Obituaries
Robert Toot
Nov 23, 2021
Robert Duane Toot, age 84, passed away on Nov. 23, 2021 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, KS. He was born on Aug. 31, 1937 in Pratt, KS., the son of Ora and Dorothy (Hunley) Toot. Robert was the owner of Bob’s Motor Co., worked for the City of St. John and farmed for many local farmers. He served...
Gail Dill
Nov 22, 2021
Gail Leon Dill, age 70, passed away on Nov. 22, 2021 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, KS. She was born on Sept. 21, 1951 in Pratt, KS., the daughter of Carl Melvin and Nona Lea (Wilson) Staub. She is survived by her children, Heather Mathias, Aiken, SC; Brandon (Erica) Morrow, Spirit Lake, IA; Shelly Dill, St. John,...
Orpha LeRoy-Wretling
Nov 18, 2021
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Orpha Wretling, 90, passed in peace on Nov. 18, 2021 at Leisure Homestead, Stafford, KS.
She was born on March 13, 1931 to Theodore F. and Hulda L. (Alpers) Witt in
Great Bend, Kansas. Orpha was preceded in death...
Rollin "Bud" Suiter
Nov 13, 2021
Rollin Leroy “Bud” Suiter, age 87, passed away on Nov. 13, 2021 at Parkwood Village, Pratt, KS. He was born on June 17, 1934 at the family farm in Rural Macksville, KS., the son of Ernest B. and Martha Pauline (Boothe) Suiter. Bud was a farmer-stockman and life-long resident of Macksville, KS. He was a member of the...
Lindsey Davis
Nov 8, 2021
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Lindsey Nicole (Dryden) Davis, age 38, passed away on Nov. 8, 2021 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS. She was born on Oct. 15, 1983 at Great Bend, KS., the daughter of Stephen F. and Marsha (Massey) Dryden. She was a Registered Nurse at the Larned State Hospital, Larned, KS., and a resident...
Leslie Deighton, Jr.
Nov 8, 2021
Leslie Deighton, Jr., age 83, passed away on Nov. 8, 2021 at the Stafford County Hospital, Stafford, KS. He was born on Nov. 19, 1937 at Larned, KS., the son of Leslie A. and Clara (Elmore) Deighton, Sr. On Nov. 30, 1957, he married Barbara Lyda at Alva, OK., she survives. A resident of Macksville, KS., since 1967,...
Davie Davis
Nov 3, 2021
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Davie C. Davis, age 48, passed away on Nov. 3, 2021 at the University Hospital, Columbia, MO. He was born on Dec. 13, 1972 at Fort Walton Beach, FL., the son of Wallace Davis and Mary C. Williams. He was a self-employed contractor with Davis Construction and a resident of Garfield since 2018. ...
Germaine Suiter-Smith
Nov 1, 2021
Germaine Elizabeth (Odom) Suiter-Smith, age 93, passed away on Nov. 1, 2021 at Kenwood Plaza, St. John, KS. She was born on Oct. 25, 1928 at Pratt, KS., the daughter of Herbert and Ella S. (Bird) Odom. Germaine was a Macksville High School graduate, homemaker and a retired nurse’s aide. She was a member of the Macksville Christian...
Betty Felin
Oct 25, 2021
Betty Jean (Martin) Felin, age 90, passed away on Oct. 25, 2021 at her home in St. John, KS. She was born on Feb. 24, 1931 at Eagle City, OK., the daughter of Charles A. and Jessie M. (Stott) Martin. She worked 17 years as a cook for St. John District Hospital and previously ran the Delp’s Café...
Cleo Bartlett
Oct 19, 2021
Cleo R. Bartlett was born in September 1926 in Fulton County, Arkansas. He was the son of Andrew and Alma Shelton Bartlett and spent his childhood on a farm between St. John and Stafford. He attended Stafford schools, graduating with the class of 1943 at the age of 16. The summer after graduation he attended Sterling College, received...
Johnnie Powell
Oct 13, 2021
Johnnie Lee Powell, age 67, passed away on Oct. 13, 2021 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. He was born on Dec. 9, 1953 at Great Bend, KS., the son of LeRoy and Lorine (Busick) Powell. He was a self-employed auto mechanic and resident of Seward since 2000. Survivors include his mother, Lorine; a sister, Donna Clark,...
RosaLee Ford
Oct 12, 2021
RosaLee (Hathaway) Ford, age 90, passed away on Oct. 12, 2021 at her home in Kinsley, KS. She was born on Aug. 2, 1931 at St. John, KS, the daughter of Robert Thomas and Lovina Belle (Weibling) Hathaway. She was a professional cook and resident of Kinsley, KS since 1951. On Sept. 1, 1951, she married Merle LeRoy...
Donna McMillan
Sep 30, 2021
Donna Dean McMillan passed away September 30, 2021 @ St John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, CA. Donna was born September 24, 1947, in Great Bend, KS to Richard and Madeleine McMillan. Donna graduated from St John High School in 1965 and attended Fort Hays Kansas State College. Donna resided in West Los Angeles, CA. She worked for 20...
Todd Meyer
Sep 23, 2021
Todd Allan Meyer, age 59, passed away on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt KS. He was born on April 6, 1962 in Sidney, NE., the son of Dean A. and Jannette L. (Krueger) Meyer. Todd graduated from Sidney High School in 1981. He was a resident of St. John. Todd loved horses and...
Clifford Morey
Sep 16, 2021
Clifford Michael Morey, age 76, passed away on Thursday, September 16, 2021 at Leisure Homestead, St. John, KS. He was born on August 3, 1945 in Hutchinson, KS, the son of Harold Clifford Morey and Audrey (Hemphill) Morey. Clifford served four years in the U.S. Navy. On June 26, 1977 he married Diana Stanley. She passed away in...
Patricia Truesdell
Sep 14, 2021
Patricia Vivian Truesdell, age 93, passed away September 14, 2021 in St. John, KS. Pat was born January 4, 1928 in Sterling, CO to Earnest and Gladys (Rush) Wood. Pat married Lee Linnemann and together they had three sons. In 1967, Pat married Calvin D. Truesdell who brought his four sons into their marriage. He later passed away...
Leslie Cammarn
Aug 18, 2021
Leslie Dean Cammarn, age 51, passed away on Aug. 18, 2021 at the O.U. Health Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK. He was born on Aug. 29, 1969 at Kansas City, KS, the son of Eddie Dean Cammarn and Velda R. (Kastning) Young. Leslie was a waste water manager for Butterball Poultry Processing at Carthage, MO. He is survived by his...
Peggy Thompson
Aug 15, 2021
Peggy Thompson, 88, passed away 15 August 2021. Peggy was born in 1932 in rural Kearney County, Kansas, the daughter of Earl Johnson and Florence (Kearns). Peggy attended school in Hopewell, Ks, where she met and married, Loren Thompson, in 1948. The couple relocated to Syracuse, Kansas in 1950, where they farmed and raised their family. Other than 3...
Bob Burns, Sr.
Aug 8, 2021
Bob Jay Burns, Sr., age 56, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021 at the Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, KS. He was born on Dec. 24, 1964 in Salem, OR, the son of Jack Dennis and Sharon Evone (Mullins) Burns. On Aug. 16, 1992, he married Rachel Dawn (Hall) in Issaquah, WA. He was a resident of...
Donald Suiter
Jul 29, 2021
Donald Ray Suiter, age 87, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at the Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, KS.,. He was born on September 9, 1933 at Macksville, KS, the son of Ralph L. and Edna (Waddle) Suiter. Donald was a fourth-generation farmer on the Suiter Homestead. He married Katherine E. (Delp) on...