John Edward Hester
May 18, 2006
Larned – John "Jack" Edward Hester, 95, died May 18, 2006 at his home in Larned. He was born January 1, 1911 in Hosington, Kansas the son of Edward and Lunda Lane Coburn Hester. A longtime Larned resident he was with the Federal Land Bank of Wichita for 37 years, making and servicing farm and ranch loans. He retired from...
Martha A. Wilcox
May 18, 2006
Larned – Martha A. Wilcox, 89, died May 18, 2006 at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Long Term Care, Larned. She was born July 7, 1916 in Pawnee County, the daughter of Abraham and Katie Unruh Siebert. A lifetime Pawnee County resident, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the New Jerusalem Church, Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Survivors include: two...
Eunice Laverne Haberman
May 14, 2006
Larned - Eunice LaVerne Haberman, 93, died May 14, 2006 at Larned Healthcare Center. She was born March 12, 1913, in Portorico, Missouri the daughter of Claude and Mable Haley Jefferson. A longtime area resident she was a Homemaker. On May 23, 1956 she married Henry Haberman at Larned. He died April 29, 2000. She was a member of the...
Harold E. Erway
May 11, 2006
Larned - Harold E. Erway, 79, died May 11, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas He was born September 29, 1926 in Pawnee County, the son of Edgar Earl and Hermenia Bruntzel Erway. A lifetime Pawnee County resident, he was an Insurance Agent for State Farm Insurance for 35 years, Stockman, and a Real Estate Developer. He was a member...
Warren (Dutch) Pitts
May 9, 2006
Jetmore – Warren (Dutch) Pitts, 85, died May 9, 2006 at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. He was born August 31, 1920 in Hodgeman County, the son of Oren and Elizabeth Love Pitts. A resident of Jetmore for the last few years. He was a Utility Repairman for the Northern Natural Gas Company. He was a member...
Louella Carlile
May 8, 2006
Jetmore - Louella Newell Carlile, 93, died May 8, 2006 at St. Memorial Hospital Bellingham, Washington. She was born June 11, 1912 at Topeka, Ks. the daughter of Joseph and Luella Duree Newell. She was a teacher of Languages and English for several Kansas school. She married Sene Carlile at Jetmore and he died in Jan 1990. She was a...
Brodie D. Leonard
May 1, 2006
Stafford – Brodie D. Leonard, 79, died May 1st, 2006 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born January 8, 1927 in Oklahoma, the son of Gus and Reva Webb Leonard. A Stafford County resident for the last 6 years moving from Ardmore, Oklahoma, he was a over the road truck diver for 26 years, retired, and...
Ralph F. Johnson
Apr 21, 2006
Larned - Ralph F. Johnson, 83, died, April 21, 2006 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born in June of 1922,in rural Garfield, the son of Carl & Cora Mae McDawell Johnson. A lifetime Larned resident, he was a Water Superintendent for the City of Larned. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Larned, Larned Fire Department...
Melvi Lea Frusher
Apr 10, 2006
Jetmore-Melvi Lea Frusher, 81, died April 10, 2006 at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was born February 6, 1925, in Ness County, Kansas, the daughter of Hugh Melville-Balfour and Leah Burditt Frusher, she was a teacher. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Ness City, Hodgeman County Historical Society, Jetmore, K.N.E.A .and Neighborhood Clubs. Survivors include: many...
Arlie Irene Reynolds
Apr 8, 2006
Larned - Arlie Irene Reynolds, 83, died April 8, 2006 at the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. She was born November 28, 1922, in Beaver, Oklahoma, the daughter of John and Eliza Coppedge Sprague. A lifetime Larned resident, she was a retired LPN. She was a Jehovah Witness. Survivors include; a son, Ronald Hardin, Lady Lake, Florida, a daughter, Judy...
Perry A. Obermiller
Apr 7, 2006
Garfield - Perry A. Obermiller, 65, died April 7, 2006, at Pratt Regional Medical Center. He was born May 2, 1940, in Woodward, Oklahoma, the son of Ralph and Martha Messimer Obermiller. A longtime resident of Pawnee County, he was a Licensed Mental Health Technician at the Larned State Hospital. He was an avid bowler and a member of the...
Mary Jean Bennett
Apr 5, 2006
Memorial service is pending and will be annonced by Beckwith Mortuary.
Kenneth Lee Querry
Apr 3, 2006
Larned – Kenneth Lee Querry, 60, died April 3, 2006 at St. Mary's Hospital, Enid, Oklahoma. He was born June 3, 1945 at Great Bend, the son of Dean L. and Loretta B. Mitchell Querry. A former Larned resident living in Washington State and Enid, he was a Truck Driver. He attended the First Christian Church, Larned. On September 28,...
Edith Elizabeth Gordon
Apr 1, 2006
Larned - Edith E. Gordon, 93, died April 1, 2006 at the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. She was born March 6, 1913, in Lenora, the daughter of Ray and May Johnson Arnold. A Larned resident since 1946, moving from Hill City. She was a Homemaker. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Larned. On June 7, 1936...
Viola Helen Pinkston
Mar 31, 2006
Larned - Viola (Vi) Pinkston, 91, died March 31, 2006, at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born November 15, 1914 in Milberger, the daughter of Samuel and Johanna Nuss Radke. A longtime resident of the Great Bend, Larned and Radium Communities. She was a cosmetologist at Bob's Beauty Shop, Melba's Beauty Shop, Alice's Beauty Shop and Dorothy's Beauty Shop. She...
Louis B. Van Meter
Mar 28, 2006
Burdett – Louis B. Van Meter, 86, died March 28, 2006 at the Larned Health Care, Larned, where he had resided since moving from his home in Burdett in January of 2005. He was born June 15, 1919 at Burdett, the son of David N. and Sarah Jane Smith Gowdy Van Meter. A lifetime Burdett resident he retired after 26...
Concha M Martinez
Mar 26, 2006
Dodge City – Concha M. Martinez, 81, died March 26, 2006, at Western Plains Regional Medical Center, Dodge City. She was born December 7, 1924 at Valley Junction, Iowa. The daughter of Estanislao and Juana Martinez Moreno. She was a Seamstress and Homemaker. She was a member of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dodge City. On October 11,...
Jack Henry Barger
Mar 24, 2006
Larned – Jack Henry Barger, 3, died March 24, 2006 at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. He was born June 18, 2002 at Great Bend, the son of Clint Arthur and Mary "Lynn" Krusenklaus Barger. He was a lifetime Larned resident. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Larned. Survivors include: his parents, Larned; a brother, Alex A....
Grace Olive Keller
Mar 22, 2006
Larned- Grace O. Keller, 103, died March 22, 2006 at the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. She was born January 28, 1903 in Ringwood, Oklahoma, the daughter of Herman Henry and Margaret Elizabeth Welch Henning. She was a Teacher and taught in several school systems including, Macksville, Minneola,Belpre and Montezuma. She was a member of the Belpre Woman's Federated Club,...
