All Obituaries

LINCOLN   Wanda E. Rose, 101, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2024 in Lincoln, KS. She was born October 4, 1922 in Lincoln to Hally and Effie (Humes) Rector. Wanda attended schools in Lincoln and later earned a music degree from Emporia State University. She married Arthur Rose on July 29, 1945 in Lincoln, KS. Following her marriage, she taught piano privately in Stockton and Lawrence. Later she taught music in the schools of Dodge City, Hays, Haysville, and Goddard.   Upon...

BARNARD   Amber Lynn Dowlin, 47, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2024 in Lincoln. She was born January 27, 1977 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS while her parents (Leo and Janet Dowlin) and brother (Marin) were living on Highway 24 near the small town of St. George, KS (just outside Manhattan). When Leo’s fisheries biologist job required a move, she began school at Carbondale. But soon another move meant school in Independence, KS. Amber played the flute, but an abundance...

SALINA   Helen LaVerne (Spohrer) Nelson, 88, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2024 in Salina, KS. She was born, the daughter of Roy P. and Nellie (Dolan) Spohrer, Sept. 26, 1935, in Norton, KS.   Helen attended school at New Almelo and graduated from St. John’s Beloit High School in 1953. Her class was the first graduating class at St. John’s. On May 26, 1956, she married Martin Andrew Nelson at Concordia, KS. To this union two daughters were born.   Helen was...

LINCOLN   Lanny Eugene Morse (81) passed away March 11, 2024 at Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln, Kansas. He was born January 20, 1943 in Minneapolis, Kansas to Garfield Raymond and Elva Rachel (Moore) Morse.   After his father passed away, Lanny’s family moved to Oregon. While in Oregon, Lanny quit school at the age of 15 to work on a chicken farm. After a short time, he moved back to Minneapolis, Kansas to work on a farm near Glasco. He then worked on the R.W. Robbins...

LINCOLN   Donna Jean Kingan, 84, passed away Thursday, February 29, 2024 in Lincoln, KS. She was born July 7, 1939 in Hays, KS to William and Selma (Johnson) Webb. The family moved to the Westfall, KS area where Donna, brother Don, and sister Marshea enjoyed living on the farm. Donna attended school and graduated high school in Lincoln. While working at Rexall Drug Store, she met Leon Kingan. After graduating in 1957, Donna attended beauty school in Salina, KS, and after completing the...

LINCOLN   Larry Don Spear was born July 11, 1936 in Lincoln County, the youngest child of Frank and Alta (Titsworth) Spear. He departed this life on Friday, February 23, 2024 at the age of 87.   Larry was a retired farmer and lifetime resident of Lincoln County. In June 1955, he married Wilma Jean “Jeanie” Ryan and to the union, three sons; Steve, Mike and Brad were born and raised on the family farm Northwest of Lincoln.   Farm life was the best life for Larry....

BELLE PLAINE, KS   Kevin P. Healy, 72, passed away December 30, 2023 at his home in Belle Plaine, KS. He was born October 28, 1951 in Salina, KS to Vincent and Constance (Kerr) Healy. He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1969.   Kevin was a longtime resident of the Wichita area where he was a machinist and millwright for local aircraft manufacturing companies including Cessna, Boeing, and Spirit. Early in his career he was an automobile mechanic. He retired in 2016 after...

SYLVAN GROVE   Roger E. Holman, 61, passed away Thursday, December 14, 2023 at his home in Sylvan Grove, KS. He was born October 15, 1962 in Lincoln, KS to Robert, Jr. and Grace (Grimm) Holman. Roger was a longtime resident of Lincoln County. He most recently worked in the paint department at Great Plains Mfg. in Lucas, KS.   Roger is survived by his brothers, Robert Holman III of Salina, KS, Royce Holman of Wichita, KS, and Mike Holman of Lincoln; along with nephews, Brandon and...

LINCOLN   Robert D. “Bob” Crangle, Sr., born May 5, 1943 in Putnam, CT, died at his home on December 13, 2023.   His parents, Dale E. and Libucke “Libbie” S. (Krepela) Crangle of Mankato, KS, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife Jeanne Crangle (Rose) of the home; his sister Linda of Mankato, KS; mother-in-law Wanda Rose of Lincoln, KS; and seven children born to Bob and Jeanne, Rob of Leesburg, VA, Elenor (Jon) of Lawrence, KS, Kimball (Tim)...

LINCOLN   Ayako “Betty” Jensen, 93, passed away Thursday, November 16, 2023 in Lincoln, KS. She was born December 4, 1929 in Nagoya, Japan to Kumajiro (Tachi) Takada and Shizu Takada. She had five siblings, Mitsuji, Masao, Fumio, Kazue, and Teruko. While working as a telephone operator in Nagoya, Betty met her husband John Jensen. They were married there on February 16, 1951. In 1951, they returned to Lincoln, John’s hometown. Betty spent the rest of her life in...