Obituaries

Body Nadine Palmer, 96, of Wichita, passed away Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. She was born June 28, 1927, to William and Oval Moore in Stoutland, Mo. She grew up helping her parents on the family farm. She was born again at the age of 14, was baptized in a nearby pond on Nov.

Body Flo (Davis) Taber, of Sedgwick, a member of the VFW Women's Auxiliary, passed away Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Visitation will be 2-7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, with family present from 5:30-7 p.m., at Shinkle Mortuary, Haysville. Service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb.

Body Gerard E. “Jerry” Struble, 86, of Broken Arrow, Okla., passed away Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024.

Body Mary Jo (Higgins) McMahan, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday March 9, at the First Baptist Church Clearwater. Mary Jo, as she preferred to be called, was born in Wichita but later moved to Clearwater with her family.

Body Mary Margaret Morgan, 82, of Wichita, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. She was born Nov. 17, 1941, to Everett and Dovie Seagraves Cupp in Joplin, Mo. She graduated from Joplin High School in 1959.

Body Elnora Mae “Gus” Eshnaur, age 95, passed away Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in Cedar Park, Texas. She was born May 26, 1928, in Cheney, the 17th child of 18, the daughter of Parker Allen and Lucy Robertson Richardson.

Body Delbert L. Ebersole of Wichita passed away Thursday, Feb. 1, after battling declining health problems. He was born Oct. 10, 1943, in Wichita to Leo and Ada (Smiley) Ebersole. On Oct. 24, 1969, he married the love of his life, Gayle Ann Morton.

Body Sherla Mae (Pipkin) Parks passed on to her heavenly home Jan. 29 at the age of 94. She was preceded in death by her husband, Daryl; parents, Albert and Clara Pipkin; brother, Carl Duane Pipkin; and grandson, Carl Duane Parks. She leaves behind her children, Jerald D.

Body Barbara J. Hickey, 81, passed away on Jan. 31, 2024, in Wichita. She was born on April 11, 1942, to Joseph and Ada Knott.

Body Ralph David Oxendine, 89, of Cheney, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center. Ralph was born on July 7, 1934, in Pierce City, Mo. He was the son of Charley A. Oxendine and Edna Lucile Oxendine.