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Karen Lou (Morrison) Stearns
Aug 31, 2020
Clearwater - Karen L. (Morrison) Stearns, age 86, ret. Clearwater High School Secretary, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020.
Visitation, 9am-7pm, Thursday, September 3, 2020, with family present, 5:30-7pm, Webb-Shinkle Mortuary Chapel. Services, 10am, Friday, September 4, 2020, First Christian Church.
Karen was born on Friday, September 15, 1933 in Clearwater, Kansas, to her parents...
James Henry Benson
Aug 24, 2020
Clearwater - James H. “Jim” Benson, age 90, passed away Monday, August 24, 2020.
Graveside Services, 10:30am, Saturday, August 29, 2020, Clearwater Cemetery.
James was born on Thursday, April 24, 1930 in Elmore City, OK. He was the oldest of 11 children born to Vernon Henry Benson and Myrtle Mae (Henderson) Benson. James served in...
Angela Dawn (Query) Solomon
Aug 21, 2020
Clearwater - Angela D. (Query) Solomon, age 52, passed away Friday, August 21, 2020.
Rosary, 6pm, Wed Funeral Mass, 10am, Thurs, BOTH at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Clonmel.
Survivors: daughters, Katie Solomon, Hailey Solomon, both of Lawrence, Hannah Solomon of Clearwater; parents, Alan Query of Goodland, Janis (Burkholder) Query of Clearwater; brother, Bradley...
Dwight "Bob" Robert Johnson
Aug 21, 2020
Dwight Robert "Bob" Johnson, age 97, passed away Friday, August 21, 2020.
Visitation with family present, 1-4pm, Sunday, August 23rd, Webb-Shinkle Mortuary Chapel. Services, 10am, Monday, August 24th, First Christian Church, Clearwater. Bob was born on Tuesday, July 3, 1923 in Wichita, Kansas, to his parents, Herman Jacob Johnson and Nettie Loretta (Hascall) Johnson. He attended the...
Jevlyn L. (Parret) Stockhaus
Aug 14, 2020
Clearwater - Jevlyn L. (Parret) Stockhaus, age 60, passed away Friday, August 14, 2020. Visitation, 9am-7pm, Tuesday, August 18th with family present, 5-7pm, Webb-Shinkle Mortuary. Services, 10am, Wednesday, August 19th, Prairie Trail Cowboy Church, 8552 S Broadway Ave, Haysville.
Jevlyn was born on Thursday, June 23, 1960 in Wellington, Kansas. She was one of two children born...

William Russell Wood
Aug 7, 2020
William R. Wood, age 83, passed away Friday, August 7, 2020. He served in the U.S. Army, graduated from Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, and Washburn Law School, Topeka, Kansas. He practiced law in Wichita, Kansas until his retirement in 1988, when he relocated to rural Elk County, Kansas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and...
Dorothy Margaret (Brand) Youngers
Aug 7, 2020
Viola - Dorothy M. (Brand) Youngers, age 85, passed away Friday, August 7, 2020.
Visitation, Tuesday, August 11th, 9am-3pm, Webb-Shinkle Mortuary, Clearwater. Rosary, 7pm, Tuesday. Funeral Mass, 10am, Wednesday, August 12th, BOTH St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Clonmel.
Dorothy was born on Tuesday, July 23, 1935 in St. Mark, Kansas. She was fourth of...
Rosalia "June" (Nighswonger) Sparr
Aug 6, 2020
Clearwater - Rosalia “June” (Nighswonger) Sparr, age 93, farm wife, passed away Thursday, August 6, 2020.
Visitation 1-5pm, Sunday, August 9th, with family 3:30-5pm, at Webb-Shinkle Mortuary Chapel. Private Family Services.
Preceded by husband, Kenneth; parents, Fred and Mollie (Averill) Nighswonger; daughter, Linda Housh; great grandchild, Payton Mitchell. Survivors: daughter, Connie (Larry) Craig of Clearwater;...
Kristin Michelle Bryer-Smith
Aug 5, 2020
Goddard - Kristin M. Bryer-Smith, age 40, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020. Our Wonder Woman, Smiling for Eternity.
Memorial service will be held Wednesday, August 19, at 2P.M., at Webb Shinkle Mortuary, 200 S. Tracy, Clearwater, KS. She was preceded in death by her father, Emirt Ray “Smitty” Smith; uncle George Smith; cousin, April Smith. Kristin...
Hazel Marie (Matzen) Dalbom
Aug 2, 2020
Hazel Marie (Matzen) Dalbom, daughter of Jim and Ella Matzen, was born at home August 16, 1918 in Viola, Kansas. She died at home August 2, 2020 in Clearwater, Kansas.
Hazel was the second of ten children. She had one older sister, Helen, and eight younger siblings: Jim, Jack, Bill, Peg, Don, Bonnie, Dick and Pat.
...Dan Alda Dubois
Jul 30, 2020
Clearwater - Dan A. DuBois, age 65, Asphalt Paving Mechanic, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2020.
Visitation with family present, 2-4PM, Saturday, August 8, 2020, Webb-Shinkle Mortuary Chapel.
Preceded by brother, David DuBois. Survivors: wife, Ut T. Tran; daughter, Tahnee Webster; parents, Don and Mayme DuBois, all of Wichita; sister, Diana Fillpot of Virginia; grandson,...
Teri Kay (Hopson) Weisz
Jul 28, 2020
Teri K. (Hopson) Weisz, age 60, of Rancho Mission Viejo, CA, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2020.
Visitation, 9am-7pm, Friday, August 7th, with family present, 5:30-7pm; Services, 10:30am, Saturday, August 8th, BOTH at Webb-Shinkle Mortuary, Clearwater.
Teri Kay Hopson was born on Thursday, May 26, 1960 in Wichita, Kansas, to her parents, W. Bruce Hopson...
Phyllis Ann (Anderson) Klamm
Jul 26, 2020
Phyllis A. (Anderson) Klamm, age 93, ret. FAA/VA Civil Service, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020. Private Family Services.
Phyllis was born on Wednesday, May 18, 1927 in Kingman, Kansas, to her parents, Harry Patrick Anderson and Maude Leona (Honey) Anderson.
She was united in marriage to her first husband, Loren Donald "Doc" Schwindaman on...
Mary L. Addis-Brown
Jul 25, 2020
AUGUSTA- Addis-Brown, Mary L. , age 74, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020. Memorial Graveside Service, will be held Thursday, July 30, at 10 A.M., at Greenwood Cemetery, Oatville, KS. Mary was preceded by her parents, Lawrence B. and Dorothy M. (Woolfolk) Woodroof; brother, Gary L. Addis; sister Beth A. Woodroof. Survivors: husband, Steven L. Brown, Augusta, KS; daughters,...
Glenn Ray Ziesenis
Jul 22, 2020
Clearwater - Glenn R. Ziesenis, age 77, owner Four Z Manufacturing, inventor of RodHandler, an Avid sand dune buggy enthusiast since 1968, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2020.
Memorial Gathering, Saturday, August 8th, 2-4pm, 4 Z Manufacturing, 1704 S. Baehr, Wichita.
Glenn was born on Friday, December 25, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas, to his parents,...
Frank Glenn
Jul 20, 2020
Frank H. Glenn, age 63, retired Kansas Air National Guard, passed away Monday, July 20, 2020.
Visitation, 1-5pm, Sunday, July 26, with family present 3-5pm, at Shinkle Mortuary, Haysville.
Graveside Services, 2pm, Monday, July 27, at Kansas Veterans Cemetery, Winfield.
Preceded by parents, John and Mary (Brown) Glenn.
Survived by wife,...
Virginia "Ginny" May (Kellogg) Winter
Jul 13, 2020
Goddard - Virginia “Ginny” (Kellogg) Winter, age 63, passed away Monday, July 13, 2020.
Visitation, 9am-7pm, Wednesday, July 15th, with family present, 5:30-7pm. Services, 11am, Thursday, July 16th, BOTH at Webb-Shinkle Mortuary, Clearwater.
Ginny was born on Tuesday, March 12, 1957 in Long Island, NY to her parents, Lewis Niles Kellogg, Sr and Irline May...
Hayden Rion Gourley
Jul 12, 2020
Wellington - Hayden R. Gourley, age 18, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2020.
Memorial Service, Sat, July 18th, 4pm, Wellington City Lake, Lily Pad Cove.
Hayden was born on December 22, 2001 in Wichita, Kansas. Preceded in death by grandparents, Debbie Janzen and William Gourley. Survivors: mother, Heather (Jason Johnson) Gourley of Winfield; father, Anthony...
Eddie Dwight Williams
Jul 8, 2020
Wichita - Eddie D. Williams, age 52, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
Private Family Services. Preceded in death by mother, Jacquelyn Bennett. Survivors: wife, Heather; children, Haylee Williams, Aaliyah Williams, EJ Williams all of Wichita, London Williams and Amarion Williams both of Haysville; siblings, John (Sadie) Williams and Joyce Williams, Marcia Hardy-Lucius, Timotheus Bowie, all of...
Walter "Ray" Short
Jul 4, 2020
Goddard - Walter "Ray" Short, age 85, ret. State Farm Ins. Adjuster and Professional Square Dance Caller, passed away Sat, July 4, 2020.
Private Family Services. Preceded in death by his first wife, Mary E. "Betty" (Scales) Short, married for 54 years; parents, Arvel and Loretta (Gentry) Short; brother, Donald Short. Survivors: wife, Ileeta; son, Chuck (Sis)...
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