Obituaries

Robert J Loflin

Robert J. Loflin, age 80, of Warren, Arkansas, died Monday, February 14th, 2022, at the Bradley County Medical Center. He was born August 22nd, 1941, in Leoti, Kansas, a son of the late Joe Loflin and Myrtle Olsen Loflin.

Vera Faye Ford

Vera Faye Ford passed away on February 10, 2022, at the High Plains Retirement Village Memory Care Unit in Lakin, Kansas, from complication of Alzheimer’s. She was born on August 12, 1925, in rural Wichita County, Kansas, to Ralph G and Elizabeth L Kiefer Riddiough.

James L. Gittlein

James Lee Gittlein, 72, of Decatur, Arkansas, passed away suddenly on January 30, 2022, at Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville, Arkansas, surrounded by his family. Jim was born on June 6, 1949, in Zenith, Kansas, to Alexander and Agnes (Sheahan) Gittlein.

Isabell “Liz” Salinas Rivas

Isabell “Liz” Salinas Rivas passed away Monday, February 7, 2022, at her home in De Kalb, Texas. She was 68. Liz was born October 13, 1953, in LaJunta, Colorado, to Louie J. and Carmen Medina Salinas.

Sheila Kay Marcy

Sheila Kay Marcy, 53, of St. George, KS, passed away January 30, 2022, at her home. Shelia was born during a blizzard, on December 23, 1968, at the Greeley County Hospital, Tribune, KS, to Lynn and Kay (Hutchison) Marcy.

Marcia Mehl

Marcia Mehl, longtime Leoti, Kansas resident, joined her husband, Lanny, in Heaven on Monday, January 10th, 2022. Marcia was born to Kenneth and Hazel Ford of Eureka, Kansas.

Early Wichita County Homesteader’s Son Passes Away At 91

Robert D. Breitkreutz, who was born on November 11, 1929, passed away on May 29, 2021, in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was the son of the late Ernst & Emma (Kuhlmann) Breitkreutz, who lived in the Lydia community.

Elaine Mae Beedy

Elaine Mae Beedy, age 75, passed away on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on August 11, 1946, in Syracuse, Kansas, the daughter of Laurance and Ethel Mae Jones Millirons.

Linda Gonzales

FORT WORTH, TX – Linda Gonzales, 66, of Fort Worth, TX passed away on December 20, 2021. She was born in Atwood, KS, on December 27, 1954. She was married to Richard Gonzales of Leoti, KS. He passed away on January 7, 2015. She has one surviving sister, Nita Martinez, of San Angelo, TX.

Linda Gonzales

FORT WORTH, TX – Linda Gonzales, 66, of Fort Worth, TX passed away on December 20, 2021. She was born in Atwood, KS, on December 27, 1954. She was married to Richard Gonzales of Leoti, KS. He passed away on January 7, 2015. She has one surviving sister, Nita Martinez, of San Angelo, TX.