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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
Dorothy "Dee" D White
Nov 4, 2021
Jetmore – Dorothy "Dee" D. White, 85, passed away November 4, 2021 at her home in Jetmore.
She was born June 29, 1936 in Englewood, KS, the daughter of Frederic Solomon and Mary Henrietta Klotz Ward. A lifetime area resident, she was retired from Venture Corporation after many years.
She was of the Christian faith...
Kirby Allen Wade
Nov 3, 2021
Kirby Allen Wade, 25, passed away at his home outside of Spearville on Nov. 3rd, 2021.
He was born in Jetmore on Nov. 29th, 1995, to Alicia (Ward) Wade and Dean Wade, both of Spearville. He is survived by both of his parents; his sister Olivia and Olivia's husband Darren (of Dallesport, WA); and his brother James and James'...
Robyn Renee Appel
Nov 2, 2021
Great Bend – Robyn Renee Appel, 57, passed away November 2, 2021 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS.
She was born July 6, 1964 in Dodge City, KS, the daughter of Johnnie D. and Kathleen "Kathy" A. Grumbein Appel. Robyn was friendly and full of energy. She would greet you with a hug, kiss, and pat! She...
James Robert Lewis
Nov 2, 2021
Larned - James Robert Lewis, 48 passed away November 2, 2021 at University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
He was born October 22, 1973 in Greensburg, KS, the son of James Randall and Marilyn Kay Wining Lewis; he's been a Larned resident since 1989 and was a truck driver.
He loved riding motorcycles...
Stanley R. Haynes
Oct 29, 2021
Larned – Stanley R. Haynes, 90, passed away October 29, 2021 at Country Living of Larned.
He was born February 2, 1931 in Amarillo, Texas, the son of Frank and Helen Blanton Haynes.
A longtime area resident, he was an electrical contractor and the founder of Haynes Electric, Larned where he was currently serving on...
Betty E. Sebes
Oct 29, 2021
Hanston – Betty E. Sebes, 71, passed away October 29, 2021 at Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, Salida, CO.
She was born August 21, 1950 in Montrose, Colorado, the daughter of Floyd and Dorothy Buus Thatcher. A long time area resident of Dodge City, KS, Betty and Melvin moved to Leadville, CO in 1992. She...
Wanda M. Stanford
Oct 26, 2021
Wanda M. Stanford, 57, passed away October 26, 2021 at her home in Larned.
She was born October 26, 1964 in Larned, the daughter of Charles and Frances Thomson Stanford.
A longtime area resident, she grew up in Hutchinson, graduating in the 1983 class of Hutchinson High School. She was a Licensed Mental Health Technician...
Daniel Lewis Harsch
Oct 24, 2021
Larned – Daniel L. Harsch, 72, passed away October 24, 2021 at Diversicare of Larned.
He was born November 20, 1948 at Bernalillo, New Mexico, the son of Thomas B. and Geraldine M. Driscoll Harsch Jr. Moving from Colorado to Larned in 1971, he was a longtime area resident and was a former Police Officer, EMT, and...
Sandra Elaine Robinson
Oct 22, 2021
Larned - Sandra Elaine Robinson, 72, passed away October 22, 2021 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, Kansas.
She was born February 19, 1949 in Las Animas, Colorado; the daughter of Ellsworth J. and Vivian L. Buhrer (Davidson) Miller. A longtime area resident; she was a supervisor custodian at the Larned State Hospital.
She was...
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