Arkansas City High Kansas Alumni Obituaries

Born February 3rd 1964 in Cowley County Kansas Arkansas City Kansas. The family moved to Midland from Kansas when Marsha was one year old. She grew up in Midland and never left. Marsha graduated from Midland High School in 1982 and attended Midland College for a short while. She immediately went to ...

Phyllis Gaye Rust Waage of Martinsville NJ passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Saturday May 24 2025. She is survived by her husband C. Marc Waage her three children Phillip Waage Marcia Waage McBurney Jonathan and Douglas Waage Frida five grandchildren Justin Sean Riley and Matthe...

Kathy Dee Dauber 68 of Winfield Kansas passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday December 28 2025. Kathy was born on March 26 1957 in Springfield Missouri to Bobby Gene and Vera Marie Hall Fugate. She was raised in Urbana Missouri where she attended school and graduated from Skyline High School i...

Edgar Lee Martens was born March 10 1940 in the family home at Conway Springs Kansas. He was the second of five children born to Isaac and Lavina Martens. As a boy Edgar learned to work hard and to be strong as he grew up on a farm milking cows feeding chickens and working the wheat fields. These tw...

Billie Inez Vining, 94, left behind her earthly family as she peacefully stepped into glory joining her risen Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus, on the evening of December 10, 2025.Born on January 10, 1931, in Arkansas City, Kansas, she was the daughter of Robert Roy and Ina Faye Morgan. Billie, a lifel...

Linda Sue Grant (1948-2025)Linda Sue Grant, 76, of Arkansas City, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 19, 2025.She was born in Pennsylvania but grew up mostly in Lamar, Missouri. She graduated from Lamar High School in 1967. She graduated from Pittsburgh State University in December...

Marcia Cales, 75, of Arkansas City, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, at Wesley Medical Center surrounded by her family.Marcia was born on November 25, 1950, to Harold and Lucille (Murphy) Henkel. She was raised in her hometown and graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1969....

Sharon Kay Hudson, 80, of Arkansas City peacefully passed away on December 25, 2025 at her home surrounded by family. Graveside service is scheduled for 1:00 p.m., Monday, January 5, 2026 at Springside Cemetery. Kay was born June 25, 1945 in Arkansas City, Kansas to Bert and Sadie Sparks. Survivors ...

Robben Ledeker ObituaryHarry Robben Ledeker left this earth on Veterans Day, November 11, 2025. Born May 14, 1925, Ledeker was 100 years old and the last surviving WWII veteran of Arkansas City, Kansas. Son of William and Mazy Ledeker, Robben and his siblings, Bill and Sue, were third generation Ar...

Cathy Jo (Haslett) Bowker, 60 of Wichita, departed from this earth peacefully on December 22, 2025.Cathy was born on August 21, 1965 to Alice Hubbard and Donald Haslett in Arkansas City, Kansas. She attended Arkansas City schools. In January 1993 she married Stephen Bowker. Cathy was a CNA for Siste...

Later in life, Gail Stark, in comforting assurance of meeting again, ended each family farewell by saying, “Good bye for now!” What became her mantra actually serves as an apt metaphor for her eventful life of hellos and goodbyes. Gail said hello to the world in Arkansas City, Kansas on March 27, 1...

Shirley Ann Moore, 96, was ushered into heaven by angels to meet her Savior, Jesus Christ, face to face on Monday, November 24, 2025.Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Monday, December 1, 2025 at the First Baptist Church in Arkansas City. Pastor David Stanley will officiate. Interment w...

Connie Mae Barrett was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 14, 1936 to Lester Hamm and Maegladys Nichols. From the very beginning, Connie carried a gentle spirit and a giving heart that became the foundation of the beautiful life she lived.She attended the public schools of Wynne, Arkansas, be...

Joyce was born on April 19 1948 in Aurora Missouri to Floyd and Mary Kelley. At a young age she moved with her family to Arkansas City Kansas where she grew up and attended school. Joyce flourished academically and socially going straight from high school into college where she earned her associate ...