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Stanford David Blattner
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,...
John Wilson Dipman
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...
Furlyn Hertel
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...
Frances Catherine Struthers
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...
Michael Wayne Foley
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...
Michael Scott Matthews
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...
Leonard Eugene Sprout
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...
Josephine R. Pelton
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,...
John P. Witman
Oct 1, 2006
Jetmore – John P. Witman, 93, died October 1 2006 at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. He was born June 24, 1913 at Marienthal, the son of Pete and Elizabeth Schaffer Witman. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer and Dairyman. He was a member of the American Dairy Association, Kansas Farm Bureau, and a 4-H leader, Jetmore....
Mary Irene Voran
Sep 22, 2006
Belpre – Mary I. Voran, 92, died September 22, 2006 at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born May 29, 1914 in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of John and Clara Kazmaier Welch. She spent her younger years on the family farm in rural Barton County. The last four years of her life, she lived in Overland Park...
Mildred L. Litzenberger
Sep 19, 2006
Jetmore – Mildred L. Litzenberger, 90, died September 19, 2006 at the Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. She was born May 23, 1916 at Kingsdown, Kansas. The daughter of Lawson & Nelle Lee Buckley Clevenger. She got her teaching degree from Emporia State Teacher College. She taught English in the Jetmore and Bucklin Schools. She was a member of...
Ella F. Van Meter
Sep 18, 2006
Burdett - Ella F. Van Meter, 83, died September 18, 2006 at Larned Healthcare Center, Larned, Kansas. She was born May 6, 1923, to Charles Dewey and Elizabeth A. Browne Fagen, in the J.C. Browne family home, a stone house, on the Pawnee River, north of Burdett, Kansas. A longtime Burdett resident moving to Larned Health Care Center in February...
Eunice Bruntzel
Sep 17, 2006
Larned -Eunice M. Bruntzel, (Missy) completed her temporary earthly assignment and went to her eternal home at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned, Kansas, September 17, 2006. Born October 16, 1912 in Morrilton, Arkansas she was the daughter of A.D. (Jack) and Addie Etta (Williams) Gordon. She moved to Kansas with her parents as a small child, living first in Northern...
Thelma Anna Bruntzel
Sep 13, 2006
Thelma Anna Fern Tryon Bruntzel, 98, died September 13, 2006 at the Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born August 21, 1908, in Rozel, Kansas the daughter of Earl and Jessie Luella Maude Pruett Tryon. A lifetime Pawnee County resident, she was a homemaker and farmer. She was a founding member of the Best in...
Rudolph (Rudy) C. Nuss
Aug 27, 2006
Jetmore – Rudolph (Rudy) C. Nuss, 96, died August 27, 2006 at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City, Kansas. He was born December 30, 1909 in Hoisington, the son of Fred and Charlotta Maier Nuss. A lifetime area resident. He was a realtor, broker and farmer. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Jetmore, where he served on many...
Theresa Merlyn Hallock
Aug 19, 2006
Theresa Merlyn Hallock, 93, died, August 19, 2006 at the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. She was born January 27, 1913 at Great Bend, the daughter of Grover and Fern McCracken Lampe. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Larned. She married John Melvin Hallock. Survivors include; a son, John Hallock, Larned. Cremation has...
C. Verdell Oliverson
Aug 17, 2006
C. Verdell Oliverson, 75, died, August 17, 2006 at St. Francis Health Center, Topeka, Kansas. She was born October 5, 1930, in St. Rose Hospital, Great Bend, KS, the daughter of Velda Foster Pfister and the late Cecis A. Pfister. Verdell taught school for eight years. After marrying Jim she devoted her time to her family. Throughout the course of...
Stella A. Lee
Aug 15, 2006
Hanston – Stella A. Lee, 89, died August 15, 2006 at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City, Kansas. She was born October 3, 1916 in Russell County, the daughter of Irvin and Millie Zelenka Miller. She was a long time resident of the Hanston area. She was a homemaker and an Oliver Farm Equipment Business Owner with her husband Ray, and...
Freda V. Yust
Aug 13, 2006
Larned - Freda V. Yust, 92, died August 13, 2006 at her home, Larned. She was born October 23, 1913 in Hanston, Kansas, the daughter of Albert John and Elizabeth Sadie Hubin Halling. A longtime Larned resident since 1953 moving from Sylvia and Burdett. She was a Homemaker. She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene, Larned. On...
Steven M. King
Aug 10, 2006
Steven M. King, 33, of Jetmore, KS completed his final sprint car race on Wednesday, August 9, 2006. King died from injuries sustained during a sprint car accident at the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. King died doing what he loved best - sprint car racing. King was born May 17, 1973 in Dodge City, KS. King, who was also...
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