Obituaries

Oct. 14, 1925 – June 18. 2018

CARBONDALE — Edward Earl Kramer, Carbondale, died Monday, June 18, 2018, at his home. He was 92.

He was born Oct. 14, 1925, at Jefferson City, Mo., the son of Frank Kramer and Elna M. Hollister Kramer. He grew up in the Overbrook and Manhattan area and moved to Albuquerque, N.M. his senior year, where he graduated from High School.

He served our country during World War II in the U.S. Navy with the rank of Seaman 1st Class with the Submarine Division 61, USS Pintado. He was honorably discharged April 14, 1946.

Oct. 28, 1941 – June 14, 2018

TOPEKA — Betty Jean Hanna, Lyndon, died Thursday, June 14, 2018, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka. She was 76.

She was born Oct. 28, 1941, at Clebit, Okla., the daughter of Curtis and Thelma Needham Hinton. She lived in Lyndon since 1960.

She worked as a keypunch operator, unemployment computer room supervisor, then as a computer programmer for the State of Kansas for 23 years. She was a Sunflower Stepper and was a member of the Lyndon Salt Creek Lighthouse Assembly of God Church.

Dec. 28, 1938 – June 4, 2018

TOPEKA — Faye Barnwell, Topeka, died Monday, June 4, 2018, at Plaza West. She was 79.

She was born Dec. 28, 1938, the daughter of Hubert Austin and Beatrice Rebecca McClure Thornburgh. She was a homemaker.

She married James E. "Jim" Barnwell July 20, 1964, at Crossville, Tenn. He preceded her in death on Sept. 17, 1999.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, a sister and a niece.

Sept. 16, 1950 – June 2, 2018

POMONA — Glen Lewis died Saturday, June 2, 2018, at his home near Pomona. He was 67.

He was born Sept. 16, 1950, at Ottawa, the son of George and Elizabeth Neill Lewis. He grew up in Quenemo and lived there until moving to Pomona in 1986. He graduated from Quenemo High School in 1968 as valedictorian.

May 9, 1943 - May 16, 2018

WOODLAND PARK, Col. - Rawlin William Sowell died May 16, 2018, at his home in Woodland Park, Colo. He was 75.

He was born May 9, 1943, the son of Elwood and Edna Haufler Sowell. He attended an one-room schoolhouse at Vassar and graduated from Lyndon High School in 1961.

He moved to Colorado after graduation. He became a police officer for the Woodland Park Police Department. He retired with 30 years of service.