Obituaries

Sue Carol Dickey was born on Sept. 28, 1944, and entered eternal life on Sept.

Judith “Judy” Diane (Cranmer) Plagge, 89, formerly of Wichita, died July 19, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. She was born Jan.

Daniel Harvey Dayhuff was born on April 30, 1952, in Wichita, and passed away on Sept. 17, 2026, in Goddard. He was 74 years old.

Donald Eugene Kennedy, 90, formerly of Belle Plaine, of Keenesburg, Colo., died Monday, Sept. 14, 2026 at his residence.Donald Eugene Kennedy was born May 1, 1936, at Belle Plaine to George Garfield Kennedy and Mary Helen (Reathaford) Kennedy.

Michael J. Dreiling, age 78, passed away on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026.Rosary will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, and funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, both at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, Schulte.He was preceded in death by his parents, Norbert and Laurine Dreiling;...

Marvin J. Schauf, age 85, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. A retired SKTC Telephone technician, he served for more than 50 years as a member of the Clearwater Fire Department, with 25 of those years as the fire chief.

Ralph Dean Struthers, 77, died Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at Spring View Manor, Conway Springs.He was born Aug. 11, 1949, in Wichita, the son of Ralph Elsworth Struthers and Dorcas Nadine (Zimmerman) Struthers.

Charles Arthur “Chip” Vancuren, 79, of Viola, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, at his home near Viola.

Nancy Kay Klausmeyer, 75, of Argonia, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, at her residence.Nancy was born June 27, 1951, in Wichita to Donald Leon Gorges and Marie Bertha (Pauly) Gorges. She grew up on a farm near Clonmel and attended St. John’s Catholic School.

Carol Knoblauch, age 81, entered into eternal life peacefully, surrounded by family, in her rural home in Norwalk, Iowa, on Sept. 6, 2026. Services will be held at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in Norwalk.