Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Feb 10, 2007

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Linda Lyman, 54 of Larned, joined her Lord and Savior on Saturday, February 10, 2007. She was born on September 3, 1952 in Lindsborg, KS, where she graduated from Great Bend High School. Linda enjoyed painting ceramics and spending time with grandchildren and loved ones.

Linda is survived by her husband Neil Lyman,...

Feb 5, 2007

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Larned - Roland O. Dent, 77, died, February 5, 2007 at his home, Larned.

He was born October 15, 1929 in Harper, the son of Floyd Earl and Ruth Irene Evans Dent. A resident of Rozel and Larned since 1970 moving from Harper, he was a custodian for the School District.

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Feb 4, 2007

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Larned - Kenneth Delbert Dreese, 83, died February 4, 2007 at Larned Healthcare Center.

He was born August 21, 1923 in Larned, the son of Delbert E. and Malinda L. Bauemel Dreese. A lifetime resident of Larned he was a farmer.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church,...

Feb 2, 2007

Larned – Robert "Bob" L. McFadden, 77, died February 2, 2007 at St. Joseph Memorials Hospital, Larned. He was born March 16, 1929 in Ness County, the son of William Ray and Alma Idolette Bondurant McFadden. A Larned resident for 50 years moving from Leadville, Colorado, he was a retired owner of Bob's Barber Shop, Larned. He was a member...