All Obituaries

 DeSales (Schartz) Feist, 88, passed away in Ellinwood, KS on Jan. 28th, 2022. Services are pending with Minnis Chapel in Ellinwood, KS. 

Wichita, KS   Carlon R. McMullen, 84, passed away in Wichita, KS on Jan. 19th, 2022. Born in Oklahoma City, OK on Sept. 3rd, 1937 he was the son of Cleo & Anna Bell (Neally) McMullen. He graduated from Ellinwood High School in 1957 and later joined the United States Army. Carlon served his country from 1957-1960. After his service he married Emily Hazel Smith on Feb. 14, 1966. She survives of the home. Carlon worked at Stevens Motors as the parts manager before retiring in 1999....

Ila Pauline Crews, 94, passed away at Ellinwood District Hospital in Ellinwood, KS on Jan. 12th, 2022.  Born in rural Shubert, NE on Aug. 19, 1927 she was the daughter of LeRoy Thomas & Goldie Elizabeth (Bodle) Vice.  Ila graduated from Shubert High School in 1945.  She earned a Diploma from the Electronic Radio-Television Institute and Western Union School in 1946.  She married Edward Eugene Crews on Mar. 21, 1947 at Humbolt, NE.  Ila worked as an office...

Nona Marie (Carson) Leeper-Manning, 87, passed away at Medicalodges in Great Bend, KS on Dec. 25th, 2021. Born on Jan. 10th, 1934 in Newalla, OK she was the daughter of Russell A. Carson & Ella Pearl (Smith) Carson. Nona was a Barton Co. resident since 1945 where she graduated from Barton Co. Community College with a Bachelors degree in Nursing.  She married D. Franklin Ratlief on Oct. 2nd, 1951 at Great Bend, KS, later she married Elmer A. Leeper May 24, 1974 he died on Sept. 1983,...

Matthew D. Menges, 57, passed away peacefully at his home on Dec. 14, 2021 in Springfield, MO. He was born the son of Gerry and Geraldine Menges on Nov. 10, 1964 in Ellinwood, KS. Matthew loved his family and loved camping & fishing with them. His love for his motorcycle and playing pool were just a few to mention. He was a Jack of all trades. Survivors include his mother Geraldine Menges, Ellinwood, KS; daughter Anna (Rex) Hammer, Ellinwood, KS; brothers Mark (Tracy) Menges,...

Ellinwood, KS Clifford Anthony Reid, 68, passed away in Ellinwood, KS on Dec. 7th, 2021. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago on Sept. 5th 1953, he was the son of Horace & Yevonne (Hunt) Reid. A lifetime resident of Maloney Gardens in Trinidad & Tobago he worked as the founding pastor of the Christian World Outreach Mission church. Clifford earned a bachelor’s in Theology from the West Indies School of Theology and was the Valedictorian in bible school. He married...

**A livestream of the service will be available on Facebook at the Minnis Chapel Ellinwood page. A link will be posted here as well.  EILEEN FAYE (HUTCHISON) FISHER Eileen Fisher, age 81, entered the gates of heaven Sunday, November 7, 2021.  She was born to Henry C. and Elsie E. (Miller) Hutchison October 7, 1940 at St. Rose Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas.  She was a lifelong resident of the Ellinwood area, attended Star School, District 30 near her family home east of...

**A livestream or the service will be available at  https://youtu.be/Lr6kn1tMuoQ Marla Jean Macy, 67, passed away on November 5, 2021 in Ellinwood, KS. Cancer is a thief and has taken our beloved mother and grandmother from us all way too soon. She was born to parents Herman Joseph & Mary Ann (Klepper) Kowalsky on April 18,1954 in Ellinwood, KS. A lifetime Ellinwood resident she graduated from Ellinwood High in 1972. Marla married Tom Macy on November 24, 1972 and they later...

Ellinwood, KS Zelda L. Milner, 88, passed away on Oct. 23, 2021 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS. Born on Oct. 11, 1933 to parents Theodore A. & Inza I. (Hawkins) Ward. Zelda grew up in Quincy, KS. After high school she graduated from American Business College in Wichita and the Menninger Bible Class of Young Woman’s Christian Association in Topeka. She married Marion Milner on Apr. 26, 1953 in Eureka, KS. He died in 1973. A 60+ year resident of Ellinwood, she worked as a...

Ricky Meier, 62, passed away at Newton Medical Center on Oct. 18th, 2021. Born in Ellinwood, KS on Feb. 14, 1959 he was the son of Lowell "Red" & Carolin Sue Redding Meier. He was a lifetime Barton Co. resident who traveled the country as a truck driver. Ricky always has been a cowboy at heart even taking on a few bull rides in his earlier years. Survivors include father, Lowell "Red" Meier; sister, Cheryl (Carl) Isern and her children Christopher...