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Olivia Lynn Henderson
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,...
Edwin (Ed) Macbride
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....
Sarah A. Kershner
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...
Lewis (Pete) Ward
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...
Loretta Mary Kecker
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...
Helen L. Haun
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...
Dalene Marie Rumsey
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...
Herschel L. Hutcherson
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...
Ernest E. Patee
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...
Ivan W. Mauk
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...
Sherman C. Nystrom
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...
Walter W. Fleske
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...
Leon M. Hill
Mar 15, 2007
Jetmore -Leon M. Hill, 89, died March 15, 2007, at Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. He was born April 20, 1917, in Springview, Nebraska, the son of Milton R. and Mary F. Sanders Hill. A resident of Cheyenne Wyoming since 1943, moving to Jetmore in 2006, he was a Greyhound Bus Driver for 37 years. He was a...
Fredrick Chester (Jiggs) Reed
Mar 12, 2007
Kalvesta - Fredrick Chester (Jiggs) Reed, 79 died March 12, 2007 at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. He was born may 31, 1927 at Rural Kalvesta the son of Ralph Roy and Clemmie Ann Stiawalt Reed. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer-stockman. He was a member of the Lane Scott Electric board. He was an active member...
Irene I. Holmes
Mar 11, 2007
Hanston – Irene I. Holmes, 89, died March 11, 2007 at her home in Hanston. She was born Sept 21, 1917, the daughter of Charles and Agnes Hertel Bamberger. She was a lifetime area resident, and a homemaker. She belongs to the Hanston United Methodist Church, E.H.U. worked with the 4H, and helped with all church activities. On January 27,...
Lucile G. Bauer
Mar 8, 2007
Larned – Lucile G. Bauer, 85, died March 8, 2007 at the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. She was born June 6, 1921, in Hodgeman County, Kansas, the daughter of Neil L. and Mildred G. Crawford Rucker. A lifetime Burdett and Larned resident, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, where she was...
William "Bill" Dixon
Mar 5, 2007
Jetmore – William E. (Bill) Dixon, 91, died March 5, 2007, at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. He was born August 21, 1915, in Eastern Hodgeman County, the son of Abe and Beulah King Dixon. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer and rancher. He belonged to the United Methodist Church, Jetmore. He served in the Navy in WWII....
Harold Lloyd Burns
Mar 1, 2007
Larned – Harold Lloyd Burns, 93, died March 1, 2007 at the Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 12, 1913 at San Francisco, California, the son of Harry S. and Nora Schaffer Burns. A lifetime resident of Larned, he was a teacher and principal for USD #495, Larned. He was a U.S. Army Veteran serving...
Jo Mary Schaffer
Feb 23, 2007
Spearville – Jo Mary Schaffer, 65, died February 23, 2007, at her home, near Jetmore. She was born November 21, 1941, in Shallow Water, Ks., the daughter of Jim Graham and Dorothy Blackman. A lifetime are resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the United Methodist Church, Jetmore and the Wednesday night Painting Ladies Club. Western Kansas Decorative painting...
Doyle C. Foster
Feb 10, 2007
Doyle Cooper Foster died at the age of 91 years on February 10, 2007. He was born in Pawnee Rock, Kansas January 30, 1916 the son of Mel and Ella Cooper Foster. He married Maxine Brannan of Larned on July 16, 1941, in McDonald, Kansas who was his devoted wife for over 65 years. Doyle graduated from Pawnee Rock High...
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