All Obituaries

Letha Mae Jones, 89 of Arkansas City, KS passed away on August 21, 2019 surrounded by her family.  She was born March 6, 1930, the daughter of Richard and Lyda (Hency) Young in Wellington, KS. She was raised by her grandparents Calvin and Mary Hency. She was a graduate of Wellington High School. After high school, she married the love of her life, James Edwin Jones on November 2, 1948 in Wichita, KS.  The couple moved all over the country following her husband’s career with...

Maxine Robertson, 97, of Oxford, KS, passed away August 10, 2019 at the Medical Lodge Nursing Home in Oxford, KS. Graveside Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, August 15, 2019 at the Oxford Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 14th from Noon until 8:00 P.M. with the family receiving friends from 6:00 until 8:00 at the Oxford Funeral Service Chapel. Memorials have been established with the Oxford Christian Church. Contributions can be left with the Oxford Funeral...

Ceolah Kay (Drake) Jones, 72, of Winfield passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at her home. Graveside services will be held at 10 A.M. Thursday, August 15 at the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery in Winfield. Visitation will be held from 5-7 P.M. Wednesday, August 14 at the Shelley Family Funeral Home of Winfield. Memorial contributions in Ceolah’s name may be made to the Family Worship Center of Baton Rouge, contributions may be left in care of the funeral home. Ceolah...

Gerald Dean Hittle, 93, passed away peacefully Friday, August 2, 2019 at his home in Winfield, Kansas. Graveside services will be held at 10 AM Friday, August 9th at Highland Cemetery in Winfield. No visitation is scheduled. Memorial contributions may be made to Good Shepherd Hospice, contributions may be left in care of the Shelley Family Funeral Home of Winfield. Gerald was born on February 22, 1926 to parents Edith (Hahn) and Lloyd Hittle Sr. in Winfield, Kansas where he happily spent...

Irl Newton “Newt” Richardson, 94, of Winfield, passed away Friday, August 2, 2019 at William Newton Hospital in Winfield surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Thursday, August 8, at the First Presbyterian Church of Winfield. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery. No visitation is scheduled. Memorial contributions may be made to the Winfield Public Library or the First Presbyterian Church of Winfield. Contributions may be left in the care of...

John G. Rothrock, 86, passed away on Thursday, August 1, 2019. John was born on February 1, 1933, in Wellington, KS, to Kenneth M. and Burchie (Hodges) Rothrock. He graduated from Wellington High School in 1952 where he was senior class president and was chosen to play for the All-State High School football team.  John attended the University of Kansas and was a member of the KU football team.  He married his high school sweetheart, Janet Fisher on August 14, 1955, at First United...

Jack Homer Biddle, 70, of Arkansas City, KS, passed away at his residence on July 31, 2019.  Graveside Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M.  on Monday, August 5th, 2019 at Oxford, KS Cemetery.  There will be no visitation.  A memorial has been established in Jack’s name with the Cowley County Humane Society.  Contributions may be made through Shelley Family Funeral Home of Arkansas City.     Jack was born on May 21, 1949 in Arkansas...

A long-time native of Ark City passed away at the age of 89 Tuesday, July 30. Wilbur Hugh Killblane was born the oldest of two sons to Hugh W. and Hattie Killblane in Ark City on November 30, 1929. His mother was born in 1905 to a railroad family that had migrated to Ark City before the end of the 19th century and moved away for a few years only to return with her husband in 1926. Wilbur graduated high school from nearby Geuda Springs in 1947. That year he enlisted in the recently activated...

Michael Givens, 72, of Wellington passed away Friday, July 26, 2019 at Ascension Via Christi-St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, KS. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, August 1, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church in Wellington. Graveside services will be 2:00 P.M. at Hope Cemetery in Arkansas City, KS. Visitation will be held Wednesday, July 31, 2019 from 9:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M. with the family receiving friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. at the Shelley Family...

Jim Cay Brister, 94, of Winfield passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019 at Cumbernauld Village. Jim was born on February 22, 1925 in Wichita to parents Cay and Edith (Tasker) Brister. He graduated from Winfield High School in 1943 and was married to Phyllis Smith in 1982 in Reno, Nevada. Jim worked in construction and in the oil fields for Shell Oil. According to Jim’s wishes cremation will take place and no services will be held. Arrangements are in care of the Shelley Family Funeral...