The Obituary Section

Daniel Beck Iii

, Kansas

Daniel Sequoyah Beck III age 79 passed away peacefully on the afternoon of January 17 2026 from complications of peripheral vascular disease at Sandstone Estates in Tucson AZ.Since losing his leg to diabetes in 2022 Dans health had significantly declined and he had been on hospice care since last summer. Dan was born on March 9 1946 in Arkansas City KS to Daniel S. Beck Jr. and Dorothy Faye Beck Spruill.He graduated in 1964 from Ark City High School where he participated in student government and on the debate team. Dan served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints in the California Mission and graduated in 1970 from Brigham Young University with a degree in communications. While at BYU he met and married Linda Sue McClain. They lived in Salt Lake City UT had two sons Jeffrey and Matthew and divorced in 1984. Dan had two…

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Judith "Judy" Mitchell

, Kansas

Judith Judy Ann Mitchell 84 of Arkansas City passed away on Tuesday May 12 2026 at Winfield Senior Living Community in Winfield. Funeral services will be held at 1100 A.M. on Friday May 15 2026 at the Shelley Family Funeral Home of Arkansas City. A visitation will be held from 10 11 A.M. prior to the service. Burial will follow at Parker Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mt. Zion Church or to the Arkansas City Lions Club donations may be left in the care of the funeral home. Judy was born on April 15 1942 in Kay County OK to parents Leon and Sadie Alice Woods Trenary. On November 6 1960 she was united in marriage to the love of her life Danny Ray Mitchell. Judy was a proud homemaker and farmers wife she enjoyed helping with chores and baking and making sure everyone was fed well.…

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Marilyn Hicks

, Kansas

Celebration of life services will be held at 200 PM Tuesday May 26 2026 at the Shelley Family Funeral Home of Arkansas City. Private graveside services will follow. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cowley County Humane Society donations may be left in the care of the funeral home. Marilyn was born on July 29 1951 in Winfield KS to parents Wayne and Margaret Casey Stout. She graduated from Harper High School in 1969. On August 30 1970 she was united in marriage to the love of her life Charles Hicks in Harper. The couple moved to Ark City and she became a homemaker and enjoyed raising her children. Later in life she worked at Rubbermaid and then received her AP license through Cowley College and worked at GE for over 20 years in quality control. In high school she was a baton twirler with the color guard she…

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Steven Boone

, Kansas

May 10, 2026

Steven Wayne Boone 73 of Winfield KS passed away May 11 2026 at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. A comeandgo visitation will be held from 46 PM on Saturday May 16 2026 at the Shelley Family Funeral Home in Winfield. Memorials in his name may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project and left in the care of the funeral home. Steven was born on February 10 1953 in Ponca City OK to Glenn W. and Doris M. Pappan Boone he graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1971. He worked for a short time at John Deere with his father before getting his AP license and starting his career at Cessna where he worked for 10 years before working for GE in Winfield for 26. On June 8 2007 he was united in marriage to the love of his life Carolyn Sue Gibson in Eureka Springs AR. Steven…

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Caroline Bruce

, Kansas

Caroline Lucille Bruce 74 of Arkansas City KS passed away Saturday May 16 2026 surrounded by her family. Funeral services are scheduled at 200 PM Tuesday May 19 2026 at Calvary Chapel in Arkansas City. Graveside services will follow at Parker Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 57 PM on Monday May 18 at the Shelley Family Funeral Home of Arkansas City. Memorial contributions in her name may be made to USD 470 for the Caroline Bruce Head Start Memorial contributions may be left in the care of the funeral home. Caroline was born on February 1 1952 to parents Virgil Oliver and Wilma Lucille McConnell Graham. She attended Ark City High School and later received her Associate of Arts from Cowley County Community College and her Bachelor of Business Management and Leadership from Friends University. On February 7 1969 she was united in marriage to the love of her…

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