Obituary Listing

Sep 1, 2018

Arthur "Vance" Day, 83, of Arkansas City, Kansas passed away Saturday morning, September 1, 2018 at his home. Born January 18, 1935 in his family's home in Arkansas City, he was the son of Roy Vance and Blanche (Mosler) Day. He was raised and received his education in Arkansas City, graduating from Arkansas City High School in 1953. Following high...

Aug 27, 2018

John "Brent" McBride, Jr., 56 of Winfield, KS, passed away at his home Monday morning, August 27, 2018. Brent was born February 13, 1962 in Winfield, KS. He was the son of John McBride, Sr. and Sandra Sue Tucker. He was raised and received his education primarily in the Winfield area. Brent was united in marriage to Bambi Bruce on...

Aug 26, 2018

Richard G. Peak, Sr., 81, of Udall, Kansas, passed away Sunday evening, August 26, 2018 at his home. Born July 8, 1937 in Atchison, Kansas, he was the son of Asa Warden and Edna (Clark) Peak. He was raised and received his education in Atchison, graduating from Atchison High School in 1955. Following school, Richard was married for a short...

Aug 25, 2018

Howard Kent Lockyear, partner, father, brother & friend passed away Saturday August 25, 2018 at his home in Mt. Vernon, Washington. He was 64 years old. Born May 18, 1954 to Bill and Deanie Lockyear in Winfield, Kansas. He attended school in Winfield, graduating from Winfield High School in 1972. Howard also studied psychology at Cowley County Community College. Howard's...

Aug 22, 2018

Mary Louise Logsdon, 76, retired elementary teacher and K-12 Librarian passed away August 22, 2018 at her home in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Born August 11, 1942 in Natoma, Kansas, she was the daughter of Vernon and Leah (Mayo) Matheson. Mary lived her early life in Natoma until the family moved to Larned, Kansas, where she attended school and graduated from...

Aug 22, 2018

Martha Ann "Shea" Chattam, 88, of Inman, Kansas, previously Hutchinson, passed away August 22, 2018 at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Inman.

Born November 17, 1929 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Earl F. and Esther "Gill" Shea. She was raised and received her education in Winfield, graduating from Winfield High School in...

Aug 21, 2018

Ruben Ruiz, 87, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Tuesday evening, August 21, 2018 at Select Specialty Hospital in Wichita. Born April 1, 1931 in Winfield, Kansas, he was the son of Miguel and Ramona (Gutierrez) Ruis. He was raised and received his education in Winfield. Following school, he joined the United States Army and proudly served his country in the...

Aug 21, 2018

James Richard "Jim" Smith, 72, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Tuesday evening, August 21, 2018 at his home. Born September 22, 1945 in Evanston, Illinois, he was the son of Richard and Dixie (Wheeler) Smith. He was raised and received his education in California where he graduated high school. He then joined the United States Air Force and proudly served...

Aug 21, 2018

Donna John Stallings Goldsmith, 74, formally of Wichita, passed away August 21, 2018. She was preceded in death by father Harry John, mother Olive John Hagebush and sister Beverly John. Donna is survived by husband John Goldsmith; son Brad Stallings of Arizona; step-daughter Dana Miotto of Wichita; step-son Marshall Stallings of California; daughter Nicole Richardson of Wichita; sister Marlene Van...

Aug 20, 2018

Ruth A. Sparks, 96, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Monday afternoon, August 20, 2018 at Winfield Senior Living. Born May 13, 1922 in Winfield, she was the daughter of Nathaniel "Mood" and Amanda (Taylor) Archer. She was raised and received her education in Winfield, graduating from Winfield High School in 1941. After school she went to work as a riveter...

Aug 17, 2018

Brandon Powell, 26, of Dexter, Kansas, passed away Friday afternoon, August 17, 2018 at his home. Born August 14, 1992 in Wichita, Kansas, he was the son of Steve and Dawn (Pettigrew) Powell. The family lived in Mulvane, Kansas until 1999 when they moved to Dexter to be near family for help and support with Brandon's autism. Brandon received day...

Aug 14, 2018

Davey Michael Baalmann, 64, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, August 14, 2018 at Wesley Medical Center after a brief illness. Born December 16, 1953 in Stewart, Florida, he was the son of Edwin and Joyce (O'Connor) Baalmann. He was raised and received his education in Udall, Kansas, graduating from Udall High School in 1973. Davey began working...

Aug 12, 2018

Richard Leland Tredway, 79, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Sunday morning, August 12, 2018 at Reeds Cove in Wichita, Kansas after a short battle with cancer.

Born June 22, 1939 in Winfield, Kansas, he was the son of Ernest and Ida (Logsdon) Tredway.  He attended Willow Branch Country School until it closed in 1953, then...

Aug 7, 2018

Nancy Earl, 69, of Winfield, passed away Tuesday morning, August 7, 2018 at her home.

Nancy was born June 24, 1949 in Modesto, California, where she was raised and educated. While in California she met Miranda Lewandowski and Trux Anglemyer and began working as a Nanny for their family.  In March of 2001 she moved...

Aug 4, 2018

Ruth Marie (Bailey) Caskey, 102, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Saturday night, August 4, 2018 at Winfield Senior Living. Born on April 29, 1916 to Samuel H. and Carrie E. (Gillette) Bailey in Coffeyville, Kansas. Ruth had four half-siblings: Anna Elizabeth, John, Norman and George David Bailey. Ruth's father died when she was four years old. Her mother remarried in...

Aug 3, 2018

William Eugene McCurdy, 66, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away Friday morning, August 3, 2018 at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center. Born June 23, 1952 in Oakley, Kansas, he was the son of William Eugene and Bonnie Jean (Miller) McCurdy. He was raised and received his education in Wichita and Scott City. He then attended Garden City Junior College...

Jul 28, 2018

Margaret E. "Mickey" Billingslea, 92, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Saturday afternoon, July 28, 2018 at Cumbernauld Village. Born July 10, 1926 in East Orange, New Jersey she was youngest of three children born to George and Josephine (Dallinger) Janssen. She was raised and received her education in East Orange and went on to attend Marietta College in Ohio. While...

Jul 26, 2018

Henry R. Rutherford, Sr., 77, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Thursday evening, July 26, 2018 at the Kansas Veterans Home in Winfield.

Born May 29, 1941 in Winfield, he was the son of Ray and Theora (Sowers) Rutherford. He was raised and received his education in Winfield, graduating from Winfield High School in 1960. In...

Jul 22, 2018

Mildred I. Carter, 96, formerly of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Sunday morning, July 22, 2018, at the Family Health Rehab in Wichita, Kansas. Born January 9, 1922 in Tyro, Kansas, she was the daughter of James A. and Nettie "Della" (Craven) Earley. She was raised and received her education in Nowata, Oklahoma. During World War II, Mildred moved to Topeka,...

Jul 21, 2018

Erin Leigh Mockeridge, 28, of Burden, Kansas, passed away July 21, 2018 at her home. Born March 11, 1990 in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of Michael Wesselhoff and Deborah Mitchell. She was raised and received her education in Maryland attending Lamb of God Elementary and Middle School and graduating from Mount de Sales High School. Erin followed her...