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...
Mary Lynn Cole
Jul 4, 2021
Medicine Lodge - Mary Lynn Cole, 84, passed away July 4, 2021 in Burdett.
She was born April 29, 1937 in Rio Grande Valley, Texas, the daughter of Jeahne Franklin and Minnie Mae Doss Oldham.
A longtime resident of Medicine Lodge, she was of the Southern Baptist faith. She worked with her husband, Fred, as...
Donna L Hanken
Jun 15, 2021
Donna L. Hanken, 79, passed away June 15, 2021 at Diversicare of Larned.
She was born May 9, 1942 in Great Bend to William and Nora Wing Mog.
A lifetime area resident, she was a food service director for both USD 495 and Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church,...
Deanna L. Law
Jun 12, 2021
Jetmore- Deanna Lee Law, 57, passed away June 12, 2021 at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore surrounded with family by her side.
She was born November, 22, 1963 in Jetmore, the daughter of David and Victoria Bradford Law. An area resident, she was a Transport Dispatcher for Evecon and later a Bookkeeper for Big A supply.
...
Shannon Louise Milch
Jun 5, 2021
Shannon Louise Milch, 31, passed away June 5, 2021 in Hays, KS.
She was born November 18, 1989 in Arlington, TX, the daughter of Kevin and Lori Josefiak Milch. A lifetime area resident, she was a service representative for AnswerNet where she wasn't just a Lead Agent, she was a leader. She helped on special projects for...
Sharon L. Fleske
Jun 5, 2021
Larned – Sharon L. Fleske passed away June 5, 2021 at Hays Medical Center, Hays.
She was born January 27, 1950, on her dad's birthday, in Pratt, Kansas to Harold Donald and Myrtillia Olive (Colclazier) Horner. A longtime area resident, she graduated from Greensburg High School in 1968 and then attended Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri...
Nadine Suzette Unzicker
Jun 2, 2021
Nadine Suzette Unzicker was born on September 21, 1957 in Larned, KS. to Earl and Florine Unzicker. Nadine was proceeded in death by her parents and one brother Jerry.
Nadine grew up in Belpre, KS. and graduated from Macksville High School in 1976. Nadine then attended Hutchinson Community Junior College and received an Associate in Arts Degree...
Dorothea (Dotty) Kathryne Moore
May 30, 2021
Jetmore – Dorothea "Dotty" Kathryne Moore, 79, passed away May 30, 2021 at Cedar Village Long Term Care Center, Ness City.
She was born November 11, 1941 in Alamosa, CO, the daughter of Cecil and Lucy Whitman Mount. Moving from LaJara, CO, she was a longtime area resident of Jetmore and had a Masters in Special Education...
Jesse R. Medina
May 30, 2021
Larned - Jesse Rocha Medina, 89, passed away May 30, 2021 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Jesse was born January 11, 1932 in Offerle, Kansas to Sebastian and Julia Rocha Medina and raised in Kinsley, Kansas by his grandfather, Santiago Rocha and great aunt Lupe Rocha. Jesse was active in high school sports lettering in track, basketball and...
Rodney Dean Befort
May 28, 2021
Larned – Rodney Dean Befort, 59, passed away May 28, 2021 in Larned.
He was born May 11, 1962 in Goodland, KS, the son of Donald Lee and Darlene Heinrich Befort. A longtime area resident, moving to Larned from Granbury, TX in 1993, he was a professional sheet rocker and all-around handy man.
He was...
