Obituaries

Erick Daniel “Ed” Francis, 37, of Anthony, KS passed away after a short but courageous battle with cancer at Patterson Health Center on September 18, 2025.

Gary George Misak was born on March 2, 1954, in Anthony, Kansas, the youngest son of Myrl Otto Misak and Patsy Violet (Shelton) Patterson.

Katherine J. (Starks) Westmoland was born June 7, 1950 at the Galloway Hospital in Anthony, Kansas, the first born to Bill G. and Elizabeth “Betty Rae” (Patterson) Starks.

Mary Ann (Spitznas) Elmore, 78, of Anthony, Kansas, passed away peacefully on September 8, 2025. She was born March 21, 1947, in Akron, Ohio, to Dale and Joan Spitznas.

Kevin Joseph Noland, 55, passed away Thursday, September 4, 2025 at Kansas Heart Hospital.

Dean Everett Day, age 91, of Manhattan and formerly of Harper, Kansas, passed away on August 07, 2025, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan.

Eleanor F. (Faye) Williams was born on June 2, 1942 to Fenner Ward (Huck) Hamilton and Pearl (Oller) Hamilton in Kansas City, Missouri.

Victoria Ann Doherty Blevins was born September 12, 1942 in Cherokee Oklahoma, the daughter of Edward and Dorothy (Cox) Doherty Amorita, Oklahoma.

Audrey Pearl (Chism) Brewer was born on January 25, 1937 in Baldwyn, Mississippi to Clayton and Hattie (Cruz) Chism.

Larry Glenn Stark, born to Paul James Stark and Edith Evelyn (Cox) Stark on December 13th 1943 in Hutchinson, KS, passed away August 14th 2025 in the care home in Anthony Ks.

Charles Ray “Chuck” Meyer, son of Forrest Arnot and Margaret Elizabeth (Kerley) Meyer, was born June 9, 1937 in Anthony, Kansas.

William Lee “Bill” Foss was born November 12, 1958 in Galena, Kansas, son of William Leonard and Darlene (Parrish) Foss.

Monty Lyn Hess was born October 16, 1965 in Kiowa, Kansas, the youngest of four children born to Roy Theodore and Georgia Maxine (Rash) Hess.

Greg Randall Shinliver, a free spirit with a heart full of kindness, passed away on July 22nd, 2025 at the age of 68.

Katherine Marie “Kitty” Happ was born January 5, 1955 in Anthony, Kansas, the second oldest of five children born to Bobbie Lee and Phyllis Regina (Koehler) Mitchell.

Jeremy Leslie Claussen, 42, of Haysville, KS passed away on July 13, 2025.

Maxine Elizabeth (Green) Barnes was born on October 27, 1924 in El Dorado, Kansas, the second of four children born to Herschel and Alverta Rosena (Schaffter) Green.

Sandy Lee Witters, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and brother, passed away peacefully on June 27, 2025, at Patterson Health Center in Anthony, Kansas, at the age of 70.

Daniel Clyde Eslinger was born on November 2, 1950, to Robert Haynes Eslinger and Mildred Jeanne (Thomas) Eslinger in the old Galloway Hospital in Anthony, Kansas.

Ellen Cleo Jahay, age 97 of Hazelton, Kansas, went to her heavenly home peacefully on June 29, 2025 with family by her side.

Rita Marlene Stevens was born March 8, 1952 in Anthony, Kansas, daughter of Elmer Donald and Phyllis Jean (Grasser) Otis.