Obituaries

Jack Thompson

May 19, 2021

Jack Eldon Thompson, age 93, passed away on May 19, 2021 at his home in Macksville, KS. He was born on January 28, 1928 in Sutherland, NE., the son of Orville Dean and Fraukalena (Kruger) Thompson. Jack was a resident of Flats, NE, then later ran a ranch in Garden County, NE for 25 years. On June 13, 1954,...

Rick Cornwell

May 17, 2021

Rick Cornwell of St. John passed away on May 17, 2021, surrounded by his children.

Born on June 15, 1949 to Jack and June Cornwell, Rick grew up on his family farm in St. John, Kansas.

After graduating from St. John High School, he attended Kansas State University where he was a member of the...

Margaret “June” Cornwell

May 16, 2021

Margaret June Cornwell, 94, passed away May 16, 2021, at Kenwood Plaza, St. John, KS.  She was born on June 17, 1926, in Osborne County Kansas to Loren and Areta (Dibble)  Breckenridge.

June graduated from Woodston High School and Fort Hays College.  She then moved to St. John to teach Home Economics where she met Jack Cornwell. ...

Vernon White

May 9, 2021

Vernon Edward White, age 94, passed away on May 9, 2021 at the Home of the Flint Hills, St. George, KS.  Vernon was born on May 20, 1926 at Ness City, KS, the son of Homer Reeves and Ina Jane (Redenbaugh) White.  On Apr. 5, 1952, he married Peggy P. Smith at rural St. John, KS.  He was a...

Mary Green

May 2, 2021

Mary Elaine (Allison) Green, age 76, passed away on May 2, 2021 at Pratt Regional Medical Center in Pratt, KS. She was born on October 17, 1944 in Larned, KS., the daughter of Roy and Katherine (Sparling) Allison. Mary was a 1962 graduate of St. John High School and a life-long resident of St. John. On August 17, 1963...

Earlene Heimiller

Apr 27, 2021

Earlene F. (Doggett) Heimiller, age 86, passed away on Apr. 27, 2021 at Aldersgate Village, Topeka, KS.  She was born on Aug. 22, 1934 at Dillwyn, KS, the daughter of Fred and Agnes (Troesh) Doggett.  She attended schools in Macksville, graduating from Macksville High School in 1952.  She was a homemaker and school bus driver for the Macksville Schools...

Barry Ragan

Apr 17, 2021

Barry C. Ragan, age 78, passed away on April 17, 2021, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. He was born on July 5, 1942, in Wichita, KS, the son of Donald and Eva (Jeffries) Ragan. Barry graduated from Kiowa High School in 1960. He received his bachelor’s degree in music from Southwestern College, Winfield, KS and a master’s...

Peggy Evans-Clark

Apr 11, 2021

Peggy Jane Evans-Clark, age 94, passed away on Apr. 11, 2021 at the Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, KS.  She was born on Oct. 5, 1926 at Minneapolis, KS, the daughter of Glenn H. and Doshia (Rogers) Brown.  Peggy received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from KSU, a Bachelor’s Degree in Science from Sterling College and eventually received...

Racshell Cooksey

Apr 9, 2021

Racshell Ann Cooksey, age 62, passed away peacefully at her residence in Macksville, KS on April 9, 2021. She was born on October 22, 1958 in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Robert W. Sr. and Vivian (Casper) Hansborough. Racshell is survived by her son James A. Forsythe; daughters, Shelly (Windell) Washington and Gabrielle Poe; a brother, Robert Hansborough Jr.;...

Larry Welch

Apr 7, 2021

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Larry Dee Welch, 85, died Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at his home in Olathe, Kansas, surrounded by family.

Larry was born January 23, 1936, in Blackwell, Oklahoma,...

Louise Harter

Apr 6, 2021

Louise Eileen Harter, age 91, passed away on April 6, 2021 at the Stafford County Hospital in Stafford, KS. She was born on August 9, 1929 in rural Stafford, KS, the daughter of George and Florence (Hudson) Fehrenbacher. Louise was a lifelong resident of St. John, KS and a 1948 St. John high school graduate. She was a member...

Carolyn Ives

Apr 2, 2021

Carolyn A. Ives, age 86 passed away April 2, 2021 at St. John, KS.  She was born May 30, 1934 at Larned, KS, the daughter of William L. and Elsie (Carr) Smith.  A long-time resident of St. John, she was a member of the Civil Air Patrol,  house-keeping at Hearthstone, and manager of the Sandwich Shop.  She rededicated herself...

Trudy Risley

Mar 31, 2021

Trudy Dell (Fox) Risley, age 72, passed away on March 31, 2021 at Pioneer Ridge Health & Rehab in Lawrence, KS. She was born on February 25, 1949 at Great Bend, KS., the daughter of Maurice Dale and Norma Jean (Smith) Fox. Trudy attended Fort Hays State University, Pratt Community College and received her nursing degree from Dodge City...

Sharon Riner

Mar 24, 2021

Sharon Faye Riner, age 84, beloved daughter, wife, mother, Nana, Nana the great, Aunt, Registered Nurse and homemaker, passed away on March 24, 2021 at the Grand Plains Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, Pratt, KS. Born on Dec. 27, 1936 at Stafford, KS., she was the daughter of Virgil Jacob and Geraldine Viola Mae (Metz) Hitz.  She attended the Dominican...

John Fox

Mar 19, 2021

John Richard Fox, age 82, passed away on March 19, 2021 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS.  He was born on Jan. 15, 1939, rural Stafford, KS, the son of Earl and Marie (Cooper) Fox and stepmother Edna (Cooper) Fox.  On July 20, 1958 he married Sharon (Crissman) at Eden Valley Church, she survives of the home.  John was...