter of James S. and Gladys C. (Eudaly) Day. She grew up in Winfield and graduated from Winfield High School. She married Herschel E. Putman April 3, 1949 and they moved to Wichita in 1958....

Aug 12, 2021

Ronald L. Berwert, 82, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 12, 2021, with his family by his side.

Born April 1, 1939, in Topeka, Kansas, he was the son of William S. and Juanita A. (Bunds) Berwert. He was raised and received his education in Winfield and was a member of the class of...

Aug 11, 2021

Ronald R. Baker, 75, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at William Newton Hospital.

Born December 20, 1945, in Winfield, he was the son of Roy F. and Helen B. Baker. He was raised and received his education in Winfield, graduating from Winfield High School in 1964. As a young man, Ron worked at...

Aug 11, 2021

Santana Jude Tapia, 15, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021.

Born July 17, 2006, in Winfield, he was the son of Samuel and Sudie (White) Tapia.  He was raised and received his education in Winfield.  He enjoyed being a member of the Winfield Middle School Scholar's Bowl Team and was a Mathlete. ...

Aug 8, 2021

Gary L. Carroll, 77, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Sunday morning, August 8, 2021, at the Kansas Veterans Home.

Born October 21, 1943, in Chanute, Kansas, he was the son of Chester and Audrey (Dozer) Carroll. He was raised and received his early education in Chanute. When he was young, Gary's family moved all over southeast Kansas...

Aug 2, 2021

Robert A. "Bob" Johnson, 67, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Monday morning, August 2, 2021, at Alliance Health in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

Born May 28, 1954, in El Dorado, Kansas, he was the son of Robert L. and Edna M. (Hougland) Johnson. He was raised and received his education in South Central Kansas. Following school, Bob joined...

Jul 31, 2021

Queen Esther Dean, 57, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021, at her home.

Born January 30, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of Girtha Mae Jackson and Robert Mallet. She was raised and received her early education in Cape Girardeau, Missouri until moving to Topeka, Kansas, where she attended and graduated from...

Jul 28, 2021

Louis Wayne Hoover, 64, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Wednesday morning, July 28, 2021, at his home.

Born July 13, 1957, in Winfield, he was the son of Maurice W. and Diana (Beswick) Hoover. He was raised and received his education in Winfield, graduating from Winfield High School in 1975. While in school he was...

Jul 26, 2021

Roy Thompson, 90, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away Monday morning, July 26, 2021 at his home.

Born April 23, 1931 near Rose Hill, Kansas, he was the son of John J. and Filena (Ayres) Thompson. He was raised on farms near Udall, Kansas and graduated from Udall High School in 1949. He served his country in the...

Jul 21, 2021

Raymond Jurado, 85, of Wichita, passed away Wednesday morning, July 21, 2021 at the Larksfield Place Health Center in Wichita.

Born October 25, 1935, in Winfield, he was the son of Bonifacio and Adriana Jurado.  Raymond was raised and received his education in Winfield.  After high school, he was drafted into the U.S. National Guard....

Jul 20, 2021

CoNette L. (Nofzinger) Kasten Archer died on July 20, 2021 of Alzheimer's disease. She was born to Owen E. and A. Marjorie (nee Seigneur) Nofzinger on December 4, 1936. She attended school in Archbold, Ohio and then Bowling Green State University. In 1956, she married Roger N. Kasten and to this union six children were added. Through...

Jul 11, 2021

Ethel Scott, 86, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Sunday evening, July 11, 2021, at her home.

Born September 30, 1934, in Kirk, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Herbert and Leah (Nelson) Finley. She was raised and received her education in Ethel, West Virginia, where she attended Logan High School.

Ethel spent...

Jul 8, 2021

Donald O'Neil, 62, Winfield, Kansas, passed away July 8, 2021, in Oxford, Kansas.

Born February 24, 1959, he was the son of Leonard and Juanita (Darnell) O'neil. He was raised and received his education in Winfield. Following school, Donald joined the United States Army, serving until he was medically discharged.

Survivors include wife, Stephoni Jean...

Jul 6, 2021

Johnny Clay Buckmaster, 79, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Tuesday evening, July 6, 2021 at his home.

Born December 17, 1941 in Eakley, Oklahoma, he was the son of Haden and Della (Cosper) Buckmaster. He married Carma Lee Poindexter on April 17, 1964. The couple lived in Geronimo, Oklahoma and Shreveport, Louisiana before making their home in...

Jul 5, 2021

Paul Willis Harviston, 69, previously of Oklahoma, passed away Monday morning, July 5, 2021 at the Kansas Veterans Home.

Born November 6, 1951 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, he was the son of Clyde and Afton (Maxwell) Harviston. Following high school graduation, Paul enlisted in the United States Army. He proudly served his country during Vietnam, receiving an...

Jul 4, 2021

Braden Alexander Andes, 17, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away July 4, 2021, in Augusta.

Born July 29, 2003, in Winfield, Kansas, he was the son of Garylynn (Andes) Miller and Austin Miller.  He was raised and received his education in Winfield/Burden.  Braden worked at Beeman's Tree Service.  He loved the outdoors, working on his truck,...

Jul 4, 2021

Alfred H. Walters, age 95, passed away peacefully at Kansas Veterans Home in Winfield, Kansas on July 4, 2021.

Alfred was born March 16, 1926, in rural Bison, Oklahoma, to Frank and Olga (Pipla) Walters.  He was the youngest of four children:  Mildred, Adolph, Ella.  His father died of injuries in a cattle related incident...

Jul 3, 2021

Nedra Roll, 77, passed away July 3, 2021, at her home in Winfield, Kansas.

Nedra was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, the third daughter of Charles and Mae (Eaton) Welch.  She attended East and North High Schools.  She was a student at Wichita State University off and on throughout her life as her curiosity...

Jul 3, 2021

Milton Spengler, 85, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Saturday morning, July 3, 2021 at the Kansas Veterans Home.

Born March 13, 1936 on a farm northeast of Winfield, he was the son of Lyman M. and Ethel Clavin Spengler. He attended elementary school at Maple Grove School and graduated in the upper 10% of his class in...

Jul 1, 2021

Sharon Anita Olmstead, wife of Kent Olmstead for 56 years, passed away July 1, 2021 after losing her second battle with cancer. As a proud storyteller, she dictated the following:

Sharon Anita Lunceford was born to James and Dorcus Lunceford April 8, 1946. She preferred the story told by her parents that she was found on an...