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Nicholas "Nick" Leroy Goebel

Nicholas "Nick" Leroy Goebel

Dec 15, 2021

Jetmore – Nicholas "Nick" Leroy Goebel, 93, passed away December 15, 2021 at Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore.

He was born September 29, 1928 in Hodgeman County, the son of William Nicholas and Emma L. Sinclair Goebel. He attended Hodgeman County schools and graduated from high school in 1943.  He loved basketball, both playing as...

James Martin King

James Martin King

Dec 14, 2021

Jetmore – James Martin King, 67, passed away December 14, 2021 at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore.

He was born December 1, 1954 in Iola, KS. the son of Frederick Martin and Joyce M. Cornell King.  Moving from Garden City, he was a Jetmore resident for the past 17 years.

He was of the Catholic...

Stanley Ben Hinnergardt

Stanley Ben Hinnergardt

Dec 12, 2021

Burdett – Stanley Ben Hinnergardt, 80, passed away December 12, 2021 at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore.

He was born March 11, 1941 in Great Bend, the son of Ben and Ethel Shearer Hinnergardt.

A lifetime area resident he was a farmer and rancher. He was a member of Burdett United Methodist Church and served...

Sharon Garman

Sharon Garman

Dec 11, 2021

Larned - Sharon (Schartz) Garman passed away peacefully in Palm Springs, CA, on December 11, 2021, after a lengthy struggle with breast cancer.

She was surrounded by family and friends and all the things she loved. She did it in her own way, and on her own terms, and we all feel lucky for that.

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(Frances) June Fischer

(Frances) June Fischer

Dec 9, 2021

Larned – (Frances) June Fischer, 82, passed away December 9, 2021 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned.

She was born July 22, 1939 in Marlin, Texas, the daughter of Thomas and Marie Rhodes and R.B. Cowan.  June was an Alpha Gamma Delta at the University of Oklahoma, where she met her future husband, Lee Fischer.  They...

Eldon Dean Borger

Eldon Dean Borger

Dec 9, 2021

Jetmore – Eldon Dean Borger, 64, passed away December 9, 2021 at his home in Jetmore.

He was born May 23, 1957 in Ransom, Kansas, the son of Terry G. and Darlene D. Edwards Borger.  A lifetime area resident, he worked in the oilfield all his life, loved farming, racing and used to race a sprint car...

Clifton "Butch" Duane Waterhouse

Clifton "Butch" Duane Waterhouse

Dec 8, 2021

Hanston – Clifton  Duane "Butch"  Waterhouse, 62, passed away December 8, 2021 at Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care in Quinter, Kansas.

He was born March 22, 1959 in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Bobby "Dean" and Betty Louise Tittel Waterhouse.  He was a lifetime area resident of Hodgeman County and attended school and graduated...

Lloyd (Butch) Elmer Woodard

Lloyd (Butch) Elmer Woodard

Dec 2, 2021

Lloyd (Butch) Woodard, 78, passed away December 2, 2021 at Diversicare of Larned.

He was born January 27, 1943 in Great Bend, KS, the son of Milton Glenn and Velda Jo Akin Woodard.  A Larned area resident, he was of the Christian faith. After serving four years in the United States Navy, he worked as an airline...

John Douglas Springer

John Douglas Springer

Dec 2, 2021

John Douglas Springer, 59, passed away December 2, 2021 at OSU Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

He was born June 25, 1962 in Larned, the son of Charles Douglas and Sarah Marie Carpenter Springer.

A lifetime area resident, he was a truck driver. John was a hardworking family man who took pride in providing for...

Barbara Ann Schadel-Kropp

Barbara Ann Schadel-Kropp

Nov 30, 2021

Larned  - Barbara Ann (Bauer) Schadel-Kropp, 79, passed away November 30, 2021 at Country Living of Larned.

She was born July 18, 1942 in Pawnee County; the daughter of Robert A. and Lucile G. Rucker Bauer. She was a Registered Nurse for 30 years working for the V.A. in San Diego and Martinez, California and Denver, Colorado....

Patricia L. Hassman

Patricia L. Hassman

Nov 26, 2021

Patricia L. Hassman, 69, passed away November 26, 2021 at her home, Larned.

She was born April 17, 1952 in McPherson; the daughter of Irvan John and Jean Louise Sitts Hassman.  A longtime area resident; she was head of the HR dept at the Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility.

She was a member of the...

James "Phil" Phillips Busenbark

James "Phil" Phillips Busenbark

Nov 26, 2021

James Phillips "Phil" Busenbark, 89, passed away November 26, 2021 at Diversicare of Larned.

Phil was born on January 11, 1932 in Larned, the son of James Walton and Maude Ester Phillips Busenbark.

He was a lifetime area resident, a Teacher, Psychologist, Coach, and sports enthusiast. Phil retired as a Psychologist at the Iroquois Center...

Gwen Irene Walter

Gwen Irene Walter

Nov 20, 2021

Gwen Irene Walter, 85, passed away November 20, 2021 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt.

She was born October 5, 1936 in Arnold, Nebraska, the daughter of Ralph Earl and Irene Violet Norall Alexander.

Moving from Lyons, she was an area resident since 1971. She was a group manager of Alco and a member of...

Randall "Randy" B Selfridge

Randall "Randy" B Selfridge

Nov 19, 2021

Randall Brian Selfridge of Burdett, Kansas passed away at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore, Kansas on Friday, November 19, 2021.

Randy was born June 26,1951 at Larned, Kansas to Elmer and Ina Mae Eakin Selfridge. He was one of the babies born in the first year of the new hospital, St Joseph Memorial Hospital. He was a...

Keith Beckwith

Keith Beckwith

Nov 17, 2021

Jerrol Keith Beckwith, 86, went to be with Jesus November 17, 2021 at Hospice House, Hutchinson.

He was born October 12, 1935 in Larned, the son of Carrol Kneeland and Hazel Carolyn Smith Beckwith.

A lifetime area resident, he was a banker, working in St. Joseph, Missouri, and Stafford, Liberal, and Lorraine, Kansas. He was...

Glendora Gaye Schmidt

Glendora Gaye Schmidt

Nov 16, 2021

Glendora G. Schmidt was born on July 19, 1927 to Dan and Dauvina Schmidt, Pawnee Rock, Ks. She died at home at the age of 94. She married Gene Schmidt on August 25, 1948.

Surviving are Becky (Jim) Cram, Salina, Ks., Rodney (Patty) Schmidt, Larned, Ks., John Schmidt, Pawnee Rock, Ks., Karl (Emily) Schmidt, Overland Park, Ks.,...

Ronald D Arnold

Ronald D Arnold

Nov 15, 2021

Ronald D. Arnold, 87, passed away November 15, 2021 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned.

He was born July 14, 1934 in Sanford, the son of John F. and Edna I. Firestone Arnold.

A lifetime area resident, he worked for the City of Larned for thirty-two years, retiring as the city manager. He was...

Joan Deyoe

Joan Deyoe

Nov 12, 2021

Joan (Paul) Deyoe, 92, of Lincoln, NE, passed away November 12, 2021 at the Southlake Village

Rehabilitation and Care Center, Lincoln. She was born in Dodge City, KS, September 16, 1929, to

parents Grover and Katherine (Fuller) Paul.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years Ezra J. Deyoe (2002)...

Peggy Alice Martin

Peggy Alice Martin

Nov 6, 2021

Peggy Alice Martin, 85, passed away November 6, 2021 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned.

She was born August, 21, 1936

in Larned, the daughter of Merne F. and Lola Belle Hager Robinson.

A lifetime area resident she was a cook and waitress. She enjoyed watching westerns on tv and loved her...

Donald Dean Schoonover

Donald Dean Schoonover

Nov 6, 2021

Donald Dean Schoonover, 79, passed away at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, KS on the morning of Saturday, November 6, 2021.

Don was born in Dodge City, KS on October 22, 1942, the first of four children to Homer and Lavergne (Ingels) Schoonover, of Kingsdown, KS. He graduated from Ford High School, Ford,...

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