Obituaries

Dec 31, 2006

Rozel - Vernon Frederick Ideker, 87 died, December 31, 2006 at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. He was born December 6, 1919 in Rozel, the son of Henry W. and Katherine B. Both Ideker. A lifetime resident of Rozel, he was a farmer and stockman. He was a member of the Hope Lutheran Church, Rush Center. He also served on...

Dec 31, 2006

Larned – Ethel Edith Kraisinger, 103, died December 31, 2006 at the Larned Healthcare Center, Larned. She was born December 15, 1903 at Gainesville, Missouri the daughter of Robert Samuel and Rose Edith Cown Lance. A longtime resident of Larned she was a Aide I at Larned State Hospital retiring in 1965. She was a prior member of the VFW...

Dec 30, 2006

Hanston – Judith (Judy) A. Espinoza, 49, died December 30, 2006 at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City. She was born January 24, 1957, in Fairfield, California, the daughter of Albert L. and Wanda Faye Scambler Dotson. She lived in Hanston for two years, moving from Stockton, California. She was of the Christian faith. On May 5, 2001 she married Frank...

Dec 23, 2006

Larned - Juanita Blackwell, 66, died December 23, 2006 at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. She was born April 6, 1940 in Fernwood, Mississippi, the daughter of Carey and Eva Kirkland. An area resident, she was a Licensed Mental Health Technician for the Larned State Hospital. On Aug. 20, 1980 she married Robert Blackwell in Alva, Oklahoma. He died September...

Dec 18, 2006

Larned - Duaine E. Folkerts, 76, died December 18, 2006 at Cherry Village, Great Bend. He was born August 12, 1930 in Larned, the son of Edward and Elsa Schenk Folkerts. A Larned resident moving from Jetmore in 2002, he was a lifelong farmer/stockman and a truck driver for 36 years. He was a member of the Peace Lutheran church,...

Dec 16, 2006

Zook – F. Albert Hays, 97, died December 16, 2006 at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. He was born November 5, 1909 at Zook, Kansas the son of John Henry and Lucy Matilda Buhrer Hays. A lifetime Pawnee County resident, he was a farmer. He was a member of the Larned United Methodist Church and past board member of the...

Dec 13, 2006

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Larned – Ralph H. Baird, 88, died December 13, 2006 at his home in Larned.

He was born December 13, 1918 at Larned the son of John and Clara Spangler Baird. A longtime resident of Edwards and Pawnee counties, he was owner of Ralph Baird Motors, Larned. He graduated from Larned High School...

Dec 12, 2006

Dodge City – Robert L. Rehmert, 71, died December 12, 2006, at his home in Dodge City. He was born February 25, 1935 at Jetmore, the son of Louis H and Thelma Duncan Rehmert. He was a longtime area resident. Moving to Dodge City in 1961. He was the Owner of ABC Constructions Company for 44 years. He attended the...

Dec 8, 2006

Great Bend – Verda Lea Wickstrom, 75, died December 8, 2006 at the Kansas Medical Center, Andover. She was born December 25, 1930 at Montezuma, Kansas, the daughter of Leslie Garden and Doris Feltner Thomas. A longtime resident of Pawnee and Barton counties, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Methodist Church, Otis. On October 22, 1966...

Dec 7, 2006

Garfield – Kenneth Wayne Alexander, 47, died December 7, 2006, Larned. He was born January 18, 1959 at Woodward, Oklahoma the son of Max and Dorlores Whitcomb Alexander. A lifetime Pawnee County resident he was a Psychiatric Aid at Larned State Hospital. Survivors include: his parents, Garfield; a sister, Lisa Gaye Alexander, Larned; and two nephews, Clayton James, Matthew Wade,...

Dec 1, 2006

Fort Dodge - Sylvia F. Rogers, 80, died December 1, 2006 at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Halsey Hall, Fort Dodge. She was born September 22, 1926 in Jetmore the Daughter of Otto J. and Faye L. Sloan Rogers. A Lifetime area resident. Survivors include: brother, Claude Rogers and wife Joyce, Spearville; sister Edna Snell and husband Glen Medicine Lodge; and...

Nov 30, 2006

Jetmore - Carl LeRoy Klinge, 83, died, November 30, 2006 at Kansas Soldiers Home, Halsey Hall, Fort Dodge. He was born July 17, 1923 in Hanston, the son of Walter and Bessie Clark Klinge. A lifetime area resident, he worked for the Hodgeman County Road Department. He attended the United Presbyterian Church, Jetmore and was a member of the American...

Nov 30, 2006

Hermine Jo Leet, 82, died November 30, 2006, at Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. She was born February 17, 1924, at Lyons, the daughter of Irwin Heye and Retta A. Meyer Janssen. She was a lifetime area resident, working for Western Power and Light for over 30 years in Dodge City and retiring in 1991. She belonged to...

Nov 20, 2006

Jetmore – Traice T. Miller, 60, died November 20, 2006 at her home in Jetmore. She was born in the state of Washington. She loves to do her Karaoke Business for anybody. Survivors: include; one Daughter, Tamara Wandelt, Anaheim, CA; and Companion Michael Keiley, Jetmore. Their will be no visitation the body was cremated and Service will be at a...

Nov 18, 2006

Verle L. Galliart, 60, died, November 18, 2006 at his home, Larned. He was born December 12, 1945 in Great Bend the son of Leo Reed Galliart and Elaine G. Williams Giles. A lifetime Pawnee County resident, he was a farmer. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion, all of Larned....

Nov 17, 2006

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Larned – Marvin Lee Campbell, 64, died November 17, 2006 at his home in Larned.

He was born May 17, 1942 at Great Bend, Kansas the son of Lawrence Edward and Alice Marie Phillips Campbell. A resident of Larned since 2003 moving from Tucson, Arizona, he was a draftsman and CADD Tech for...

Nov 13, 2006

Larned - Ruby E. Wilson, 85, died, November 13, 2006 at Wheatland Care Center, Kingman. She was born May 5, 1921, in Leoti, the daughter of William and Gladys Couch Blau. A lifetime area resident she was retired from the USD 495 food service department. She was a member of the Christian Church, Pawnee Rock. In 1939 she married Willard...

Nov 13, 2006

Louis H. Rehmert, 93, died November 13, 2006 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born August 18, 1913, in Burdett, the son of Herman and Emma Uffman Rehmert. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer and trucker. On June 21, 1931 he married Thelma Duncan, she died March 9, 1975. Survivors include two sons: Robert and...

Nov 9, 2006

Larned – Cecelia R. (Emard) Blackwell, 85, died November 9, 2006 at Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. She was born June 19, 1921 at Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Mose and Lydia Patnode, Emard. A resident of Arvada, Colorado since 2004, she was a former longtime resident of Larned, she was the former gift shop clerk for...

Nov 8, 2006

Larned - Brian Keith Burton, 27, died November 8, 2006 in Stafford County. He was born June 10, 1979 in Larned, the son of William Keith and Charlene J. Hiebert Burton, Russell. A Larned resident since July moving from Bucklin, he was an Account Specialist for Nex-Tech, Dodge City. He was a member of the Bible Baptist Church, Russell. On...