Obituaries

LeeAnn Newell

LeeAnn Newell passed away on 4-4-22 at Bethesda Home in Goessel. She was born the 9th child of 14 to Vivian B. and William A. Sheffler in Newton, KS. She…

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Roger Earl Eckert

Roger Earl Eckert, 81, of Hutchinson, passed away March 30, 2022, at Hospice House. He was born July 14, 1940, in Hutchinson, to Earl and Laberta (Stanke-Cook) Eckert.

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Lloyd Elwood Avery

Lloyd Elwood Avery born in Independence, Kansas on April 20, 1945 to Charles and Nadine Avery died on March 27, 2022 in Wichita, Kansas. He is preceded in death by the mother of his children, Kathleen Frazier Avery, his brother Ledford Leroy Avery and his parents Charles and Nadine.

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Velma Irene Ratzlaff

July 24, 1924 March 18, 2022 Velma Irene Ratzlaff, 97, of Hutchinson, died Friday, March 18,2022 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born July 24,1924 in rural Reno County to Edward and Louise (Kaufman) Schwartz.

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Martin “Marty” Pruitt

Martin Eugene “Marty” Pruitt, 74, of Hesston, died at 5:50 P.M., Friday, March 25, 2022 at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton, Kansas. He was born June 26, 1947 at the former Mercy Hospital at Parsons, a son of Norman F.

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Stanley Willis Jantz

Stanley Willis Jantz, 80, died March 22, 2022, at his home in Hoisington. He was born September 1941, in Newton, Kansas, the son of Charles and Lila (Hays) Jantz. Stanley graduated from Newton High School in 1959. He married Lana Sue Brooks on May 26, 1963 in Scott City, Kansas. They later divorced.

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