Obituaries

Jun 17, 2007

Dodge City – Jovita (Jobie) Rodriguez, 74, died June 17, 2007 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born Feb. 15, 1933 in a Mexican village in Dodge City, the daughter of Juan and Felipa Martel Briseno. A lifetime Dodge City resident, she worked for Fairmont Foods in the ice cream department, volunteered at Miller School, enjoyed gardening...

Jun 3, 2007

Claire Marie Webster, 97 years 352 days, left this life to be with her Lord on Sunday June 3, 2007. Claire was born in eagle river, WI on June 16, 1909, to Stuart Langille and Mathilde Zick Langile. Claire lived in Scottsdale, AZ for over 30 years with her husband, Wade, until his death. At that time she moved to...

May 30, 2007

Larned - Robert Madden Jr., 70, died May 30, 2007 at the St. Jospeh Memorial Hospital, Larned. He was born October 10, 1936 in Ringgold, Louisiana, the son of Robert Madden Sr., and Willie Alice Moore. A Larned resident since 1945 moving from Ringgold, LA. He was a cook for the Blue Goose Café and the Don Do Resturant. He...

May 22, 2007

Donald William Clapham, 88, died, May 22, 2007 at his home, Larned. He was born February 22, 1919 in Mutual, Oklahoma, the son of William A. and Ella Nora Ball Clapham. A resident of Larned since 1947, he was a retired Auto Mechanic and former Owner of Don's Motor Service of Larned. He was a member of the First Christian...

May 20, 2007

Jetmore – Barbara Jean (Elliott) Smidt, 59, died May 20, 2007 at her home in rural Hodgeman County. She was born July 2, 1947 in Abilene, Kansas to Wilbur and Irene (Schultz) Elliott. On May 9, 1971, she married William R. (Bill) Smidt in the United Methodist Church, Detroit, Kansas. Barbara attended the Detroit Grade School and graduated at Chapman...

May 8, 2007

Jetmore – Douglas (Doug) L. Burns, 44, died May 8, 2007 at his home in Jetmore. He was born January 10, 1963, at Larned, the son of Richard & Theresa Zimmer Burns. He was a Fuel Transport Driver for the Dodge City Coop. He was of the Christian Faith, and a member of the Son of American Legion Jetmore. On...

May 5, 2007

Garfield – Darlene George Blackwell Ellings, 81, died May 5, 2007 at the Hays Good Samaritan Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born April 16, 1926 on a farm near Otis, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Martha Hinkle George. A former resident of Garfield, Larned, Thayer, Great Bend, Preston, residing last in Hays to be near family. She worked at...

May 3, 2007

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Larned – Lois Irene Haynie, 81, died May 3, 2007 at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned.

She was born March 18, 1926 in Oskaloosa, Iowa the daughter of Garrett and Carrie VanderLinden VandeLune. A Larned resident since 1968 moving from Beatrice, Nebraska and Des Moines, Iowa. She worked for the Fort Larned National...

May 1, 2007

Larned – Olivia Lynn Henderson died May 1, 2007 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born April 30, 2007 at Wichita, Kansas the daughter of Ryan Joy Henderson and Jessica Lynn Cooper. Survivors include: Parents, Larned; Paternal Grandparents, Robert Lee Henderson, Oklahoma, Joyce Henderson, Larned; Maternal Grandparents, Laurie Spencer, Muskogee, Oklahoma; Great-Grandparents Bob and Geneva Pivonka, and Dorothy Edmonds,...

Apr 28, 2007

Spearville – Edwin (Ed) Bruce MacBride, 82 died April 28, 2007 at the Trinity Manor in Dodge City. He was born January 12, 1925 at Detroit Michigan, the son of Clarence S. and Marion Frey MacBride, . He was a resident of Spearville for 41/2 years, moving from Spirit Lake, Idaho. He was a purchasing agent for the federal government....

Apr 24, 2007

Rozel – Seraphine "Sarah" Anna Margaret Kershner, 93, died April 24, 2007 at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City, Kansas. She was born February 15, 1914 at Antonino, Kansas the daughter of John and Catherine Wassinger Sauer. A lifetime Pawnee County resident she was a farm wife. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Larned, a former...

Apr 23, 2007

Jetmore – Lewis (Pete) Lester Ward, 82, died April 23, 2007 at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. He was born June 20, 1924 in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of Lewis R. and Anne A. Kennedy Ward. A long time area resident, he was a Carpenter. He was a member of the Church of Christ, Dodge City. He also loved...

Apr 20, 2007

Loretta Mary Kecker, 89, died April 20, 2007 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born August 8, 1917 at Negaunee, Michigan the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fere LeMere. A resident of Garfield since 1980 moving from Michigan, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Baptist Church, Hulbert, Michigan. On April...

Apr 17, 2007

Jetmore - Helen Haun, 95, died, April 17, 2007 at the Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born August 10, 1911 in rural Hodgeman County. A lifetime area resident, she was the Jetmore Librarian for several years, and she served as the Register of Deeds of Hodgeman County for 28 years. On November 26, 1931 she married Kenneth...

Apr 14, 2007

Jetmore – Dalene Marie Rumsey, 59, died April 14, 2007, at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. She was born July 1, 1947, at Burr Oak, Ks. The daughter of Dale & Goldie Smith Warner, She was a Homemaker. In 1999, she married Ronald Rumsey and he died April 1, 2001. Survivors include: one daughter Dawn Jockman, Highlands...

Apr 5, 2007

Larned – Herschel L. Hutcherson, 72, died April 5, 2007 at the HCR Manor Care, Wichita, Kansas. He was born August 31, 1934 at Utica, Kansas, the son of Burrell P. and Margaret Young Hutcherson. A resident of Larned since 1947 moving from Utica he was an Alpha Mill Operator for Bert & Wetta Mill for over 30 years and...

Apr 3, 2007

Wichita - Ernest E. Patee (Ernie), 75, died April 3, 2007 at the Life Care Center, Wichita. He was born October 30, 1931 in Cimarron, the son of Claude and Erma Glaze Patee. A resident of Wichita, he was in sales and management. He was a member of the Ascension Lutheran Church, American Legion and the Elks Lodge, all of...

Apr 1, 2007

Broken Arrow – Ivan W. Mauk, 77, died April 1, 2007 at South Crest Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born November 20, 1929, the son of John & Eula Thompson Mauk, he was a Plant Engineer for Packing Plants in the Midwest. After retiring he worked with his son Jim, Designing Packing Plants. He was a member of the American...

Mar 26, 2007

Dallas, Texas – Sherman C. Nystrom, 80, died Friday, March 23, 2007 at his home in Dallas, Texas. He was born August 5, 1926 at Garfield, Kansas, the son of Carl Fredrick and Mary Irene Dempsy Nystrom. On September 22, 1946, he married Florence Miller at Garfield. She died November 8, 2005. Sherman was a retired Professor of Biology with...

Mar 23, 2007

Larned - Walter W. Fleske, 84, went to be with the Lord on March 23, 2007. He was born September 4, 1922 in Great Bend, the son of August William and Anna Elizabeth Knoche Fleske. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer stockman. He was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church, Larned. He served in WW II in...