Dorothy "Freda" Hatfield
Jan 17, 2017
Dorothy "Freda" Hatfield, 97, of Oxford, Kansas, formerly of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 17, 2017 at The Joy Home. Born September 5, 1919 in Weymouth, Dorsett County, England, she was the daughter of John and Hilda Bessie Lazarus. She was raised and received her education in England. Freda was united in marriage to Riley J. Hatfield on...
Earle D. Smith
Jan 15, 2017
Earle D. Smith, 83, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away early Sunday morning, January 15, 2017 at his home. Earle was born in Waco, Texas on February 4, 1933. He was the son of Dr. Leslie McKnight and Ruby (Wood) Smith. He was raised and educated in El Paso, graduated from El Paso High School. He then attended and graduated from...
Shirley Lorena Schmidt
Jan 14, 2017
Shirley Lorena Schmidt, 90, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away early Saturday morning, January 14, 2017 at the Joy Home in Oxford, Kansas. Born November 20, 1926 in Geuda Springs, she was the daughter of Verne Joseph and Bertha Madeline (Teter) Holman. She was the first child born in the Geuda Springs Hospital. She attended grade school at the Rainbow Bend...
Barbara L. Payne
Jan 13, 2017
Barbara L. Payne, 90, of Winfield, Kansas, went with her Angels to Heaven on Friday morning, January 13, 2017 at her home. Born April 3, 1926 in Winfield, Kansas, she was the daughter of Clarence Lee and Barbara Rose (Landgraf) Barnett. She was raised on the family farm in the Frog Hollow area. She attended Frog Hollow school until her...
Claudine Mae Lundy
Jan 10, 2017
Claudine Mae Lundy, 76, of Burden, Kansas, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 10, 2017. Born January 11, 1940 in Winfield, Kansas, she was the daughter of Boyd and Hazel (Searle) Ring. She was raised and received her education in Burden before moving to Winfield and graduating from Winfield High School in 1957. Claudine married Tom Reeves in 1956 at the...
Norma Jean Nulik
Jan 6, 2017
Norma Jean (Coady) Nulik, 87, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away January 6, 2017 at the Kansas Veterans Home. Born at home in Anthony, Kansas, she was the daughter of Pete and Ruby (Sevier) Coady. She attended Enterprise Country School and graduated from Anthony High School. On August 17, 1947 she was united in marriage to Ivan Nulik at the Church...
Vera Colleen Sullivan
Jan 4, 2017
Vera Colleen Sullivan, 76, of Udall, Kansas, passed away, Wednesday morning, January 4, 2017 at her home. Born November 5, 1940 in Turon, Kansas, she was the daughter of John Larance and Olive Lucille (Smith) Kelly. She worked for Kreonite for twenty years, assembling electronic photo machines. Colleen married Cecil Everett Sullivan on February 14, 2006. He preceded her in...
Lawrence C. Biddle
Jan 2, 2017
Lawrence C. Biddle, 93, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Monday evening, January 2, 2017 at Winfield Senior Living Community. Born July 30, 1923 in Winfield, Kansas, he was the son of Jesse Amos and Elsie Ethel (Ramsey) Biddle. He was raised and received his education in Winfield. Lawrence made a lifelong career as a farmer. He also worked as a...
Robert F. Banfill
Jan 1, 2017
Robert F. Banfill, 72, of Arkansas City died New Year's Day after a lengthy illness. Born Feb. 7, 1944 in Crosby, Texas, the first child of Earline and Floyd Banfill, Bob (as his friends and family called him) grew up in Douglass, Kansas with his sister Cynthia. He made a mark as a wrestler in high school before joining the...
Frances Joann Shipp
Dec 30, 2016
Frances Joann Shipp, 82, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Friday evening, December 30, 2016 at Diversicare of Council Grove in Council Grove, Kansas. Born September 11, 1934 in Winfield, Kansas, she was the daughter of William Dewey and Pearl R. (Brooks) Slagle. She was raised and received her education in Winfield, graduating from Winfield High School in 1952. Joann worked...
George J. Mcmenamin
Dec 29, 2016
George J. McMenamin, 94, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Thursday morning, December 29, 2016 at the Kansas Veterans Home in Winfield. Private burial will take place at Old Mission Cemetery in Wichita.
John B. Asbury
Dec 28, 2016
John B, "J.B" Asbury, 82, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Wednesday morning, December 28, 201 6 at Winfield Senior Living. Born June 11, 1934 in Dexter, Kansas, he was the son of John O. and Ellen (Barnhart) Asbury. He was raised and received his education in Dexter. He was united in marriage to Norma J. Rowe on February 28, 1954...
David Clyde Hatfield
Dec 26, 2016
David Clyde Hatfield, 70, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Monday afternoon, December 26, 2016 at the Kansas Veterans Home. Born July 4, 1946 in Canton, Ohio, he was the son of Walter J. and Martha "Jeanne" (Penrose) Hatfield. He was raised and received his education in Arkansas City. He joined the United States Navy on April 28, 1966 and proudly...
David L. Musgrove
Dec 26, 2016
David Musgrove, 83, of Winfield Kansas, passed away Monday morning, December 26, 2016 at Winfield Senior Living Community, following a short illness. Born on April 2, 1933 in Mankato, Kansas, he was the eighth of ten children born to Orley and Susie (Dickson) Musgrove. He began his elementary education in Mankato, and in 1948 moved to Manhattan, Kansas. Dave's love...
Ava L. Deets
Dec 20, 2016
Ava Lenora Deets, 88, of Burden, Kansas, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 20, 2016 at William Newton Hospital in Winfield. Born February 28, 1928 in Dexter, Kansas, she was the daughter of Herbert Clinton and Bernice (Williams) Trobaugh. She was raised and received her education in the Dexter area graduating from Dexter High School in 1945. Ava worked as...
William "Billy Don" Don Mitchell
Dec 18, 2016
William Don "Billy Don" Mitchell, 87, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Sunday evening, December 18, 2016 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Born June 23, 1929 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, he was the son of William Henry "Buster" and Minnie "Florence" (Beauford) Mitchell. He was raised and received his education in Carlsbad, graduating from Carlsbad High School in 1947....
Kelly Janae Shaffer
Dec 17, 2016
Kelly Janae Shaffer, 31, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away Sunday morning, December 17, 2016 at the Berkeley House in Wichita, Kansas. Born 15 weeks premature on November 29, 1985 in Wichita, Kansas, she was the daughter of Rick Shaffer and Lynda Bailey Custer. She received her education at Cookson Hills Christian Ministries High school graduating in 2004. Kelly enjoyed music,...
Bob L. Redford
Dec 17, 2016
Bob L. Redford, 78, of Burden, Kansas, passed away on December 17, at Peace of Mind, Rose Hill House, Rose Hill, Kansas. He was born July 2, 1938, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Walt and Delilah (Price) Redford. He spent his childhood in Lyons, Kansas, until the family moved to a farm, later named the Dot R Ranch, near...
Dorothy A. Fruits
Dec 15, 2016
Dorothy A. Fruits, 86, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Thursday morning, December 15, 2016 at Cumbernauld Village in Winfield. Born June 23, 1930 in Riverton, Kansas, she was the daughter of Christopher Charles and Jessie Margaret (Rupert) Myers. She graduated from Oxford High School in 1948. After school, she began teaching in rural schools in Oxford and Udall. She later...
Vada L. Whitehill
Dec 12, 2016
Vada LaVerne Whitehill, 94, of rural Cowley County, Latham, KS, peacefully passed away on December 12, 2016 at Lakepoint Nursing Home, Augusta, Kansas following some illnesses. She celebrated her birthday on May 16, which a sister clearly remembered; however, her birth certificate declared it to be May 15, 1922. Born in Dighton, KS, before the Great Depression and the Dust...
