Ora Louise Meyer
Sep 11, 2021
Ora Louise Meyer, 93, passed away September 11, 2021 at Diversicare of Larned.
She was born April 30, 1928 in Larned, the daughter of Francis A. and Mary C. Bowman Rolo. A longtime area resident, she was a housewife and Nurse Aide for Parkview Manor and St. Joseph Hospital.
She was a member of the...
Joseph "Joe" Manning Burnham
Sep 9, 2021
Joseph "Joe" Manning Burnham, 61, passed away September 9, 2021 at his home in Garfield.
He was born May 5, 1960 in Wichita Falls, Texas, the son of Robert John Burnham Jr and Ann Barry Burnham.
An area resident since 1993, he moved from St. Louis, Missouri where he was a graduate of Oakville Senior...
Mary Evelyn (Ihloff) Watson
Sep 4, 2021
Jetmore – Mary Evelyn Ihloff Watson was born July 19, 1920 in Greensburg, Ks. She was the daughter of Charles Belmont Ihloff and Helen May Cobb Ihloff. Mary was three years old when the family moved to Jetmore where her dad bought the Ford Dealership.
She was involved in many school activities and Girl Scouts as she...
Alma M. Frick
Sep 4, 2021
Larned – Alma M. Frick, 91, passed away September 4, 2021 at Via Christi St. Francis Campus, in Wichita.
Alma was born January 16, 1930 in Larned, the daughter of Albert and Olivia Jenisch Debes. A lifetime area resident, she was a farmer and a homemaker.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church,...
Don A. Jensen
Sep 2, 2021
Larned – Donald (Don) Arthur Jensen, 86, passed away at his home on Thursday September 2, 2021 in Larned.
He was born February 25, 1935 in Kinsley, the son of Arthur W. and Catherine (Werner) Jensen.
A lifetime area resident, Don was a carpenter by trade, worked for the City of Larned as a city...
Carolyn Givens
Sep 1, 2021
Carolyn (Valk) Givens was born May 9, 1933 in Larned, Kansas, the daughter of Earl and Vivian Valk. She passed away on September 1, 2021 in Hillsboro, Kansas at the age of 88.
She was a 1951 graduate of Larned High School and a member of the First Christian Church in Pawnee Rock, Kansas.
She...
James "Jim" William Pieschl
Sep 1, 2021
– James "Jim" William Pieschl, 87, passed away September 1, 2021 at The University of Kansas Health Systems Great Bend Campus.
He was born September 19, 1933 in Larned, the son of William Henry and Oma Alice Wagner Pieschl.
A lifetime area resident he was a farmer and stockman. He was a member of Burdett...
Kathryn (Kathy) L Blackwell
Aug 30, 2021
Kathryn (Kathy) L. Blackwell, 75, passed away August 30, 2021 at Diversicare of Larned.
She was born June 17, 1946 in Wichita; the daughter of Hobert Jr. and Betty Jane Foster Yates. A longtime area resident; she was a Homemaker.
She was member of the First Presbyterian Church, Ladies Golf, Ladies Bowling and...
Patrick Alan Turner
Aug 27, 2021
Patrick Alan Turner, 78, passed away August 27, 2021, in Marquette.
He was born July 2, 1943, in Wichita KS, the son of Leslie and Florence "Patsy" (Byers) Turner. Pat married Barbara Zimmerman on June 7, 1998, and they made their home in Topeka until recently moving to Marquette.
Pat grew up in Wichita, spent...
Janet Lorene Crockett
Aug 24, 2021
Lewis – Janet Lorene Crockett, 87, passed away August 24, 2021 at Grand Plains Skilled Nursing and Rehab in Pratt.
She was born October 9, 1933 in Coats, KS the only daughter of Cecil Orland and Letha Pearl Hicks Fisher. They moved to the family farm outside Fellsburg in 1936.
Janet attended grade school in...
Eleanor Sanders
Aug 22, 2021
Larned – Eleanor Sanders, 73, passed away August 22, 2021 at Salina Regional Medical Center, Salina.
She was born June 16, 1948 in Kinsley, the daughter of Clemente Rincon and Lucille Mariche Perez.
A lifetime resident of Kinsley and Larned, she worked at Larned State Hospital. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church,...
Gilbert "Gil" G. Burns
Aug 21, 2021
Jetmore – Gilbert "Gil" G. Burns, 67, passed away August 21, 2021 at Trinity Manor, Dodge City.
He was born August 5, 1954 in Jetmore, the son of Robert O. "Pud" and Emma Jeane Gibbs Burns. A lifetime area resident, he was a mechanic and in his earlier years he was a butcher at his father's grocery...
Shirley A Atteberry
Aug 19, 2021
Shirley A. Atteberry, 87, passed away August 19, 2021 at Country Living of Larned.
She was born May 1, 1934 in Great Bend, the daughter of Harry and Mathilda Nordman Oetken.
A lifetime area resident, she was an office assistant for Federal Land Bank. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Larned, Larned Hospital...
Reeta Marie Avery
Aug 11, 2021
Reeta Marie Avery, 80, passed away August 11, 2021 at her residence in Larned, KS.
She was born June 6, 1941 in Lenora, OK the daughter of Marvin and Pearl Hart Blaine. She was a 1959 graduate of Taloga High school, Taloga, OK. An area resident since October of 2019 moving from Enid, OK where she was...
Cynthia Christine Goding
Aug 4, 2021
Cynthia C. Goding, 69, passed away August 4, 2021 at Ness County Hospital, Ness City, KS.
She was born April 4, 1952 in Worland, WY, the daughter of Eugene and Irma Maxine Miller Johnson. Moving to Hanston from Nebraska a year ago, she was a CNA.
She was of the Christian faith and was a...
Jimmy D. Brown
Aug 2, 2021
Hanston – Jimmy D. Brown, 74, passed away August 2, 2021 at Kansas Soldier's Home in Dodge City.
He was born September 25, 1946 in Blanco, Texas, the son of Sim and Lila Bagby Brown.
A longtime area resident he worked as an oil field manager in Oklahoma and later for Good Earth Ranch in...
Wilda Jean Jantz
Jul 22, 2021
Wilda Jean Jantz, 86, departed this life on July 22, 2021 at Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas.
She was born March 10, 1935 in Utica Kansas, the daughter of Hubert Wayne and Alice Amelia Lohoff Deighton.
An area resident since 1980, she was a Mental Health Aide at Larned State Hospital. She...
Joe Martin Gillaspie
Jul 14, 2021
JOE MARTIN GILLASPIE was born November 26, 1931 at his home in Texas County, OK, the second of eight children to Nimrod and Eula Pearl Gillaspie. He graduated from high school at Elkhart, KS in 1949 and attended Southwestern College in Winfield, KS on a football scholarship. He graduated with a B.A. in Education in1953. He later went on...
Kathleen Cheryl (Price) Spillman
Jul 13, 2021
Dr. Kathleen Cheryl (Price) Spillman of Miami, Oklahoma, passed away at the Freeman Cardiac Institute, Joplin, Missouri, on Tuesday, July 13, 2021.
Kathleen was born March 7, 1947, to Lester Kenneth and Aline Clarabel (Irion) Price at Larned, Kansas. She grew up on the Price family farm 8 miles northwest of Garfield, Pleasant Ridge Township, Pawnee County,...
Richard Anthony Hirschmiller
Jul 10, 2021
Garfield- Richard Anthony Hirschmiller, 74, passed away July 10, 2021 at his home in Garfield.
He was born March 8, 1947 in San Francisco, CA, The son of Roger William and Helen Platz Hirschmiller.
An area resident, moving from Denver, he was a Restaurant Cook.
He was a member of Garfield American Legion...
