Obituaries

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...

Nov 5, 2006

Rozel – Sanford David (Sandy) Blattner, 94, died November 5, 2006 at Manor Park Care Center Midland, Texas. He was born July 7, 1912 at Rozel, Ks. The son of Charles and Ellen E. Haun Blattner. He was an executive for Mobil Oil Chief Geophysicist, and retiring on November 30, 1976. He graduated from Rozel High School in June 1930,...

Nov 5, 2006

Larned – John Wilson Dipman, 92, died November 5, 2006 at St. Joseph Hospital, Larned. He was born March 1, 1914, in Pawnee County, the son of George E. and Sadie Hogue Dipman. He graduated high school in 1932. He married Eldred E. Sanders on February 7, 1942 at Wichita. A resident of Pawnee County all of his life, he...

Oct 28, 2006

Burdett – Furlyn "Tuff" Hertel, 88, died October 28, 2006 at Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, in Jetmore, KS. He was born February 5, 1918 in Hodgeman County, Kansas , the son of George F. and Ruth Ann Warnock Hertel. He was a lifetime resident of Hodgeman County and he was a farmer and stockman. He was a member...

Oct 22, 2006

Larned – Frances "Pat" Catherine Struthers, 94, died October 22, 2006, at the Larned Health Care Center, in Larned, Kansas. She was born July 27, 1912 in Ford County, Kansas to Adam and Catherine Urban Stegman. She was a lifetime resident of Pawnee County. She was a cook at the Sanford and Larned School Districts and was a former employee...

Oct 20, 2006

Larned – Michael Wayne Foley, 58, died October 20, 2006 at Southwind Hospice House, Pratt. He was born June 21, 1948 at Peoria, Illinois, the son of Delmar and Wilma "Billie" Hayes, Foley. A resident of Larned for five years moving from Winfield, he was a Psychologist with the Department of Corrections. On May 6, 1978 he married Judy Remmert...

Oct 9, 2006

Haviland – Michael Scott Matthews, 36, died October 09, 2006, at the Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt. He was born June 16, 1970 at El Passo, Texas to Roy and Rose Matthews Welch. A Haviland resident since 2000 moving from Newton, he was a farmer. He was a member of the VFW, Larned; Edwards County Volunteer Fire Department and Kansas...

Oct 9, 2006

Great Bend – Chief Petty Officer Leonard Eugene Sprout, 65, died October 9, 2006, at the Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was a member of the VFW, Great Bend and Wichita. A former Lear Jet Employee for 18 years. He was born September 12, 1941 at Great Bend, the son of Alison Leonard Sprout Jr. and Gertrude Fisher. A Great...

Oct 2, 2006

Hanston-Josephine R. Pelton, 88, died October 2, 2006 at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore, Kansas. She was born January 14, 1918, in Bloomington, Wisconsin, the daughter of Gay and Margaret Bowdinner Dailey. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Faith Fellowship Church in Hanston, Kansas, and a member of Ladies Auxiliary, VFW. On May 19,...