Obituaries

Jim Gryder passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 9, 2024.

Gerald Joseph Hein, 61, passed away on Dec. 31, 2023 in Wichita. He was born on Nov. 21, 1962 to John and Maybelle (Clark) Hein in Wichita.

Renee was born January 23, 1962, in Oklahoma City, Okla., the daughter of Earnest Ray Herring and Lanetta (Clayton) Sanderson. She graduated from Mcloud High School in Oklahoma. She had a great love of horses, which she later spent 10 years working for the Kansas Quarter Horse Racing Association at the track in Eureka with her husband Steve. Renee and Stephen Jones were married on July 7, 1983, in Alabama. They have been married for 40 beautiful years.