Sorted by date Results 26 - 36 of 36
Elsie Bennett Jaso passed peacefully, at the age of 84, on July 19, 2021, at her home in Kiowa, Kansas, surrounded by her loved ones. Elsie was born February 14, 1937, to Everett and Ethel Bliss Bennett in Comanche County, Kansas, at their family home. She grew up on the family farm with her three younger siblings, Alice, Ernest, and Wes. Growing up Elsie attended the Antioch Methodist Church in Buttermilk, Kansas. Elsie attended Avilla School, a one-room schoolhouse, until the fifth grade and...
O_Harold Wenzel.jpg Harold W. Wenzel, 89, of Altamont, Kansas, passed away at 7:11 p.m., Friday, July 23, 2021, at his home. He was born on October 19, 1931, to Oswald Karl and Ida Lina (Conrad) Wenzel in Capron, Oklahoma. He grew up and attended school in the Kiowa, Kansas, and Burlington, Oklahoma, area and graduated from Burlington High School in 1949. Following high school, Harold served as an MP in the United States Army in the Korean War. Two of his three brothers had also served the...
Raymond Cleveland Wilson, son of the late Grover Cleveland and Vernie (Faucet) Wilson, was born August 26, 1924, in Hazelton, Kansas, and passed away July 25, 2021, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, at the age of 96 years, 10 months, and 29 days. He was cremated at his request under the direction of Wentworth Mortuary LLC. A memorial service is planned at a later date. Raymond attended several schools. He lived in many places while he worked in the oil field for 20 years. On September 20, 1950, he was united in marriage to Clara Marie Cole in Udall,...
Timothy Milton Scoggins was born in Alva on July 27, 1944, the son of Walter Albert Scoggins and Zelma Mae Biggs Scoggins, and passed from this life in Fairview on July 22, 2021. Tim was raised in the Aline area and graduated from Aline High School in 1962. On December 9, 1962, Tim and Evalyn Hawkins were married in the Cleo Springs Nazarene Church and they had lived near Cleo Springs since their marriage. Tim was a busy, hard-working man who taught his children good work ethics. He was a...
Memorial services for Wilbur Earl Lalone will be 1 p.m. Saturday, July 31, 2021, at the New Song Church with Don Hull officiating. There will be another memorial service in Wichita Falls, Texas, at a later date. Wilbur was cremated at his request under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home. Wilbur Earl Lalone, son of the late Fred James and Eula May (Secrest) Lalonne, was born September 2, 1967, in Wheeling, West Virginia, and passed away July 19, 2021, in Waynoka, Oklahoma, at the age of 53...
The doors open at 5:30 p.m. at Kiowa's Community Building Saturday, Aug. 14, for an evening of entertainment and a fire-grilled steak dinner. It will be like a party when the Dueling Pianos start playing. People wanting to support Kiowa's hospital, manor and other health care services will have fun bidding on a plethora of donated items ranging from a handmade arrowhead shadow box (that has a new meaning this year) swing set, a musical clock, a plane ride, many gourmet food items and much more. Friends of the Kiowa Hospital and Manor Foundation...
A man claimed squatter’s rights gave him permission to live in an abandoned house in Cherokee. On July 14 at 10:13 p.m. Cherokee Police Officer Tristan Hall was dispatched to 401 S. Pennsylvania regarding people in an abandoned house, according to court documents. Upon arrival Hall made contact with Paul Powell whom he knew from previous encounters. According to the officer’s affidavit, Powell said he had been there the last four or five days. Hall asked who owned the house, and Powell said a b...
The fundraising meal and auction held in Medicine Lodge for the Freedom Gates Boys Ranch was more than successful. FGBR President Michael Simpson said the evening brought in near $30,000. He estimates 165 people attended the event which Simpson said, "Is the best year ever." "We are so blessed and humbled to live in such a generous community," Simpson said. "Our local area has wrapped their arms around Freedom Gates in many big ways over the years. Sometimes I wonder if we are a hard burden on...
