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Jan was born in Clinton, Oklahoma on March 29, 1945, and passed away unexpectedly on November 18, 2020, from cardiac arrest at the age of 75. She grew up in Wichita, Kansas, as one of three daughters and graduated from East High School. Jan thoroughly loved her job and made so many friends the past 24-1/2 years working at Dillon’s Marketplace at Central and Rock Road. One of her greatest joys was making and delivering peanut butter fudge for Christmas for her “guys” at the Wichita...

Marvin was born on September 20, 1937 to Roy C. Davis and Hollie Esthes Webb of Augusta, Kansas. His father passed when he was 3 years old and he went to live with his grandparents. Marvin attended school in Towanda and graduated from Towanda High School in 1956. He worked in the oil fields and for Banks Construction, and for Belger Cartage Services in Wichita for 32 years. He also served proudly in the United States Army. Marvin married Phyllis Jean Burgess of El Dorado, Kansas on March 31,...

Ruth L. Gray, 96, of El Dorado passed away on November 18, 2020, in Wichita, Kansas. Ruth was born on January 15, 1924, near Lone Elm (Anderson County), KS, to Henry and Cora (Stout) Reeve. She spent her first 17 years on the family farm and graduated from Lone Elm High School in 1941. After graduation, she moved to Kansas City, MO, and attended the Business College in downtown Kansas City. After completing her business training, Ruth worked for the Tamblyn Commission Company at the Kansas...

John Edward Karst was born on July 1, 1949 to Ralph B. and Veda E (Bonnett) Karst in Marysville, Kansas. John passed away peacefully at the age of 71, on November 11, 2020 in the home of his daughter, Kristy. John had fought a hard battle with myelodysplastic dysplasia syndrome the last year. John was one of six children. He grew up in El Dorado, Kansas where he resided his whole life. He graduated from El Dorado High School in 1967. John retired from Holly Frontier Refinery as a...

Marc Kimball, 65 of El Dorado, died Friday, November 6, 2020 peacefully in his sleep at home in El Dorado. There will be a graveside service at Sunset Lawns Cemetery at 2pm on Tuesday, November 17. Marc was born on June 1, 1955 to Trent Brown and Suzanne Kimball. He lived in El Dorado his whole life. Marc graduated from El Dorado High School in 1973. Marc stared working at Beechcraft at age 14. The company is now named Textron Aviation. Marc worked there his whole life—almost 47 years. He...

Stanley Ned (Stan) Kirby passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at St. Francis Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas after a year long battle with cancer. He was born in Missouri to Oll and Frances (Frankie) Kirby. He spent his adult life in Wichita, Kansas, where he became a self-made Businessman. His career began with selling Newspapers in his youth to selling Singer Sewing Machines across Kansas and Missouri which led him to his business in Insurance Sales, Financial Services and...

On Thursday, November 5th, 2020, Jessie Zilphie (Long) Hefton-Foster, surrounded by her four children, went peacefully home to Jesus at the age of 75. Jessie was born November 18, 1944, in Butler County, Kansas, to John and Thelma (Welty) Long. She attended school in Rosalia, Kansas, and began her first job at Wells’ Truckstop, also in Rosalia. She went on to work at numerous restaurants, finally retiring in 2002 as the assistant manager of the Red Coach Inn Restaurant, in El Dorado,...

Donna Lee (Gregory) George, 94, passed away in her sleep on October 26, 2020, at El Dorado Care and Rehabilitation Center. Donna was born on February 25, 1926 in Oil Hill to Thomas and Florence Edna Gregory. She had four siblings. Donna belonged to the El Dorado High School Class of 1944, but left school before graduating to work in the Boeing aircraft assembly plant in Wichita. She was a riveter on the B-29 bomber production line. Later in the war she moved to Nevada to work as a civilian...

Karen’s life began on December 3, 1938, in McPherson, Kansas. She passed away on October 26, 2020 in El Dorado, Kansas. She was the daughter of Frank and Della (Peterson) Hanson. Karen was united in marriage to Lloyd Ades and they were married for 61 wonderful years before her passing. Karen loved spending time with her family, especially with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She loved traveling throughout her lifetime and took trips to Hawaii and Alaska, but her favorite...