Obituaries

Feb 1, 2007

Jetmore - Keitha A. Otti, 94, died February 1, 2007, at Trinity Manor, Dodge City. She was born May 13, 1912, at Jetmore the Daughter Robert E. and Zelma Bain Duncan Shaw. She was retired from Kansas University Extension Unit at Garden City. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Jetmore, Royal Neighbors, and Eastern Star. She married...

Jan 30, 2007

Larned - Kenneth E. McConnell, 81, died January 30, 2007 at the Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 9, 1925 in Waurika, Oklahoma, the son of Francis Marion and Mary Melissa Fraysher McConnell. A Larned resident since 1945, moving from Hutchinson, he was a Master Plumber and Former Owner of M & F Plumbing. He was a member of the...

Jan 24, 2007

Mrs. Juanita Quimby August 5th- 1913 - January 24, 2007 Mrs. Juanita Quimby, a long-time resident of Larned, passed away on January 24, 2007 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She was born Mary Juanita Pearl Lowe in Webb City, Missouri on August 5, 1913. She and her husband Delmar Quimby operated a farm north of Larned. Mrs. Quimby was well known...

Jan 21, 2007

Larned- Lois Marie Rehorn, 87, died January 21, 2007 at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned, Kansas. She was born April 15, 1919 at Larned, the daughter of Charles and Ethel L. Canaday Williamson. A longtime Larned resident she was a retired Director of Nursing at Larned State Hospital, Larned. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church, Texico,...

Jan 16, 2007

Burdett – Lois G. Bauer, 83, died January 16, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 4, 1923, at Claflin, Kansas, the daughter of Francis "Frank" and Ida Mae Hummel Hoch. A lifetime area resident she was a mother and homemaker. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Altar Society, both...

Jan 10, 2007

Rozel - Kathryn L. Dodson, 81, died January 10, 2007 at the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. She was born September 19, 1925 in Antonino, Kansas the daughter of Anton and Pauline Rupp Sauer. A resident of Rozel since 1999, moving from Colorado Springs; she was a Sales Department Manager for the Dry Goods Store. On April 18, 1948 she...

Jan 5, 2007

Garfield – Gladys W. Peterson, 85, died January 5, 2007 at Edwards County Hospital, Kinsley. She was born February 26, 1921 at Rozel, Kansas the daughter of Horace and Gertrude Reynolds Wheeler. A longtime area resident, she was a retired secretary at Larned State Hospital. She was a member of Garfield Lutheran Church, Garfield. On March 1, 1941 she married...

Jan 5, 2007

Larned - Clarence (Pat) Patterson Jr., 77, died January 5, 2007 at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. He was born October 11, 1929 at Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Clarence Sr. and Florenc Washington Patterson. He was School Bus mechanic for District 14, Commerce City Colorado, and owner of P. and J. Restaurant. Moving to Larned in 1996 from...

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...