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Bruce Merle Jantz
Apr 2, 2008
Larned - Bruce Merle Jantz, 81, died April 2, 2008 at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Fort Dodge. He was born January 12, 1927 in Pawnee County. The son of Adolph Lawrence and Susie Ruth Koehn Jantz. He was an operator at the Otis Helium Plant and also the Cemetery Sexton for the City of Larned. He was a lifetime area...
Leonard C. Maxwell
Mar 29, 2008
Dodge City – Leonard C. Maxwell, 68, died March 29, 2008 at his home in Dodge City. He was born January 28, 1940, to George Earl and Mary (Hargitt) Maxwell, at Quinter, Ks. Leonard graduated from Quinter High School in 1958 and attended Fort Hays State. He served on active duty as a Hospital Corpsman in the United States Naval...
Donna Fox
Mar 21, 2008
Weslaco Texas – Donna Fox, 90, passed away March 21, 2008 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. She was born in Beeler, Kansas on February 13, 1918. She is preceded in death by her husband, Howard Fox, Jr.; her parents, Albert and Eva Erhart and her brother, Thayne Erhart. She is survived by two sisters, Betty Gordon, Port...
Oreathel B. Alford
Mar 15, 2008
Burdett – Oreathel B. Alford, 87, died March 15, 2008 at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was born December 22, 1920 at Sand Town Ark., the daughter of Lafayette and Lubie White Kennedy. She was a Homemaker. She was a member of the Faith Fellowship Church of Burdett. She married Ezell Alford June 22, 1940 at Dyersburg, TN....
Rae Barstow
Mar 8, 2008
Larned - M. Rae Barstow, 81, died March 8, 2008 at Cornerstone Ridge Plz, Wichita. She was born November 2, 1926 in Haviland, the daughter of, Elmer Pete and Minnie Finlay Harris. A lifetime area resident, she was a Teller for the First State Bank for 17yrs. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, and was active...
James Lee Keeley
Mar 6, 2008
Larned – James Lee Keeley, 81, died March 6, 2008 at Bob Dole Veterans Administration Hospital in Wichita. He was born July 4, 1926 at Larned, Kansas the son of James E. and Leeta McConnaughhay Keeley. He was a farmer and stockman. Moving to Kansas Soldier Home, after retiring. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Veterans...
Charles W. Lynam
Feb 25, 2008
Burdett - Charles "Charlie" William Lynam, 86, died February 25, 2008 at the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. He was born July 12, 1921 at Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Oliver Wendell and Mary Louise Bacon Lynam. He grew up in Hodgeman County, Kansas and attended Hodgeman Rural Grade School #48. He graduated from Hanston High School in 1939. He...
Theresa Margaret Sandblade
Feb 22, 2008
Larned – Theresa Margaret Sandblade, 84, died February 22, 2008 at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. She was born August 23, 1923 at Hebron, North Dakota, the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Matje Bergesch. A resident of Larned since 1958 moving from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, she was the Philsco Products office manager for 20 years. She took loving care...
Thomas (Tom) Walter
Feb 22, 2008
Jetmore – Thomas (Tom) M. Walter, 83, died February 22, 2008 at his home in Jetmore. He was born December 15, 1924, in Jetmore, the son of John and Anna Rose Nall Walter. He was a lifetime area resident of Jetmore, and was a farmer and stockman. He belonged to the St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus and the...
Gladys M. Jurgensen
Feb 18, 2008
Larned – Gladys M. Jurgensen, 91, died February 18, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend. She was born September 27, 1916 in Pawnee, Co. the daughter of Charles & Inez Fertig. A lifetime Larned resident she worked in the dietary department at the Gleason Hospital. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Larned. On August 30,...
Judith Ann Crawford
Feb 17, 2008
Burdett – Judith Ann Crawford, 65, died February 17, 2008 at her home in Burdett. She was born April 10, 1942 at Kilgore, Nebraska the daughter of Wallace Owen and Isabell Jane Miles Hamit. A resident of Kansas since 1988 moving from Tucson, Arizona she was MHDD at the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the Faith Fellowship...
Louis Dale James
Feb 17, 2008
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Larned – Louis Dale James, 80, died February 17, 2008 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays.
He was born July 24, 1927 in Stockton, the son of Glenn Martin and Mary Ella Macy James. He was a practicing attorney and member of the Kansas Bar Association for over fifty years.
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Virginia Johnson
Feb 14, 2008
Larned – Virginia Lewis Johnson, 89, died February 14, 2008, at the Larned Health Care Center, Larned. She was born February 13, 1919 at Beagle, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas Virgil and Verna Beamer Lewis. A 64 year resident of Larned moving from Deighton, she was Office Manager for the Larned Tiller & Toiler from 1942 to 1984. She graduated...
Loretta Belle Querry
Feb 6, 2008
Larned – Loretta B. Querry, 85, died February 6, 2008 at Larned Health Care Center, Larned. She was born December 5, 1922 in Alabama, the daughter of Clyde and Amne Taylor Mitchell. A lifetime Larned resident she was a retired nurse aid at the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the First Christian Church, VFW, both of Larned,...
Vera Mae Stanfield
Feb 6, 2008
Larned - Vera Mae Stanfield, 91, died February 6, 2008, at the Larned Healthcare Center. She was born February 24, 1916, in Wagner, Oklahoma, the daughter of Bert Rufus, and Minnie P. Cane. A Larned resident since 1994, moving from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was a Homemaker and Bookkeeper. She was of the Christian faith. On December 28, 1947, she married...
Keith Eugene Davidson
Feb 3, 2008
Larned – Keith E. Davidson, 75, died February 3, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend. He was born September 18, 1932 at Shields, Kansas the son of Marvin G. and Alice Hatler Davidson. A resident of Larned since 1968 moving from Utica, he was a heavy equipment operator. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church,...
Howard A. Converse
Feb 2, 2008
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Great Bend - Howard A. Converse, 95, died, February 2, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend.
He was born April 18, 1912 in Great Bend, the son of Charles Wesley and Effa May Rice Converse. A lifetime Pawnee County resident. He was a farmer.
He was a member of the Pawnee...
Charles Elmer Selfridge
Feb 1, 2008
Burdett – Charles Elmer Selfridge, 79, died February 1, 2008, at Hays Medical Center, Hays. He was born October 28, 1928, in Larned, the son of Henry Ward and Clara Mae McDonald Selfridge. A longtime area resident, he was a farmer and stockman. He belonged to the United Methodist Church, Past member of the Lions Club, both of Hanston, Hodgeman...
Virginia Carpenter
Jan 31, 2008
Larned – Virginia "Faye" Carpenter, 91, died January 31, 2008 at Larned Health Care Center, Larned. She was born July 7, 1916 in Pawnee County the daughter of Henry and Sara McClernon Bird. A lifetime Pawnee County resident. She was a retired Activity Therapist at Larned State Hospital. She attended Garfield Public Schools and was a member of the Sacred...
Debora Lynn Newcomb
Jan 26, 2008
Great Bend – Debora Lynn Newcomb, 63, died Saturday, January 26, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend. She was born January 13, 1945 at Great Bend, the daughter of Loraine and Frances Ladine Edwards Peterson. A resident of Great Bend moving from Tulsa in 1995, she was a Teacher and Daycare operator. She was a member of the...
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