Yvonne Jean Ames

Leoti—Our beloved Yvonne Jean Ames, age 85, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 24, 2021, at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care Unit.

Richard Lee Shimanek

Richard Lee Shimanek, 84, of Leoti, Kansas, passed away tragically on December 16, 2021, from injuries he incurred while trying to save his house and farm from a prairie fire.

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, Ninta Martinez, of San Angelo, TX.

Maurice Dean Jeffries

Maurice Dean Jeffries, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on January 19, 1935, in Modoc, Kansas, the son of Forrest Franklin and Mabel Leoti Shearmire Jeffries.

Glenn E. Calhoun

Glenn Edward Calhoun of Nixa, Missouri, died Wednesday, November 24, 2021, in Springfield, Missouri, at age 84. He was born November 24, 1937, in Forgan, Oklahoma, to Horace Paul Calhoun and Mamie Cyral (Henninger) Calhoun. Glenn was a farmer most of his life.

Carol S. Cary

Carol Sue Cary, 84, died Sunday November 21, 2021, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. She was born in 1937 in Childress, Texas, the daughter of Ode and Ellen Jean (Thigpen) McAbee. Carol attended high school and junior college in Clarendon Texas.

James L. Lobmeyer

James Leon Lobmeyer, age 92, passed away on November 18, 2021, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. He was born on March 20, 1929, in Kinsley, Kansas, the son of Nicholas J. and Johanna M Gerstberger Lobmeyer.

Kenneth Ray Bishop

Leoti, Kansas—Kenneth Ray Bishop, 98, passed away on November 13, 2021, at the Wichita County Hospital. He was born on February 19, 1923, in Leoti, the son of Elvin and Inez Henry Bishop. Kenneth was a lifetime member of the Leoti community.

Derek Longsine

Derek Wayne Longsine, age 43, passed away on Monday, November 1st, 2021, in Tribune, Kansas, following an automobile accident. He was born on June 21st, 1978, in McCook, Nebraska, the son of Dan Longsine and Peggy Savolt. He was of Christian faith.

Betty Lou Baker

Marienthal—Betty Lou (Geyer) Baker, age 90, passed away on Saturday, November 13, 2021, at Wichita County Hospital Leoti, Kansas. She was born on August 26, 1931, at the family homestead on the White Woman Creek in Wichita County, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer and Lola (Coffman) Geyer.