Obituaries

Mary Venters

Dighton—Mary Venters, 85, died on Sunday, July 5, 2020, at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti. She was born on January 20, 1935 at Alamota, the daughter of Ralph Franklin & Mary Maude (McGreevy) Heath. She married Eugene Venters on May 16, 1953, at Dighton.

Vera Ruth Burch

Vera Ruth (Beedy) Burch of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Friday morning, July 3, 2020, in Tranquility at Kennesaw Mountain Hospice in Marietta, Georgia, at the age of 84 years. Vera Ruth Burch was born on June 1, 1936, in Wichita County Kansas, to Bert Edward and Irene (Hill) Beedy.

Joseph A Baker

Joseph A. Baker, 93, Washington, KS, died Monday, June 29, 2020 at the Washington County Hospital. Visitation was Thursday, July 2, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Ward Funeral Home in Washington. Vigil Service was held at 7 p.m., Thursday, July 2, St. Augustine Catholic Church in Washington.

William Wilbur Pfeifer

Leoti—William Wilbur Pfeifer, age 93, passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at the Brewster Health Center in Topeka, Kansas. He was born on May 6, 1927 in Greeley County, Kansas, the son of John J. And Elizabeth M. Deering Pfeifer.

Rodney Duane Snyder

Rodney Duane Snyder, 20, Edmond, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at La Crosse, Kansas. Duane was born May 5, 2000, in Brighton, Colorado. He was a resident of Edmond, Kansas, for 6 years.

Bryant Holmes, 72, Dies Monday Last Rites Friday, June 20

[The Native Sun takes this moment to remember the passing of H. Bryant Holmes, the longtime previous owner, publisher, and editor of our earlier incarnation, The Leoti Standard.] Funeral services for Henry Bryant Holmes will be held at 2:00 p.m.

Carla Sue Geyer

Carla Sue Geyer, age 61, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born on January 9, 1959 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Theodore & Darlene Strasser Graff.

Alta Charlene Gasswint

Alta Charlene “Rusty” Gasswint, 84, passed away May 28, 2020. She was born September 19, 1935 in Logan County, KS. to Charles N. Nodine and Amelia M. Dechant Nodine. Charlene married Oliver Gasswint December 29, 1953 in Smith Center, KS. They were married for 63 years.

Joyce Lorine McBride

Leoti—Joyce Lorine McBride, 92, died on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti. She was born on September 11, 1927 in Dighton the daughter of Richard & Mary (Durham) Church. She married James C. McBride on June 8, 1946 at Dighton. He died on July 26, 2002.

Alpha Mae Mitchell Hawes

Alpha Mae Mitchell Hawes passed away peacefully in her sleep, May 10, 2020. She was born June 3, 1926 on a wheat farm in southwest Kansas to Homer and Ada Mitchell. Attending public schools in Montezuma, KS, Alpha graduated from Montezuma High School as valedictorian in 1943.