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Fred R. Lovesee

Fred R. Lovesee

Oct 21, 2022

Fred R. Lovesee, 85, completed his Earthly journey October 21, 2022 at his home in Larned, KS.

He was born January 6, 1937 in Joplin, MO.  He was the fifth child of eight born to Thomas and Frances (Birkner) Lovesee.  He was raised in Miami, OK. Fred was preceded in death by his parents and five brothers...

Warren Dean Mccrary

Warren Dean Mccrary

Oct 20, 2022

Warren Dean McCrary, 69, passed away October 20, 2022 in Larned.

He was born April 4, 1953 in Sacramento, California, the son of William Donald and Leona Arlene Fought McCrary.

A longtime area resident, he was a retired hotel clerk. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, and spending time with his grandkids. He served in the...

Waunda M White

Waunda M White

Oct 20, 2022

Larned – Waunda M. White, 61, passed away October 20, 2022 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt.

She was born October 10, 1961 in Cleveland, Mississippi, the daughter of Dorcey and Joyce Kendell Howell.

A longtime area resident, she was the Activity Director at Diversicare of Larned. She was of the Christian faith and a...

Shirley Ruth Leslie

Shirley Ruth Leslie

Oct 20, 2022

Shirley Ruth Leslie, 88, passed away October 20, 2022 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned.

She was born December 21, 1933 in Larned, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Ruth Row Walker.

Larned resident, she worked at the Larned State Hospital in the Reimbursement Office. She was a member of Larned United Methodist Church, United...

Phyllis Marie Deckert

Phyllis Marie Deckert

Oct 15, 2022

Manhattan – Phyllis Marie Deckert, 101, Manhattan, Kansas, died October 15, 2022 at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community. She was born March 7, 1921, the second of four daughters to Lucius Higley and Dorothy Campbell at Chase, Kansas. Her parents, her husband Leslie, sisters Pauline, Rosalie, and Dory, granddaughter Rebecca, daughter-in-law Nancy preceded her in death. She was baptized a...

Fred Robert Jennings

Fred Robert Jennings

Oct 13, 2022

Fred Robert Jennings, 81, passed away October 13, 2022 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned.

He was born February 12, 1941 in Larned, the son of Melvin and Roberta Gibson Jennings.

A lifetime area resident, he worked for the City of Larned as the electrical production superintendent. He was a graduate of Rozel High School,...

Matthew Montgomery

Matthew Montgomery

Oct 13, 2022

Matthew Lee Montgomery, 43, passed away October 13, 2022 in Larned.

He was born May 17, 1979 in Fort Knox, Kentucky, the son of Matthew and Therese Hardin Montgomery.

Moving from Hays, he was a Larned resident. He worked as a materials handler for EnerSys, was of the Druid faith, and was a minister. He...

Rhonda Hendrickson

Rhonda Hendrickson

Oct 11, 2022

Rhondalyn "Rhonda" Ladair Hendrickson, formerly of Hanston, Kan., passed away on Oct. 11, 2022, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, at the age of 65.

She was born on Feb. 9, 1957, in Larned, Kan. She was the daughter of Lawrence and Jo Ann (Law) Hendrickson.

Rhonda is survived by her brothers, Rick (Leanna)...

David F.L. Graner

David F.L. Graner

Oct 7, 2022

David F.L. Graner, age 53, passed away on October 7, 2022 at Hamburg, New York.

David was born on February 28, 1969, at Montgomery, Alabama, the son of Father James and Anne LoBianco Graner.

David graduated from Larned High School in 1987, attended Kansas State University for two years, then enlisting in the U.S. Army,...

Deklan Ray Foos

Deklan Ray Foos

Oct 4, 2022

Deklan Ray Foos, born sleeping into the arms of Jesus at 2:19 a.m. on October 4, 2022 at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska. Son of Chance and Stephanie Foos, formerly of Burdett.

Deklan is survived by sisters Brinleigh and Jordyn, and brothers Tatum and Cooper. He is also survived by maternal grandparents Scott and Beverly Burd, and...

Stefanie Linn Turner

Stefanie Linn Turner

Sep 27, 2022

Wamego – Stefanie Linn Turner, 44, passed away September 27, 2022 in Wamego.

She was born July 4, 1978 in Larned, the daughter of Philip Alan and Ann Vratil Schreiber.

A Larned resident until 2001, she moved to Wamego where she was the head of the billing department at Manhattan Dermatology. She was a member...

Glenn Richard Ford

Glenn Richard Ford

Sep 26, 2022

Glenn Richard Ford, 88, died September 26, 2022 at his home in Jetmore. He was born January 22, 1934 in Dodge City, the son of Leonard and Rose Pizinger Ford. He attended country school south of Jetmore and graduated from Jetmore High School in 1951. He was a graduate of Kansas State University, Garden City Community College, St. Mary...

Howard Myron Hayward

Howard Myron Hayward

Sep 26, 2022

Pawnee Rock – Howard Myron Hayward Jr., 74, passed away September 26, 2022 at Azria Health Woodhaven, Great Bend.

He was born October 26, 1947 in San Diego, California, the son of Howard Myron and Laura Jean Rogers Hayward Sr.

Moving from El Cajon, California, he was a longtime area resident. He was a member...

James "Corky" Lyle Stout

James "Corky" Lyle Stout

Sep 25, 2022

Larned – James "Corky" Lyle Stout Jr, 62, passed away September 25, 2022 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita.

He was born March 23, 1960 in Valentine, Nebraska, the son of James Lyle Stout Sr. and Rosella Marie Paxton Sydow.

Moving from Nebraska, he was a Larned resident since 1986. He was a plumber...

Betty Jean Perez

Betty Jean Perez

Sep 25, 2022

Betty Jean Perez, 96, passed away September 25, 2022 at Diversicare of Larned.

She was born October 31, 1925 in Northview, Missouri, the daughter of Thomas Vernon and Eva Louvernia Stogsdill Young.

A Larned resident since 1938, she was a homemaker and bookkeeper at Perez Body Shop. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic...

Philip Alan Schreiber

Philip Alan Schreiber

Sep 21, 2022

Philip Alan Schreiber, 71, passed away September 21, 2022 at his home in Larned.

He was born February 13, 1951 in Great Bend, the son of Elmer Leon and Mildred L. Fairchild Schreiber.

A lifetime area resident, raised on a farm south of Larned, he was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Larned.  He...

Ryan M. Wilson

Ryan M. Wilson

Sep 21, 2022

Ryan M. Wilson, 38, passed away September 21, 2022 in Dodge City, Kansas.

He was born January 12, 1984 in Dodge city, KS, the son of Ronald N. Wilson and Debbie Pfaff Wright.  A lifetime area resident, he was an engineer.

He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, Jetmore, KS.  Ryan attended Bethany...

Janet "Jan" Lynn Selfridge

Janet "Jan" Lynn Selfridge

Sep 19, 2022

Janet Lynn "Jan" Selfridge, 68, passed away September 19, 2022 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.

Janet was born September 17, 1954 in Larned, Kansas, the daughter of Claude and Cristina Carter Selfridge. She enjoyed growing up on the family farm northwest of Hanston where she attended school and graduated from Hanston High School in 1973.

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Tressa Lee (Morehead) Neumann

Tressa Lee (Morehead) Neumann

Sep 18, 2022

Tressa Lee (Morehead) Neumann, 91, of Hanston, Kansas passed away Sunday, September 18th, 2022 at Hodgeman County Intermediate Swing Bed in Jetmore, KS peacefully in the presence of her family.

Tressa was born May 6, 1931 in a sod house on the Morehead homestead in rural Alamota, KS to Ward and Rose (Norton) Morehead. Tressa's family moved...

Theresa M. Kreutzer

Theresa M. Kreutzer

Sep 15, 2022

Theresa M. Kreutzer, 90, died September 15, 2022 at her home in Larned.

She was born May 18, 1932 at Chase, Kansas, the daughter of Anton and Matilda Zorn Wondra.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Altar Society of Larned, member of the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital Auxiliary, and past member...

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