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March 9, 2018

Retired Sgt. 1st Class Richard G. Longberg

Retired Sgt. 1st Class Richard Gale ?Ben? Longberg, 91 died peacefully March 3. He was born Sept. 9, 1926 on the family farm in Soldier, KS, and graduated from Sabetha High School in 1944. He married Shirley Leta Fiske on Jan. 14, 1950. They raised t...

Feb. 23, 2018

Retired Lt. Col. John M. McAuley

Retired Lt. Col. John Michael ?Mike? McAuley, age 66 of Wellsville, Kansas passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018 at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. Funeral services will be 10AM, Friday, February 23, 2018 at Wilson?s Funeral Home in Wells...

Feb. 16, 2018

Death of SSG (R) Earl Richard Castleberry

? SSG (R) Earl Richard Castleberry was born on December 20, 1931 and passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2018.

Feb. 15, 2018

Walter M. Johnson III

Walter Johnson III, 66, passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 in Topeka, KS. A public visitation was held on Thursday, February 15, 2018. Funeral services were held on Friday, February 16, 2018 at Shiloh Baptist Church. Visit Mr. Johnson's celebra...

Jan. 22, 2018

Retired Sgt. Richard Freel Jr.

  Retired Sgt.?Richard ?Bo? Eldon Freel, Jr, 42, of Coffeyville, Kansas entered into eternal rest after injuries sustained during an auto accident on January 2, 2018. Freel was a member of the 891st Engineer Battalion. Bo was born on Ju...

Jan. 8, 2018

Richard E. "Bo" Freel Jr.

Retired Sgt. Richard ?Bo? Eldon Freel, Jr, 42, of Coffeyville, Kansas entered into eternal rest after injuries sustained during an auto accident on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. Bo was born on July 5, 1975, in Coffeyville, Kansas, to Richard E. Freel,...

Dec. 6, 2017

CW4 (R) Thomas E. "Tom" Cellers

CW4 (R) Cellers was the first shop chief for Organizational Maintenance Shop 2, now Field Maintenance Shop 2 in Iola, Kansas. CW4 (R) Thomas E. "Tom" Cellers, Sr., 94, of Iola passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 in Iola following a brief illne...

Dec. 2, 2017

SGT (R) Kenneth Cramer

SGT (R) Cramer was a member of the 778th Transportation Company before his retirement. SGT (R) Kenneth "Papa Kenny" Cramer, age 60 of Leonardville, passed away Saturday, December 2, 2017 at the Clay County Medical Center. He was born on July 11...

Oct. 27, 2017

1SG (R) Ralph Edwin "Ed" French

1SG (R) Ralph Edwin "Ed" French, Jr., age 76, a resident of rural Redfield, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly, Friday, October 27, 2017, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room in Ft. Scott, Kansas. He was born August 11, 1941, in Ft. Scott, the son of R...

Oct. 26, 2017

CW4 (R) Marvin Thompson

Marvin DeVere Thompson, 84, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at a Topeka hospital. He was born February 13, 1933 in Delia, Kansas, the son of Curtis and Eleanor (Simecka) Thompson. In 1951 after graduation from Delia High Schoo...